Developer Jobs in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer salary in the South East is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,340 2,334 4,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.34% 16.61% 21.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.18% 18.42% 22.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,968 1,806 3,173
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 16,502 12,669 19,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.16% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,730 7,986 12,354
10th Percentile £27,613 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley -3 881 £60,000 -7.69% 99
Hampshire -4 565 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Berkshire -1 449 £65,000 - 34
Surrey -1 307 £55,000 -8.33% 41
Kent +9 253 £55,000 - 31
Buckinghamshire 0 230 £55,000 -4.35% 30
Oxfordshire 0 202 £55,000 -15.38% 36
East Sussex -3 149 £55,000 - 33
West Sussex +10 102 £55,000 -5.98% 11
Sussex +3 56 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Middlesex -36 5 £44,000 -43.23% 2
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 South East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,052 (44.96%) .NET
2 1,032 (44.10%) C#
3 1,011 (43.21%) JavaScript
4 860 (36.75%) Agile
5 842 (35.98%) Azure
6 672 (28.72%) Full Stack Development
7 631 (26.97%) HTML
8 616 (26.32%) SQL
9 579 (24.74%) CSS
10 555 (23.72%) SQL Server
11 551 (23.55%) React
12 498 (21.28%) ASP.NET
13 494 (21.11%) AngularJS
14 483 (20.64%) MVC
15 429 (18.33%) Microsoft
16 412 (17.61%) DevOps
17 404 (17.26%) Microservices
18 401 (17.14%) AWS
19 389 (16.62%) .NET Core
20 374 (15.98%) Social Skills
21 353 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
22 351 (15.00%) Git
23 340 (14.53%) Java
24 332 (14.19%) Degree
25 329 (14.06%) TypeScript
26 312 (13.33%) TDD
27 302 (12.91%) Docker
28 299 (12.78%) .NET Framework
29 294 (12.56%) Computer Science
30 281 (12.01%) ASP.NET Web API

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 71 (3.03%) CMS
2 43 (1.84%) IIS
3 42 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 31 (1.32%) OpenStack
5 29 (1.24%) Umbraco
6 25 (1.07%) Apache
6 25 (1.07%) Kentico
7 24 (1.03%) Headless CMS
8 21 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
8 21 (0.90%) WordPress
9 18 (0.77%) nginx
10 13 (0.56%) Drupal
10 13 (0.56%) IBM Domino
11 11 (0.47%) JBoss
12 10 (0.43%) Confluence
13 9 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
13 9 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
14 6 (0.26%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.17%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.17%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 24 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.77%) Simulink
3 6 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.26%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.043%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.043%) InDesign
6 1 (0.043%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 43 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (1.50%) Siebel CRM
3 17 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.34%) Magento
5 5 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.21%) Odoo
6 4 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
6 4 (0.17%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.085%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.085%) nopCommerce
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.085%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.085%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.085%) Shopify
8 1 (0.043%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.043%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 842 (35.98%) Azure
2 401 (17.14%) AWS
3 218 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
4 161 (6.88%) Serverless
5 119 (5.09%) Power Platform
6 109 (4.66%) SaaS
7 91 (3.89%) Azure Functions
8 86 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
9 79 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 78 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
11 77 (3.29%) Azure API Management
11 77 (3.29%) GitHub
12 74 (3.16%) IBM Cloud
13 50 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
14 48 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
16 32 (1.37%) Power Automate
17 27 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (1.11%) GCP
19 25 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.44%) Internet
2 24 (1.03%) HTTP
3 19 (0.81%) DNS
4 15 (0.64%) SSL
5 14 (0.60%) Firewall
5 14 (0.60%) Network Security
6 9 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.34%) VPN
8 7 (0.30%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
10 4 (0.17%) Intranet
10 4 (0.17%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.17%) LAN
10 4 (0.17%) MQTT
10 4 (0.17%) NAS
10 4 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.17%) Wireless
11 1 (0.043%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 555 (23.72%) SQL Server
2 220 (9.40%) NoSQL
3 195 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 181 (7.74%) MongoDB
5 179 (7.65%) Relational Database
6 162 (6.92%) MySQL
7 92 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
8 84 (3.59%) Power BI
9 74 (3.16%) DB2
10 58 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (1.50%) Oracle BI EE
11 35 (1.50%) Siebel EIM
12 33 (1.41%) Power Query
13 28 (1.20%) Redis
14 25 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
14 25 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 23 (0.98%) Data Lake
16 21 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.64%) MariaDB
17 15 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 351 (15.00%) Git
2 105 (4.49%) Visual Studio
3 87 (3.72%) JIRA
4 75 (3.21%) Jenkins
5 57 (2.44%) Selenium
6 43 (1.84%) NUnit
