Programmer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Programmer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programmer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 649 536
Rank change year-on-year +198 -113 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 341 102 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.17% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.19% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 247 53 126
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £32,246
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £71,652 £60,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,268 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,545 30,499 42,724
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the UK excluding London

Programmer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programmer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Programmer in the UK excluding London

Programmer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the UK excluding London

Programmer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +95 98 £38,000 -10.59% 50
South East +57 81 £40,000 -42.86% 30
East of England - 63 £45,000 - 13
East Midlands +40 57 £38,000 -30.91% 16
North of England +59 53 £40,000 -15.79% 37
South West +16 46 £45,000 -18.18% 20
West Midlands +49 41 £38,250 -10.00% 34
North West +35 36 £47,500 +5.56% 21
Yorkshire +69 17 £36,250 -27.50% 11
Programmer
UK

Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 71 (20.82%) CAD
2 64 (18.77%) Manufacturing
3 48 (14.08%) Aerospace
4 45 (13.20%) Social Skills
5 34 (9.97%) Automotive
6 27 (7.92%) Degree
6 27 (7.92%) SQL
6 27 (7.92%) Windows
7 26 (7.62%) Siemens
8 22 (6.45%) RPG
9 21 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
9 21 (6.16%) SystemVerilog
10 18 (5.28%) AutoCAD
10 18 (5.28%) C#
10 18 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (5.28%) Mentoring
11 17 (4.99%) R
12 16 (4.69%) Siemens NX
12 16 (4.69%) MS Visio
12 16 (4.69%) Software Engineering
13 15 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
13 15 (4.40%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (4.11%) IoT
14 14 (4.11%) Robotics
14 14 (4.11%) Marketing
14 14 (4.11%) Microsoft
15 13 (3.81%) Python
15 13 (3.81%) Mathematics
15 13 (3.81%) Computer Science

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (1.47%) SAS
2 1 (0.29%) CICS
Applications
1 21 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.28%) AutoCAD
3 16 (4.69%) MS Visio
3 16 (4.69%) Siemens NX
4 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.88%) SPSS
6 2 (0.59%) ALPHACAM
6 2 (0.59%) Stata
7 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.29%) Azure
2 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
2 1 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.76%) FTP
2 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.29%) Profibus
2 1 (0.29%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.05%) SQL Server
1 7 (2.05%) UniData
2 6 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.93%) Eclipse
2 7 (2.05%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.76%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.29%) Git
4 1 (0.29%) JIRA
4 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.29%) PVCS
General
1 64 (18.77%) Manufacturing
2 48 (14.08%) Aerospace
3 45 (13.20%) Social Skills
4 34 (9.97%) Automotive
5 15 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.11%) Marketing
7 12 (3.52%) Games
8 10 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.05%) Aviation
9 7 (2.05%) Finance
9 7 (2.05%) Retail
10 6 (1.76%) Electronics
11 4 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.88%) Law
12 3 (0.88%) Military
13 2 (0.59%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.52%) EDI
2 11 (3.23%) REST
3 10 (2.93%) .NET
3 10 (2.93%) JSON
3 10 (2.93%) Web Services
3 10 (2.93%) XML
3 10 (2.93%) XSL
4 8 (2.35%) HTML
5 7 (2.05%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.76%) Classic ASP
6 6 (1.76%) HTML5
6 6 (1.76%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (1.47%) EDIFACT
7 5 (1.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 4 (1.17%) Unreal Engine
9 3 (0.88%) ISPF
10 2 (0.59%) CSS
11 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (0.29%) React
11 1 (0.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.11%) IoT
1 14 (4.11%) Robotics
2 7 (2.05%) ARM Cortex
2 7 (2.05%) Verilog
3 6 (1.76%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.17%) Mainframe
5 3 (0.88%) AS400
5 3 (0.88%) Oculus
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.29%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.29%) iSeries
7 1 (0.29%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.29%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.92%) Windows
2 5 (1.47%) Linux
3 4 (1.17%) AIX
3 4 (1.17%) Unix
3 4 (1.17%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (20.82%) CAD
2 18 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (5.28%) Mentoring
3 16 (4.69%) Software Engineering
4 15 (4.40%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (3.81%) 3D Modelling
5 13 (3.81%) Computer Science
5 13 (3.81%) Mathematics
6 12 (3.52%) Physics
7 11 (3.23%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (3.23%) SDLC
8 10 (2.93%) Modular Programming
8 10 (2.93%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (2.93%) Systems Analysis
9 7 (2.05%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (2.05%) Electronic Design Automation
9 7 (2.05%) IC Design
9 7 (2.05%) User Experience
10 6 (1.76%) Chemistry
11 5 (1.47%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.92%) SQL
2 22 (6.45%) RPG
3 21 (6.16%) SystemVerilog
4 18 (5.28%) C#
5 17 (4.99%) R
6 13 (3.81%) Python
7 10 (2.93%) Ladder Logic
8 8 (2.35%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.05%) RPG IV
9 7 (2.05%) Tcl
9 7 (2.05%) VB
10 6 (1.76%) Java
10 6 (1.76%) VBScript
11 5 (1.47%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.47%) RPG/400
12 3 (0.88%) JCL
12 3 (0.88%) REXX
13 2 (0.59%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.59%) C
13 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (7.92%) Degree
2 5 (1.47%) PhD
2 5 (1.47%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.59%) GDPR
1 2 (0.59%) QA
2 1 (0.29%) CDISC
2 1 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 3 (0.88%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (0.59%) ACF2
2 2 (0.59%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (0.88%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 26 (7.62%) Siemens
2 14 (4.11%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.93%) Cadence
3 10 (2.93%) Synopsys
4 5 (1.47%) IBM
5 3 (0.88%) Broadcom
5 3 (0.88%) Quadient
5 3 (0.88%) Splunk
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle
6 2 (0.59%) Rockwell
6 2 (0.59%) SAP
7 1 (0.29%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.29%) Micro Focus
7 1 (0.29%) QinetiQ
7 1 (0.29%) Toshiba