System Developer
UK

The median System Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 901 1084
Rank change year-on-year +144 +183 -322
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 137 84 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.080% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.087% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 109 66 88
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,875 £27,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £79,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,057 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.14% +0.14% +1.27%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Developer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +164 117 £45,000 - 16
UK excluding London +60 94 £40,000 -0.14% 13
Work from Home +126 55 £51,000 +2.00% 16
North of England +61 28 £51,000 +20.00% 4
London +170 23 £65,000 +21.18% 3
South East +35 23 £35,000 -22.22%
North West +24 20 £51,000 +10.27% 4
East of England +36 16 £44,000 +9.92% 3
Midlands +14 15 £40,000 +5.47% 3
East Midlands -9 12 £35,000 -7.72% 2
South West -16 10 £35,741 -28.52% 2
Yorkshire +92 8 £34,923 -1.63%
West Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 1
Scotland -58 1 £35,000 -30.00%
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 45 (32.85%) C#
2 41 (29.93%) .NET
3 38 (27.74%) DevOps
4 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
5 32 (23.36%) SQL Server
6 29 (21.17%) JavaScript
6 29 (21.17%) SQL
7 28 (20.44%) Agile
8 26 (18.98%) Azure
9 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (17.52%) Degree
11 23 (16.79%) HTML
12 21 (15.33%) CSS
12 21 (15.33%) QA
12 21 (15.33%) CI/CD
13 18 (13.14%) Python
14 16 (11.68%) CRM
14 16 (11.68%) Microsoft
15 15 (10.95%) Retail
15 15 (10.95%) Power Platform
16 14 (10.22%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (9.49%) Waterfall
17 13 (9.49%) API Development
17 13 (9.49%) Finance
18 12 (8.76%) ASP.NET
18 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
19 11 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 11 (8.03%) Test Automation
19 11 (8.03%) Java

Systems 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 9 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) Moodle
3 2 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.46%) WordPress
4 1 (0.73%) CMS
4 1 (0.73%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.73%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.98%) Azure
2 15 (10.95%) Power Platform
3 14 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.22%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.11%) Boomi
4 7 (5.11%) iPaaS
4 7 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.11%) SaaS
5 5 (3.65%) GitHub
5 5 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (3.65%) OCI
5 5 (3.65%) Serverless
6 4 (2.92%) AWS
6 4 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.92%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.46%) Azure App Service
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (23.36%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.30%) MySQL
3 9 (6.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (5.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.38%) EDRMS
6 4 (2.92%) Essbase
6 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.19%) Power BI
8 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (4.38%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (2.19%) Git
4 2 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.95%) Retail
3 13 (9.49%) Finance
4 11 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (8.03%) Legal
5 8 (5.84%) Back Office
5 8 (5.84%) Law
5 8 (5.84%) Marketing
5 8 (5.84%) Police
6 5 (3.65%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.92%) Agriculture
7 4 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Banking
8 2 (1.46%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.73%) Local Government
9 1 (0.73%) Military
9 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (29.93%) .NET
2 23 (16.79%) HTML
3 21 (15.33%) CSS
4 12 (8.76%) ASP.NET
5 9 (6.57%) .NET Core
6 8 (5.84%) Web Services
7 7 (5.11%) JSON
7 7 (5.11%) REST
7 7 (5.11%) XML
8 6 (4.38%) Classic ASP
8 6 (4.38%) HTML5
8 6 (4.38%) Razor View Engine
9 5 (3.65%) Node.js
9 5 (3.65%) WPF
10 4 (2.92%) .NET Framework
10 4 (2.92%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.92%) Entity Framework
10 4 (2.92%) React
11 3 (2.19%) jQuery
11 3 (2.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.38%) VLE
2 3 (2.19%) Housing Association
3 2 (1.46%) FPGA
3 2 (1.46%) IoT
3 2 (1.46%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.46%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.73%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.73%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.73%) FMCG
4 1 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.11%) Windows
2 6 (4.38%) Linux
3 4 (2.92%) Unix
4 1 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.74%) DevOps
2 28 (20.44%) Agile
3 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.33%) CI/CD
5 16 (11.68%) CRM
6 13 (9.49%) API Development
6 13 (9.49%) Waterfall
7 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (8.03%) Test Automation
9 9 (6.57%) Computer Science
9 9 (6.57%) Web Development
10 8 (5.84%) E-business
10 8 (5.84%) Progressive Web App
10 8 (5.84%) Scrum
11 7 (5.11%) API Design
11 7 (5.11%) Architectural Patterns
11 7 (5.11%) Design Patterns
11 7 (5.11%) Roadmaps
11 7 (5.11%) Robotic Process Automation
11 7 (5.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 45 (32.85%) C#
2 29 (21.17%) JavaScript
2 29 (21.17%) SQL
3 18 (13.14%) Python
4 11 (8.03%) Java
5 7 (5.11%) VB
5 7 (5.11%) VBScript
6 5 (3.65%) Go
6 5 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.92%) C
8 3 (2.19%) PHP
8 3 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.46%) Bash
9 2 (1.46%) Haskell
9 2 (1.46%) Perl
9 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.46%) Ruby
9 2 (1.46%) Rust
10 1 (0.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (17.52%) Degree
2 10 (7.30%) DBS Check
3 9 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.33%) QA
2 7 (5.11%) GDPR
3 2 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.46%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Terraform
2 2 (1.46%) Ansible
2 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.73%) cPanel
Vendors
1 16 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) Jitterbit
2 7 (5.11%) Talend
3 5 (3.65%) Oracle
4 4 (2.92%) SAP
5 2 (1.46%) Facebook
6 1 (0.73%) AVEVA