Lead Developer Jobs in the South East

Lead Developer
England > South East

The median Lead Developer salary in the South East is £71,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 273 377
Rank change year-on-year +15 +104 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 143 120 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.78% 0.89% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.99% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 103
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £89,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,328 12,097 20,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 89.76% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 7,848 12,498
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the South East

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the South East

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the South East

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Hampshire -19 62 £70,000 -6.67% 4
Thames Valley +20 61 £81,250 +1.56% 2
Berkshire +22 35 £90,000 +12.50% 2
Oxfordshire +4 13 £57,500 -23.59%
Buckinghamshire -10 13 £61,084 -21.18%
East Sussex +19 7 £80,000 +35.59% 1
Surrey -43 6 £80,000 +14.29%
Kent -10 4 £77,500 +29.17% 2
West Sussex - 3 £90,000 -
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Lead 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 South East region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 77 (53.85%) .NET
2 75 (52.45%) C#
3 61 (42.66%) Agile
4 40 (27.97%) JavaScript
5 34 (23.78%) React
6 33 (23.08%) TypeScript
6 33 (23.08%) Azure
7 30 (20.98%) Microsoft
7 30 (20.98%) AWS
8 29 (20.28%) Docker
8 29 (20.28%) Kubernetes
9 27 (18.88%) Finance
10 26 (18.18%) Visual Studio
10 26 (18.18%) Software Engineering
11 25 (17.48%) Artificial Intelligence
12 24 (16.78%) NoSQL
13 23 (16.08%) SQL Server
13 23 (16.08%) CSS
14 22 (15.38%) Microservices
15 21 (14.69%) Propensity Modelling
15 21 (14.69%) Java
16 20 (13.99%) Degree
16 20 (13.99%) Computer Science
16 20 (13.99%) Mentoring
16 20 (13.99%) Computer Science Degree
17 19 (13.29%) DevOps
18 18 (12.59%) Multithreading
18 18 (12.59%) HTML
18 18 (12.59%) ASP.NET
19 16 (11.19%) C++

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.10%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) CMS
2 1 (0.70%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.08%) Azure
2 30 (20.98%) AWS
3 10 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.59%) PaaS
5 7 (4.90%) Pulumi
6 5 (3.50%) Serverless
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.80%) SaaS
8 3 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.70%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.90%) Network Security
2 3 (2.10%) DNS
2 3 (2.10%) Firewall
2 3 (2.10%) SSL
2 3 (2.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (16.78%) NoSQL
2 23 (16.08%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (2.80%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.40%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 10 (6.99%) NUnit
2 10 (6.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (5.59%) Git
4 7 (4.90%) Jasmine
4 7 (4.90%) Selenium
4 7 (4.90%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (4.90%) TeamCity
5 4 (2.80%) Postman
6 1 (0.70%) GitLab
General
1 27 (18.88%) Finance
2 8 (5.59%) Public Sector
3 6 (4.20%) Social Skills
4 4 (2.80%) Banking
4 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.10%) Aviation
6 2 (1.40%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.70%) Publishing
7 1 (0.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (53.85%) .NET
2 34 (23.78%) React
3 23 (16.08%) CSS
4 18 (12.59%) ASP.NET
4 18 (12.59%) HTML
5 14 (9.79%) .NET Core
5 14 (9.79%) .NET Framework
6 11 (7.69%) JSON
6 11 (7.69%) RESTful
7 10 (6.99%) AngularJS
8 7 (4.90%) ARM Templates
8 7 (4.90%) Entity Framework
8 7 (4.90%) HTML5
8 7 (4.90%) OpenID
8 7 (4.90%) REST
8 7 (4.90%) Vue
9 6 (4.20%) jQuery
9 6 (4.20%) Tailwind CSS
9 6 (4.20%) WPF
10 5 (3.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.69%) Digital Media
2 8 (5.59%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.80%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.80%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (2.80%) Kindle
5 2 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.79%) Windows
2 4 (2.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.66%) Agile
2 26 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 25 (17.48%) Artificial Intelligence
4 22 (15.38%) Microservices
5 21 (14.69%) Propensity Modelling
6 20 (13.99%) Computer Science
6 20 (13.99%) Mentoring
7 19 (13.29%) DevOps
8 18 (12.59%) Multithreading
9 14 (9.79%) Web Development
10 13 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 13 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (9.09%) Unit Testing
11 12 (8.39%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 12 (8.39%) Front End Development
11 12 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (6.99%) Coaching
13 9 (6.29%) Test Automation
14 8 (5.59%) Full Stack Development
14 8 (5.59%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 75 (52.45%) C#
2 40 (27.97%) JavaScript
3 33 (23.08%) TypeScript
4 21 (14.69%) Java
5 16 (11.19%) C++
6 15 (10.49%) SQL
7 12 (8.39%) Python
8 9 (6.29%) C
9 7 (4.90%) Bicep
10 4 (2.80%) Apex Code
11 3 (2.10%) XAML
12 2 (1.40%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.40%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (13.99%) Computer Science Degree
1 20 (13.99%) Degree
2 7 (4.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.80%) AWS Certification
3 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Developer
3 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (2.80%) Azure Certification
3 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 29 (20.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (20.28%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.90%) MIIS
2 7 (4.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.40%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow