Programmer Jobs in England

Programmer
UK > England

The median Programmer salary in England is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 789 644
Rank change year-on-year +309 -145 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 384 136 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.15% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.17% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 281 84 251
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +11.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £50,000 £75,000 £103,125
90th Percentile £55,000 £87,625 £132,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 81,581 81,069 129,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,773 51,486 74,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in England

Programmer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Programmer in England

Programmer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in England

Programmer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands +92 103 £38,000 -10.59% 36
South East +44 83 £40,000 -42.86% 28
East of England - 63 £45,000 - 13
East Midlands +49 60 £38,000 -30.91% 12
North of England +63 56 £40,000 -15.79% 38
South West +18 50 £45,000 -18.18% 19
West Midlands +51 43 £38,000 -10.59% 24
North West +31 37 £50,000 +11.11% 21
London +110 29 £56,250 -27.42% 38
Yorkshire +69 19 £31,250 -37.50% 10
Programmer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 74 (19.27%) CAD
2 72 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 55 (14.32%) Aerospace
4 48 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 36 (9.38%) Automotive
6 35 (9.11%) SQL
7 34 (8.85%) Degree
8 28 (7.29%) Windows
9 26 (6.77%) Siemens
10 24 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
11 23 (5.99%) RPG
12 21 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (5.47%) SystemVerilog
13 20 (5.21%) C#
14 19 (4.95%) Software Engineering
14 19 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (4.69%) Mentoring
15 18 (4.69%) Microsoft
15 18 (4.69%) AutoCAD
16 17 (4.43%) R
17 16 (4.17%) Computer Science
17 16 (4.17%) Siemens NX
17 16 (4.17%) MS Visio
17 16 (4.17%) Python
18 15 (3.91%) IoT
18 15 (3.91%) Technical Leadership
19 14 (3.65%) Marketing
19 14 (3.65%) Robotics
19 14 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
20 13 (3.39%) Mathematics

Programmer 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 7 (1.82%) SAS
2 2 (0.52%) CICS
3 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.69%) AutoCAD
3 16 (4.17%) MS Visio
3 16 (4.17%) Siemens NX
4 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.78%) SPSS
7 2 (0.52%) ALPHACAM
7 2 (0.52%) Stata
8 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (0.78%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.52%) Azure
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.26%) AWS
2 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
2 1 (0.26%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.56%) FTP
2 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.52%) RS-232
3 1 (0.26%) DNS
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Profibus
3 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (1.82%) UniData
3 6 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.52%) Base SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.52%) MySQL
6 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.26%) Power BI
6 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.60%) Eclipse
2 7 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.56%) Dreamweaver
4 3 (0.78%) PeopleTools
4 3 (0.78%) Toad
5 1 (0.26%) Git
5 1 (0.26%) JIRA
5 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.26%) PVCS
General
1 72 (18.75%) Manufacturing
2 55 (14.32%) Aerospace
3 48 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 36 (9.38%) Automotive
5 21 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (3.65%) Marketing
7 12 (3.13%) Games
8 11 (2.86%) Finance
9 10 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.82%) Aviation
10 7 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.82%) Retail
11 6 (1.56%) Electronics
12 3 (0.78%) Law
12 3 (0.78%) Legal
12 3 (0.78%) Military
13 2 (0.52%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.39%) REST
2 12 (3.13%) .NET
2 12 (3.13%) EDI
3 11 (2.86%) Web Services
4 10 (2.60%) JSON
4 10 (2.60%) XML
4 10 (2.60%) XSL
5 9 (2.34%) ASP.NET
5 9 (2.34%) HTML
6 6 (1.56%) Classic ASP
6 6 (1.56%) HTML5
6 6 (1.56%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (1.30%) EDIFACT
7 5 (1.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 4 (1.04%) ISPF
8 4 (1.04%) Unreal Engine
9 3 (0.78%) CSS
10 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.91%) IoT
2 14 (3.65%) Robotics
3 7 (1.82%) ARM Cortex
3 7 (1.82%) Verilog
4 6 (1.56%) Mainframe
4 6 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.04%) AS400
6 3 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.78%) Oculus
6 3 (0.78%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (0.52%) Equities
7 2 (0.52%) FPGA
7 2 (0.52%) Life Science
7 2 (0.52%) Smart Home
8 1 (0.26%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.26%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.26%) iPad
8 1 (0.26%) iSeries
8 1 (0.26%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.29%) Windows
2 9 (2.34%) Linux
3 5 (1.30%) Unix
4 4 (1.04%) AIX
4 4 (1.04%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.04%) zOS
5 1 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (19.27%) CAD
2 19 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (4.95%) Software Engineering
3 18 (4.69%) Mentoring
4 16 (4.17%) Computer Science
5 15 (3.91%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (3.39%) 3D Modelling
6 13 (3.39%) Mathematics
7 12 (3.13%) Physics
7 12 (3.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (3.13%) SDLC
8 11 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (2.60%) Modular Programming
9 10 (2.60%) Systems Analysis
10 7 (1.82%) Creative Thinking
10 7 (1.82%) Electronic Design Automation
10 7 (1.82%) IC Design
10 7 (1.82%) User Experience
11 6 (1.56%) Chemistry
11 6 (1.56%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.11%) SQL
2 23 (5.99%) RPG
3 21 (5.47%) SystemVerilog
4 20 (5.21%) C#
5 17 (4.43%) R
6 16 (4.17%) Python
7 11 (2.86%) Ladder Logic
8 10 (2.60%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.82%) RPG IV
9 7 (1.82%) Tcl
9 7 (1.82%) VB
10 6 (1.56%) Java
10 6 (1.56%) VBScript
11 5 (1.30%) C++
11 5 (1.30%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.30%) RPG/400
12 4 (1.04%) JCL
12 4 (1.04%) REXX
13 3 (0.78%) C
13 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.85%) Degree
2 7 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.56%) PhD
4 5 (1.30%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.78%) CDISC
2 2 (0.52%) GDPR
2 2 (0.52%) QA
3 1 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 4 (1.04%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (0.52%) ACF2
2 2 (0.52%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (1.04%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (0.26%) cPanel
Vendors
1 26 (6.77%) Siemens
2 18 (4.69%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.60%) Cadence
3 10 (2.60%) Synopsys
4 6 (1.56%) IBM
4 6 (1.56%) Oracle
5 4 (1.04%) Broadcom
5 4 (1.04%) Splunk
6 3 (0.78%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (0.78%) Quadient
7 2 (0.52%) Rockwell
7 2 (0.52%) SAP
8 1 (0.26%) Allen-Bradley
8 1 (0.26%) ATG
8 1 (0.26%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.26%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.26%) Toshiba