Developer Job Trends in England

Developer
UK > England

The median Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3,430 8,129 7,006
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.46% 13.52% 15.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.24% 14.33% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 5,486 6,192
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £98,750 £114,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 41,626 56,727 44,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.37% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26,646 31,734 34,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

Developer job vacancy trend in England

Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in England

Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in England over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in England

Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 November 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
London -6 1,336 £80,000 +3.23% 1,248
North of England -22 663 £57,500 +9.52% 422
South East -20 548 £58,750 -2.08% 534
Midlands -16 417 £55,000 +10.00% 308
North West -18 358 £60,000 +14.29% 268
West Midlands -10 272 £55,000 +10.00% 195
South West -18 267 £52,500 +5.00% 183
Yorkshire -22 232 £55,000 +10.00% 117
East of England -40 162 £53,000 +6.00% 113
East Midlands -19 145 £51,000 +2.00% 112
North East -17 75 £50,000 -4.76% 39
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, 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 England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,163 (33.91%) Agile
2 1,123 (32.74%) JavaScript
3 980 (28.57%) Azure
4 894 (26.06%) C#
5 870 (25.36%) SQL
6 817 (23.82%) AWS
7 806 (23.50%) .NET
8 739 (21.55%) Python
9 720 (20.99%) React
10 667 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
11 633 (18.45%) CI/CD
12 620 (18.08%) Full-Stack Development
13 586 (17.08%) Java
14 585 (17.06%) HTML
15 555 (16.18%) CSS
16 545 (15.89%) TypeScript
17 543 (15.83%) DevOps
18 535 (15.60%) Microsoft
19 477 (13.91%) Software Engineering
20 452 (13.18%) Git
21 417 (12.16%) SQL Server
22 408 (11.90%) Mentoring
23 391 (11.40%) Microservices
24 373 (10.87%) REST
25 364 (10.61%) Power Platform
26 362 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
27 355 (10.35%) Degree
28 346 (10.09%) AngularJS
29 339 (9.88%) RESTful
30 338 (9.85%) Node.js

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 87 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 68 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
3 60 (1.75%) CMS
4 42 (1.22%) Confluence
5 36 (1.05%) WordPress
6 26 (0.76%) Apache
7 21 (0.61%) Appian
8 20 (0.58%) Umbraco
9 18 (0.52%) IIS
10 14 (0.41%) Apache Spark
10 14 (0.41%) Headless CMS
11 7 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (0.20%) nginx
11 7 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.17%) Drupal
12 6 (0.17%) JBoss
12 6 (0.17%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 10 (0.29%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.15%) Elementor
6 5 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 3 (0.087%) Camtasia
8 3 (0.087%) Lectora
8 3 (0.087%) Snagit
8 3 (0.087%) S-PLUS
9 2 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.058%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.058%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.029%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 80 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.67%) Shopify
3 17 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 10 (0.29%) Magento
7 9 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
8 5 (0.15%) Maximo
8 5 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
8 5 (0.15%) ProductWriter
9 4 (0.12%) Endur
9 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.087%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.087%) Primavera
10 3 (0.087%) Sage 1000
11 2 (0.058%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 980 (28.57%) Azure
2 817 (23.82%) AWS
3 364 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 257 (7.49%) GitHub
5 231 (6.73%) GCP
6 223 (6.50%) Serverless
7 195 (5.69%) SaaS
8 168 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
9 151 (4.40%) Power Automate
9 151 (4.40%) PowerApps
10 148 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
11 85 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
12 80 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 71 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
14 65 (1.90%) dbt
15 59 (1.72%) Amazon S3
16 55 (1.60%) Amazon SQS
17 54 (1.57%) Azure Functions
18 53 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
19 52 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.27%) Internet
2 30 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 18 (0.52%) Broadband
4 11 (0.32%) HTTP
5 9 (0.26%) Multicast
6 8 (0.23%) WPA
7 6 (0.17%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.12%) FTP
8 4 (0.12%) Intranet
9 3 (0.087%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.058%) AMQP
10 2 (0.058%) DNS
10 2 (0.058%) MQTT
10 2 (0.058%) Network Security
10 2 (0.058%) RS-232
10 2 (0.058%) RS-485
10 2 (0.058%) SMS
10 2 (0.058%) SSH
10 2 (0.058%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (12.16%) SQL Server
2 236 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
3 220 (6.41%) Power BI
4 204 (5.95%) MySQL
5 186 (5.42%) Relational Database
6 155 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 140 (4.08%) MongoDB
8 88 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
9 75 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 67 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
11 62 (1.81%) DynamoDB
12 60 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
12 60 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 59 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
14 55 (1.60%) Apache Arrow
14 55 (1.60%) Dremio
15 49 (1.43%) RDBMS
16 48 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 45 (1.31%) Redis
18 30 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 452 (13.18%) Git
2 136 (3.97%) JIRA
3 96 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 49 (1.43%) JUnit
5 46 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 43 (1.25%) Cypress.io
7 38 (1.11%) Mockito
8 37 (1.08%) GitLab
9 27 (0.79%) Selenium
10 25 (0.73%) JMeter
11 23 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 22 (0.64%) Maven
12 22 (0.64%) TeamCity
12 22 (0.64%) webpack
13 20 (0.58%) SonarQube
14 18 (0.52%) Postman
15 16 (0.47%) Storybook
16 15 (0.44%) Cucumber
16 15 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
16 15 (0.44%) Xcode
General
1 746 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 738 (21.52%) Finance
3 243 (7.08%) Front Office
4 212 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
5 181 (5.28%) Banking
6 176 (5.13%) Law
7 169 (4.93%) Public Sector
8 168 (4.90%) Marketing
9 101 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 93 (2.71%) Retail
11 81 (2.36%) Investment Banking
12 70 (2.04%) Multimedia
13 62 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 57 (1.66%) Games
15 54 (1.57%) Legal
16 39 (1.14%) Back Office
17 38 (1.11%) Health Technology
18 36 (1.05%) Electronics
19 32 (0.93%) Publishing
20 30 (0.87%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 806 (23.50%) .NET
2 720 (20.99%) React
3 585 (17.06%) HTML
4 555 (16.18%) CSS
5 373 (10.87%) REST
6 346 (10.09%) AngularJS
7 339 (9.88%) RESTful
8 338 (9.85%) Node.js
9 245 (7.14%) Vue
10 224 (6.53%) ASP.NET
11 223 (6.50%) .NET Core
12 183 (5.34%) .NET Framework
13 160 (4.66%) Spring
14 137 (3.99%) JSON
15 136 (3.97%) Web Services
16 132 (3.85%) Spring Boot
17 126 (3.67%) Kafka
18 117 (3.41%) HTML5
19 106 (3.09%) GraphQL
20 104 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (4.34%) Cloud Native
2 127 (3.70%) Fixed Income
3 122 (3.56%) Equities
4 114 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 108 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 107 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
7 104 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 102 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
9 85 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 85 (2.48%) Onboarding
10 83 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
11 81 (2.36%) Algorithms
12 79 (2.30%) Data Structures
13 63 (1.84%) Hedge funds
14 52 (1.52%) Management Information System
15 38 (1.11%) Derivative
15 38 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
16 35 (1.02%) IoT
17 32 (0.93%) Low-Code
18 25 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 159 (4.64%) Linux
2 83 (2.42%) Android
3 76 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 62 (1.81%) Windows
5 28 (0.82%) Unix
6 13 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.029%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.029%) MVS
10 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.029%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,163 (33.91%) Agile
2 667 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
3 633 (18.45%) CI/CD
4 620 (18.08%) Full-Stack Development
5 543 (15.83%) DevOps
6 477 (13.91%) Software Engineering
7 408 (11.90%) Mentoring
8 391 (11.40%) Microservices
9 362 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 338 (9.85%) User Experience
11 318 (9.27%) AI
12 314 (9.15%) Clean Code
13 300 (8.75%) Test Automation
14 281 (8.19%) Computer Science
15 274 (7.99%) Front End Development
16 267 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
17 256 (7.46%) Scrum
18 245 (7.14%) TDD
19 213 (6.21%) SDLC
20 212 (6.18%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,123 (32.74%) JavaScript
2 894 (26.06%) C#
3 870 (25.36%) SQL
4 739 (21.55%) Python
5 586 (17.08%) Java
6 545 (15.89%) TypeScript
7 194 (5.66%) PHP
8 189 (5.51%) C++
9 76 (2.22%) Go
10 72 (2.10%) PowerShell
11 71 (2.07%) T-SQL
12 55 (1.60%) C
12 55 (1.60%) Kotlin
13 48 (1.40%) Apex Code
14 46 (1.34%) PL/SQL
15 41 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 36 (1.05%) VB.NET
17 35 (1.02%) Swift
18 31 (0.90%) Ruby
19 29 (0.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 355 (10.35%) Degree
2 203 (5.92%) Security Cleared
3 174 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 135 (3.94%) SC Cleared
5 95 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 86 (2.51%) AWS Certification
7 74 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 65 (1.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 49 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 38 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 33 (0.96%) DBS Check
12 32 (0.93%) PhD
13 20 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
15 12 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
17 7 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 2 (0.058%) IBM Certification
18 2 (0.058%) MCSA
18 2 (0.058%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (5.54%) QA
2 130 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 43 (1.25%) GDPR
4 35 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 15 (0.44%) WCAG
6 12 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.29%) SLA
8 8 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.15%) PERC
10 3 (0.087%) MiFID
10 3 (0.087%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.058%) EMIR
11 2 (0.058%) NIST
11 2 (0.058%) PSD2
12 1 (0.029%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.029%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.029%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.029%) MISRA
12 1 (0.029%) NCSC
12 1 (0.029%) PMO
System Software
1 312 (9.10%) Docker
2 19 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.23%) Firmware
4 5 (0.15%) zsh
5 3 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.087%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.029%) Postfix
6 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.029%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 223 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 106 (3.09%) Terraform
3 24 (0.70%) Kibana
4 18 (0.52%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Grafana
6 9 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.12%) CloudHub
9 3 (0.087%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.087%) logstash
9 3 (0.087%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.058%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.029%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.029%) cPanel
11 1 (0.029%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.029%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.029%) QRadar
11 1 (0.029%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 535 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 121 (3.53%) Oracle
3 110 (3.21%) Salesforce
4 66 (1.92%) SAP
5 50 (1.46%) Databricks
6 48 (1.40%) Google
7 47 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 46 (1.34%) Guidewire
9 40 (1.17%) Atlassian
10 39 (1.14%) Splunk
11 34 (0.99%) Blue Prism
12 28 (0.82%) IBM
13 27 (0.79%) Dynatrace
14 26 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 21 (0.61%) Adobe
16 19 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 18 (0.52%) Apple
17 18 (0.52%) OpenAI
18 16 (0.47%) Xamarin
19 11 (0.32%) HubSpot