Developer Jobs in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer salary in the East of England is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 4 17
Rank change year-on-year -44 +13 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 218 895 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.52% 13.90% 11.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% 14.79% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 184 791 381
10th Percentile £30,375 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £39,688 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £66,296 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

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 3,158 6,051 4,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 93.97% 83.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 4,612 2,132
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +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 31 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 31 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 -1 62 £50,000 -9.09% 81
Suffolk -22 50 £66,206 +47.12% 8
Hertfordshire -42 41 £42,500 -26.09% 45
Essex -20 37 £35,000 -30.00% 48
Norfolk -32 14 £37,000 -12.94% 10
Bedfordshire -37 14 £53,000 +17.78% 21
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 113 (51.83%) JavaScript
2 110 (50.46%) C#
3 84 (38.53%) SQL
4 83 (38.07%) .NET
5 81 (37.16%) Python
6 80 (36.70%) C++
7 79 (36.24%) Degree
8 74 (33.94%) HTML
9 70 (32.11%) Agile
10 65 (29.82%) Azure
11 57 (26.15%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (21.56%) Conversational UI
13 46 (21.10%) Chatbot
13 46 (21.10%) PayPal
14 45 (20.64%) CSS
15 43 (19.72%) Full-Stack Development
16 42 (19.27%) Code Quality
17 41 (18.81%) PHP
17 41 (18.81%) SQL Server
18 40 (18.35%) Java
18 40 (18.35%) Web Development
18 40 (18.35%) Social Skills
19 39 (17.89%) Software Engineering
20 38 (17.43%) CI/CD
21 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
21 35 (16.06%) AWS
22 34 (15.60%) ASP.NET
22 34 (15.60%) MVC
22 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
23 33 (15.14%) Computer Science

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 17 (7.80%) WordPress
2 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) OpenEdge
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.46%) WebLogic
Applications
1 46 (21.10%) Chatbot
2 5 (2.29%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.83%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.46%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (4.13%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.38%) Magento
3 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.82%) Azure
2 35 (16.06%) AWS
3 15 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
3 15 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 13 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.59%) Serverless
6 8 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (3.67%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.21%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.75%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (1.83%) GitHub
10 3 (1.38%) Cloudflare
10 3 (1.38%) Figma
10 3 (1.38%) GCP
10 3 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.38%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.38%) SaaS
11 2 (0.92%) DigitalOcean
11 2 (0.92%) Firebase
12 1 (0.46%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.75%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) RTP
2 1 (0.46%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.39%) MySQL
3 25 (11.47%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.21%) DynamoDB
5 7 (3.21%) Power BI
6 6 (2.75%) MariaDB
7 5 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.29%) Redis
8 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.38%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.92%) Power Query
10 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.46%) GIS
11 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (12.84%) Git
2 10 (4.59%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.92%) git-flow
3 2 (0.92%) JIRA
3 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.92%) Vite
3 2 (0.92%) webpack
4 1 (0.46%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.46%) Maven
4 1 (0.46%) NUnit
4 1 (0.46%) Selenium
4 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 40 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.17%) Finance
4 17 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.05%) Retail
6 6 (2.75%) Automotive
6 6 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.29%) Law
8 2 (0.92%) Digital Health
8 2 (0.92%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (0.92%) Marketing
9 1 (0.46%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.46%) Banking
9 1 (0.46%) Electronics
9 1 (0.46%) Legal
9 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.46%) Military
9 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (38.07%) .NET
2 74 (33.94%) HTML
3 45 (20.64%) CSS
4 34 (15.60%) ASP.NET
5 26 (11.93%) React
6 25 (11.47%) Node.js
7 19 (8.72%) .NET Framework
7 19 (8.72%) jQuery
8 16 (7.34%) Web Services
9 15 (6.88%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (6.88%) Pandas
9 15 (6.88%) REST
9 15 (6.88%) Vue
10 11 (5.05%) HTML5
11 10 (4.59%) AngularJS
11 10 (4.59%) Entity Framework
12 9 (4.13%) LINQ
12 9 (4.13%) RESTful
13 8 (3.67%) .NET Core
13 8 (3.67%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.88%) Cyberattack
2 11 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (4.59%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.83%) AS400
6 4 (1.83%) iSeries
7 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.92%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.92%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.92%) IoT
8 2 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.46%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.46%) NHS
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.01%) Linux
2 23 (10.55%) Android
3 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.11%) Agile
2 57 (26.15%) Artificial Intelligence
3 47 (21.56%) Conversational UI
4 43 (19.72%) Full-Stack Development
5 42 (19.27%) Code Quality
6 40 (18.35%) Web Development
7 39 (17.89%) Software Engineering
8 38 (17.43%) CI/CD
9 34 (15.60%) MVC
9 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (15.14%) Computer Science
11 31 (14.22%) OO
12 28 (12.84%) E-Commerce
12 28 (12.84%) OOP
13 21 (9.63%) Android Development
14 20 (9.17%) Mathematics
15 19 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (8.26%) Collaborative Working
16 18 (8.26%) DevOps
16 18 (8.26%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 113 (51.83%) JavaScript
2 110 (50.46%) C#
3 84 (38.53%) SQL
4 81 (37.16%) Python
5 80 (36.70%) C++
6 41 (18.81%) PHP
7 40 (18.35%) Java
8 21 (9.63%) TypeScript
9 17 (7.80%) Rust
10 15 (6.88%) Go
11 10 (4.59%) T-SQL
12 9 (4.13%) PL/SQL
13 5 (2.29%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.83%) RPG
14 4 (1.83%) RPG IV
15 1 (0.46%) OpenEdge ABL
15 1 (0.46%) Ruby
15 1 (0.46%) VC++
15 1 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 79 (36.24%) Degree
2 29 (13.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (7.34%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.88%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.75%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.46%) OCP
7 1 (0.46%) PhD
7 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.50%) QA
2 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (12.84%) Docker
2 2 (0.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.34%) Terraform
3 15 (6.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 46 (21.10%) PayPal
2 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.59%) Oracle
4 6 (2.75%) Adobe
5 4 (1.83%) DevExpress
5 4 (1.83%) Google
5 4 (1.83%) WooCommerce
6 3 (1.38%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.46%) ATG
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco
7 1 (0.46%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.46%) Dell
7 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.46%) Telerik