Development Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Development Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Development Engineer salary in the City of London is £71,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 215 261
Rank change year-on-year +45 +46 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 8 20 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.24% 0.42% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.43% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 8
10th Percentile £62,750 £62,500 £53,918
25th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £62,114
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £83,750 £73,125
Median % change year-on-year -14.93% +14.53% +14.71%
75th Percentile £77,188 £100,000 £90,938
90th Percentile £81,125 £102,500 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £71,250 £80,000 £73,125
% change year-on-year -10.94% +9.40% +4.46%

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 3,229 4,614 6,737
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 96.47% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,582 3,888 5,640
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £44,950
25th Percentile £53,136 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Engineer in the City of London

Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Development Engineer in the City of London

Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Development Engineer in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Java
3 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 5 (62.50%) AWS
3 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (62.50%) React
3 5 (62.50%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (50.00%) DevOps
4 4 (50.00%) Azure
5 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (37.50%) Python
5 3 (37.50%) Pair Programming
5 3 (37.50%) Spring
5 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Statistics
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (37.50%) QA
5 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
5 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
5 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
5 3 (37.50%) NoSQL
5 3 (37.50%) Microservices
5 3 (37.50%) Kafka
5 3 (37.50%) Docker
5 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning

Development Engineer 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Amazon EKS
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
3 3 (37.50%) AWS CodeCommit
3 3 (37.50%) AWS KMS
3 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Amazon Kinesis
4 2 (25.00%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MongoDB
1 3 (37.50%) NoSQL
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (25.00%) Big Data
3 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
3 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) React
2 3 (37.50%) Kafka
2 3 (37.50%) Spring
2 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
3 1 (12.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Clean Code
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
3 3 (37.50%) Pair Programming
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) SOLID
3 3 (37.50%) Statistics
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Go
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) AWS Certified Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Atlassian
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft