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 £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 124 130
Rank change year-on-year +28 +6 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 97 58 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.86% 1.60% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.90% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 81 42 117
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,733 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%

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 4,895 3,058 6,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 84.10% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,500 1,809 3,011
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,743 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £64,756 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +20 33 £57,500 -2.13% 4
Hertfordshire -1 20 £55,000 -18.52% 5
Norfolk -15 20 £45,000 -7.69% 5
Essex +18 14 £44,000 +3.53% 4
Bedfordshire - 8 £50,000 - 1
Suffolk -9 2 £42,500 -19.05% 2
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 41 (42.27%) C#
2 31 (31.96%) .NET
3 24 (24.74%) Agile
4 22 (22.68%) SQL
5 20 (20.62%) Software Engineering
5 20 (20.62%) Social Skills
6 16 (16.49%) JavaScript
6 16 (16.49%) Azure
7 15 (15.46%) SQL Server
8 14 (14.43%) C
9 12 (12.37%) C++
9 12 (12.37%) Linux
9 12 (12.37%) AWS
9 12 (12.37%) .NET Framework
10 11 (11.34%) ASP.NET
10 11 (11.34%) .NET Core
11 10 (10.31%) IoT
11 10 (10.31%) Code Quality
11 10 (10.31%) Python
11 10 (10.31%) MVC
11 10 (10.31%) Scrum
11 10 (10.31%) Degree
12 9 (9.28%) Computer Science
12 9 (9.28%) Microsoft
12 9 (9.28%) TypeScript
12 9 (9.28%) Algorithms
12 9 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (8.25%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (8.25%) DevOps
13 8 (8.25%) Unit Testing

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 2 (2.06%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.49%) Azure
2 12 (12.37%) AWS
3 5 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.09%) GitHub
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.06%) AWS KMS
6 2 (2.06%) Loggly
6 2 (2.06%) Rackspace Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) Internet
2 3 (3.09%) 4G
2 3 (3.09%) 5G
3 2 (2.06%) Firewall
4 1 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.12%) Redis
4 2 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Git
2 4 (4.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.09%) Bitbucket
3 3 (3.09%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.09%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.09%) Moq
3 3 (3.09%) NUnit
4 2 (2.06%) GCC
4 2 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.03%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 20 (20.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (5.15%) Electronics
4 4 (4.12%) Automotive
4 4 (4.12%) Billing
5 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.03%) Finance
7 1 (1.03%) Police
7 1 (1.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.03%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (31.96%) .NET
2 12 (12.37%) .NET Framework
3 11 (11.34%) .NET Core
3 11 (11.34%) ASP.NET
4 8 (8.25%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (6.19%) CSS
5 6 (6.19%) HTML
5 6 (6.19%) jQuery
5 6 (6.19%) Qt
5 6 (6.19%) React
6 5 (5.15%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.15%) WPF
7 4 (4.12%) REST
7 4 (4.12%) Web Services
8 3 (3.09%) Django
8 3 (3.09%) JSON
8 3 (3.09%) LINQ
8 3 (3.09%) LINQ to SQL
8 3 (3.09%) Protocol Buffers
8 3 (3.09%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.31%) IoT
2 9 (9.28%) Algorithms
3 6 (6.19%) Data Structures
4 5 (5.15%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (4.12%) Client/Server
5 4 (4.12%) Mobile App
6 3 (3.09%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (3.09%) Blog
6 3 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.09%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (3.09%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.03%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.37%) Linux
2 8 (8.25%) Android
3 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) Agile
2 20 (20.62%) Software Engineering
3 10 (10.31%) Code Quality
3 10 (10.31%) MVC
3 10 (10.31%) Scrum
4 9 (9.28%) Computer Science
5 8 (8.25%) DevOps
5 8 (8.25%) Unit Testing
6 7 (7.22%) Clean Code
6 7 (7.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.19%) TDD
8 5 (5.15%) Embedded Software Development
8 5 (5.15%) Full Stack Development
8 5 (5.15%) Integration Testing
8 5 (5.15%) Project Management
9 4 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.12%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (4.12%) Front End Development
9 4 (4.12%) Microservices
9 4 (4.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 41 (42.27%) C#
2 22 (22.68%) SQL
3 16 (16.49%) JavaScript
4 14 (14.43%) C
5 12 (12.37%) C++
6 10 (10.31%) Python
7 9 (9.28%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.15%) PowerShell
9 4 (4.12%) Embedded C
9 4 (4.12%) Rust
10 3 (3.09%) Cython
10 3 (3.09%) Shell Script
11 2 (2.06%) T-SQL
12 1 (1.03%) Ada
12 1 (1.03%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.03%) Objective-C
12 1 (1.03%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (10.31%) Degree
2 9 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.12%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (5.15%) Docker
2 1 (1.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.06%) Ansible
3 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.06%) New Relic
2 2 (2.06%) Rackspace
2 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.03%) QNX