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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 55 14
Rank change year-on-year +29 -41 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 87 34 221
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.85% 3.07% 10.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.06% 3.45% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 73 29 185
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £35,800
25th Percentile £54,000 £42,500 £41,250
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 £70,000 £74,000 £74,500
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 1,720 985 1,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 88.90% 92.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 356 1,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
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 £73,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £54,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.93% +1.00% -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 2 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 2 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 0 69 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Aylesbury -2 8 £60,000 -20.00%
High Wycombe - 5 £50,000 - 4
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 2 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 30 (34.48%) C#
2 27 (31.03%) .NET
3 22 (25.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (22.99%) Agile
5 17 (19.54%) Web Development
6 16 (18.39%) AWS
6 16 (18.39%) Azure
7 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (16.09%) Decision-Making
8 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
9 12 (13.79%) C++
9 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 12 (13.79%) SQL
10 11 (12.64%) Degree
10 11 (12.64%) PHP
11 10 (11.49%) Laravel
12 9 (10.34%) Migration
12 9 (10.34%) React
13 8 (9.20%) AI
13 8 (9.20%) Computer Science
13 8 (9.20%) JavaScript
13 8 (9.20%) SQL Server
14 7 (8.05%) ASP.NET
14 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (8.05%) Clean Code
14 7 (8.05%) DevOps
14 7 (8.05%) MySQL
14 7 (8.05%) Power BI
14 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
14 7 (8.05%) Software Engineering

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 3 (3.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (5.75%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) AWS
1 16 (18.39%) Azure
2 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.60%) Anthropic Claude
3 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.45%) GitHub
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.30%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.05%) MySQL
2 7 (8.05%) Power BI
3 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Subversion
1 2 (2.30%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.15%) Postman
2 1 (1.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 9 (10.34%) Finance
2 8 (9.20%) Local Government
2 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.60%) Law
6 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.45%) Retail
8 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.30%) Legal
8 2 (2.30%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (31.03%) .NET
2 10 (11.49%) Laravel
3 9 (10.34%) React
4 7 (8.05%) ASP.NET
5 6 (6.90%) HTML
5 6 (6.90%) MFC
6 5 (5.75%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.75%) SAP CO-PA
7 4 (4.60%) CSS
7 4 (4.60%) REST
7 4 (4.60%) Vue
8 3 (3.45%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (3.45%) Blazor
8 3 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (3.45%) SOAP
8 3 (3.45%) Visualforce
8 3 (3.45%) WinForms
9 2 (2.30%) Middleware
9 2 (2.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.20%) Cloud Native
1 8 (9.20%) NHS
2 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (4.60%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.30%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.15%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (22.99%) Agile
3 17 (19.54%) Web Development
4 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (16.09%) Decision-Making
6 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 9 (10.34%) Migration
8 8 (9.20%) AI
8 8 (9.20%) Computer Science
9 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.05%) Clean Code
9 7 (8.05%) DevOps
9 7 (8.05%) Software Engineering
10 6 (6.90%) Architectural Design
10 6 (6.90%) Cloud Enablement
10 6 (6.90%) Coaching
10 6 (6.90%) Line Management
10 6 (6.90%) Product Strategy
10 6 (6.90%) Product Vision
10 6 (6.90%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.48%) C#
2 12 (13.79%) C++
2 12 (13.79%) SQL
3 11 (12.64%) PHP
4 8 (9.20%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 5 (5.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (3.45%) Apex Code
7 3 (3.45%) Java
8 2 (2.30%) C
8 2 (2.30%) Delphi
8 2 (2.30%) Pascal
8 2 (2.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) GDPR
2 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.75%) SAP
3 4 (4.60%) OpenAI
3 4 (4.60%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.30%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow