Backend Developer Jobs in Chester

Backend Developer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Backend Developer salary in Chester is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 July 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 4 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 5.19% 2.21% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.26% 2.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £61,250 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +2.08% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 76 200 170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.70% 88.50% 78.70%
Number of salaries quoted 39 170 86
10th Percentile £25,800 £25,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £30,291
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +7.87% -9.83%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,835
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,000 £81,274
Cheshire median annual salary £36,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.89% -5.26% +5.56%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in Chester

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Chester

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

Salary trend for Backend Developer in Chester

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

For the 6 months to 25 July 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 Chester region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) GitLab
2 3 (75.00%) SonarQube
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) Secure Coding
2 3 (75.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Camunda
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) REST
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
2 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Go
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) IoT
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (75.00%) GitLab
1 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (75.00%) SonarQube
1 3 (75.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Secure Coding
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Elixir
2 1 (25.00%) Go
2 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA