Lead Developer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Lead Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Lead Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £81,250 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 196 216 253
Rank change year-on-year +20 +37 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 61 33 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.83% 0.59% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.66% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 33
10th Percentile £49,831 £45,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - £115,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,942 5,035 7,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.51% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,678 3,047 4,194
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,375 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,948 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the Thames Valley

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the Thames Valley

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the Thames Valley

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +22 35 £90,000 +12.50% 2
Oxfordshire +4 13 £57,500 -23.59%
Buckinghamshire -10 13 £61,084 -21.18%
Lead Developer
South East

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 40 (65.57%) C#
1 40 (65.57%) .NET
2 30 (49.18%) Agile
3 26 (42.62%) TypeScript
4 25 (40.98%) JavaScript
5 24 (39.34%) React
6 21 (34.43%) Propensity Modelling
7 20 (32.79%) NoSQL
8 19 (31.15%) Artificial Intelligence
9 18 (29.51%) Kubernetes
9 18 (29.51%) Docker
10 17 (27.87%) Degree
10 17 (27.87%) Computer Science
10 17 (27.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (22.95%) SQL Server
12 13 (21.31%) Mentoring
13 12 (19.67%) Java
14 9 (14.75%) CSS
14 9 (14.75%) Python
14 9 (14.75%) SQL
14 9 (14.75%) Azure
14 9 (14.75%) AWS
15 8 (13.11%) Technical Leadership
15 8 (13.11%) Software Engineering
16 7 (11.48%) Web Development
16 7 (11.48%) .NET Framework
16 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
16 7 (11.48%) Visual Studio
16 7 (11.48%) ASP.NET
16 7 (11.48%) CI/CD

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.92%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) AWS
1 9 (14.75%) Azure
2 3 (4.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Azure API Management
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Functions
3 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) DNS
1 3 (4.92%) Firewall
1 3 (4.92%) SSL
1 3 (4.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (32.79%) NoSQL
2 14 (22.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.92%) NUnit
2 3 (4.92%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.64%) Git
3 1 (1.64%) GitLab
General
1 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.28%) Banking
2 2 (3.28%) Finance
3 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.64%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (65.57%) .NET
2 24 (39.34%) React
3 9 (14.75%) CSS
4 7 (11.48%) .NET Framework
4 7 (11.48%) AngularJS
4 7 (11.48%) ASP.NET
4 7 (11.48%) REST
5 6 (9.84%) HTML
5 6 (9.84%) WPF
6 4 (6.56%) Vue
7 3 (4.92%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (4.92%) jQuery
7 3 (4.92%) Kafka
7 3 (4.92%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (4.92%) LINQ
7 3 (4.92%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (4.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (4.92%) WCF
7 3 (4.92%) WinForms
8 2 (3.28%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
2 2 (3.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (49.18%) Agile
2 21 (34.43%) Propensity Modelling
3 19 (31.15%) Artificial Intelligence
4 17 (27.87%) Computer Science
5 13 (21.31%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.11%) Software Engineering
6 8 (13.11%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.48%) Web Development
8 6 (9.84%) DevOps
8 6 (9.84%) Full Stack Development
9 5 (8.20%) Coaching
9 5 (8.20%) Data Science
10 4 (6.56%) Data Acquisition
10 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
10 4 (6.56%) Project Management
10 4 (6.56%) TDD
11 3 (4.92%) API Development
11 3 (4.92%) Design Patterns
11 3 (4.92%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 40 (65.57%) C#
2 26 (42.62%) TypeScript
3 25 (40.98%) JavaScript
4 12 (19.67%) Java
5 9 (14.75%) Python
5 9 (14.75%) SQL
6 4 (6.56%) Apex Code
7 3 (4.92%) XAML
8 2 (3.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 17 (27.87%) Computer Science Degree
1 17 (27.87%) Degree
2 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 18 (29.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (29.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.28%) MuleSoft
11 Lead Developer jobs in the South East