Developer Jobs in the City of London

Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Developer salary in the City of London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 503 1,034 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 14.97% 21.96% 21.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.61% 22.79% 22.06%
Number of salaries quoted 448 939 1,332
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,125 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +3.23% +6.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,223 4,537 6,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,811 5,675
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024, 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.

1 170 (33.80%) Agile
2 169 (33.60%) AWS
3 147 (29.22%) JavaScript
4 144 (28.63%) Java
5 140 (27.83%) SQL
6 139 (27.63%) .NET
7 137 (27.24%) C#
7 137 (27.24%) Azure
8 104 (20.68%) Social Skills
9 102 (20.28%) Finance
10 101 (20.08%) Full Stack Development
11 98 (19.48%) Degree
12 97 (19.28%) HTML
13 95 (18.89%) SQL Server
13 95 (18.89%) Fintech
14 89 (17.69%) DevOps
14 89 (17.69%) CSS
15 86 (17.10%) Computer Science
16 79 (15.71%) React
17 78 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
18 69 (13.72%) CI/CD
19 66 (13.12%) Git
19 66 (13.12%) Kubernetes
20 65 (12.92%) TDD
21 64 (12.72%) Microservices
22 63 (12.52%) Microsoft
23 62 (12.33%) Power Platform
24 61 (12.13%) Docker
25 60 (11.93%) Python
26 59 (11.73%) RESTful

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 27 (5.37%) CMS
2 14 (2.78%) Drupal
2 14 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.39%) WordPress
4 5 (0.99%) IIS
5 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 4 (0.80%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) Moodle
6 2 (0.40%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.20%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.20%) Tornado
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.59%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (2.39%) SDL Web 8
2 7 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Magento
4 2 (0.40%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) Endur
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 169 (33.60%) AWS
2 137 (27.24%) Azure
3 62 (12.33%) Power Platform
4 35 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (4.77%) Serverless
6 22 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (4.37%) GCP
6 22 (4.37%) PowerApps
7 15 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (2.98%) GitHub
7 15 (2.98%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
8 9 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 8 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.59%) Azure Functions
9 8 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.59%) NuGet
10 7 (1.39%) PaaS
11 6 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.60%) Multicast
2 2 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
3 1 (0.20%) HTTP
3 1 (0.20%) Internet
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (18.89%) SQL Server
2 48 (9.54%) Power BI
3 34 (6.76%) MySQL
4 19 (3.78%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.98%) Redis
8 11 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.79%) Big Data
10 8 (1.59%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.39%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.39%) Oracle Database 11g
11 7 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.80%) Power Query
14 3 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.60%) DB2
14 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 3 (0.60%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 66 (13.12%) Git
2 29 (5.77%) JIRA
3 19 (3.78%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.78%) Moq
4 14 (2.78%) NUnit
5 13 (2.58%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.39%) TeamCity
7 10 (1.99%) SpecFlow
8 8 (1.59%) git-flow
8 8 (1.59%) GitLab
8 8 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.59%) Sourcetree
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.60%) MSTest
10 3 (0.60%) Protractor
10 3 (0.60%) Storybook
11 2 (0.40%) Gradle
11 2 (0.40%) Maven
11 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 104 (20.68%) Social Skills
2 102 (20.28%) Finance
3 34 (6.76%) Banking
4 26 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (4.57%) Front Office
5 23 (4.57%) Marketing
6 16 (3.18%) Investment Banking
7 14 (2.78%) Law
8 12 (2.39%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.59%) Legal
10 7 (1.39%) Games
10 7 (1.39%) Retail
11 6 (1.19%) Retail Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Automotive
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.80%) Advertising
13 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.60%) Back Office
14 3 (0.60%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (27.63%) .NET
2 97 (19.28%) HTML
3 89 (17.69%) CSS
4 79 (15.71%) React
5 59 (11.73%) RESTful
6 54 (10.74%) ASP.NET
7 49 (9.74%) AngularJS
8 37 (7.36%) .NET Framework
9 36 (7.16%) Web Services
10 33 (6.56%) jQuery
11 32 (6.36%) Node.js
12 30 (5.96%) REST
13 27 (5.37%) HTML5
14 26 (5.17%) XML
15 25 (4.97%) ASP.NET MVC
15 25 (4.97%) Entity Framework
15 25 (4.97%) Kafka
15 25 (4.97%) SOAP
15 25 (4.97%) Spring Boot
16 24 (4.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.54%) Greenfield Project
2 16 (3.18%) Algorithms
3 13 (2.58%) Equities
3 13 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (2.39%) Legacy Code
5 10 (1.99%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.59%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.19%) Derivative
7 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.99%) Fixed Income
8 5 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.80%) Pricing Data
9 4 (0.80%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.60%) Blockchain
10 3 (0.60%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.40%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.40%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.77%) Windows
2 17 (3.38%) Linux
3 2 (0.40%) Android
3 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (33.80%) Agile
2 101 (20.08%) Full Stack Development
3 95 (18.89%) Fintech
4 89 (17.69%) DevOps
5 86 (17.10%) Computer Science
6 78 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (13.72%) CI/CD
8 65 (12.92%) TDD
9 64 (12.72%) Microservices
10 58 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
11 51 (10.14%) Mentoring
12 42 (8.35%) Analytics
12 42 (8.35%) Multithreading
12 42 (8.35%) Software Engineering
13 40 (7.95%) Clean Code
14 39 (7.75%) Data Modelling
15 36 (7.16%) Scrum
16 34 (6.76%) Unit Testing
17 33 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
18 32 (6.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 147 (29.22%) JavaScript
2 144 (28.63%) Java
3 140 (27.83%) SQL
4 137 (27.24%) C#
5 60 (11.93%) Python
6 49 (9.74%) Kotlin
7 42 (8.35%) TypeScript
8 34 (6.76%) T-SQL
9 26 (5.17%) PHP
10 18 (3.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 15 (2.98%) Apex Code
11 15 (2.98%) Scala
12 12 (2.39%) XPath
13 10 (1.99%) C++
14 8 (1.59%) PowerShell
15 7 (1.39%) Clojure
15 7 (1.39%) F#
15 7 (1.39%) Haskell
15 7 (1.39%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 98 (19.48%) Degree
2 32 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.19%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.60%) PhD
8 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.18%) QA
2 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (12.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 66 (13.12%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.75%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 63 (12.52%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.37%) Oracle
3 18 (3.58%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.18%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.99%) Adobe
6 8 (1.59%) Cognizant
6 8 (1.59%) Google
7 5 (0.99%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (0.99%) Blue Prism
7 5 (0.99%) UiPath
8 4 (0.80%) Apttus
8 4 (0.80%) DocuSign
9 3 (0.60%) Databricks
9 3 (0.60%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.40%) F5
10 2 (0.40%) Intapp
10 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.40%) SAP
10 2 (0.40%) Solace
11 1 (0.20%) Apple