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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 55 12
Rank change year-on-year +26 -43 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 83 32 181
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.47% 2.93% 11.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.66% 3.31% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 65 27 152
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £35,575
25th Percentile £54,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -7.41% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £71,900 £82,500
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 1,780 967 1,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 88.55% 90.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 371 916
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £71,500 £76,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -1 65 £60,000 +14.29% 3
Aylesbury -2 8 £60,000 -20.00% 1
High Wycombe - 6 £55,000 - 5
Newport Pagnell - 2 £65,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 31 (37.35%) C#
2 25 (30.12%) .NET
3 21 (25.30%) Agile
3 21 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (24.10%) Microsoft
5 18 (21.69%) Azure
6 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (19.28%) Web Development
7 15 (18.07%) AWS
8 13 (15.66%) AI
9 12 (14.46%) C++
9 12 (14.46%) Degree
9 12 (14.46%) Mentoring
10 11 (13.25%) Migration
10 11 (13.25%) PHP
10 11 (13.25%) React
11 10 (12.05%) Decision-Making
11 10 (12.05%) Laravel
12 9 (10.84%) Computer Science
13 8 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (9.64%) Clean Code
13 8 (9.64%) OO
13 8 (9.64%) Power Platform
13 8 (9.64%) SQL
13 8 (9.64%) TypeScript
14 7 (8.43%) ASP.NET
14 7 (8.43%) DevOps
14 7 (8.43%) JavaScript
14 7 (8.43%) MySQL
14 7 (8.43%) SQL Server

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 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.69%) Azure
2 15 (18.07%) AWS
3 8 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.82%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (3.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (3.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.41%) GitHub
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) MySQL
1 7 (8.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.82%) Power BI
3 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Subversion
1 2 (2.41%) Yeoman
General
1 9 (10.84%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Local Government
3 6 (7.23%) Finance
3 6 (7.23%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (7.23%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.02%) Retail
5 4 (4.82%) Law
6 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.41%) Legal
7 2 (2.41%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (30.12%) .NET
2 11 (13.25%) React
3 10 (12.05%) Laravel
4 7 (8.43%) ASP.NET
5 6 (7.23%) HTML
5 6 (7.23%) MFC
6 5 (6.02%) Blazor
6 5 (6.02%) WinForms
7 4 (4.82%) AngularJS
7 4 (4.82%) CSS
7 4 (4.82%) Vue
8 3 (3.61%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.61%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (3.61%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (3.61%) REST
8 3 (3.61%) Visualforce
9 2 (2.41%) Node.js
9 2 (2.41%) SAP CO-PA
9 2 (2.41%) SOAP
9 2 (2.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Cloud Native
1 8 (9.64%) NHS
2 6 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.82%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.41%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.20%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.30%) Agile
1 21 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
2 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.28%) Web Development
3 13 (15.66%) AI
4 12 (14.46%) Mentoring
5 11 (13.25%) Migration
6 10 (12.05%) Decision-Making
7 9 (10.84%) Computer Science
8 8 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (9.64%) Clean Code
8 8 (9.64%) OO
9 7 (8.43%) DevOps
10 6 (7.23%) Analytics
10 6 (7.23%) Coaching
10 6 (7.23%) Data Analytics
10 6 (7.23%) Line Management
10 6 (7.23%) Microservices
10 6 (7.23%) Refactoring
10 6 (7.23%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 31 (37.35%) C#
2 12 (14.46%) C++
3 11 (13.25%) PHP
4 8 (9.64%) SQL
4 8 (9.64%) TypeScript
5 7 (8.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.61%) Apex Code
7 2 (2.41%) C
7 2 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (2.41%) Delphi
7 2 (2.41%) Java
7 2 (2.41%) Pascal
7 2 (2.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Degree
2 6 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) GDPR
2 1 (1.20%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) OpenAI
2 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.41%) MuleSoft
3 2 (2.41%) SAP