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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 240 496 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 12.57% 14.84% 21.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.48% 15.43% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 210 440 903
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £130,250 £115,000 £129,750
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 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 84 (35.00%) Finance
2 79 (32.92%) SQL
3 78 (32.50%) Python
4 77 (32.08%) Agile
5 74 (30.83%) JavaScript
6 67 (27.92%) C#
7 58 (24.17%) Java
8 55 (22.92%) Azure
8 55 (22.92%) AWS
9 54 (22.50%) Social Skills
10 53 (22.08%) .NET
11 51 (21.25%) React
12 48 (20.00%) DevOps
13 41 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (16.67%) HTML
15 37 (15.42%) CI/CD
16 36 (15.00%) Banking
17 35 (14.58%) CSS
18 34 (14.17%) Microsoft
19 31 (12.92%) Git
20 30 (12.50%) Degree
20 30 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
21 29 (12.08%) Power Platform
21 29 (12.08%) TypeScript
22 28 (11.67%) Software Engineering
23 27 (11.25%) SQL Server
23 27 (11.25%) Analytics
24 26 (10.83%) Mentoring
25 25 (10.42%) Microservices
25 25 (10.42%) Business Intelligence

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 9 (3.75%) CMS
2 5 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.67%) WordPress
4 2 (0.83%) CoreMedia CMS
4 2 (0.83%) Liferay
4 2 (0.83%) nginx
5 1 (0.42%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) Camunda
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) Drupal
5 1 (0.42%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.42%) MTS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.42%) Solana
Applications
1 7 (2.92%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.50%) InVision
2 6 (2.50%) Sketch
3 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.50%) Orchestrade
2 4 (1.67%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.25%) Endur
4 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.92%) AWS
1 55 (22.92%) Azure
2 29 (12.08%) Power Platform
3 14 (5.83%) GitHub
4 12 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.58%) GCP
5 11 (4.58%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.17%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.33%) Figma
7 8 (3.33%) Serverless
8 7 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.50%) AWS Step Functions
9 6 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.50%) Datadog
9 6 (2.50%) SaaS
10 5 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.25%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.58%) Power BI
3 17 (7.08%) MySQL
4 14 (5.83%) Relational Database
5 13 (5.42%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.75%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.50%) Redis
9 5 (2.08%) Data Vault
9 5 (2.08%) RDBMS
9 5 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (2.08%) Tableau
10 4 (1.67%) KDB
11 3 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.25%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (12.92%) Git
2 14 (5.83%) JIRA
3 6 (2.50%) Axure RP
4 5 (2.08%) Selenium
5 4 (1.67%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.67%) NUnit
5 4 (1.67%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.25%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.25%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.25%) Mocha
6 3 (1.25%) PHPUnit
7 2 (0.83%) MSTest
8 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.42%) Gradle
8 1 (0.42%) Maven
8 1 (0.42%) Moq
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 84 (35.00%) Finance
2 54 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.00%) Banking
4 24 (10.00%) Front Office
5 21 (8.75%) Investment Banking
6 17 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.17%) Advertising
8 10 (4.17%) Marketing
8 10 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.75%) Law
10 7 (2.92%) Legal
11 5 (2.08%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.08%) Turkish Language
12 4 (1.67%) Billing
13 3 (1.25%) Back Office
13 3 (1.25%) French Language
13 3 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.25%) Retail
14 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (22.08%) .NET
2 51 (21.25%) React
3 40 (16.67%) HTML
4 35 (14.58%) CSS
5 24 (10.00%) RESTful
6 22 (9.17%) AngularJS
7 19 (7.92%) Node.js
8 17 (7.08%) Django
8 17 (7.08%) HTML5
9 13 (5.42%) Web Services
10 12 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
11 11 (4.58%) .NET Framework
12 10 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (4.17%) REST
12 10 (4.17%) Vue
13 9 (3.75%) .NET Core
13 9 (3.75%) Next.js
14 8 (3.33%) JSON
14 8 (3.33%) Middleware
15 7 (2.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.75%) Fixed Income
2 16 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (5.83%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (5.42%) Product Ownership
6 12 (5.00%) Derivative
7 10 (4.17%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.08%) Equities
10 4 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.67%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.67%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.25%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.25%) Equity Derivative
11 3 (1.25%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.83%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.17%) Linux
2 7 (2.92%) Windows
3 3 (1.25%) Android
4 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (32.08%) Agile
2 48 (20.00%) DevOps
3 41 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (15.42%) CI/CD
5 30 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (11.67%) Software Engineering
7 27 (11.25%) Analytics
8 26 (10.83%) Mentoring
9 25 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (10.42%) Microservices
10 22 (9.17%) Collaborative Working
10 22 (9.17%) Computer Science
10 22 (9.17%) Low Latency
11 21 (8.75%) Test Automation
12 20 (8.33%) Multithreading
12 20 (8.33%) User Experience
13 19 (7.92%) Fintech
13 19 (7.92%) Front End Development
13 19 (7.92%) Migration
14 18 (7.50%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 79 (32.92%) SQL
2 78 (32.50%) Python
3 74 (30.83%) JavaScript
4 67 (27.92%) C#
5 58 (24.17%) Java
6 29 (12.08%) TypeScript
7 21 (8.75%) C++
8 12 (5.00%) PHP
9 10 (4.17%) Apex Code
9 10 (4.17%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.50%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.08%) R
12 3 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.25%) Go
12 3 (1.25%) Rust
12 3 (1.25%) SOQL
13 2 (0.83%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.83%) Swift
13 2 (0.83%) VBA
14 1 (0.42%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 30 (12.50%) Degree
2 24 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.67%) PhD
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.83%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.42%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.00%) QA
3 6 (2.50%) WCAG
4 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.42%) CDISC
5 1 (0.42%) EMIR
5 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (8.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 21 (8.75%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.75%) Terraform
3 4 (1.67%) Ansible
3 4 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.42%) Istio
5 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.17%) Oracle
4 9 (3.75%) Guidewire
5 7 (2.92%) Adobe
6 6 (2.50%) Solace
7 5 (2.08%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.25%) Barracuda Networks
9 3 (1.25%) Cognos
9 3 (1.25%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.83%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.83%) Murex
10 2 (0.83%) SAP
10 2 (0.83%) VMware
11 1 (0.42%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.42%) Intapp
11 1 (0.42%) Jitterbit
11 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.42%) Zuora