Lead Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 366 380
Rank change year-on-year +86 +14 -161
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 693 476 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.97% 0.81% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.90% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 650 373 479
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,300 £41,700
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,102
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lead Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North of England +130 266 £62,500 -10.71% 24
North West +81 166 £70,000 -3.45% 10
South East -9 127 £75,000 +3.45% 34
Midlands +46 117 £60,000 - 16
West Midlands +80 97 £65,000 +8.33% 7
South West +1 77 £60,000 -9.43% 8
Yorkshire +84 73 £57,500 -17.86% 10
Wales +47 38 £65,000 - 1
East of England +13 37 £65,000 +13.04% 3
Scotland -47 29 £65,500 +0.77% 3
North East +10 27 £70,000 +46.84% 4
East Midlands -21 20 £52,500 -12.50% 8
Northern Ireland +14 2 £100,000 +66.67% 1
Lead Developer
UK

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 226 (32.61%) .NET
2 221 (31.89%) C#
3 194 (27.99%) Agile
4 167 (24.10%) JavaScript
5 155 (22.37%) Azure
6 145 (20.92%) Mentoring
7 119 (17.17%) React
8 108 (15.58%) SQL
9 106 (15.30%) AWS
10 101 (14.57%) TypeScript
10 101 (14.57%) Full Stack Development
11 100 (14.43%) Degree
12 94 (13.56%) Microsoft
12 94 (13.56%) Finance
12 94 (13.56%) Social Skills
13 91 (13.13%) HTML
14 90 (12.99%) CSS
15 86 (12.41%) DevOps
16 81 (11.69%) Web Development
17 79 (11.40%) SQL Server
18 77 (11.11%) Java
19 69 (9.96%) Software Engineering
19 69 (9.96%) Microservices
20 64 (9.24%) ASP.NET
21 63 (9.09%) Docker
22 59 (8.51%) REST
22 59 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
23 57 (8.23%) Coaching
23 57 (8.23%) Public Sector
24 56 (8.08%) Vue

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 35 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.89%) IIS
3 17 (2.45%) Apache
4 13 (1.88%) CMS
5 12 (1.73%) WordPress
6 8 (1.15%) Appian
6 8 (1.15%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.72%) Drupal
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Confluence
9 1 (0.14%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (1.01%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.30%) Shopify
2 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 155 (22.37%) Azure
2 106 (15.30%) AWS
3 40 (5.77%) SaaS
4 35 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (4.18%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.32%) Serverless
7 20 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (2.45%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 12 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (1.73%) GCP
10 12 (1.73%) PaaS
11 10 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.30%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.01%) Pulumi
15 6 (0.87%) GitHub
15 6 (0.87%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.74%) DNS
1 19 (2.74%) Firewall
1 19 (2.74%) SSL
1 19 (2.74%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.30%) Intranet
3 7 (1.01%) Network Security
4 6 (0.87%) Internet
5 3 (0.43%) HTTP
5 3 (0.43%) MQTT
6 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (11.40%) SQL Server
2 49 (7.07%) NoSQL
3 45 (6.49%) MySQL
4 27 (3.90%) Tableau
5 13 (1.88%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.44%) Power BI
7 10 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.30%) Redis
9 5 (0.72%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 29 (4.18%) Visual Studio
2 27 (3.90%) Git
3 12 (1.73%) TeamCity
4 11 (1.59%) GitLab
5 10 (1.44%) NUnit
6 9 (1.30%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.15%) Selenium
8 7 (1.01%) Jasmine
8 7 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.72%) gulp
9 5 (0.72%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.72%) Maven
10 4 (0.58%) Postman
11 3 (0.43%) Gradle
11 3 (0.43%) Subversion
12 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.14%) GitKraken
12 1 (0.14%) JetBrains Rider
12 1 (0.14%) JIRA
12 1 (0.14%) ReSharper
General
1 94 (13.56%) Finance
1 94 (13.56%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.23%) Public Sector
3 25 (3.61%) Marketing
4 21 (3.03%) Banking
5 16 (2.31%) Games
6 13 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (1.73%) Retail
8 11 (1.59%) Law
9 9 (1.30%) Police
10 8 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.15%) Tech for Good
11 6 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.72%) iGaming
13 4 (0.58%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.43%) Aviation
14 3 (0.43%) Front Office
15 2 (0.29%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 226 (32.61%) .NET
2 119 (17.17%) React
3 91 (13.13%) HTML
4 90 (12.99%) CSS
5 64 (9.24%) ASP.NET
6 59 (8.51%) REST
7 56 (8.08%) Vue
8 55 (7.94%) .NET Core
9 50 (7.22%) Laravel
10 48 (6.93%) AngularJS
11 46 (6.64%) RESTful
12 39 (5.63%) Web Services
13 37 (5.34%) Node.js
14 35 (5.05%) .NET Framework
15 33 (4.76%) jQuery
15 33 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
16 28 (4.04%) OpenID
16 28 (4.04%) WPF
17 26 (3.75%) OAuth
17 26 (3.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.62%) Mobile App
2 26 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.45%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.31%) Digital Media
5 16 (2.31%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.59%) Client/Server
7 11 (1.59%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.44%) IoT
8 10 (1.44%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.30%) Augmented Reality
10 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (0.72%) Virtual Reality
12 4 (0.58%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.58%) Kindle
12 4 (0.58%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.43%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.92%) Windows
2 28 (4.04%) Linux
3 18 (2.60%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.88%) Android
5 3 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (27.99%) Agile
2 145 (20.92%) Mentoring
3 101 (14.57%) Full Stack Development
4 86 (12.41%) DevOps
5 81 (11.69%) Web Development
6 69 (9.96%) Microservices
6 69 (9.96%) Software Engineering
7 59 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (8.23%) Coaching
9 55 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
10 53 (7.65%) TDD
11 51 (7.36%) Code Quality
12 50 (7.22%) MVC
13 46 (6.64%) CI/CD
13 46 (6.64%) Design Patterns
14 45 (6.49%) Scrum
15 42 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (5.92%) Computer Science
17 40 (5.77%) Front End Development
18 39 (5.63%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 221 (31.89%) C#
2 167 (24.10%) JavaScript
3 108 (15.58%) SQL
4 101 (14.57%) TypeScript
5 77 (11.11%) Java
6 43 (6.20%) PHP
7 33 (4.76%) C++
8 29 (4.18%) Python
9 22 (3.17%) C
10 19 (2.74%) XAML
11 15 (2.16%) Swift
12 14 (2.02%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.59%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.30%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.15%) Bicep
15 8 (1.15%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.72%) Ada
17 4 (0.58%) Embedded C
18 3 (0.43%) Scala
18 3 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (14.43%) Degree
2 39 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 11 (1.59%) AWS Certification
4 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 6 (0.87%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.29%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.29%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.35%) QA
2 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.58%) WCAG
3 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (9.09%) Docker
2 6 (0.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.31%) Terraform
3 7 (1.01%) MIIS
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Kiali
4 1 (0.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 94 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.31%) ServiceNow
3 11 (1.59%) Oracle
4 9 (1.30%) Google
5 3 (0.43%) Hotjar
5 3 (0.43%) Northgate
5 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.29%) Computacenter
6 2 (0.29%) SAP
6 2 (0.29%) Zend
7 1 (0.14%) IBM
7 1 (0.14%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.14%) Xamarin