Lead developer Work, Jobs in Knutsford, Chs (with Salaries)

Lead Developer
Government Digital Service —Manchester
- £69,675 - £92,275 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- SDLC
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5h
Lead Developer
Evolve-Energy —Manchester
- £70,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Engineering
- Travel
- Flexitime
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Lead UI Developer
Barclays —Knutsford
3d
Business Systems Delivery Lead
Bathroom Mountain —Stoke-on-Trent
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- Project management
- Software development
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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Technical Lead
ThirdGen Digital Technologies Ltd —Manchester
- £75,000 - £100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Team management
- Mentoring
- Software development
- Health & wellbeing programme
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5d
Senior Accessibility Specialist
Royal London —Alderley Edge
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
ServiceNow Developer Lead
Worldpay (UK) Limited —Manchester
- Bachelor's degree
- Continuous improvement
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Senior ServiceNow Engineer
Barclays —Knutsford
- Mentoring
- Software development
- AI
Full Stack Developer
Capgemini Sogeti —Manchester
- Software development
Contract Agile Delivery Manager
Codurance —Manchester
- £550 - £600 a day
- Hybrid work
- Team management
- Mentoring
- Agile
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3d
Lead Java Developer
Royal London —Alderley Edge
- Java
- Agile
- SDLC
- Annual leave
5d
Senior C# Developer
Radius Limited —Crewe
- Full-time
- Agile
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
AI Engineer
Barclays —Knutsford
- Scripting
- AI
- Communication skills
Web Designer & Developer
Orange & Gray Limited —Manchester
- £30,000 - £35,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- JavaScript
- In-person
- HTML
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Business Analyst
Softcat —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- School
- Flexible schedule
Lead Product Developer and Designer - Maternity Cover
Nadine Merabi —Manchester
- CAD
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
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Full Stack Developer
Capgemini —Manchester
- Software development
Lead Database Administrator
Betfred —Manchester
- £80,000 - £95,000 a year
- Full-time
- Software troubleshooting
- Scripting
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Lead Data Engineer
Northrop Grumman —Manchester
- £60,000 - £86,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Databases
- Team management
- Travel
- Relocation assistance
Team Lead
Debenhams Group —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- Team management
- Leadership
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Lead Developer

Government Digital Service -
Manchester

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£69,675 - £92,275 a year
5 hours ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Paid volunteer time
Childcare

Qualifications

Presentation skills
Leadership
SDLC

Full job description

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Reference number

475867

Salary

£69,675 - £92,275

£77,425 - £92,275 Offers made above this will be made up with a specialist pay allowance. Based on capability. The base salary of this grade is £69,675.

GBP

Job grade

Grade 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

GDS - GOV.UK

Type of role

Digital
Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours

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Location

Manchester

About the job

Job summary

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.

Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:

joining up public sector services
harnessing the power of AI for the public good
strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
elevating leadership and investing in talent
funding for outcomes andprocuringfor growth and innovation
committing to transparency and driving accountability

We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UKs geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.

Were part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.

The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, youll be working with some of the worlds most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.

Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nations highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.

Within GDS, the Digital Products Group is responsible for running and evolving some of the UK governments most critical digital products and platforms. This includes GOV.UK, the trusted source of authoritative government services and information. GOV.UK supports millions of individuals and businesses each week to find information and complete tasks that are essential to live, work and do business in the UK.

The GOV.UK website supports an average of 88m visits per month, making it one of the most used digital services in the UK. But GOV.UK is now much more than a web platform, reaching users through an increasing variety of channels including GOV.UK Social, GOV.UK App and GOV.UK Chat. Together these form a core part of the UKs digital public infrastructure.

This role will be working in the GOV.UK Web and Publishing teams. A key focus will be driving forward our technical strategy of multi-channel publishing and improved AI content discovery.

Job description

As a Lead Developer in GOV.UK, youll work across a business area of 1-3 related engineering teams, using your engineering experience to empower teams and guide technical work. Expect a mixture of engineering management, engineering design and technical strategy. Youll shape technical strategy and take accountability for engineering outcomes in your area. Youll grow engineering capability through recruitment and community engagement, helping to continuously improve how the engineering function operates across GOV.UK.

From time to time it might be beneficial to review code or pair / mob with engineers but that will be ad-hoc rather than regular, as this isnt a hands-on technical role.

As a Lead Developer youll:

work with 1-3 engineering teams in a related area, taking responsibility for engineering outcomes
shape technical strategy in your area, collaborating with leadership peers and teams
line-manage 4-6 technologists, supporting their career progression, development and wellbeing, and providing regular coaching and performance feedback
set engineering teams up for success through empowerment, effective technical leadership and decision making support
plan and develop engineering capability within your area, recruiting civil servants and interim/contractor technologists and championing inclusive recruitment practices
be a visible champion of the engineering community in GOV.UK, developing the wider team and engineering practices
support Head of Engineering with specific tasks to improve the engineering function at GOV.UK
work with security colleagues to ensure the security of the services in your

Person specification

Were interested in people who have:

have experience leading and managing engineering teams / engineers
substantial experience working in software engineering or a closely related technical discipline. (Note: not required to be a hands-on coder in the role)
experience of upholding a high standard of engineering practices and optimising the development process
an interest in making an impact beyond the team level
ability to effectively communicate and influence at a programme leadership level
a good understanding of security concerns and practices across the SDLC

If you meet a few of those criteria but think that you might not meet every last one then dont let that stop you from submitting an application.

Benefits

There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:

flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
an extra day off for the Kings birthday
an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
death in service benefits
cycle to work scheme and facilities
access to an employee discounts scheme
10 learning days per year
volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning

Any move to Government Digital Service from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

a simple application screening process - we only ask for a CV, responses to 2 knockout questions and a security check question Important tip - please ensure that your responses include how you meet the skills and experience listed in the person specification section above
a 30 minute phone screen where you will be asked a few role-related questions to enable us to get to know you better
a 60 minute scenario-based interview focused on managing/leading engineering teams (conducted over video conferencing)
a 90 minute competency-based panel interview including system design question (conducted over video conferencing)

Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise.

In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the lead criteria which is:

have experience leading and managing engineering teams / engineers

In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. Well be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role.

For this role well be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

seeing the big picture
communicating and influencing
developing self and others
making effective decisions
leadership

We will also be assessing your experience and skills against the following skills defined in the Lead Developer (management) role:

development process optimisation
modern standards approach
information security
systems design

Want to know more about who Government Digital and Data are? Click Here

Recruitment Timeline

Sift completion: 20th August 2026

Phone Screen: 28th August 2026 onwards

Technical Interview: 10th September 2026 onwards

Panel interviews: 21st September 2026 onwards

Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Sponsorship

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Location

Whilst this role's location is Manchester, if you are a current Civil servant working in DSIT and based in Bristol/London you are also able to apply for this role. If you are successful, you will retain your current location and pay.

Security:

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission by email: [email protected] Or in writing: Civil Service Commission, Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.

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