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 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,234 2,425 4,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.32% 16.83% 21.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.18% 18.64% 22.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 1,881 3,235
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,713 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.60% +5.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.84% +12.73%

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 15,754 13,010 19,227
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 90.31% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,303 8,206 12,512
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £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 £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 14 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 14 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 -3 867 £60,000 - 99
Hampshire -5 507 £60,000 +9.09% 61
Berkshire -2 445 £65,000 +2.77% 39
Surrey -2 292 £55,000 -8.33% 45
Kent +8 239 £55,000 - 35
Buckinghamshire +2 226 £55,000 -3.93% 36
Oxfordshire +3 196 £57,500 -4.17% 24
East Sussex -3 146 £55,000 - 22
West Sussex +8 101 £55,000 -5.98% 13
Sussex +3 55 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Middlesex -37 5 £44,000 -45.00% 1
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 1,015 (45.43%) JavaScript
2 1,013 (45.34%) .NET
3 998 (44.67%) C#
4 834 (37.33%) Agile
5 814 (36.44%) Azure
6 647 (28.96%) Full Stack Development
7 625 (27.98%) HTML
8 617 (27.62%) SQL
9 569 (25.47%) CSS
10 551 (24.66%) React
11 542 (24.26%) SQL Server
12 486 (21.75%) ASP.NET
12 486 (21.75%) AngularJS
13 484 (21.67%) MVC
14 424 (18.98%) Microsoft
15 404 (18.08%) DevOps
16 401 (17.95%) Microservices
17 392 (17.55%) AWS
18 369 (16.52%) .NET Core
19 365 (16.34%) Social Skills
20 349 (15.62%) Git
21 342 (15.31%) Java
22 335 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
23 333 (14.91%) TypeScript
24 325 (14.55%) Degree
25 313 (14.01%) Docker
26 308 (13.79%) TDD
27 292 (13.07%) .NET Framework
28 289 (12.94%) Computer Science
29 281 (12.58%) HTML5

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 72 (3.22%) CMS
2 45 (2.01%) IIS
3 40 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 34 (1.52%) OpenStack
5 32 (1.43%) Umbraco
6 27 (1.21%) Apache
7 25 (1.12%) Kentico
8 24 (1.07%) Headless CMS
9 21 (0.94%) WordPress
10 20 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
11 18 (0.81%) nginx
12 12 (0.54%) Drupal
12 12 (0.54%) IBM Domino
13 11 (0.49%) Confluence
14 10 (0.45%) JBoss
15 9 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
16 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
16 8 (0.36%) Tomcat
17 4 (0.18%) Apache Solr
17 4 (0.18%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.63%) Simulink
4 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.045%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.045%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.045%) InDesign
7 1 (0.045%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 41 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.43%) Siebel CRM
3 17 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.31%) Magento
6 5 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.22%) Odoo
7 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
7 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.090%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.090%) nopCommerce
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.090%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.090%) Shopify
9 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 814 (36.44%) Azure
2 392 (17.55%) AWS
3 218 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
4 165 (7.39%) Serverless
5 109 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 104 (4.66%) SaaS
7 91 (4.07%) Azure Functions
8 86 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 80 (3.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 77 (3.45%) Azure API Management
10 77 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.40%) GitHub
12 74 (3.31%) IBM Cloud
13 54 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
14 50 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
15 41 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
16 31 (1.39%) Power Automate
17 28 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (1.16%) PaaS
19 24 (1.07%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.55%) Internet
2 24 (1.07%) HTTP
3 19 (0.85%) DNS
4 15 (0.67%) SSL
5 14 (0.63%) Firewall
6 11 (0.49%) Network Security
7 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.36%) VPN
9 7 (0.31%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
11 4 (0.18%) Intranet
11 4 (0.18%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.18%) LAN
11 4 (0.18%) MQTT
11 4 (0.18%) NAS
11 4 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.090%) Wireless
13 1 (0.045%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 542 (24.26%) SQL Server
2 223 (9.98%) NoSQL
3 199 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
4 183 (8.19%) Relational Database
5 181 (8.10%) MongoDB
6 163 (7.30%) MySQL
7 93 (4.16%) Elasticsearch
8 75 (3.36%) Power BI
9 74 (3.31%) DB2
10 58 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (1.43%) Oracle BI EE
11 32 (1.43%) Siebel EIM
12 28 (1.25%) Redis
13 27 (1.21%) Power Query
14 25 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 23 (1.03%) Data Lake
16 22 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
17 19 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 16 (0.72%) MariaDB
18 16 (0.72%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 349 (15.62%) Git
2 101 (4.52%) Visual Studio
3 90 (4.03%) JIRA
