Lead Developer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-02, Skillenai has indexed 42 job postings with the title “Lead Developer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AWS, with demand down 10% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-02
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+How many Lead Developer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 42 job postings with the title “Lead Developer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-02, with demand down 10% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Lead Developer jobs require?
Across Lead Developer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-02, the skills mentioned most often are AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Agile.
+Which cities are hiring the most Lead Developer?
As of 2026-09-02, Lead Developer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Chennai, Singapore, Montréal, Pune, Toronto.
+Is Lead Developer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 42 Lead Developer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-02, with demand down 10% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Lead Developer postings is AWS, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Lead Developer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Lead Developer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | 33 | 78.6% |
| Kubernetes | 30 | 71.4% |
| Docker | 29 | 69.0% |
| DevOps | 27 | 64.3% |
| Agile | 25 | 59.5% |
| Lean | 24 | 57.1% |
| DevSecOps | 24 | 57.1% |
| infrastructure automation | 23 | 54.8% |
| Continuous integration | 23 | 54.8% |
| TDD | 22 | 52.4% |
| React | 21 | 50.0% |
| Python | 20 | 47.6% |
| continuous delivery | 19 | 45.2% |
| pair programming | 19 | 45.2% |
| platform engineering | 19 | 45.2% |
Top metros hiring Lead Developer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chennai | 6 | 14.3% |
| Singapore | 3 | 7.1% |
| Montréal | 2 | 4.8% |
| Pune | 2 | 4.8% |
| Toronto | 2 | 4.8% |
| Catania | 1 | 2.4% |
| Hanover | 1 | 2.4% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 2.4% |
| Irving | 1 | 2.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-02, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead Developer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Lead Developer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-02
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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