Backend Developer Jobs in England

Backend Developer
UK > England

The median Backend Developer salary in England is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 628 608 457
Rank change year-on-year -20 -151 -99
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 219 340 1,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.38% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.41% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 191 288 362
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +16.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backend Developer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London 0 80 £85,000 +9.68% 36
North of England +71 58 £55,000 -18.52% 6
North West +14 34 £52,500 -22.22% 4
Yorkshire +91 23 £57,500 -25.81% 1
South East -13 21 £65,000 - 2
East of England +14 18 £42,500 +13.33% 1
Midlands +3 18 £45,000 - 5
South West -20 18 £47,500 -17.39% 2
West Midlands +29 13 £46,250 +2.78% 3
East Midlands -8 5 £35,000 -9.09% 2
North East -5 1 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Backend Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Backend 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 England region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 73 (33.33%) AWS
2 61 (27.85%) .NET
3 60 (27.40%) JavaScript
4 57 (26.03%) C#
5 56 (25.57%) Microservices
6 53 (24.20%) Agile
6 53 (24.20%) Software Engineering
6 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
7 43 (19.63%) Node.js
8 42 (19.18%) Java
9 41 (18.72%) SQL
10 38 (17.35%) Azure
11 37 (16.89%) TypeScript
12 35 (15.98%) Python
13 33 (15.07%) HTML
13 33 (15.07%) Docker
14 31 (14.16%) Serverless
15 30 (13.70%) Computer Science
16 29 (13.24%) CSS
16 29 (13.24%) Clean Code
16 29 (13.24%) CI/CD
17 27 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (12.33%) PHP
18 26 (11.87%) MySQL
18 26 (11.87%) Degree
18 26 (11.87%) DevOps
19 25 (11.42%) Relational Database
20 24 (10.96%) Finance
20 24 (10.96%) AWS Lambda
21 23 (10.50%) Design Patterns

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (5.02%) WordPress
2 7 (3.20%) nginx
3 6 (2.74%) CMS
4 5 (2.28%) Drupal
5 4 (1.83%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.91%) Apache
6 2 (0.91%) IIS
7 1 (0.46%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Magento
1 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (33.33%) AWS
2 38 (17.35%) Azure
3 31 (14.16%) Serverless
4 24 (10.96%) AWS Lambda
5 19 (8.68%) GitHub
6 16 (7.31%) SaaS
7 11 (5.02%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (5.02%) GCP
8 8 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (3.20%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.20%) IaaS
9 7 (3.20%) npm
9 7 (3.20%) PaaS
10 6 (2.74%) Amazon Kinesis
10 6 (2.74%) Yarn
11 5 (2.28%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) HTTP
2 6 (2.74%) AMQP
2 6 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.87%) MySQL
2 25 (11.42%) Relational Database
3 22 (10.05%) DynamoDB
4 19 (8.68%) SQL Server
5 12 (5.48%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.57%) MongoDB
6 10 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.74%) DB2
8 5 (2.28%) KDB
8 5 (2.28%) Kdb+
8 5 (2.28%) Redis
9 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.91%) DocumentDB
11 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.46%) Power BI
11 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.31%) Git
2 7 (3.20%) Mocha
3 6 (2.74%) Cypress.io
4 5 (2.28%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.91%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.91%) Subversion
7 1 (0.46%) GitLab
7 1 (0.46%) Moq
7 1 (0.46%) NUnit
7 1 (0.46%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.46%) Snyk
7 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.46%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.46%) Vite
General
1 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.96%) Finance
3 11 (5.02%) Banking
4 8 (3.65%) Marketing
5 7 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.28%) Front Office
6 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.28%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.83%) Retail
8 3 (1.37%) Games
8 3 (1.37%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.91%) Electronics
9 2 (0.91%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.91%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.46%) Automotive
10 1 (0.46%) Law
10 1 (0.46%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (27.85%) .NET
2 43 (19.63%) Node.js
3 33 (15.07%) HTML
4 29 (13.24%) CSS
5 19 (8.68%) AngularJS
5 19 (8.68%) RESTful
6 18 (8.22%) OAuth
7 17 (7.76%) Web Services
8 16 (7.31%) Laravel
8 16 (7.31%) React
8 16 (7.31%) Vue
9 15 (6.85%) Kafka
10 14 (6.39%) GraphQL
11 13 (5.94%) gRPC
12 12 (5.48%) .NET Framework
12 12 (5.48%) Spring
12 12 (5.48%) Spring Boot
13 11 (5.02%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (5.02%) REST
14 9 (4.11%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.68%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.02%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.02%) Client/Server
3 8 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.65%) Hedge funds
3 8 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.20%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.20%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.28%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.37%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.37%) Derivative
6 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.91%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.91%) IoT
8 1 (0.46%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.46%) NHS
8 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.46%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.46%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.57%) Linux
2 3 (1.37%) Android
2 3 (1.37%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (25.57%) Microservices
2 53 (24.20%) Agile
2 53 (24.20%) Software Engineering
3 30 (13.70%) Computer Science
4 29 (13.24%) CI/CD
4 29 (13.24%) Clean Code
5 27 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (11.87%) DevOps
7 23 (10.50%) Design Patterns
7 23 (10.50%) OO
8 22 (10.05%) Front End Development
8 22 (10.05%) Full Stack Development
9 21 (9.59%) Software Testing
9 21 (9.59%) TDD
10 20 (9.13%) Test Automation
11 18 (8.22%) Data Protection
12 17 (7.76%) API Development
13 16 (7.31%) Fintech
13 16 (7.31%) SDLC
14 15 (6.85%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 60 (27.40%) JavaScript
2 57 (26.03%) C#
3 42 (19.18%) Java
4 41 (18.72%) SQL
5 37 (16.89%) TypeScript
6 35 (15.98%) Python
7 27 (12.33%) PHP
8 15 (6.85%) Go
9 8 (3.65%) Rust
10 7 (3.20%) Scala
11 6 (2.74%) Clojure
11 6 (2.74%) F#
11 6 (2.74%) Haskell
11 6 (2.74%) Kotlin
12 5 (2.28%) C++
13 3 (1.37%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.91%) Bash
15 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (11.87%) Degree
2 18 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (3.20%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.20%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.11%) GDPR
2 7 (3.20%) HIPAA
2 7 (3.20%) QA
3 6 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (15.07%) Docker
2 9 (4.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.85%) Terraform
3 6 (2.74%) Grafana
3 6 (2.74%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.74%) Oracle
3 4 (1.83%) Google
4 2 (0.91%) SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe
5 1 (0.46%) Salesforce