Lead Developer Jobs in the South West

Lead Developer
England > South West

The median Lead Developer salary in the South West is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 205 218
Rank change year-on-year +49 +13 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 24 88 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.67% 0.83% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.86% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 21 83 35
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,812
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,046 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -15.49% +3.85%
75th Percentile £68,525 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £89,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -9.68% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,351 10,215 5,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 96.04% 88.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,056 7,376 3,699
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the South West

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the South West

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the South West

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 June 2025. 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
Wiltshire +47 13 £55,000 +37.50% 6
Gloucestershire +57 4 £85,000 +13.33% 8
Somerset +25 4 £57,500 +46.31% 4
Bristol +35 3 £68,525 +20.12% 13
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, 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 South West region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 11 (45.83%) SQL
2 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 9 (37.50%) Azure
4 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
5 6 (25.00%) C#
5 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (20.83%) CSS
6 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
6 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (20.83%) Data Security
6 5 (20.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (20.83%) Agile
6 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (20.83%) React
6 5 (20.83%) Database Security
6 5 (20.83%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
7 4 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
7 4 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (16.67%) Retail
7 4 (16.67%) Node.js

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) CMS
3 2 (8.33%) Headless CMS
4 1 (4.17%) DNN
4 1 (4.17%) Kentico
4 1 (4.17%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (4.17%) Sitefinity
4 1 (4.17%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
3 5 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.33%) AWS
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.33%) Power BI
3 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Retail
3 2 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) CSS
1 5 (20.83%) React
2 4 (16.67%) Node.js
3 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 3 (12.50%) HTML
4 2 (8.33%) .NET
4 2 (8.33%) Express.js
4 2 (8.33%) Next.js
4 2 (8.33%) RESTful
4 2 (8.33%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (4.17%) .NET Core
5 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.17%) Middleware
5 1 (4.17%) REST
5 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (8.33%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Data Security
3 5 (20.83%) Database Security
3 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (20.83%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (16.67%) CRM
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.67%) ERP
4 4 (16.67%) Scrum
5 3 (12.50%) Content Management
5 3 (12.50%) Design Patterns
5 3 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (12.50%) Prototyping
5 3 (12.50%) SOLID
5 3 (12.50%) Web Development
6 2 (8.33%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) SQL
2 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 6 (25.00%) C#
4 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
5 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) IFS
3 1 (4.17%) Sitecore
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