Developer Jobs in London

Developer
England > London

The median Developer salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3,675 6,057 16,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.39% 18.42% 22.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.31% 19.36% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,078 5,030 8,050
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £136,250 £123,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,535 31,280 69,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 95.12% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,745 23,071 34,798
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,108 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in London

Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Developer in London

Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in London

Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Central London -7 537 £75,000 -6.25% 123
South London +7 97 £67,500 -3.57% 17
East London +19 33 £150,000 +81.82% 26
North London +20 32 £55,000 -15.38% 7
West London -58 23 £75,000 +35.34% 17
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,263 (34.37%) Agile
2 1,178 (32.05%) JavaScript
3 1,102 (29.99%) Finance
4 1,100 (29.93%) AWS
5 1,033 (28.11%) Azure
6 999 (27.18%) C#
7 958 (26.07%) Full Stack Development
8 916 (24.93%) SQL
9 914 (24.87%) .NET
10 849 (23.10%) Python
11 806 (21.93%) Java
12 774 (21.06%) React
13 722 (19.65%) Software Engineering
14 707 (19.24%) TypeScript
15 582 (15.84%) AngularJS
16 578 (15.73%) Social Skills
17 537 (14.61%) Front Office
18 528 (14.37%) HTML
19 521 (14.18%) DevOps
20 491 (13.36%) SQL Server
21 484 (13.17%) CSS
22 470 (12.79%) Microsoft
23 458 (12.46%) Degree
24 446 (12.14%) Microservices
25 441 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
26 429 (11.67%) GCP
27 421 (11.46%) TDD
28 412 (11.21%) Fixed Income
29 411 (11.18%) Fintech
30 407 (11.07%) Asset Management

