Developer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Developer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Developer salary in Buckinghamshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 77 88 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.02% 9.45% 12.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.64% 10.26% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 64 50 92
10th Percentile £37,800 £39,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,688 £62,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,250 £75,000
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 1,160 858 759
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.16% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 717 408 557
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £30,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
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 26 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 26 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 +5 69 £60,000 - 47
Aylesbury - 4 £60,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 30 (38.96%) .NET
2 28 (36.36%) C#
3 24 (31.17%) SQL
4 23 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (25.97%) Full-Stack Development
6 19 (24.68%) REST
7 15 (19.48%) Agile
8 14 (18.18%) Degree
8 14 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 14 (18.18%) SQL Server
9 12 (15.58%) Java
10 11 (14.29%) ASP.NET
10 11 (14.29%) Azure
10 11 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 11 (14.29%) Git
11 10 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (12.99%) DevOps
11 10 (12.99%) JavaScript
11 10 (12.99%) Power BI
11 10 (12.99%) Power Platform
11 10 (12.99%) Salesforce
12 9 (11.69%) .NET Framework
12 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
12 9 (11.69%) Data Integration
12 9 (11.69%) Middleware
12 9 (11.69%) MVC
12 9 (11.69%) Software Engineering
13 8 (10.39%) Community of Practice
13 8 (10.39%) Data Analysis Expressions

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 (1.30%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) Azure
2 10 (12.99%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 5 (6.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (3.90%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.60%) AWS
5 2 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.99%) Power BI
3 8 (10.39%) MySQL
4 5 (6.49%) NoSQL
5 4 (5.19%) FileMaker
6 3 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (3.90%) Power Query
6 3 (3.90%) Relational Database
6 3 (3.90%) Tableau
7 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.90%) Selenium
3 3 (3.90%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.30%) Ant
4 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.30%) Gradle
4 1 (1.30%) JUnit
4 1 (1.30%) Maven
4 1 (1.30%) Mockito
4 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Finance
3 10 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (10.39%) Law
5 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (38.96%) .NET
2 19 (24.68%) REST
3 11 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 9 (11.69%) .NET Framework
4 9 (11.69%) Middleware
5 7 (9.09%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (6.49%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (6.49%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (6.49%) React
6 5 (6.49%) Sass
6 5 (6.49%) SOAP
6 5 (6.49%) Visualforce
6 5 (6.49%) Vue
7 4 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.19%) CSS
7 4 (5.19%) gRPC
7 4 (5.19%) htmx
7 4 (5.19%) Kendo UI
7 4 (5.19%) SignalR
7 4 (5.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (3.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.30%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (25.97%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (19.48%) Agile
4 11 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 10 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (12.99%) DevOps
6 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
6 9 (11.69%) Data Integration
6 9 (11.69%) MVC
6 9 (11.69%) Software Engineering
7 8 (10.39%) Community of Practice
7 8 (10.39%) Technology Strategy
8 7 (9.09%) Architectural Design
8 7 (9.09%) ETL
9 6 (7.79%) Clean Code
9 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.49%) Budgeting
10 5 (6.49%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 5 (6.49%) Business Strategy
10 5 (6.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (36.36%) C#
2 24 (31.17%) SQL
3 12 (15.58%) Java
4 10 (12.99%) JavaScript
5 8 (10.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 8 (10.39%) Python
6 6 (7.79%) T-SQL
7 5 (6.49%) Apex Code
7 5 (6.49%) TypeScript
8 4 (5.19%) C++
9 3 (3.90%) C
9 3 (3.90%) COBOL
9 3 (3.90%) PHP
10 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.30%) Go
11 1 (1.30%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
1 14 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 14 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.90%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.30%) PingFederate
2 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (12.99%) Salesforce
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.49%) MuleSoft
3 5 (6.49%) SAP
4 4 (5.19%) Telerik
5 2 (2.60%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.30%) Zend