4 80 (3.58%) Jenkins
5 53 (2.37%) Selenium
6 40 (1.79%) NUnit
7 38 (1.70%) Cypress.io
8 34 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 30 (1.34%) JUnit
10 29 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 27 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
12 24 (1.07%) Ant
13 21 (0.94%) GitLab
14 19 (0.85%) Bitbucket
15 17 (0.76%) Postman
16 12 (0.54%) TeamCity
17 11 (0.49%) Jasmine
18 10 (0.45%) Maven
18 10 (0.45%) MorphX
19 8 (0.36%) MSBuild
General
1 365 (16.34%) Social Skills
2 241 (10.79%) Finance
3 157 (7.03%) Public Sector
4 88 (3.94%) Marketing
5 71 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (2.82%) Retail
7 55 (2.46%) Telecoms
8 43 (1.92%) Law
9 42 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 37 (1.66%) Aerospace
11 34 (1.52%) Games
12 27 (1.21%) Advertising
13 26 (1.16%) Tech for Good
14 25 (1.12%) Back Office
15 21 (0.94%) Electronics
16 20 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.72%) Banking
18 15 (0.67%) Multimedia
19 12 (0.54%) Military
20 11 (0.49%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,013 (45.34%) .NET
2 625 (27.98%) HTML
3 569 (25.47%) CSS
4 551 (24.66%) React
5 486 (21.75%) AngularJS
5 486 (21.75%) ASP.NET
6 369 (16.52%) .NET Core
7 292 (13.07%) .NET Framework
8 281 (12.58%) HTML5
9 279 (12.49%) Vue
10 263 (11.77%) Entity Framework
11 261 (11.68%) ASP.NET Web API
12 259 (11.59%) ASP.NET MVC
13 255 (11.41%) Node.js
14 247 (11.06%) REST
15 221 (9.89%) Web Services
16 190 (8.50%) jQuery
17 182 (8.15%) CSS3
18 168 (7.52%) RESTful
19 161 (7.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 121 (5.42%) Algorithms
2 107 (4.79%) Greenfield Project
3 80 (3.58%) Data Structures
4 76 (3.40%) Blockchain
5 74 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 70 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
7 58 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
8 49 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
9 41 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 39 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 23 (1.03%) Management Information System
13 21 (0.94%) Social Media
14 19 (0.85%) Mainframe
15 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
16 15 (0.67%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.63%) Digital Media
18 13 (0.58%) BBC
18 13 (0.58%) IoT
18 13 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 189 (8.46%) Linux
2 150 (6.71%) Windows
3 105 (4.70%) Android
4 88 (3.94%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.31%) Unix
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.090%) AIX
9 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (37.33%) Agile
2 647 (28.96%) Full Stack Development
3 484 (21.67%) MVC
4 404 (18.08%) DevOps
5 401 (17.95%) Microservices
6 335 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 308 (13.79%) TDD
8 289 (12.94%) Computer Science
9 262 (11.73%) Artificial Intelligence
10 231 (10.34%) Web Development
11 208 (9.31%) Scrum
12 204 (9.13%) CI/CD
13 195 (8.73%) Software Engineering
14 187 (8.37%) User Experience
15 181 (8.10%) BDD
16 176 (7.88%) Design Patterns
17 163 (7.30%) OO
17 163 (7.30%) OOP
18 148 (6.62%) Front End Development
19 141 (6.31%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1,015 (45.43%) JavaScript
2 998 (44.67%) C#
3 617 (27.62%) SQL
4 342 (15.31%) Java
5 333 (14.91%) TypeScript
6 258 (11.55%) Python
7 209 (9.36%) PHP
8 129 (5.77%) C++
9 69 (3.09%) Go
10 67 (3.00%) C
11 52 (2.33%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.61%) PL/SQL
13 26 (1.16%) Kotlin
14 19 (0.85%) COBOL
15 15 (0.67%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.54%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.40%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.40%) Scala
18 8 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 325 (14.55%) Degree
2 213 (9.53%) Security Cleared
3 170 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 128 (5.73%) SC Cleared
5 38 (1.70%) CTC Cleared
6 33 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.07%) DBS Check
7 24 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 21 (0.94%) Azure Certification
9 18 (0.81%) PhD
10 16 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.13%) MBA
12 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.090%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.045%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.045%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.045%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.045%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.49%) QA
2 35 (1.57%) WCAG
3 21 (0.94%) GDPR
4 19 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 9 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.090%) GRC
9 2 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.045%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 313 (14.01%) Docker
2 27 (1.21%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.40%) Firmware
4 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.090%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 219 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.24%) Terraform
3 49 (2.19%) Ansible
4 8 (0.36%) MIIS
5 6 (0.27%) Kibana
6 5 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.18%) WSUS
8 3 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.045%) Grafana
Vendors
1 424 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 93 (4.16%) Oracle
3 83 (3.72%) IBM
4 75 (3.36%) Red Hat
5 52 (2.33%) Google
6 34 (1.52%) WSO2
7 32 (1.43%) Siebel
8 31 (1.39%) Facebook
9 26 (1.16%) SAP
10 23 (1.03%) Salesforce
11 21 (0.94%) Optimizely
11 21 (0.94%) Xamarin
12 20 (0.90%) Sitecore
13 19 (0.85%) Unisys
14 14 (0.63%) Apple
14 14 (0.63%) Xilinx
15 13 (0.58%) Adobe
15 13 (0.58%) Sony
15 13 (0.58%) Yahoo!
16 12 (0.54%) ServiceNow