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 235 (6.39%) Apache
2 217 (5.90%) Apache Airflow
3 80 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 78 (2.12%) CMS
5 41 (1.12%) WordPress
6 39 (1.06%) Confluence
7 36 (0.98%) Drupal
8 31 (0.84%) IIS
9 25 (0.68%) OpenStack
10 19 (0.52%) OpenEdge
11 18 (0.49%) nginx
12 17 (0.46%) Apache Spark
12 17 (0.46%) Mendix
13 14 (0.38%) Tomcat
14 13 (0.35%) Appian
15 12 (0.33%) Ethereum
15 12 (0.33%) JBoss
16 10 (0.27%) EPiServer
16 10 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
17 8 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.082%) Trello
6 2 (0.054%) Blender
6 2 (0.054%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.054%) Houdini
6 2 (0.054%) InDesign
6 2 (0.054%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.054%) Notion
7 1 (0.027%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.027%) Revit
7 1 (0.027%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.027%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 59 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.82%) SDL Web 8
3 16 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 10 (0.27%) Shopify
6 9 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.24%) Magento
7 8 (0.22%) Visualfiles
8 6 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.11%) CiviCRM
11 3 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
12 2 (0.054%) BusinessWorks
12 2 (0.054%) Distributed Ledger
12 2 (0.054%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.054%) R3 Corda
12 2 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
12 2 (0.054%) SAP Business ByDesign
13 1 (0.027%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1,100 (29.93%) AWS
2 1,033 (28.11%) Azure
3 429 (11.67%) GCP
4 306 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 184 (5.01%) Azure DevOps
6 177 (4.82%) Serverless
7 160 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (3.16%) PowerApps
9 112 (3.05%) GitHub
10 102 (2.78%) SaaS
11 91 (2.48%) Power Automate
12 87 (2.37%) dbt
13 67 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
14 62 (1.69%) Snowflake
15 59 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
16 58 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
17 43 (1.17%) Azure Functions
18 42 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
19 39 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.63%) TCP/IP
2 21 (0.57%) Internet
3 12 (0.33%) VPN
4 11 (0.30%) BGP
4 11 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (0.30%) HTTP
4 11 (0.30%) MPLS
5 8 (0.22%) Multicast
6 7 (0.19%) Broadband
6 7 (0.19%) Mobile Broadband
7 6 (0.16%) AMQP
7 6 (0.16%) Network Security
7 6 (0.16%) OpenVPN
8 5 (0.14%) FTP
9 3 (0.082%) SSH
10 2 (0.054%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.054%) Intranet
10 2 (0.054%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.027%) DNS
11 1 (0.027%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 491 (13.36%) SQL Server
2 288 (7.84%) PostgreSQL
3 203 (5.52%) Apache Ignite
4 187 (5.09%) Power BI
5 159 (4.33%) Relational Database
6 146 (3.97%) MongoDB
7 142 (3.86%) MySQL
8 118 (3.21%) NoSQL
9 112 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 89 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
11 86 (2.34%) Dremio
12 85 (2.31%) Apache Arrow
13 84 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
13 84 (2.29%) Redis
14 80 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 68 (1.85%) Data Lake
16 57 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
17 49 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
18 34 (0.93%) Oracle Database
19 33 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 372 (10.12%) Git
2 134 (3.65%) JIRA
3 87 (2.37%) Cypress.io
4 83 (2.26%) Jenkins
5 68 (1.85%) Visual Studio
6 52 (1.41%) GitLab
7 41 (1.12%) NUnit
8 40 (1.09%) TeamCity
9 38 (1.03%) JUnit
10 37 (1.01%) Moq
11 34 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
12 29 (0.79%) Selenium
13 25 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
14 19 (0.52%) SpecFlow
15 18 (0.49%) Sourcetree
16 17 (0.46%) Cucumber
16 17 (0.46%) Maven
17 16 (0.44%) git-flow
17 16 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 16 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,102 (29.99%) Finance
2 578 (15.73%) Social Skills
3 537 (14.61%) Front Office
4 386 (10.50%) Banking
5 178 (4.84%) Investment Banking
6 163 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 118 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 114 (3.10%) Marketing
9 102 (2.78%) Law
10 99 (2.69%) Public Sector
11 73 (1.99%) Games
12 62 (1.69%) Legal
13 59 (1.61%) Back Office
14 55 (1.50%) Retail
15 34 (0.93%) Tech for Good
16 29 (0.79%) Telecoms
17 26 (0.71%) Financial Institution
18 25 (0.68%) Advertising
19 23 (0.63%) Turkish Language
20 17 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 914 (24.87%) .NET
2 774 (21.06%) React
3 582 (15.84%) AngularJS
4 528 (14.37%) HTML
5 484 (13.17%) CSS
6 346 (9.41%) ASP.NET
7 311 (8.46%) Node.js
8 292 (7.95%) .NET Core
9 286 (7.78%) Redux
10 282 (7.67%) Vue
11 258 (7.02%) REST
12 229 (6.23%) gRPC
12 229 (6.23%) RESTful
13 221 (6.01%) Web Services
14 214 (5.82%) Protocol Buffers
14 214 (5.82%) Spring
15 209 (5.69%) Spring Boot
16 206 (5.61%) .NET Framework
17 156 (4.24%) HTML5
17 156 (4.24%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 412 (11.21%) Fixed Income
2 382 (10.39%) Hedge funds
3 311 (8.46%) Equities
4 288 (7.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 214 (5.82%) Derivative
6 203 (5.52%) Greenfield Project
7 105 (2.86%) Data Structures
8 94 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
9 93 (2.53%) Algorithms
10 92 (2.50%) Client/Server
11 84 (2.29%) Product Ownership
12 52 (1.41%) IoT
13 50 (1.36%) Cloud Native
13 50 (1.36%) Mobile App
14 48 (1.31%) Blockchain
15 45 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
16 40 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
17 39 (1.06%) Onboarding
18 31 (0.84%) Low-Code
18 31 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 146 (3.97%) Linux
2 70 (1.90%) Windows
3 54 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 49 (1.33%) Android
5 45 (1.22%) Unix
6 17 (0.46%) CentOS
7 8 (0.22%) VMS
8 7 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.054%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.027%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.027%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,263 (34.37%) Agile
2 958 (26.07%) Full Stack Development
3 722 (19.65%) Software Engineering
4 521 (14.18%) DevOps
5 446 (12.14%) Microservices
6 441 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 421 (11.46%) TDD
8 411 (11.18%) Fintech
9 407 (11.07%) Asset Management
10 399 (10.86%) Computer Science
11 354 (9.63%) Investment Management
12 296 (8.05%) CI/CD
13 272 (7.40%) Mentoring
14 259 (7.05%) Scrum
15 248 (6.75%) MVC
16 233 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
17 227 (6.18%) Artificial Intelligence
18 218 (5.93%) Analytics
19 217 (5.90%) Front End Development
20 202 (5.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,178 (32.05%) JavaScript
2 999 (27.18%) C#
3 916 (24.93%) SQL
4 849 (23.10%) Python
5 806 (21.93%) Java
6 707 (19.24%) TypeScript
7 154 (4.19%) PHP
8 127 (3.46%) C++
9 126 (3.43%) Kotlin
10 122 (3.32%) T-SQL
11 67 (1.82%) PL/SQL
12 62 (1.69%) Ruby
13 60 (1.63%) Scala
14 54 (1.47%) Go
15 52 (1.41%) Apex Code
16 43 (1.17%) C
16 43 (1.17%) PowerShell
17 42 (1.14%) R
18 39 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 31 (0.84%) Rust
Qualifications
1 458 (12.46%) Degree
2 164 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 141 (3.84%) Security Cleared
4 91 (2.48%) SC Cleared
5 65 (1.77%) Master's Degree
6 29 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
7 22 (0.60%) PhD
8 18 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 11 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.22%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.082%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.082%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.082%) MCSD
14 2 (0.054%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 2 (0.054%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (3.43%) QA
2 23 (0.63%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.33%) GDPR
5 10 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.22%) MiFID
7 7 (0.19%) WCAG
8 6 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.082%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.082%) PMO
9 3 (0.082%) SLA
10 2 (0.054%) EMIR
10 2 (0.054%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.054%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.054%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.054%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.054%) WAI
System Software
1 351 (9.55%) Docker
2 14 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 12 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.22%) HDFS
5 6 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.027%) Ceph
8 1 (0.027%) GridGain
8 1 (0.027%) KVM
8 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.027%) Varnish
8 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.027%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 276 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 105 (2.86%) Terraform
3 43 (1.17%) Ansible
4 21 (0.57%) Grafana
5 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.22%) Kibana
8 6 (0.16%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.16%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.082%) Control-M
10 2 (0.054%) Packer
11 1 (0.027%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.027%) Consul
11 1 (0.027%) cPanel
11 1 (0.027%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.027%) Knative
11 1 (0.027%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.027%) MIIS
11 1 (0.027%) Nagios
11 1 (0.027%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 470 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 153 (4.16%) Google
3 134 (3.65%) Oracle
4 81 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 65 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 38 (1.03%) Bloomberg
7 34 (0.93%) Adobe
8 26 (0.71%) IBM
9 25 (0.68%) WSO2
10 22 (0.60%) Databricks
11 20 (0.54%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.46%) Atlassian
13 16 (0.44%) Cognizant
13 16 (0.44%) Progress
13 16 (0.44%) Sybase
14 15 (0.41%) OpenAI
14 15 (0.41%) SAP
15 14 (0.38%) Red Hat
15 14 (0.38%) Unisys
16 13 (0.35%) Blue Prism