Developer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Developer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Developer salary in Buckinghamshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 53 100 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.59% 9.67% 11.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.18% 10.29% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 48 59 82
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,625 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +2.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £66,125 £72,500 £79,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year - +4.80% -0.43%

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 1,023 972 778
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.65% 94.00% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 632 444 553
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £81,850
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 1 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 1 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 -2 45 £55,000 +4.76% 34
Aylesbury - 4 £60,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 21 (39.62%) C#
2 20 (37.74%) .NET
3 16 (30.19%) REST
3 16 (30.19%) SQL
4 15 (28.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (26.42%) Agile
6 13 (24.53%) SQL Server
7 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
7 11 (20.75%) Java
7 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
7 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
8 10 (18.87%) ASP.NET
8 10 (18.87%) DevOps
9 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
10 8 (15.09%) Degree
10 8 (15.09%) Git
10 8 (15.09%) Middleware
10 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
11 7 (13.21%) .NET Framework
11 7 (13.21%) Accessibility
11 7 (13.21%) Azure
11 7 (13.21%) Community of Practice
11 7 (13.21%) MVC
11 7 (13.21%) MySQL
11 7 (13.21%) Python
11 7 (13.21%) Salesforce
11 7 (13.21%) Technology Strategy
12 6 (11.32%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (11.32%) T-SQL

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 (1.89%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 4 (7.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (3.77%) AWS
3 2 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (3.77%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.89%) GitHub
4 1 (1.89%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (13.21%) MySQL
3 4 (7.55%) NoSQL
3 4 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.55%) Power BI
4 3 (5.66%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.77%) Power Query
5 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.77%) Tableau
6 1 (1.89%) FileMaker
6 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Git
2 4 (7.55%) Cypress.io
3 3 (5.66%) Selenium
3 3 (5.66%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.89%) Ant
4 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.89%) Gradle
4 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.89%) JIRA
4 1 (1.89%) JUnit
4 1 (1.89%) Maven
4 1 (1.89%) Mockito
4 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Public Sector
3 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (13.21%) Law
4 6 (11.32%) Finance
5 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (37.74%) .NET
2 16 (30.19%) REST
3 10 (18.87%) ASP.NET
4 8 (15.09%) Middleware
5 7 (13.21%) .NET Framework
6 6 (11.32%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (7.55%) gRPC
8 4 (7.55%) htmx
8 4 (7.55%) JSON
8 4 (7.55%) Kendo UI
8 4 (7.55%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (7.55%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (7.55%) Sass
8 4 (7.55%) SignalR
8 4 (7.55%) SOAP
8 4 (7.55%) Visualforce
8 4 (7.55%) Vue
8 4 (7.55%) XML
9 3 (5.66%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (5.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Full-Stack Development
1 15 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (26.42%) Agile
3 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
4 10 (18.87%) DevOps
5 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
6 7 (13.21%) Community of Practice
6 7 (13.21%) MVC
6 7 (13.21%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
7 5 (9.43%) Scrum
7 5 (9.43%) Unit Testing
8 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.55%) Data Integration
8 4 (7.55%) Data Modelling
8 4 (7.55%) Software Testing
8 4 (7.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) C#
2 16 (30.19%) SQL
3 11 (20.75%) Java
4 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
5 7 (13.21%) Python
6 6 (11.32%) T-SQL
7 5 (9.43%) TypeScript
8 4 (7.55%) Apex Code
8 4 (7.55%) C++
9 3 (5.66%) C
9 3 (5.66%) COBOL
10 2 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (3.77%) PHP
10 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.89%) Go
11 1 (1.89%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.09%) Degree
3 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.66%) QA
4 1 (1.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) PingFederate
2 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.55%) MuleSoft
3 4 (7.55%) Telerik
4 2 (3.77%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.89%) Oracle
5 1 (1.89%) Red Hat