Developer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Developer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Developer salary in Buckinghamshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 December 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 58 99 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.96% 9.89% 10.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% 10.61% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 52 59 82
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,125 £65,938
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £79,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,044 933 767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 93.21% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 648 430 545
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £80,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Buckinghamshire

Developer
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes -3 50 £55,000 +4.76% 54
Aylesbury - 4 £60,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 December 2025, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 22 (37.93%) C#
2 21 (36.21%) .NET
3 19 (32.76%) SQL
4 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (29.31%) REST
5 16 (27.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 14 (24.14%) Agile
7 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
8 12 (20.69%) Java
9 11 (18.97%) CI/CD
9 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
9 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
10 10 (17.24%) ASP.NET
10 10 (17.24%) DevOps
11 9 (15.52%) Degree
11 9 (15.52%) Git
11 9 (15.52%) JavaScript
11 9 (15.52%) Software Engineering
12 8 (13.79%) .NET Framework
12 8 (13.79%) Azure
12 8 (13.79%) Middleware
13 7 (12.07%) Accessibility
13 7 (12.07%) Community of Practice
13 7 (12.07%) MVC
13 7 (12.07%) MySQL
13 7 (12.07%) Python
13 7 (12.07%) Salesforce
13 7 (12.07%) Technology Strategy
14 6 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (10.34%) Business Intelligence

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 6 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 4 (6.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (5.17%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.45%) AWS
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub
6 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.07%) MySQL
3 6 (10.34%) Power BI
4 5 (8.62%) NoSQL
5 4 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (5.17%) Power Query
6 3 (5.17%) Relational Database
6 3 (5.17%) Tableau
7 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.45%) FileMaker
7 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
2 4 (6.90%) Cypress.io
3 3 (5.17%) Selenium
3 3 (5.17%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.72%) Ant
4 1 (1.72%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.72%) Gradle
4 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.72%) JIRA
4 1 (1.72%) JUnit
4 1 (1.72%) Maven
4 1 (1.72%) Mockito
4 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Public Sector
3 8 (13.79%) Finance
4 7 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (12.07%) Law
5 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (36.21%) .NET
2 17 (29.31%) REST
3 10 (17.24%) ASP.NET
4 8 (13.79%) .NET Framework
4 8 (13.79%) Middleware
5 6 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (6.90%) gRPC
7 4 (6.90%) htmx
7 4 (6.90%) JSON
7 4 (6.90%) Kendo UI
7 4 (6.90%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (6.90%) Razor View Engine
7 4 (6.90%) Sass
7 4 (6.90%) SignalR
7 4 (6.90%) SOAP
7 4 (6.90%) Visualforce
7 4 (6.90%) Vue
7 4 (6.90%) XML
8 3 (5.17%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (5.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (27.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 14 (24.14%) Agile
4 11 (18.97%) CI/CD
5 10 (17.24%) DevOps
6 9 (15.52%) Software Engineering
7 7 (12.07%) Community of Practice
7 7 (12.07%) MVC
7 7 (12.07%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.62%) Clean Code
9 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.62%) Data Integration
9 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
9 5 (8.62%) Scrum
9 5 (8.62%) Unit Testing
10 4 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (6.90%) Test Automation
10 4 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) C#
2 19 (32.76%) SQL
3 12 (20.69%) Java
4 9 (15.52%) JavaScript
5 7 (12.07%) Python
6 6 (10.34%) T-SQL
7 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
8 4 (6.90%) Apex Code
8 4 (6.90%) C++
8 4 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (5.17%) C
9 3 (5.17%) COBOL
10 2 (3.45%) PHP
10 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.72%) Go
11 1 (1.72%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) SC Cleared
1 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) Degree
3 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.17%) QA
4 1 (1.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) PingFederate
2 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Salesforce
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.90%) MuleSoft
3 4 (6.90%) Telerik
4 2 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle
5 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.72%) SAP