Lead Developer Jobs in the North of England

Lead Developer
England > North of England

The median Lead Developer salary in the North of England is £65,000 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 166 296 292
Rank change year-on-year +130 -4 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 268 115 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.37% 0.72% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 0.81% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 251 91 139
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% - +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 18,684 14,168 18,115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 89.25% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14,090 7,965 11,055
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,136 £65,310
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,050 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the North of England

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the North of England

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the North of England

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the North of England 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
North West +76 160 £70,000 -3.45% 12
Yorkshire +110 79 £55,173 -21.18% 9
North East -1 29 £70,000 +46.84% 5
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 90 (33.58%) .NET
2 78 (29.10%) C#
3 64 (23.88%) SQL
4 61 (22.76%) Agile
5 60 (22.39%) Azure
6 58 (21.64%) Mentoring
7 57 (21.27%) AWS
8 54 (20.15%) JavaScript
9 48 (17.91%) Full Stack Development
10 40 (14.93%) TypeScript
11 34 (12.69%) TDD
12 33 (12.31%) Social Skills
13 32 (11.94%) React
14 30 (11.19%) Software Engineering
14 30 (11.19%) Degree
14 30 (11.19%) CSS
14 30 (11.19%) DevOps
15 29 (10.82%) HTML
15 29 (10.82%) MySQL
16 28 (10.45%) Web Development
16 28 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (10.07%) REST
18 26 (9.70%) Finance
19 25 (9.33%) Microsoft
19 25 (9.33%) Java
19 25 (9.33%) Design Patterns
20 24 (8.96%) .NET Core
20 24 (8.96%) Web Services
20 24 (8.96%) Microservices
21 23 (8.58%) SOLID

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.97%) Apache
3 4 (1.49%) CMS
3 4 (1.49%) IIS
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Solr
4 3 (1.12%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.39%) Azure
2 57 (21.27%) AWS
3 12 (4.48%) SaaS
4 11 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.36%) Serverless
6 8 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.61%) GCP
7 7 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.61%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.61%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.61%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (1.87%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.87%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8 5 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.49%) GitHub
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.24%) Intranet
2 4 (1.49%) DNS
2 4 (1.49%) Firewall
2 4 (1.49%) SSL
2 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.82%) MySQL
2 23 (8.58%) SQL Server
3 17 (6.34%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.99%) Redis
5 7 (2.61%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.87%) Couchbase
6 5 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.87%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.49%) Tableau
8 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.37%) Big Data
9 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Maven
2 3 (1.12%) Git
2 3 (1.12%) GitLab
2 3 (1.12%) Gradle
2 3 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.37%) Selenium
3 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (12.31%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.70%) Finance
3 20 (7.46%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.60%) Marketing
5 14 (5.22%) Games
5 14 (5.22%) Retail
6 6 (2.24%) Police
7 4 (1.49%) Banking
7 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.49%) Law
8 2 (0.75%) Back Office
8 2 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (0.75%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Electronics
9 1 (0.37%) Local Government
9 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (33.58%) .NET
2 32 (11.94%) React
3 30 (11.19%) CSS
4 29 (10.82%) HTML
5 27 (10.07%) REST
6 24 (8.96%) .NET Core
6 24 (8.96%) Web Services
7 20 (7.46%) RESTful
8 19 (7.09%) Node.js
9 18 (6.72%) .NET Framework
10 16 (5.97%) Apache NiFi
10 16 (5.97%) Laravel
10 16 (5.97%) OAuth
10 16 (5.97%) STL
11 14 (5.22%) Vue
12 13 (4.85%) AngularJS
13 12 (4.48%) ASP.NET
13 12 (4.48%) WPF
14 11 (4.10%) OpenID
15 9 (3.36%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.97%) Mobile App
2 13 (4.85%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.36%) Client/Server
4 9 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.61%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (2.24%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.12%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.12%) NHS
7 3 (1.12%) Online Games
8 2 (0.75%) e-Health
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.37%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.37%) FPGA
9 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.37%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.97%) Linux
2 13 (4.85%) Apple iOS
2 13 (4.85%) Windows
3 4 (1.49%) Android
4 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.76%) Agile
2 58 (21.64%) Mentoring
3 48 (17.91%) Full Stack Development
4 34 (12.69%) TDD
5 30 (11.19%) DevOps
5 30 (11.19%) Software Engineering
6 28 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (10.45%) Web Development
7 25 (9.33%) Design Patterns
8 24 (8.96%) Microservices
9 23 (8.58%) SOLID
9 23 (8.58%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (7.46%) CI/CD
10 20 (7.46%) Code Quality
10 20 (7.46%) MVC
11 16 (5.97%) OOP
12 14 (5.22%) Coaching
13 13 (4.85%) Computer Science
13 13 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (4.85%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.10%) C#
2 64 (23.88%) SQL
3 54 (20.15%) JavaScript
4 40 (14.93%) TypeScript
5 25 (9.33%) Java
6 21 (7.84%) PHP
7 17 (6.34%) C++
8 11 (4.10%) Scala
9 10 (3.73%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.99%) Python
10 8 (2.99%) Swift
11 5 (1.87%) Ada
12 4 (1.49%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.49%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.49%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.49%) XAML
13 3 (1.12%) C
13 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (11.19%) Degree
2 7 (2.61%) AWS Certification
2 7 (2.61%) Azure Certification
2 7 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.24%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.12%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.22%) QA
2 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (5.97%) Docker
2 6 (2.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.99%) Terraform
2 7 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.37%) Kiali
3 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.12%) Northgate
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle