Developer Jobs in the City of London

Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Developer salary in the City of London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 270 497 945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.79% 14.77% 21.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.71% 15.37% 22.20%
Number of salaries quoted 230 427 859
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,835 3,233 4,256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 96.05% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 2,493 3,534
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -2.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,063 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the City of London

Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Developer in the City of London

Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in the City of London

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 91 (33.70%) Python
2 87 (32.22%) SQL
2 87 (32.22%) Finance
3 83 (30.74%) Agile
4 79 (29.26%) JavaScript
5 78 (28.89%) C#
6 64 (23.70%) Social Skills
6 64 (23.70%) Azure
7 63 (23.33%) Java
8 58 (21.48%) .NET
8 58 (21.48%) AWS
8 58 (21.48%) React
9 53 (19.63%) DevOps
10 50 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (15.56%) HTML
12 41 (15.19%) CI/CD
13 38 (14.07%) Banking
14 37 (13.70%) CSS
14 37 (13.70%) Microsoft
15 36 (13.33%) Degree
16 34 (12.59%) Full-Stack Development
17 33 (12.22%) Power Platform
18 32 (11.85%) Git
19 31 (11.48%) TypeScript
20 30 (11.11%) Analytics
20 30 (11.11%) Microservices
20 30 (11.11%) Software Engineering
21 29 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
21 29 (10.74%) SQL Server
22 28 (10.37%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.70%) WordPress
2 9 (3.33%) CMS
3 6 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.11%) nginx
6 2 (0.74%) CoreMedia CMS
6 2 (0.74%) Liferay
7 1 (0.37%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.37%) Apache
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.37%) Camunda
7 1 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.37%) Drupal
7 1 (0.37%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.37%) MTS
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.37%) Solana
Applications
1 7 (2.59%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.22%) InVision
2 6 (2.22%) Sketch
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.22%) NetSuite
1 6 (2.22%) Orchestrade
2 4 (1.48%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.11%) Endur
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (23.70%) Azure
2 58 (21.48%) AWS
3 33 (12.22%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.56%) GitHub
5 14 (5.19%) GCP
6 13 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.44%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.70%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.33%) Datadog
9 9 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.33%) Serverless
10 8 (2.96%) Boomi
10 8 (2.96%) Figma
11 7 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.22%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.11%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 27 (10.00%) Power BI
3 18 (6.67%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.30%) MySQL
5 15 (5.56%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (2.22%) Redis
10 6 (2.22%) Tableau
11 5 (1.85%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.85%) KDB
11 5 (1.85%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.85%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (1.11%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.11%) Metadata
12 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (11.85%) Git
2 14 (5.19%) JIRA
3 6 (2.22%) Axure RP
4 5 (1.85%) NUnit
4 5 (1.85%) Selenium
5 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.11%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.11%) Mocha
6 3 (1.11%) MSTest
6 3 (1.11%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.37%) Gradle
7 1 (0.37%) Maven
7 1 (0.37%) Moq
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.37%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 87 (32.22%) Finance
2 64 (23.70%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.07%) Banking
4 26 (9.63%) Front Office
5 21 (7.78%) Investment Banking
6 20 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (6.67%) Marketing
8 17 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.70%) Advertising
9 10 (3.70%) Law
9 10 (3.70%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.96%) Legal
11 6 (2.22%) Billing
12 5 (1.85%) Turkish Language
13 4 (1.48%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.11%) French Language
14 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.11%) Retail
15 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.74%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.48%) .NET
1 58 (21.48%) React
2 42 (15.56%) HTML
3 37 (13.70%) CSS
4 26 (9.63%) RESTful
5 24 (8.89%) AngularJS
6 20 (7.41%) Node.js
7 19 (7.04%) Django
8 17 (6.30%) HTML5
9 14 (5.19%) Web Services
10 13 (4.81%) FIX Protocol
11 12 (4.44%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (4.07%) .NET Framework
12 11 (4.07%) Next.js
12 11 (4.07%) Vue
13 10 (3.70%) .NET Core
13 10 (3.70%) REST
14 8 (2.96%) Flask
14 8 (2.96%) JSON
14 8 (2.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.15%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.78%) Fixed Income
3 18 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 16 (5.93%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (5.19%) Product Ownership
7 13 (4.81%) Derivative
8 10 (3.70%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.22%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.85%) Equities
12 4 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.48%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.48%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.11%) Cyberattack
13 3 (1.11%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (1.11%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.07%) Linux
2 7 (2.59%) Windows
3 3 (1.11%) Android
3 3 (1.11%) Unix
4 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (30.74%) Agile
2 53 (19.63%) DevOps
3 50 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (15.19%) CI/CD
5 34 (12.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 30 (11.11%) Analytics
6 30 (11.11%) Microservices
6 30 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 29 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (10.37%) Collaborative Working
8 28 (10.37%) Mentoring
8 28 (10.37%) User Experience
9 26 (9.63%) Migration
10 24 (8.89%) Low Latency
10 24 (8.89%) Test Automation
11 22 (8.15%) Computer Science
11 22 (8.15%) Fintech
11 22 (8.15%) Front End Development
12 20 (7.41%) Multithreading
12 20 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (33.70%) Python
2 87 (32.22%) SQL
3 79 (29.26%) JavaScript
4 78 (28.89%) C#
5 63 (23.33%) Java
6 31 (11.48%) TypeScript
7 22 (8.15%) C++
8 13 (4.81%) Apex Code
9 12 (4.44%) PHP
10 11 (4.07%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.22%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.85%) R
13 4 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.11%) Go
14 3 (1.11%) Rust
14 3 (1.11%) SOQL
15 2 (0.74%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.74%) Swift
15 2 (0.74%) VBA
16 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 36 (13.33%) Degree
2 24 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.96%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.11%) PhD
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.74%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.81%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.44%) QA
3 6 (2.22%) WCAG
4 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.74%) EMIR
4 2 (0.74%) GDPR
4 2 (0.74%) MiFID
4 2 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.37%) CDISC
System Software
1 21 (7.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 21 (7.78%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.33%) Terraform
3 4 (1.48%) Ansible
3 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.37%) Istio
5 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.52%) Salesforce
3 14 (5.19%) Guidewire
4 12 (4.44%) Oracle
5 7 (2.59%) Adobe
5 7 (2.59%) Google
6 6 (2.22%) Solace
6 6 (2.22%) WooCommerce
7 4 (1.48%) SimCorp
8 3 (1.11%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (1.11%) Cognos
8 3 (1.11%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.74%) Murex
9 2 (0.74%) SAP
9 2 (0.74%) VMware
10 1 (0.37%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.37%) Jitterbit
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.37%) Zuora