Lead Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 551 572
Rank change year-on-year +327 +21 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 924 186 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.22% 0.33% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.37% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 165 127 155
10th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +10.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £81,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +4.94% +4.52% +10.71%

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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Lead Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Scotland +114 679 £80,000 +23.08% 6
North of England +81 88 £70,000 -12.10% 10
North West +46 68 £70,000 -6.67% 7
South East +32 65 £75,000 - 10
South West +7 53 £70,000 -2.78% 5
Midlands +1 32 £85,000 +47.83% 8
West Midlands +5 23 £85,000 +47.83% 2
Yorkshire +55 14 £68,000 -14.61% 2
East Midlands -23 9 £77,500 +40.91% 6
North East - 6 £35,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +11 5 £95,000 +58.33%
East of England -5 2 £72,500 - 4
Lead Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Lead Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 924 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 749 (81.06%) Agile
3 693 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 677 (73.27%) Finance
5 659 (71.32%) Law
6 644 (69.70%) Operational Stability
7 606 (65.58%) SDLC
8 550 (59.52%) CI/CD
9 536 (58.01%) Marketing
10 512 (55.41%) Java
11 479 (51.84%) Community of Practice
12 416 (45.02%) Machine Learning
13 391 (42.32%) Artificial Intelligence
14 357 (38.64%) Architectural Design
15 347 (37.55%) AWS
16 334 (36.15%) Information Architecture
17 329 (35.61%) Cloud Native
18 328 (35.50%) SQL
19 281 (30.41%) Continuous Delivery
20 242 (26.19%) Python
21 200 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
22 198 (21.43%) Spring
23 190 (20.56%) NoSQL
24 176 (19.05%) Apache Spark
25 170 (18.40%) JavaScript
26 158 (17.10%) React
27 148 (16.02%) Tech Ops
28 144 (15.58%) Big Data
29 140 (15.15%) Kafka
30 132 (14.29%) Mentoring

Lead Software Engineer 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
1 176 (19.05%) Apache Spark
2 52 (5.63%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.46%) Cloud Foundry
3 32 (3.46%) FileNet
4 21 (2.27%) GemFire
5 4 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 4 (0.43%) CANalyzer
2 2 (0.22%) Simulink
3 1 (0.11%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 347 (37.55%) AWS
2 82 (8.87%) Azure
3 48 (5.19%) Datadog
4 44 (4.76%) GCP
5 33 (3.57%) Amazon S3
6 21 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 11 (1.19%) Amazon Kinesis
8 10 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (0.97%) GitHub
9 9 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (0.76%) Amazon MSK
11 6 (0.65%) Serverless
12 5 (0.54%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.32%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.32%) SaaS
15 2 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (8.87%) Kerberos
2 6 (0.65%) RS-485
3 4 (0.43%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.43%) RS-232
3 4 (0.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.43%) Wireless
3 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.22%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.22%) 5G
4 2 (0.22%) HTTP
4 2 (0.22%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (20.56%) NoSQL
2 144 (15.58%) Big Data
3 71 (7.68%) Apache Cassandra
3 71 (7.68%) Elasticsearch
4 65 (7.03%) Metadata
5 38 (4.11%) CockroachDB
6 36 (3.90%) Relational Database
7 28 (3.03%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.81%) Amazon Aurora
9 21 (2.27%) Hazelcast
10 18 (1.95%) Looker
11 13 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.30%) DynamoDB
13 10 (1.08%) MySQL
14 7 (0.76%) SQL Server
15 6 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.65%) CouchDB
16 4 (0.43%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
17 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 75 (8.12%) Jenkins
2 68 (7.36%) Git
3 65 (7.03%) Artifactory
3 65 (7.03%) Bitbucket
4 54 (5.84%) JUnit
5 37 (4.00%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.38%) Jasmine
6 22 (2.38%) Karma Test Runner
6 22 (2.38%) Protractor
6 22 (2.38%) Selenium
6 22 (2.38%) WebDriver
7 21 (2.27%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.62%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.97%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.76%) Gradle
