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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 55 14
Rank change year-on-year +30 -41 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 103 40 227
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 5.75% 3.78% 11.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 4.20% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 80 32 198
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,375 £71,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,709 952 1,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 89.90% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 321 1,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £26,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 24 May 2026.

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 24 May 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
Milton Keynes +2 90 £60,000 - 13
Aylesbury +3 9 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Marlow -2 1 £77,500 +55.00%
High Wycombe - 1 £50,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 36 (34.95%) .NET
2 33 (32.04%) C#
3 29 (28.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (22.33%) SQL
5 20 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (17.48%) Web Development
7 17 (16.50%) Agile
7 17 (16.50%) Degree
8 16 (15.53%) Decision-Making
9 13 (12.62%) AWS
10 12 (11.65%) Azure
10 12 (11.65%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (11.65%) Computer Science
10 12 (11.65%) Power BI
10 12 (11.65%) Power Platform
10 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
11 11 (10.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
12 10 (9.71%) Analytics
12 10 (9.71%) Budgeting
12 10 (9.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 10 (9.71%) Business Strategy
12 10 (9.71%) Data Analytics
12 10 (9.71%) Data Integration
12 10 (9.71%) Data Visualisation
12 10 (9.71%) ETL
12 10 (9.71%) PHP
12 10 (9.71%) SAP
12 10 (9.71%) Software Engineering
12 10 (9.71%) Visualisation

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 (0.97%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 9 (8.74%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.62%) AWS
2 12 (11.65%) Azure
2 12 (11.65%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 5 (4.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 4 (3.88%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (2.91%) GitHub
6 2 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.97%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.97%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.97%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.97%) SaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.65%) Power BI
2 8 (7.77%) MySQL
3 5 (4.85%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.91%) FileMaker
5 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.97%) Power Query
6 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Git
2 2 (1.94%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.97%) Ant
3 1 (0.97%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.97%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.97%) Gradle
3 1 (0.97%) JUnit
3 1 (0.97%) Maven
3 1 (0.97%) Mockito
3 1 (0.97%) Postman
3 1 (0.97%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (16.50%) Finance
1 17 (16.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.71%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.85%) Law
5 5 (4.85%) Local Government
6 4 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Legal
8 1 (0.97%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (34.95%) .NET
2 9 (8.74%) Laravel
2 9 (8.74%) SAP CO-PA
3 8 (7.77%) ASP.NET
3 8 (7.77%) React
3 8 (7.77%) REST
4 7 (6.80%) AngularJS
5 6 (5.83%) HTML
5 6 (5.83%) Vue
6 5 (4.85%) CSS
6 5 (4.85%) Lightning Web Components
6 5 (4.85%) SOAP
6 5 (4.85%) Visualforce
7 4 (3.88%) Middleware
8 3 (2.91%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.91%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (2.91%) MFC
9 2 (1.94%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.94%) Node.js
10 1 (0.97%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Cloud Native
1 5 (4.85%) NHS
2 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.94%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.94%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.91%) Windows
2 1 (0.97%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.16%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (17.48%) Web Development
4 17 (16.50%) Agile
5 16 (15.53%) Decision-Making
6 12 (11.65%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (11.65%) Computer Science
7 10 (9.71%) Analytics
7 10 (9.71%) Budgeting
7 10 (9.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 10 (9.71%) Business Strategy
7 10 (9.71%) Data Analytics
7 10 (9.71%) Data Integration
7 10 (9.71%) Data Visualisation
7 10 (9.71%) ETL
7 10 (9.71%) Software Engineering
7 10 (9.71%) Visualisation
8 9 (8.74%) Architectural Design
9 8 (7.77%) DevOps
10 7 (6.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (32.04%) C#
2 23 (22.33%) SQL
3 11 (10.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (9.71%) PHP
5 9 (8.74%) JavaScript
6 7 (6.80%) Java
7 5 (4.85%) Apex Code
7 5 (4.85%) C++
8 4 (3.88%) Python
9 3 (2.91%) C
9 3 (2.91%) COBOL
9 3 (2.91%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 17 (16.50%) Degree
2 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.97%) GDPR
1 1 (0.97%) NCSC
1 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (9.71%) SAP
2 9 (8.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.74%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.88%) MuleSoft
3 4 (3.88%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.97%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.97%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.97%) Zend