7 36 (1.54%) Cypress.io
7 36 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
8 32 (1.37%) JUnit
9 31 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 23 (0.98%) GitLab
12 22 (0.94%) Ant
13 19 (0.81%) Bitbucket
14 14 (0.60%) Jasmine
15 13 (0.56%) Postman
15 13 (0.56%) TeamCity
16 10 (0.43%) MorphX
17 9 (0.38%) Maven
17 9 (0.38%) MSBuild
General
1 374 (15.98%) Social Skills
2 253 (10.81%) Finance
3 155 (6.62%) Public Sector
4 93 (3.97%) Marketing
5 71 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 64 (2.74%) Retail
7 56 (2.39%) Telecoms
8 46 (1.97%) Law
9 42 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 40 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 34 (1.45%) Games
12 26 (1.11%) Advertising
12 26 (1.11%) Tech for Good
13 25 (1.07%) Back Office
14 21 (0.90%) Electronics
14 21 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (0.77%) Multimedia
16 15 (0.64%) Banking
17 12 (0.51%) Military
18 11 (0.47%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,052 (44.96%) .NET
2 631 (26.97%) HTML
3 579 (24.74%) CSS
4 551 (23.55%) React
5 498 (21.28%) ASP.NET
6 494 (21.11%) AngularJS
7 389 (16.62%) .NET Core
8 299 (12.78%) .NET Framework
9 281 (12.01%) ASP.NET Web API
9 281 (12.01%) Vue
10 279 (11.92%) HTML5
11 272 (11.62%) Entity Framework
12 262 (11.20%) ASP.NET MVC
13 247 (10.56%) Node.js
14 237 (10.13%) REST
15 221 (9.44%) Web Services
16 188 (8.03%) jQuery
17 184 (7.86%) CSS3
18 173 (7.39%) RESTful
19 162 (6.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 125 (5.34%) Algorithms
2 113 (4.83%) Greenfield Project
3 80 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 76 (3.25%) Blockchain
5 74 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 72 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 48 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 43 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 39 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
11 31 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 23 (0.98%) Management Information System
13 21 (0.90%) e-Learning
13 21 (0.90%) Social Media
14 15 (0.64%) Cloud Native
14 15 (0.64%) Mainframe
14 15 (0.64%) NHS
15 14 (0.60%) Digital Media
16 13 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
16 13 (0.56%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 191 (8.16%) Linux
2 149 (6.37%) Windows
3 107 (4.57%) Android
4 87 (3.72%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.26%) Unix
8 4 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.085%) AIX
9 2 (0.085%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (36.75%) Agile
2 672 (28.72%) Full Stack Development
3 483 (20.64%) MVC
4 412 (17.61%) DevOps
5 404 (17.26%) Microservices
6 353 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
7 312 (13.33%) TDD
8 294 (12.56%) Computer Science
9 269 (11.50%) Artificial Intelligence
10 235 (10.04%) Web Development
11 215 (9.19%) CI/CD
12 206 (8.80%) Software Engineering
13 202 (8.63%) Scrum
14 184 (7.86%) User Experience
15 182 (7.78%) Design Patterns
16 177 (7.56%) BDD
17 163 (6.97%) OO
18 160 (6.84%) OOP
19 152 (6.50%) Front End Development
20 141 (6.03%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,032 (44.10%) C#
2 1,011 (43.21%) JavaScript
3 616 (26.32%) SQL
4 340 (14.53%) Java
5 329 (14.06%) TypeScript
6 260 (11.11%) Python
7 209 (8.93%) PHP
8 132 (5.64%) C++
9 73 (3.12%) C
10 70 (2.99%) Go
11 53 (2.26%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.54%) PL/SQL
13 27 (1.15%) Kotlin
14 16 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (0.68%) VB.NET
15 15 (0.64%) COBOL
16 10 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.38%) Scala
18 7 (0.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 332 (14.19%) Degree
2 209 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 175 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 123 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 33 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 31 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 30 (1.28%) CTC Cleared
8 24 (1.03%) DBS Check
9 20 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.81%) PhD
11 15 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.13%) MBA
13 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.085%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.085%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.085%) Numerate Degree
15 1 (0.043%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.043%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (3.46%) QA
2 33 (1.41%) WCAG
3 21 (0.90%) GDPR
4 20 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.43%) HIPAA
6 9 (0.38%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.085%) GRC
9 2 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.043%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 302 (12.91%) Docker
2 24 (1.03%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.38%) Firmware
4 5 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.17%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.085%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 210 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.01%) Terraform
3 44 (1.88%) Ansible
4 9 (0.38%) MIIS
5 7 (0.30%) Kibana
6 5 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.17%) WSUS
8 3 (0.13%) Puppet
9 2 (0.085%) Grafana
10 1 (0.043%) cPanel
10 1 (0.043%) Plesk
Vendors
1 429 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 97 (4.15%) Oracle
3 83 (3.55%) IBM
4 76 (3.25%) Red Hat
5 58 (2.48%) Google
6 35 (1.50%) Siebel
7 31 (1.32%) Facebook
7 31 (1.32%) WSO2
8 26 (1.11%) SAP
9 25 (1.07%) Salesforce
10 21 (0.90%) Optimizely
10 21 (0.90%) Sitecore
10 21 (0.90%) Xamarin
11 18 (0.77%) Xilinx
12 15 (0.64%) Unisys
13 14 (0.60%) Adobe
13 14 (0.60%) Apple
14 13 (0.56%) Sony
14 13 (0.56%) Yahoo!
15 10 (0.43%) ServiceNow