Programmer Jobs in the City of London

Programmer
Central London > City of London

The median Programmer salary in the City of London is £71,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 226 267
Rank change year-on-year +57 +41 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 5 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.15% 0.10% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £44,375 £50,250 -
25th Percentile £58,438 £52,500 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - £85,750 -
Central London median annual salary £71,250 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.06% +19.23% +18.18%

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 3,214 4,633 6,733
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 96.54% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,576 3,905 5,638
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,136 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,220 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +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%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the City of London

Programmer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Programmer in the City of London

Programmer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 2 (40.00%) Toad
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) PeopleTools
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) cPanel
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration

Programmer 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 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) PeopleTools
1 2 (40.00%) Toad
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) cPanel
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (20.00%) ATG