Software Developer Jobs in Chesterfield

Software Developer
Derbyshire > Chesterfield

The median Software Developer salary in Chesterfield is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chesterfield 1.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -31.58% -20.83% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chesterfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chesterfield. 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 Chesterfield with a recognized job title 69 60 63
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 84.51% 67.02%
Number of salaries quoted 41 40 32
10th Percentile £25,625 £18,000 £39,125
25th Percentile £26,000 £34,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £51,000 £46,250 £60,938
90th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £68,625
Derbyshire median annual salary £37,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.54% -18.00% +15.41%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chesterfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Chesterfield

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Chesterfield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Chesterfield.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Chesterfield

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chesterfield

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Software 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 Chesterfield region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Symfony
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Doctrine
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chesterfield 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 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Doctrine
1 1 (100.00%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL