Developer Job Trends in the City of London

Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Developer salary in the City of London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 12 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 246 410 506
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 11.74% 15.11% 17.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.49% 16.39% 18.53%
Number of salaries quoted 202 287 479
10th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -9.38% -
75th Percentile £101,875 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £81,250 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,969 2,502 2,730
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 92.22% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,493 1,660 2,447
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Developer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies 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 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in the City of London

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 30 December 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 City of London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 84 (34.15%) Python
2 69 (28.05%) C#
3 62 (25.20%) Java
4 61 (24.80%) Agile
5 54 (21.95%) Azure
6 51 (20.73%) SQL
7 47 (19.11%) DevOps
8 45 (18.29%) CI/CD
8 45 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (17.07%) .NET
10 38 (15.45%) JavaScript
10 38 (15.45%) Software Engineering
11 37 (15.04%) Full-Stack Development
11 37 (15.04%) Migration
12 33 (13.41%) Power Platform
13 31 (12.60%) C++
13 31 (12.60%) Test Automation
14 29 (11.79%) Guidewire
14 29 (11.79%) Power BI
14 29 (11.79%) Scrum
15 28 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (11.38%) Degree
16 27 (10.98%) Computer Science
16 27 (10.98%) Low Latency
17 26 (10.57%) AI
18 24 (9.76%) Analytics
18 24 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
19 22 (8.94%) React
20 21 (8.54%) Git
20 21 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 12 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.81%) CMS
2 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) ProductWriter
2 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) Endur
3 2 (0.81%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 54 (21.95%) Azure
2 33 (13.41%) Power Platform
3 20 (8.13%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (6.91%) Datadog
5 15 (6.10%) Power Automate
6 14 (5.69%) PowerApps
7 13 (5.28%) GitHub
8 12 (4.88%) AWS
9 11 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.44%) SaaS
12 5 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.03%) GCP
12 5 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.03%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.63%) dbt
13 4 (1.63%) Serverless
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 2 (0.81%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.22%) Broadband
1 3 (1.22%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.79%) Power BI
2 19 (7.72%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.69%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.44%) ClickHouse
4 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.63%) KDB
5 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.22%) Power Query
7 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.41%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.41%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.41%) Tableau
8 1 (0.41%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (8.54%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.22%) JIRA
4 2 (0.81%) ESLint
5 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) MLflow
5 1 (0.41%) Mocha
5 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 56 (22.76%) Finance
2 38 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.38%) Front Office
4 22 (8.94%) Banking
4 22 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.91%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.50%) Law
7 12 (4.88%) Billing
8 11 (4.47%) Financial Institution
9 10 (4.07%) Legal
10 7 (2.85%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.03%) Marketing
12 4 (1.63%) Retail
13 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.41%) French Language
14 1 (0.41%) International Banking
14 1 (0.41%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.07%) .NET
2 22 (8.94%) React
3 19 (7.72%) RESTful
4 13 (5.28%) CSS
5 12 (4.88%) .NET Core
5 12 (4.88%) Django
5 12 (4.88%) HTML
5 12 (4.88%) Kafka
5 12 (4.88%) Node.js
6 11 (4.47%) REST
7 9 (3.66%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (3.66%) SOAP
8 8 (3.25%) FastAPI
8 8 (3.25%) Flask
9 7 (2.85%) .NET Framework
10 6 (2.44%) FIX Protocol
11 5 (2.03%) HTML5
11 5 (2.03%) Java Concurrency
11 5 (2.03%) Next.js
11 5 (2.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.79%) Onboarding
2 26 (10.57%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.10%) Algorithms
3 15 (6.10%) Derivative
4 11 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.47%) Equities
5 9 (3.66%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.85%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.85%) Market Risk
8 5 (2.03%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.63%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.22%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.81%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (0.81%) Grid Computing
11 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.81%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.66%) Linux
2 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.81%) Unix
3 2 (0.81%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.80%) Agile
2 47 (19.11%) DevOps
3 45 (18.29%) CI/CD
3 45 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (15.45%) Software Engineering
5 37 (15.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 37 (15.04%) Migration
6 31 (12.60%) Test Automation
7 29 (11.79%) Scrum
8 28 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (10.98%) Computer Science
9 27 (10.98%) Low Latency
10 26 (10.57%) AI
11 24 (9.76%) Analytics
11 24 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering
13 20 (8.13%) Code Quality
14 19 (7.72%) Decision-Making
14 19 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (7.32%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 84 (34.15%) Python
2 69 (28.05%) C#
3 62 (25.20%) Java
4 51 (20.73%) SQL
5 38 (15.45%) JavaScript
6 31 (12.60%) C++
7 15 (6.10%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.63%) RPG
10 3 (1.22%) PHP
10 3 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.81%) Rust
12 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.41%) Bash
12 1 (0.41%) Bicep
12 1 (0.41%) Korn
12 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 28 (11.38%) Degree
2 16 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 16 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.85%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.85%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.85%) PhD
5 2 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.41%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.85%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.03%) WCAG
3 3 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) NCSC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
4 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (5.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (11.79%) Guidewire
2 19 (7.72%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.85%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.63%) Databricks
6 3 (1.22%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) Anaplan
7 2 (0.81%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.81%) OpenLink
7 2 (0.81%) Syncfusion
7 2 (0.81%) Telerik
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix
8 1 (0.41%) Google
8 1 (0.41%) IBM
8 1 (0.41%) iManage
8 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.41%) Splunk
8 1 (0.41%) Sybase