Developer Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Developer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Developer salary in Bedfordshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 22 92 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 7.31% 21.20% 11.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 24.27% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16 64 24
10th Percentile £36,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -10.87%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £56,875
90th Percentile - £53,000 £61,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 253 379 210
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.05% 87.33% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 170 156 171
10th Percentile £27,175 £32,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,938 £53,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Developer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Bedfordshire

Developer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Bedford -2 11 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Luton -1 2 - - 5
Developer
East of England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Mobile Application Development
2 6 (27.27%) Python
2 6 (27.27%) React Native
3 5 (22.73%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
4 4 (18.18%) Data Validation
4 4 (18.18%) JSON
4 4 (18.18%) Metadata
4 4 (18.18%) RDF
4 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) SQL
4 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) Data Transformation
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) FileMaker
5 3 (13.64%) Git
5 3 (13.64%) Pandas
5 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
5 3 (13.64%) QA
5 3 (13.64%) Reference Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) SAP
5 3 (13.64%) XML
6 2 (9.09%) .NET
6 2 (9.09%) Agile
6 2 (9.09%) AWS
6 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Metadata
2 3 (13.64%) FileMaker
3 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (4.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Git
General
1 5 (22.73%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.64%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Marketing
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) React Native
2 4 (18.18%) JSON
3 3 (13.64%) Pandas
3 3 (13.64%) XML
4 2 (9.09%) .NET
4 2 (9.09%) CSS
4 2 (9.09%) HTML
4 2 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (4.55%) FastAPI
5 1 (4.55%) JSON-LD
5 1 (4.55%) MassTransit
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) IoT
1 6 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 4 (18.18%) Semantic Web
3 3 (13.64%) Reference Data
4 1 (4.55%) Linked Data
4 1 (4.55%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Mobile Application Development
2 4 (18.18%) Data Validation
2 4 (18.18%) RDF
2 4 (18.18%) Validation
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Data Transformation
3 3 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
3 3 (13.64%) Reference Data Management
4 2 (9.09%) Agile
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.55%) Data Development
5 1 (4.55%) Domain Models
5 1 (4.55%) ETL
5 1 (4.55%) Microservices
5 1 (4.55%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) C#
3 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) SHACL
4 1 (4.55%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 2 (9.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) SAP