Developer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Developer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Developer salary in Buckinghamshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 51 109 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.59% 10.18% 11.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.20% 10.80% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 48 62 81
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,438 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

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 980 1,009 793
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.13% 94.21% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 606 451 558
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,314
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £80,375
South East median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -5 39 £52,500 - 33
Aylesbury - 3 £60,000 - 1
Bletchley -11 2 £38,750 -35.42% 3
Chesham - 1 £65,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 26 November 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 22 (43.14%) .NET
1 22 (43.14%) C#
2 16 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (31.37%) REST
2 16 (31.37%) SQL
2 16 (31.37%) SQL Server
3 14 (27.45%) Agile
3 14 (27.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 13 (25.49%) ASP.NET
4 13 (25.49%) JavaScript
5 12 (23.53%) CI/CD
6 10 (19.61%) Java
7 9 (17.65%) Degree
7 9 (17.65%) DevOps
7 9 (17.65%) Git
7 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
7 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
8 8 (15.69%) Middleware
8 8 (15.69%) MVC
8 8 (15.69%) MySQL
8 8 (15.69%) Python
9 7 (13.73%) .NET Framework
9 7 (13.73%) Accessibility
9 7 (13.73%) Community of Practice
9 7 (13.73%) Software Engineering
9 7 (13.73%) Technology Strategy
10 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (11.76%) Azure
10 6 (11.76%) Salesforce

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 (1.96%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (3.92%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.96%) Cloudflare
4 1 (1.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (31.37%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.69%) MySQL
3 5 (9.80%) NoSQL
4 4 (7.84%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (7.84%) Power BI
5 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.92%) Power Query
5 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.92%) Tableau
6 1 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.96%) FileMaker
6 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) Cypress.io
2 3 (5.88%) Selenium
2 3 (5.88%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.96%) Jasmine
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.96%) JIRA
3 1 (1.96%) NUnit
3 1 (1.96%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (13.73%) Law
2 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
4 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (43.14%) .NET
2 16 (31.37%) REST
3 13 (25.49%) ASP.NET
4 8 (15.69%) Middleware
5 7 (13.73%) .NET Framework
6 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (7.84%) gRPC
7 4 (7.84%) htmx
7 4 (7.84%) JSON
7 4 (7.84%) Kendo UI
7 4 (7.84%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (7.84%) Razor View Engine
7 4 (7.84%) React
7 4 (7.84%) Sass
7 4 (7.84%) SignalR
7 4 (7.84%) SOAP
7 4 (7.84%) Visualforce
7 4 (7.84%) Vue
7 4 (7.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.96%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (27.45%) Agile
2 14 (27.45%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (23.53%) CI/CD
4 9 (17.65%) DevOps
5 8 (15.69%) MVC
6 7 (13.73%) Community of Practice
6 7 (13.73%) Software Engineering
6 7 (13.73%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (11.76%) Scrum
8 5 (9.80%) Data Protection
8 5 (9.80%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (9.80%) Unit Testing
8 5 (9.80%) Web Development
9 4 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (7.84%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
9 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.84%) Data Integration
9 4 (7.84%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (43.14%) C#
2 16 (31.37%) SQL
3 13 (25.49%) JavaScript
4 10 (19.61%) Java
5 8 (15.69%) Python
6 6 (11.76%) T-SQL
6 6 (11.76%) TypeScript
7 4 (7.84%) Apex Code
7 4 (7.84%) C++
8 3 (5.88%) PHP
9 2 (3.92%) C
9 2 (3.92%) COBOL
9 2 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.96%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
1 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.84%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) PingFederate
1 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.84%) MuleSoft
3 4 (7.84%) Telerik
4 2 (3.92%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.96%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) Rollbar