Lead Software Developer Jobs in the Midlands

Lead Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Lead Software Developer salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 221 351
Rank change year-on-year -42 +130 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 7 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.076% 0.33% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.35% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 5
10th Percentile - - £51,500
25th Percentile £60,200 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -16.13% +29.17%
75th Percentile £72,400 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £73,960 - -
England median annual salary £105,000 £70,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +48.94% -6.00% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 8,739 5,215 10,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 96.09% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,299 3,844 6,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £79,100
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Lead Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in the Midlands

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Lead Software Developer in the Midlands

Lead Software Developer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 6 £65,000 -
East Midlands -57 1 - -
Lead Software Developer
England

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Lead Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) C++
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) dbt
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
2 2 (28.57%) Pair Programming
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Django
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) Vue

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) dbt
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Django
1 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) Laravel
2 1 (14.29%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Pair Programming
2 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google