Backend Developer Jobs in Central London

Backend Developer
London > Central London

The median Backend Developer salary in Central London is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 185 229
Rank change year-on-year +28 +44 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 4 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.22% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 16
10th Percentile £64,875 - £50,000
25th Percentile £83,438 £76,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £82,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% +32.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £115,313 £88,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £122,625 - £80,625
London median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +9.68% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,298 3,615 5,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 95.23% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,646 2,833 4,231
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in Central London

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in Central London.

Salary trend for Backend Developer in Central London

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backend Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Backend Developer in Central London

Backend Developer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
City of London +34 2 £90,000 +9.09% 5
West End of London - 2 £102,500 -
Backend Developer
London

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Backend Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) Physics
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Node.js
3 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (50.00%) Rust
3 2 (50.00%) Fintech
3 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (25.00%) QA

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Fintech
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Physics
1 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Rust
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA