Software Developer Job Trends in East London

Software Developer
London > East London

The median Software Developer salary in East London is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 1.37% - 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% - 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £32,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 257 143 244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.01% 55.86% 79.48%
Number of salaries quoted 116 41 178
10th Percentile £29,125 £30,500 £30,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.97% +26.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £126,000
London median annual salary £74,875 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.17% +7.14% -3.45%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in East London

Software Developer
Salary Trend in East London

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in East London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in East London

Software Developer
Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the East London region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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
Havering - 3 £30,500 -
Dagenham - 1 - -
Software Developer
London

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, Software 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 East London region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Broadband
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Akka
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Scala
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) TeamCity
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Broadband
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (50.00%) TeamCity
2 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Akka
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Over-the-Top Content
1 2 (50.00%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Kanban
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
1 2 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
2 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft