Lead Developer Jobs in Manchester

Lead Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Lead Developer salary in Manchester is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 186 190
Rank change year-on-year +58 +4 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 101 57 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.80% 1.25% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.36% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 94 51 50
10th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £76,520
90th Percentile £85,875 £91,250 £87,500
North West median annual salary £70,000 £71,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.75% +23.91% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,335 4,197 5,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.86% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,033 2,583 3,592
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,348 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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
Altrincham - 3 - -
Salford +15 1 £60,000 - 1
Lead Developer
North West

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 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 Manchester region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 33 (32.67%) Agile
2 31 (30.69%) .NET
3 28 (27.72%) C#
4 27 (26.73%) AWS
5 26 (25.74%) Azure
6 25 (24.75%) JavaScript
6 25 (24.75%) TypeScript
7 23 (22.77%) DevOps
8 22 (21.78%) Mentoring
9 21 (20.79%) SQL
10 19 (18.81%) TDD
11 18 (17.82%) React
11 18 (17.82%) Design Patterns
11 18 (17.82%) Full Stack Development
12 16 (15.84%) Apache NiFi
12 16 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (15.84%) C++
12 16 (15.84%) HTML
12 16 (15.84%) STL
12 16 (15.84%) Apache
13 15 (14.85%) Degree
14 14 (13.86%) .NET Framework
14 14 (13.86%) MySQL
14 14 (13.86%) CSS
14 14 (13.86%) Software Engineering
14 14 (13.86%) CI/CD
15 13 (12.87%) Java
15 13 (12.87%) NoSQL
16 12 (11.88%) REST
16 12 (11.88%) Web Services

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 16 (15.84%) Apache
2 4 (3.96%) CMS
3 3 (2.97%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.99%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.99%) Magento
2 1 (0.99%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (26.73%) AWS
2 26 (25.74%) Azure
3 7 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (6.93%) GCP
4 5 (4.95%) SaaS
5 4 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.97%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 3 (2.97%) PaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.99%) npm
7 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) DNS
1 1 (0.99%) Firewall
1 1 (0.99%) SSL
1 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.86%) MySQL
2 13 (12.87%) NoSQL
3 8 (7.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.98%) GitLab
3 1 (0.99%) Maven
3 1 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (10.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.94%) Games
2 6 (5.94%) Retail
3 5 (4.95%) Finance
4 2 (1.98%) Back Office
4 2 (1.98%) Marketing
4 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.98%) Tech for Good
5 1 (0.99%) Banking
5 1 (0.99%) Electronics
5 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (30.69%) .NET
2 18 (17.82%) React
3 16 (15.84%) Apache NiFi
3 16 (15.84%) HTML
3 16 (15.84%) STL
4 14 (13.86%) .NET Framework
4 14 (13.86%) CSS
5 12 (11.88%) REST
5 12 (11.88%) Web Services
6 8 (7.92%) .NET Core
6 8 (7.92%) Node.js
7 7 (6.93%) AngularJS
8 6 (5.94%) MobX
8 6 (5.94%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (5.94%) Redux
9 5 (4.95%) RESTful
9 5 (4.95%) Spring
10 4 (3.96%) jQuery
10 4 (3.96%) SOAP
10 4 (3.96%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.90%) Cloud Native
1 10 (9.90%) Mobile App
2 7 (6.93%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (2.97%) Legacy Code
4 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.99%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.99%) FPGA
5 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.99%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.90%) Apple iOS
1 10 (9.90%) Linux
1 10 (9.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (32.67%) Agile
2 23 (22.77%) DevOps
3 22 (21.78%) Mentoring
4 19 (18.81%) TDD
5 18 (17.82%) Design Patterns
5 18 (17.82%) Full Stack Development
6 16 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (13.86%) CI/CD
7 14 (13.86%) Software Engineering
8 10 (9.90%) Microservices
8 10 (9.90%) Mobile Application Development
8 10 (9.90%) Performance Optimisation
8 10 (9.90%) Scrum
9 9 (8.91%) Code Quality
9 9 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (7.92%) iOS Development
10 8 (7.92%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.93%) Computer Science
11 7 (6.93%) Process Improvement
11 7 (6.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (27.72%) C#
2 25 (24.75%) JavaScript
2 25 (24.75%) TypeScript
3 21 (20.79%) SQL
4 16 (15.84%) C++
5 13 (12.87%) Java
6 6 (5.94%) Swift
7 4 (3.96%) Objective-C
7 4 (3.96%) Python
8 3 (2.97%) C
8 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.97%) Scala
9 2 (1.98%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.98%) PHP
10 1 (0.99%) VB
10 1 (0.99%) XAML
Qualifications
1 15 (14.85%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) AWS Certification
2 7 (6.93%) Azure Certification
2 7 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.93%) QA
2 1 (0.99%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (10.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Terraform
2 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.99%) Ansible
3 1 (0.99%) Kiali
3 1 (0.99%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft