Backend Developer Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Backend Developer
Central London > City of Westminster

As of 4 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Backend Developer salary in the City of Westminster.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 1.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £92,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +12.12% +17.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 59 190 103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 81.55% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 35 55 91
10th Percentile - £47,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £19,750 £56,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £21,500 £62,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -65.60% -11.44% +8.58%
75th Percentile £30,000 £68,750 £95,625
90th Percentile £72,816 £72,500 £150,000
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% +3.45% -2.03%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Salary distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in the City of Westminster

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Backend 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 Westminster region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) gRPC
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Typelevel

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Over-the-Top Content
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Personalization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Typelevel