Software Developer Job Trends in Derbyshire

Software Developer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Software Developer salary in Derbyshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 52 48
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 2 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 0.44% 1.42% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.49% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £51,250 -
90th Percentile - £62,250 -
East Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +44.44% -25.00% +26.32%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 420 606 365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 95.89% 89.90%
Number of salaries quoted 225 368 194
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £44,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% -11.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +10.52%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Derbyshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chesterfield - 1 £32,500 - 1
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, Software 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 Derbyshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Symfony
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Doctrine
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Android Development
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) OOP
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Go
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Rust
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform