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 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 56 13
Rank change year-on-year +32 -43 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 96 37 235
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 5.46% 3.48% 11.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.72% 3.92% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 77 32 198
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £54,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £72,400 £73,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 1,677 943 1,921
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 88.79% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 315 1,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +5 80 £60,000 - 8
Aylesbury 0 8 £60,000 -20.00%
High Wycombe - 3 £50,000 - 1
Newport Pagnell - 2 £65,000 -
Marlow -2 1 £77,500 +55.00% 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 34 (35.42%) .NET
2 30 (31.25%) C#
3 26 (27.08%) Full-Stack Development
4 19 (19.79%) Web Development
5 18 (18.75%) Agile
6 17 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.63%) Azure
7 15 (15.63%) SQL
8 14 (14.58%) AWS
8 14 (14.58%) Decision-Making
8 14 (14.58%) Degree
9 12 (12.50%) PHP
10 11 (11.46%) Laravel
10 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
11 10 (10.42%) Computer Science
12 9 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (9.38%) JavaScript
12 9 (9.38%) Power BI
12 9 (9.38%) Power Platform
12 9 (9.38%) React
13 8 (8.33%) DevOps
13 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
13 8 (8.33%) MySQL
13 8 (8.33%) Security Cleared
13 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
14 7 (7.29%) AI
14 7 (7.29%) Analytics
14 7 (7.29%) Architectural Design
14 7 (7.29%) ASP.NET
14 7 (7.29%) Budgeting

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (7.29%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.63%) Azure
2 14 (14.58%) AWS
3 9 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.17%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 4 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 3 (3.13%) GitHub
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.38%) Power BI
2 8 (8.33%) MySQL
2 8 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.08%) FileMaker
3 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Git
1 2 (2.08%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.04%) Postman
2 1 (1.04%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.04%) Subversion
General
1 13 (13.54%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.46%) Finance
3 9 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.25%) Local Government
6 5 (5.21%) Law
6 5 (5.21%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
9 2 (2.08%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (35.42%) .NET
2 11 (11.46%) Laravel
3 9 (9.38%) React
4 7 (7.29%) ASP.NET
4 7 (7.29%) HTML
4 7 (7.29%) SAP CO-PA
5 6 (6.25%) AngularJS
5 6 (6.25%) REST
6 5 (5.21%) CSS
6 5 (5.21%) Vue
7 4 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (4.17%) MFC
7 4 (4.17%) SOAP
7 4 (4.17%) Visualforce
8 3 (3.13%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (3.13%) Middleware
9 2 (2.08%) Blazor
9 2 (2.08%) Web Services
9 2 (2.08%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 6 (6.25%) NHS
2 4 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.08%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.04%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.08%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (19.79%) Web Development
3 18 (18.75%) Agile
4 17 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (14.58%) Decision-Making
6 10 (10.42%) Computer Science
7 9 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (8.33%) DevOps
8 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 7 (7.29%) AI
9 7 (7.29%) Analytics
9 7 (7.29%) Architectural Design
9 7 (7.29%) Budgeting
9 7 (7.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 7 (7.29%) Business Strategy
9 7 (7.29%) Clean Code
9 7 (7.29%) Data Integration
9 7 (7.29%) Data Visualisation
9 7 (7.29%) ETL
9 7 (7.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.25%) C#
2 15 (15.63%) SQL
3 12 (12.50%) PHP
4 9 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 7 (7.29%) C++
5 7 (7.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (5.21%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.17%) Apex Code
7 4 (4.17%) Java
8 3 (3.13%) Python
9 1 (1.04%) C
9 1 (1.04%) Delphi
9 1 (1.04%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 14 (14.58%) Degree
2 8 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) SAP
3 6 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.17%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.13%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.04%) Zend