Digital Developer
UK

The median Digital Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 883 932
Rank change year-on-year +71 +49 -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 86 97 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.096% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.10% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 119
10th Percentile £32,859 £33,750 £28,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,104 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,500 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +29.41%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Digital Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Developer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +94 85 £55,000 -12.00% 12
UK excluding London +14 83 £55,000 - 12
Work from Home +48 40 £55,000 -12.00% 11
North of England +58 33 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Yorkshire +103 24 £55,000 - 3
South East +9 20 £75,000 +100.00% 4
Midlands -1 15 £35,000 -12.50% 2
West Midlands +12 13 £35,000 -12.50%
North West -3 8 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -21 8 £75,000 +100.00% 2
East of England +20 6 £55,000 -12.00% 1
London +95 2 £69,500 -13.13%
East Midlands - 2 £36,000 - 2
Wales +6 1 £45,000 -11.94%
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Digital 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 Digital Developer in the job title.

1 52 (60.47%) Azure
2 50 (58.14%) .NET
3 49 (56.98%) C#
4 47 (54.65%) .NET Framework
4 47 (54.65%) Full Stack Development
5 45 (52.33%) Microservices
6 43 (50.00%) JavaScript
7 42 (48.84%) ASP.NET Web API
7 42 (48.84%) Entity Framework
8 39 (45.35%) Agile
9 37 (43.02%) .NET Core
10 36 (41.86%) Mobile App
11 33 (38.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 33 (38.37%) Google
11 33 (38.37%) SQL Server
11 33 (38.37%) Microsoft
12 32 (37.21%) ASP.NET
12 32 (37.21%) MVC
12 32 (37.21%) AngularJS
12 32 (37.21%) Google Play
12 32 (37.21%) ASP.NET MVC
12 32 (37.21%) Android
12 32 (37.21%) iPhone
13 15 (17.44%) CSS
14 13 (15.12%) Marketing
14 13 (15.12%) WordPress
15 12 (13.95%) PHP
16 11 (12.79%) HTML
16 11 (12.79%) Digital Marketing
17 9 (10.47%) E-Commerce

Digital 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 13 (15.12%) WordPress
2 5 (5.81%) CMS
3 1 (1.16%) Drupal
3 1 (1.16%) IIS
3 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Magento
2 1 (1.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (60.47%) Azure
2 32 (37.21%) Google Play
3 4 (4.65%) AWS
4 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.16%) GitHub
6 1 (1.16%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.16%) npm
6 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (38.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.16%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (1.16%) Vite
General
1 13 (15.12%) Marketing
2 6 (6.98%) Multimedia
3 4 (4.65%) Digital Healthcare
4 2 (2.33%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (2.33%) Local Government
4 2 (2.33%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.16%) Back Office
5 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.16%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (58.14%) .NET
2 47 (54.65%) .NET Framework
3 42 (48.84%) ASP.NET Web API
3 42 (48.84%) Entity Framework
4 37 (43.02%) .NET Core
5 33 (38.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 32 (37.21%) AngularJS
6 32 (37.21%) ASP.NET
6 32 (37.21%) ASP.NET MVC
7 15 (17.44%) CSS
8 11 (12.79%) HTML
9 9 (10.47%) React
10 7 (8.14%) Node.js
11 4 (4.65%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (4.65%) Vue
12 3 (3.49%) CodeIgniter
12 3 (3.49%) Laravel
12 3 (3.49%) Symfony
13 2 (2.33%) jQuery
14 1 (1.16%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (41.86%) Mobile App
2 32 (37.21%) iPhone
3 8 (9.30%) e-Learning
3 8 (9.30%) Learning Management System
4 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.98%) SCORM
5 3 (3.49%) NHS
6 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.16%) Blog
6 1 (1.16%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.16%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (37.21%) Android
2 1 (1.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.65%) Full Stack Development
2 45 (52.33%) Microservices
3 39 (45.35%) Agile
4 32 (37.21%) MVC
5 11 (12.79%) Digital Marketing
6 9 (10.47%) E-Commerce
6 9 (10.47%) User Experience
7 8 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (6.98%) Computer Science
9 5 (5.81%) Front End Development
10 4 (4.65%) API Development
10 4 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (4.65%) Continuous Delivery
10 4 (4.65%) Machine Learning
10 4 (4.65%) Project Management
10 4 (4.65%) Roadmaps
10 4 (4.65%) SDLC
10 4 (4.65%) Technical Debt
10 4 (4.65%) Web Development
11 3 (3.49%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 49 (56.98%) C#
2 43 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (13.95%) PHP
4 6 (6.98%) SQL
5 4 (4.65%) Java
6 2 (2.33%) Python
7 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (6.98%) Degree
2 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 33 (38.37%) Google
1 33 (38.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.49%) Adobe
3 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.16%) MuleSoft