Blockchain Developer
UK

The median Blockchain Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 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 877 950 1143
Rank change year-on-year +73 +193 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Blockchain Developer 22 19 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.019% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.021% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 40
10th Percentile £69,500 £60,000 £64,750
25th Percentile - £60,625 £91,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £88,750 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% -21.11% +32.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £93,750 £140,000
90th Percentile £117,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,378 91,115 153,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.48% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,475 57,415 84,334
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Blockchain Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blockchain Developer in the UK

Blockchain Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Blockchain Developer in the UK

Blockchain Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blockchain Developer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Blockchain Developer in the UK

Blockchain Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blockchain Developer within the UK 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
England +93 17 £70,000 -21.13% 4
UK excluding London - 10 £70,000 -
London +110 7 £115,000 +29.58% 3
Work from Home +68 4 £115,000 +15.00% 7
North of England - 4 £70,000 -
Yorkshire - 2 £70,000 -
North West - 2 £70,000 -
South East - 1 £70,000 -
South West - 1 £70,000 -
Wales - 1 £70,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
Scotland - 1 £70,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £70,000 -

Blockchain Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Blockchain 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 featuring Blockchain Developer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 16 (72.73%) web3js
2 16 (72.73%) Web3
3 14 (63.64%) Artificial Intelligence
4 13 (59.09%) Games
4 13 (59.09%) IoT
5 8 (36.36%) Smart Contracts
6 7 (31.82%) Rust
6 7 (31.82%) Open Source
7 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
8 5 (22.73%) WebSockets
8 5 (22.73%) DeFi
9 4 (18.18%) User Experience
9 4 (18.18%) Data Structures
9 4 (18.18%) Open Source Development
9 4 (18.18%) API Design
9 4 (18.18%) Go
9 4 (18.18%) Node.js
9 4 (18.18%) REST
9 4 (18.18%) Finance
10 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
10 3 (13.64%) Agile
10 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
10 3 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (13.64%) Use Case
10 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
10 3 (13.64%) Non-Functional Testing
10 3 (13.64%) Hardhat
10 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
10 3 (13.64%) ERC20

Blockchain Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (13.64%) OpenZeppelin
2 1 (4.55%) Hyperledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) IPFS
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Hardhat
General
1 13 (59.09%) Games
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (72.73%) web3js
2 8 (36.36%) Smart Contracts
3 5 (22.73%) WebSockets
4 4 (18.18%) Node.js
4 4 (18.18%) REST
5 3 (13.64%) ERC20
5 3 (13.64%) Truffle
6 1 (4.55%) CSS
6 1 (4.55%) CSS3
6 1 (4.55%) HTML
6 1 (4.55%) HTML5
6 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (100.00%) Blockchain
2 16 (72.73%) Web3
3 13 (59.09%) IoT
4 4 (18.18%) Data Structures
5 3 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (13.64%) NFT
5 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (31.82%) Open Source
3 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 5 (22.73%) DeFi
5 4 (18.18%) API Design
5 4 (18.18%) Open Source Development
5 4 (18.18%) User Experience
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
6 3 (13.64%) Non-Functional Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Use Case
7 1 (4.55%) Clean Code
7 1 (4.55%) Cryptocurrency
7 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.55%) Fintech
7 1 (4.55%) High-Frequency Trading
7 1 (4.55%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.55%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Rust
2 4 (18.18%) Go
3 3 (13.64%) Solidity
3 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Foundry
2 1 (4.55%) Google