Developer Jobs in Watford

Developer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Developer salary in Watford is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 15 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 26 65 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 9.09% 14.77% 21.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 16.37% 21.72%
Number of salaries quoted 25 54 84
10th Percentile £42,500 £53,625 £46,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +2.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,750 £80,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 260 397 419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 90.23% 98.36%
Number of salaries quoted 211 223 344
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,700 £27,975
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £62,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Watford over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Watford

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 1 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 Watford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 19 (73.08%) JavaScript
2 12 (46.15%) Microservices
3 10 (38.46%) PHP
4 9 (34.62%) Front End Development
5 8 (30.77%) Vue
5 8 (30.77%) Node.js
5 8 (30.77%) MySQL
6 7 (26.92%) SQL
6 7 (26.92%) .NET
6 7 (26.92%) Azure
6 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
7 6 (23.08%) Nuxt
7 6 (23.08%) OpenLayers
7 6 (23.08%) Cloud Native
7 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
7 6 (23.08%) MongoDB
7 6 (23.08%) TypeScript
7 6 (23.08%) Web Development
7 6 (23.08%) TDD
7 6 (23.08%) Retail
7 6 (23.08%) E-Commerce
7 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 6 (23.08%) HTML
7 6 (23.08%) CSS
7 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
8 5 (19.23%) C#
8 5 (19.23%) Agile
9 4 (15.38%) .NET Framework
9 4 (15.38%) MVC
9 4 (15.38%) Aerospace

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) DNS
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (30.77%) MySQL
2 6 (23.08%) MongoDB
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 3 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (11.54%) OLAP
3 3 (11.54%) OLAP Cube
3 3 (11.54%) Power BI
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) GitLab
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (30.77%) Node.js
1 8 (30.77%) Vue
2 7 (26.92%) .NET
3 6 (23.08%) CSS
3 6 (23.08%) HTML
3 6 (23.08%) Nuxt
3 6 (23.08%) OpenLayers
4 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
4 4 (15.38%) .NET Framework
4 4 (15.38%) AngularJS
4 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (15.38%) CSS3
4 4 (15.38%) Entity Framework
4 4 (15.38%) HTML5
4 4 (15.38%) SubSonic
5 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
5 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (11.54%) Laravel
5 3 (11.54%) MDX
5 3 (11.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) IoT
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Microservices
2 9 (34.62%) Front End Development
3 6 (23.08%) E-Commerce
3 6 (23.08%) TDD
3 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 6 (23.08%) Web Development
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) DevOps
5 4 (15.38%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (15.38%) MVC
6 3 (11.54%) Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
6 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Database Tuning
6 3 (11.54%) ETL
6 3 (11.54%) ETL Development
6 3 (11.54%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (73.08%) JavaScript
2 10 (38.46%) PHP
3 7 (26.92%) SQL
4 6 (23.08%) TypeScript
5 5 (19.23%) C#
6 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
6 3 (11.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Cognos
2 2 (7.69%) IBM
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Zend
44 Developer jobs in Hertfordshire