Developer Jobs in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 4 16
Rank change year-on-year -27 +12 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 229 875 636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.71% 14.43% 11.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.59% 15.36% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 193 780 430
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,762
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66,206 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +6.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,665 5,696 4,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 93.93% 84.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 4,346 2,298
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,675
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Developer 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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Cambridgeshire -3 54 £45,000 -18.18% 77
Hertfordshire -28 48 £55,000 -4.35% 38
Suffolk -17 46 £66,212 +47.14% 10
Essex -10 35 £57,500 +11.11% 31
Bedfordshire -22 26 £50,000 +11.11% 9
Norfolk -25 20 £42,500 - 8
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 East of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 120 (52.40%) C#
2 100 (43.67%) JavaScript
3 98 (42.79%) .NET
4 89 (38.86%) SQL
5 85 (37.12%) C++
5 85 (37.12%) Degree
6 75 (32.75%) HTML
7 73 (31.88%) Python
8 69 (30.13%) Agile
9 66 (28.82%) Azure
10 52 (22.71%) SQL Server
11 50 (21.83%) Artificial Intelligence
12 48 (20.96%) Social Skills
13 47 (20.52%) MVC
14 46 (20.09%) CSS
14 46 (20.09%) Java
14 46 (20.09%) Web Development
14 46 (20.09%) Conversational UI
14 46 (20.09%) PayPal
14 46 (20.09%) Chatbot
15 42 (18.34%) PHP
16 41 (17.90%) Code Quality
17 40 (17.47%) ASP.NET
18 38 (16.59%) Computer Science
19 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
19 37 (16.16%) Docker
20 36 (15.72%) .NET Framework
21 35 (15.28%) Git
21 35 (15.28%) Full-Stack Development
21 35 (15.28%) Problem-Solving

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 11 (4.80%) WordPress
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.31%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.87%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) nginx
5 1 (0.44%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 46 (20.09%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.31%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (4.80%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.31%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.82%) Azure
2 30 (13.10%) AWS
3 24 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.55%) Amazon EKS
4 15 (6.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (5.24%) GitHub
6 9 (3.93%) SaaS
7 7 (3.06%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.31%) Boomi
9 3 (1.31%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.31%) Serverless
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (0.87%) DigitalOcean
10 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.87%) Firebase
10 2 (0.87%) GCP
10 2 (0.87%) Google Play
11 1 (0.44%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.44%) LTE
1 1 (0.44%) RTP
1 1 (0.44%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (22.71%) SQL Server
2 31 (13.54%) MySQL
3 21 (9.17%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (4.37%) MariaDB
6 8 (3.49%) Redis
7 7 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.62%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (2.18%) Power BI
9 5 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.87%) OLTP
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.87%) SQLite
12 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 35 (15.28%) Git
2 12 (5.24%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.49%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.62%) JIRA
5 4 (1.75%) Maven
5 4 (1.75%) webpack
6 3 (1.31%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.31%) Gradle
6 3 (1.31%) Subversion
6 3 (1.31%) Vite
7 2 (0.87%) git-flow
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.44%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.44%) GitLab
8 1 (0.44%) gulp
8 1 (0.44%) NUnit
8 1 (0.44%) Qt Creator
8 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 48 (20.96%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.73%) Finance
4 19 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.99%) Retail
6 9 (3.93%) Automotive
7 7 (3.06%) Marketing
8 5 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.75%) Law
10 3 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.87%) Games
11 2 (0.87%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.44%) Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.44%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.44%) Military
12 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (42.79%) .NET
2 75 (32.75%) HTML
3 46 (20.09%) CSS
4 40 (17.47%) ASP.NET
5 36 (15.72%) .NET Framework
6 27 (11.79%) Entity Framework
6 27 (11.79%) Node.js
7 25 (10.92%) React
8 23 (10.04%) jQuery
8 23 (10.04%) REST
9 22 (9.61%) ASP.NET Web API
10 21 (9.17%) Vue
11 20 (8.73%) AngularJS
11 20 (8.73%) ASP.NET Core
12 19 (8.30%) Web Services
13 17 (7.42%) HTML5
14 15 (6.55%) .NET Core
14 15 (6.55%) LINQ
14 15 (6.55%) Pandas
15 13 (5.68%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.55%) Cyberattack
1 15 (6.55%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (6.11%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.62%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.62%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.75%) AS400
6 4 (1.75%) iSeries
6 4 (1.75%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.31%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.87%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.87%) Online Games
9 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.44%) IoT
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.10%) Android
2 28 (12.23%) Linux
3 9 (3.93%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.18%) Windows
5 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (30.13%) Agile
2 50 (21.83%) Artificial Intelligence
3 47 (20.52%) MVC
4 46 (20.09%) Conversational UI
4 46 (20.09%) Web Development
5 41 (17.90%) Code Quality
6 38 (16.59%) Computer Science
7 35 (15.28%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (14.41%) OOP
9 32 (13.97%) OO
10 30 (13.10%) DevOps
10 30 (13.10%) Software Engineering
11 29 (12.66%) CI/CD
12 24 (10.48%) Design Patterns
12 24 (10.48%) Mathematics
13 23 (10.04%) E-Commerce
13 23 (10.04%) Microservices
14 22 (9.61%) Android Development
15 20 (8.73%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 120 (52.40%) C#
2 100 (43.67%) JavaScript
3 89 (38.86%) SQL
4 85 (37.12%) C++
5 73 (31.88%) Python
6 46 (20.09%) Java
7 42 (18.34%) PHP
8 17 (7.42%) T-SQL
8 17 (7.42%) TypeScript
9 16 (6.99%) Rust
10 15 (6.55%) Go
11 7 (3.06%) Objective-C
11 7 (3.06%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.18%) C
13 4 (1.75%) RPG
13 4 (1.75%) RPG IV
14 3 (1.31%) Ruby
15 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.87%) XAML
Qualifications
1 85 (37.12%) Degree
2 29 (12.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.55%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.44%) PhD
6 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.99%) QA
2 2 (0.87%) GDPR
2 2 (0.87%) SLA
3 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 37 (16.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (14.41%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.42%) Terraform
3 15 (6.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 46 (20.09%) PayPal
2 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.93%) Oracle
4 8 (3.49%) Xamarin
5 3 (1.31%) Adobe
5 3 (1.31%) ANSYS
5 3 (1.31%) Google
6 2 (0.87%) Quadient
7 1 (0.44%) Dell
7 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.44%) Telerik
7 1 (0.44%) Toshiba
7 1 (0.44%) WooCommerce