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 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 163 311 295
Rank change year-on-year +148 -16 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 271 119 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.44% 0.74% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 0.83% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 255 93 138
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,833 £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £79,500
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 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £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 £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £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 1 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 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
North West +83 165 £70,000 -1.75% 13
Yorkshire +99 78 £55,173 -21.18% 5
North East +4 28 £70,000 +46.84% 2
Lead Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 89 (32.84%) .NET
2 77 (28.41%) C#
3 64 (23.62%) SQL
4 61 (22.51%) Agile
5 60 (22.14%) Azure
6 58 (21.40%) Mentoring
7 55 (20.30%) JavaScript
8 54 (19.93%) AWS
9 47 (17.34%) Full Stack Development
10 41 (15.13%) Social Skills
11 38 (14.02%) Degree
11 38 (14.02%) TypeScript
12 33 (12.18%) TDD
13 32 (11.81%) React
14 30 (11.07%) Software Engineering
14 30 (11.07%) CSS
15 29 (10.70%) HTML
15 29 (10.70%) DevOps
16 28 (10.33%) MySQL
16 28 (10.33%) Web Development
16 28 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (9.96%) REST
18 26 (9.59%) Finance
19 25 (9.23%) Microsoft
19 25 (9.23%) Design Patterns
20 24 (8.86%) SQL Server
20 24 (8.86%) Java
20 24 (8.86%) Web Services
21 23 (8.49%) Microservices
21 23 (8.49%) 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 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.90%) Apache
3 4 (1.48%) CMS
3 4 (1.48%) IIS
4 3 (1.11%) Apache Solr
4 3 (1.11%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.37%) Magento
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.14%) Azure
2 54 (19.93%) AWS
3 12 (4.43%) SaaS
4 10 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.32%) Serverless
6 8 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.58%) GCP
7 7 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.58%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.58%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.58%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (1.85%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.85%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8 5 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.48%) GitHub
10 3 (1.11%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (1.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.21%) Intranet
2 4 (1.48%) DNS
2 4 (1.48%) Firewall
2 4 (1.48%) SSL
2 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.33%) MySQL
2 24 (8.86%) SQL Server
3 16 (5.90%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.43%) Tableau
5 8 (2.95%) Redis
6 7 (2.58%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.85%) Couchbase
7 5 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.85%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.37%) Big Data
10 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Maven
2 3 (1.11%) Git
2 3 (1.11%) GitLab
2 3 (1.11%) Gradle
2 3 (1.11%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.11%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.37%) Selenium
3 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (15.13%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.59%) Finance
3 20 (7.38%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.54%) Marketing
5 14 (5.17%) Games
6 12 (4.43%) Retail
7 6 (2.21%) Police
8 5 (1.85%) Law
9 4 (1.48%) Banking
9 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.74%) Back Office
10 2 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.74%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Electronics
11 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (32.84%) .NET
2 32 (11.81%) React
3 30 (11.07%) CSS
4 29 (10.70%) HTML
5 27 (9.96%) REST
6 24 (8.86%) Web Services
7 23 (8.49%) .NET Core
8 20 (7.38%) RESTful
9 18 (6.64%) .NET Framework
9 18 (6.64%) Node.js
10 16 (5.90%) Apache NiFi
10 16 (5.90%) Laravel
10 16 (5.90%) OAuth
10 16 (5.90%) STL
11 13 (4.80%) Vue
12 12 (4.43%) AngularJS
12 12 (4.43%) ASP.NET
12 12 (4.43%) WPF
13 11 (4.06%) OpenID
14 9 (3.32%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.54%) Mobile App
2 13 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.06%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.32%) Client/Server
4 9 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.11%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.11%) NHS
7 3 (1.11%) Online Games
8 2 (0.74%) e-Health
8 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.74%) 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%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.90%) Linux
2 13 (4.80%) Windows
3 12 (4.43%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.48%) Android
5 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.51%) Agile
2 58 (21.40%) Mentoring
3 47 (17.34%) Full Stack Development
4 33 (12.18%) TDD
5 30 (11.07%) Software Engineering
6 29 (10.70%) DevOps
7 28 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (10.33%) Web Development
8 25 (9.23%) Design Patterns
9 23 (8.49%) Microservices
9 23 (8.49%) SOLID
9 23 (8.49%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (7.38%) Code Quality
10 20 (7.38%) MVC
11 19 (7.01%) CI/CD
12 16 (5.90%) OOP
13 15 (5.54%) Analytics
14 14 (5.17%) Coaching
15 13 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.80%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 77 (28.41%) C#
2 64 (23.62%) SQL
3 55 (20.30%) JavaScript
4 38 (14.02%) TypeScript
5 24 (8.86%) Java
6 21 (7.75%) PHP
7 17 (6.27%) C++
8 10 (3.69%) Scala
8 10 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.95%) Python
9 8 (2.95%) Swift
10 5 (1.85%) Ada
11 4 (1.48%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.48%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.48%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.48%) XAML
12 3 (1.11%) C
12 3 (1.11%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (14.02%) Degree
2 7 (2.58%) AWS Certification
2 7 (2.58%) Azure Certification
2 7 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.21%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.11%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.17%) QA
2 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (5.90%) Docker
2 6 (2.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.95%) Terraform
2 6 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.37%) Kiali
3 1 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.11%) Northgate
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle