Developer Job Trends in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer salary in the East of England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 22 4
Rank change year-on-year -15 -18 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 278 230 877
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.54% 8.88% 14.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.97% 10.25% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 249 206 781
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +9.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,212 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,588 2,244 5,642
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 86.61% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,429 1,462 4,316
10th Percentile £29,950 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,063 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,230 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Developer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Essex 0 97 £75,000 +30.43% 29
Hertfordshire -2 65 £55,000 -4.35% 26
Cambridgeshire -13 62 £50,000 +11.11% 17
Bedfordshire +9 37 £60,000 +20.00% 15
Norfolk -29 9 £40,000 -20.00% 5
Suffolk -22 8 £35,000 -47.14% 8
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 East of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 80 (28.78%) C#
2 71 (25.54%) SQL
3 59 (21.22%) Azure
4 57 (20.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 57 (20.50%) JavaScript
5 56 (20.14%) .NET
6 53 (19.06%) CSS
7 48 (17.27%) Agile
8 46 (16.55%) Microsoft
9 43 (15.47%) HTML
10 41 (14.75%) AWS
10 41 (14.75%) Web Development
11 36 (12.95%) PHP
12 34 (12.23%) SQL Server
13 31 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (10.79%) Machine Learning
15 29 (10.43%) Degree
16 28 (10.07%) .NET Core
16 28 (10.07%) Computer Science
16 28 (10.07%) MySQL
17 27 (9.71%) TypeScript
18 26 (9.35%) C++
18 26 (9.35%) Python
18 26 (9.35%) User Experience
19 25 (8.99%) React
19 25 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
20 24 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
20 24 (8.63%) SharePoint
21 23 (8.27%) JSON
21 23 (8.27%) Power Platform

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.52%) WordPress
3 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.36%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.22%) Azure
2 41 (14.75%) AWS
3 24 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.04%) Azure Logic Apps
5 14 (5.04%) Power Automate
5 14 (5.04%) PowerApps
6 13 (4.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 12 (4.32%) OneDrive
8 9 (3.24%) SaaS
9 8 (2.88%) GitHub
10 7 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.16%) GCP
12 4 (1.44%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
13 2 (0.72%) Serverless
14 1 (0.36%) Azure Functions
14 1 (0.36%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.44%) Broadband
2 3 (1.08%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) AMQP
3 1 (0.36%) FTP
3 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.23%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.07%) MySQL
3 21 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 18 (6.47%) Power BI
5 11 (3.96%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (2.52%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.52%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.80%) Metadata
8 5 (1.80%) Redis
9 4 (1.44%) FileMaker
10 3 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.72%) Big Data
11 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (4.68%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) JIRA
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Poetry
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (14.03%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.79%) Finance
3 14 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (2.88%) Manufacturing
4 8 (2.88%) Marketing
5 6 (2.16%) Law
6 3 (1.08%) Multimedia
6 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.72%) Electronics
7 2 (0.72%) Games
7 2 (0.72%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.36%) Retail
8 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.36%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (20.14%) .NET
2 53 (19.06%) CSS
3 43 (15.47%) HTML
4 28 (10.07%) .NET Core
5 25 (8.99%) React
6 23 (8.27%) JSON
7 16 (5.76%) ASP.NET
8 14 (5.04%) ASP.NET Core
8 14 (5.04%) HTML5 Canvas
8 14 (5.04%) jQuery
9 12 (4.32%) Microsoft Graph
9 12 (4.32%) SPFx
10 11 (3.96%) Vue
11 10 (3.60%) XML
12 8 (2.88%) Node.js
12 8 (2.88%) REST
13 7 (2.52%) Laravel
14 6 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
14 6 (2.16%) React Native
14 6 (2.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.76%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.88%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.52%) IoT
5 7 (2.52%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.52%) Sports Betting
6 6 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (2.16%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.44%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.08%) Semantic Web
8 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.72%) Digital TV
9 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.72%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.16%) Windows
2 3 (1.08%) Linux
3 2 (0.72%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (17.27%) Agile
3 41 (14.75%) Web Development
4 31 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (10.79%) Machine Learning
6 28 (10.07%) Computer Science
7 26 (9.35%) User Experience
8 25 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
9 20 (7.19%) AI
10 17 (6.12%) DevOps
10 17 (6.12%) MVC
11 16 (5.76%) CI/CD
11 16 (5.76%) Mentoring
12 15 (5.40%) Software Engineering
13 14 (5.04%) Front End Development
14 13 (4.68%) Clean Code
14 13 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (4.68%) Decision-Making
14 13 (4.68%) OOP
14 13 (4.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (28.78%) C#
2 71 (25.54%) SQL
3 57 (20.50%) JavaScript
4 36 (12.95%) PHP
5 27 (9.71%) TypeScript
6 26 (9.35%) C++
6 26 (9.35%) Python
7 19 (6.83%) Java
8 12 (4.32%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.80%) Delphi
9 5 (1.80%) Go
9 5 (1.80%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.08%) R
11 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.36%) Haskell
12 1 (0.36%) OCaml
12 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.36%) RPG
12 1 (0.36%) Scala
12 1 (0.36%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 29 (10.43%) Degree
2 18 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.16%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.44%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.44%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.44%) Data Quality
1 4 (1.44%) QA
2 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.36%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (2.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.68%) Adobe
3 10 (3.60%) SAP
4 6 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.72%) Google
5 2 (0.72%) Infor
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle
6 1 (0.36%) Cognos
6 1 (0.36%) DoubleClick
6 1 (0.36%) Foundry
6 1 (0.36%) IBM
6 1 (0.36%) OutSystems
6 1 (0.36%) Typelevel