Software Developer Jobs in the City of London

Software Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Software Developer salary in the City of London is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 142 139
Rank change year-on-year +37 -3 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 69 92 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.05% 1.96% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 2.03% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 66 92 106
10th Percentile £68,750 £42,500 £40,625
25th Percentile £72,500 £52,313 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £94,688
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +17.24% - +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,236 4,526 6,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 96.32% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,577 3,799 5,663
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the City of London

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the City of London

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the City of London

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

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

1 38 (55.07%) JavaScript
2 32 (46.38%) C#
2 32 (46.38%) .NET
3 30 (43.48%) HTML
3 30 (43.48%) Java
3 30 (43.48%) SQL
3 30 (43.48%) Agile
4 29 (42.03%) Degree
4 29 (42.03%) SQL Server
5 28 (40.58%) CSS
6 27 (39.13%) AWS
7 26 (37.68%) Azure
7 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
8 24 (34.78%) Collaborative Working
8 24 (34.78%) Computer Science
9 23 (33.33%) Multithreading
9 23 (33.33%) Windows
9 23 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
9 23 (33.33%) Fintech
9 23 (33.33%) HTML5
10 21 (30.43%) CI/CD
10 21 (30.43%) WPF
11 20 (28.99%) TDD
11 20 (28.99%) Terraform
11 20 (28.99%) Kotlin
12 15 (21.74%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
14 11 (15.94%) DevOps
14 11 (15.94%) RESTful
15 10 (14.49%) Jenkins

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 5 (7.25%) Drupal
2 3 (4.35%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 27 (39.13%) AWS
2 26 (37.68%) Azure
3 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) Boomi
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Table
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (42.03%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.14%) MySQL
3 3 (4.35%) DB2
4 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Jenkins
2 7 (10.14%) Git
3 3 (4.35%) Protractor
General
1 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.70%) Finance
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (46.38%) .NET
2 30 (43.48%) HTML
3 28 (40.58%) CSS
4 23 (33.33%) HTML5
5 21 (30.43%) WPF
6 11 (15.94%) RESTful
7 7 (10.14%) AngularJS
8 6 (8.70%) React
9 5 (7.25%) LAMP
9 5 (7.25%) Symfony
10 4 (5.80%) ASP.NET
10 4 (5.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 3 (4.35%) Angular 2
11 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (4.35%) Hibernate
11 3 (4.35%) jQuery
11 3 (4.35%) Spring
11 3 (4.35%) Spring Boot
12 2 (2.90%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.90%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.74%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (11.59%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.45%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.45%) IoT
4 1 (1.45%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Agile
2 24 (34.78%) Collaborative Working
2 24 (34.78%) Computer Science
3 23 (33.33%) Fintech
3 23 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
3 23 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 21 (30.43%) CI/CD
5 20 (28.99%) TDD
6 12 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
7 11 (15.94%) DevOps
8 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.04%) Microservices
10 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.59%) Mentoring
10 8 (11.59%) Web Application Development
11 7 (10.14%) Clean Code
11 7 (10.14%) Code Quality
11 7 (10.14%) Unit Testing
12 5 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (7.25%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 38 (55.07%) JavaScript
2 32 (46.38%) C#
3 30 (43.48%) Java
3 30 (43.48%) SQL
4 20 (28.99%) Kotlin
5 6 (8.70%) PHP
6 4 (5.80%) Python
6 4 (5.80%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.35%) Erlang
8 2 (2.90%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 29 (42.03%) Degree
2 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (28.99%) Terraform
2 9 (13.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.90%) MuleSoft
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle
1 2 (2.90%) Salesforce