Software Developer Jobs in the East of England

Software Developer
England > East of England

The median Software Developer salary in the East of England is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 81 137
Rank change year-on-year -46 +56 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 41 157 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.34% 2.59% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 2.75% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 21 134 53
10th Percentile £50,000 £33,750 £38,000
25th Percentile - £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £66,100 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £59,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.28% -6.96% +4.55%

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 2,753 5,702 4,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 93.89% 84.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 4,352 2,311
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £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 £76,250 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the East of England

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the East of England

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the East of England

Software 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 Software Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Essex +19 10 £62,500 +42.05% 6
Cambridgeshire -8 10 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Bedfordshire - 8 £53,000 - 2
Hertfordshire +18 7 - - 9
Suffolk -11 6 £66,100 +32.20% 1
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 East of England region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 27 (65.85%) .NET
2 26 (63.41%) C++
2 26 (63.41%) Azure
3 22 (53.66%) Python
4 21 (51.22%) JavaScript
5 19 (46.34%) Java
5 19 (46.34%) Android
5 19 (46.34%) Android Development
6 18 (43.90%) Software Engineering
7 17 (41.46%) Line Management
7 17 (41.46%) Design Patterns
8 16 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (39.02%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (39.02%) Degree
9 15 (36.59%) Statistics
9 15 (36.59%) Mathematics
9 15 (36.59%) Kanban
9 15 (36.59%) DV Cleared
9 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
9 15 (36.59%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (36.59%) Go
9 15 (36.59%) AWS
9 15 (36.59%) Node.js
9 15 (36.59%) Linux
9 15 (36.59%) OOP
9 15 (36.59%) OO
9 15 (36.59%) Agile
9 15 (36.59%) Pandas
9 15 (36.59%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (36.59%) Terraform

Software 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 1 (2.44%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 26 (63.41%) Azure
2 15 (36.59%) Amazon EKS
2 15 (36.59%) AWS
2 15 (36.59%) AWS CloudFormation
3 8 (19.51%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (36.59%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (36.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Law
4 1 (2.44%) Military
4 1 (2.44%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (65.85%) .NET
2 15 (36.59%) Node.js
2 15 (36.59%) Pandas
3 10 (24.39%) .NET Framework
4 6 (14.63%) HTML
5 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (4.88%) Entity Framework
5 2 (4.88%) Lambda Expressions
5 2 (4.88%) LINQ
5 2 (4.88%) REST
5 2 (4.88%) Web Services
6 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (2.44%) EDIFACT
6 1 (2.44%) JSON
6 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Cyberattack
2 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (46.34%) Android
2 15 (36.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Android Development
2 18 (43.90%) Software Engineering
3 17 (41.46%) Design Patterns
3 17 (41.46%) Line Management
4 16 (39.02%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (36.59%) Agile
5 15 (36.59%) CI/CD
5 15 (36.59%) Containerisation
5 15 (36.59%) Kanban
5 15 (36.59%) Mathematics
5 15 (36.59%) OO
5 15 (36.59%) OOP
5 15 (36.59%) OWASP
5 15 (36.59%) Secure Coding
5 15 (36.59%) Statistics
6 10 (24.39%) DevOps
7 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
8 8 (19.51%) Functional Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Scrum
9 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 26 (63.41%) C++
2 22 (53.66%) Python
3 21 (51.22%) JavaScript
4 19 (46.34%) Java
5 15 (36.59%) Go
5 15 (36.59%) Rust
6 13 (31.71%) C#
7 6 (14.63%) SQL
8 3 (7.32%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.44%) OpenEdge ABL
9 1 (2.44%) VC++
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Degree
2 15 (36.59%) DV Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
3 9 (21.95%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (36.59%) Ansible
1 15 (36.59%) Kubernetes
1 15 (36.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) PayPal