Developer Jobs in Bedford

Developer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Developer salary in Bedford is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 2 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 11 38 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 16.67% 26.03% 10.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.03% 26.39% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11 35 22
10th Percentile £38,000 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £56,250 £64,375
90th Percentile - £61,250 £76,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 61 144 202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 98.63% 77.99%
Number of salaries quoted 33 126 96
10th Percentile £37,500 £22,875 £32,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,625 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -30.43% +27.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £61,250 £68,750
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -13.91% +15.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Bedford

Developer
Salary Trend in Bedford

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

Salary trend for Developer in Bedford

Developer
Salary Histogram in Bedford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bedford over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Bedford

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 Bedford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Scrum
2 7 (63.64%) .NET Framework
2 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Functional Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) PHP
5 2 (18.18%) HTML
5 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) MySQL
6 1 (9.09%) Ajax
6 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 1 (9.09%) GitHub
6 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
6 1 (9.09%) Bootstrap
6 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (9.09%) Law
6 1 (9.09%) CSS
6 1 (9.09%) XML
6 1 (9.09%) Linux
6 1 (9.09%) C#

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) .NET Framework
3 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 1 (9.09%) Ajax
4 1 (9.09%) Bootstrap
4 1 (9.09%) CSS
4 1 (9.09%) REST
4 1 (9.09%) Symfony
4 1 (9.09%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Functional Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Scrum
3 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Coaching
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (9.09%) Regtech
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PHP
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) C++
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) VB
3 1 (9.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft