Developer Job Trends in Derby

Developer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Developer salary in Derby is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 13 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 5.99% 4.11% 5.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.13% 4.20% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 9
10th Percentile - - £33,750
25th Percentile - £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,875 £57,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% -2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 212 143 155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.70% 97.95% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 143 96 110
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,852 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £37,500 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.95% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £56,048
90th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Derby

Developer
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Derby

Developer
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Derby over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Derby

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 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 Derby region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) .NET Core
3 6 (46.15%) SQL
4 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 5 (38.46%) MVC
5 4 (30.77%) C#
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
6 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (23.08%) Power BI
6 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
6 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
6 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
7 2 (15.38%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Azure
7 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
7 2 (15.38%) CAD
7 2 (15.38%) Cognos
7 2 (15.38%) DirectX
7 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
7 2 (15.38%) OpenGL
7 2 (15.38%) Physics
7 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
7 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
8 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (7.69%) Batch Processing
8 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
8 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.69%) Dashboard Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Power BI
3 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
4 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (15.38%) Games
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) .NET
2 7 (53.85%) .NET Core
3 2 (15.38%) DirectX
3 2 (15.38%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
1 5 (38.46%) MVC
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) CAD
3 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
3 2 (15.38%) Physics
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Data Transformation
4 1 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (7.69%) ETL Development
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 4 (30.77%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cognos
2 1 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) Informatica