11 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.43%) CANoe
12 4 (0.43%) GitLab
13 3 (0.32%) Maven
14 2 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 693 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 677 (73.27%) Finance
3 659 (71.32%) Law
4 536 (58.01%) Marketing
5 127 (13.74%) Banking
6 122 (13.20%) Investment Banking
7 121 (13.10%) Influencing Skills
8 99 (10.71%) Social Skills
9 25 (2.71%) Financial Institution
10 22 (2.38%) Prime Brokerage
11 15 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.52%) Retail
13 9 (0.97%) Aviation
13 9 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.97%) Public Sector
14 8 (0.87%) Automotive
15 7 (0.76%) Tech for Good
16 6 (0.65%) Legal
16 6 (0.65%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (21.43%) Spring
2 158 (17.10%) React
3 140 (15.15%) Kafka
4 123 (13.31%) JSON
5 119 (12.88%) CSS
5 119 (12.88%) HTML
6 100 (10.82%) AngularJS
7 97 (10.50%) Spring Boot
8 95 (10.28%) Web Services
9 87 (9.42%) RESTful
10 84 (9.09%) PySpark
11 79 (8.55%) Node.js
12 70 (7.58%) XML
13 67 (7.25%) Hibernate
13 67 (7.25%) J2EE
14 65 (7.03%) JSON-LD
14 65 (7.03%) LDAP
14 65 (7.03%) OpenID
14 65 (7.03%) SAML
15 62 (6.71%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 329 (35.61%) Cloud Native
2 120 (12.99%) Public Cloud
3 81 (8.77%) Management Information System
4 65 (7.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (7.03%) Reference Data
5 40 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
6 34 (3.68%) Cyberattack
7 26 (2.81%) Product Ownership
8 23 (2.49%) Private Cloud
9 22 (2.38%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (2.27%) Replication
11 11 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.97%) Blog
12 9 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.97%) Media Streaming
13 7 (0.76%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.65%) PropTech
15 5 (0.54%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.54%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 71 (7.68%) Linux
2 19 (2.06%) Windows
3 8 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.32%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) CentOS
6 2 (0.22%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 924 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 749 (81.06%) Agile
3 644 (69.70%) Operational Stability
4 606 (65.58%) SDLC
5 550 (59.52%) CI/CD
6 479 (51.84%) Community of Practice
7 416 (45.02%) Machine Learning
8 391 (42.32%) Artificial Intelligence
9 357 (38.64%) Architectural Design
10 334 (36.15%) Information Architecture
11 281 (30.41%) Continuous Delivery
12 200 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
13 148 (16.02%) Tech Ops
14 132 (14.29%) Mentoring
15 127 (13.74%) Microservices
16 118 (12.77%) Performance Tuning
17 107 (11.58%) Decision-Making
18 104 (11.26%) Coaching
18 104 (11.26%) Data Modelling
19 91 (9.85%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 512 (55.41%) Java
2 328 (35.50%) SQL
3 242 (26.19%) Python
4 170 (18.40%) JavaScript
5 132 (14.29%) Scala
6 100 (10.82%) TypeScript
7 75 (8.12%) Go
8 65 (7.03%) Prolog
8 65 (7.03%) SPARQL
9 58 (6.28%) C#
10 27 (2.92%) C
10 27 (2.92%) C++
11 22 (2.38%) Groovy
12 6 (0.65%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.54%) Haskell
14 2 (0.22%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.22%) PHP
14 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (2.16%) Degree
2 17 (1.84%) AWS Certification
3 15 (1.62%) Security Cleared
4 13 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.97%) SC Cleared
6 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.90%) Accessibility
2 32 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.95%) PMO
4 10 (1.08%) QA
5 4 (0.43%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.43%) IEC 61508
5 4 (0.43%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.43%) MISRA
5 4 (0.43%) MISRA C
System Software
1 65 (7.03%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.46%) Docker
3 6 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 120 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.36%) Terraform
3 62 (6.71%) Grafana
4 41 (4.44%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.27%) HAProxy
5 21 (2.27%) ITRS Geneos
5 21 (2.27%) Kibana
5 21 (2.27%) Zipkin
6 1 (0.11%) Ansible
6 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 117 (12.66%) Oracle
2 72 (7.79%) Splunk
3 65 (7.03%) Dynatrace
4 21 (2.27%) Atlassian
5 18 (1.95%) Google
5 18 (1.95%) SaltStack
6 16 (1.73%) Microsoft
7 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.54%) Databricks