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 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 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 3,473 8,163 6,985
As % of all permanent jobs in England 7.49% 13.52% 15.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.26% 14.33% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,775 5,513 6,181
10th Percentile £38,125 £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 £111,250 £98,750 £115,000
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 42,027 56,965 44,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 94.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 26,978 31,944 34,350
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 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -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 21 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 21 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 1,342 £80,000 +3.23% 1,212
North of England -19 671 £57,500 +9.52% 442
South East -21 559 £60,000 - 532
Midlands -12 426 £54,149 +8.30% 269
North West -18 364 £60,000 +14.29% 288
West Midlands -9 274 £55,000 +10.00% 168
South West -15 273 £52,500 +5.00% 175
Yorkshire -21 234 £54,500 +9.00% 113
East of England -40 165 £53,500 +7.00% 122
East Midlands -20 152 £52,500 +5.00% 100
North East -21 75 £50,000 -4.76% 43
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 1,162 (33.46%) Agile
2 1,128 (32.48%) JavaScript
3 983 (28.30%) Azure
4 902 (25.97%) C#
5 874 (25.17%) SQL
6 816 (23.50%) .NET
7 815 (23.47%) AWS
8 741 (21.34%) Python
9 723 (20.82%) React
10 669 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
11 634 (18.26%) CI/CD
12 631 (18.17%) Full-Stack Development
13 589 (16.96%) HTML
14 585 (16.84%) Java
15 556 (16.01%) CSS
16 544 (15.66%) DevOps
16 544 (15.66%) TypeScript
17 539 (15.52%) Microsoft
18 492 (14.17%) Software Engineering
19 449 (12.93%) Git
20 420 (12.09%) SQL Server
21 412 (11.86%) Mentoring
22 390 (11.23%) Microservices
23 371 (10.68%) REST
24 365 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
24 365 (10.51%) Power Platform
25 355 (10.22%) Degree
26 342 (9.85%) Node.js
26 342 (9.85%) RESTful
27 341 (9.82%) AngularJS

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 89 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 69 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
3 59 (1.70%) CMS
4 39 (1.12%) Confluence
5 36 (1.04%) WordPress
6 27 (0.78%) Apache
7 21 (0.60%) Appian
7 21 (0.60%) Umbraco
8 16 (0.46%) IIS
9 15 (0.43%) Apache Spark
10 14 (0.40%) 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%) JBoss
12 6 (0.17%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.14%) Drupal
13 5 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 5 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 36 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 11 (0.32%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.29%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.14%) Elementor
8 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.12%) Sketch
10 3 (0.086%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.086%) Lectora
10 3 (0.086%) Snagit
10 3 (0.086%) S-PLUS
11 2 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.058%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.058%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.029%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 77 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.66%) Shopify
3 17 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 17 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 10 (0.29%) Magento
6 9 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
7 5 (0.14%) Maximo
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
7 5 (0.14%) ProductWriter
8 4 (0.12%) Endur
8 4 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
9 3 (0.086%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.086%) Primavera
9 3 (0.086%) Sage 1000
10 2 (0.058%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 983 (28.30%) Azure
2 815 (23.47%) AWS
3 365 (10.51%) Power Platform
4 257 (7.40%) GitHub
5 232 (6.68%) GCP
6 219 (6.31%) Serverless
7 198 (5.70%) SaaS
8 168 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
9 152 (4.38%) Power Automate
10 151 (4.35%) PowerApps
11 146 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
12 82 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
13 79 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 71 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
15 65 (1.87%) dbt
16 54 (1.55%) Amazon S3
16 54 (1.55%) Azure Functions
17 53 (1.53%) Amazon SQS
17 53 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
18 52 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (2.25%) Internet
2 30 (0.86%) TCP/IP
3 16 (0.46%) Broadband
4 10 (0.29%) HTTP
5 9 (0.26%) Multicast
6 8 (0.23%) WPA
7 7 (0.20%) Bluetooth
8 6 (0.17%) Intranet
8 6 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.12%) FTP
10 3 (0.086%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.058%) AMQP
11 2 (0.058%) DNS
11 2 (0.058%) MQTT
11 2 (0.058%) Network Security
11 2 (0.058%) RS-232
11 2 (0.058%) RS-485
11 2 (0.058%) SMS
11 2 (0.058%) SSH
11 2 (0.058%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 420 (12.09%) SQL Server
2 232 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
3 223 (6.42%) Power BI
4 203 (5.85%) MySQL
5 185 (5.33%) Relational Database
6 157 (4.52%) NoSQL
7 142 (4.09%) MongoDB
8 86 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
9 75 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 64 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
11 60 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
12 59 (1.70%) Apache Iceberg
12 59 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 56 (1.61%) DynamoDB
14 55 (1.58%) Apache Arrow
14 55 (1.58%) Dremio
15 49 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 47 (1.35%) RDBMS
17 46 (1.32%) Redis
18 31 (0.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 449 (12.93%) Git
2 132 (3.80%) JIRA
3 95 (2.74%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.32%) JUnit
4 46 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.21%) Cypress.io
6 37 (1.07%) GitLab
7 35 (1.01%) Mockito
8 28 (0.81%) Selenium
9 25 (0.72%) JMeter
10 22 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 22 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 22 (0.63%) webpack
11 19 (0.55%) Maven
12 17 (0.49%) Postman
12 17 (0.49%) SonarQube
13 16 (0.46%) Cucumber
13 16 (0.46%) Storybook
14 15 (0.43%) Xcode
15 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 752 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 740 (21.31%) Finance
3 240 (6.91%) Front Office
4 210 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
5 184 (5.30%) Banking
6 175 (5.04%) Law
7 169 (4.87%) Marketing
7 169 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 103 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 94 (2.71%) Retail
10 81 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 71 (2.04%) Multimedia
12 63 (1.81%) Manufacturing
13 58 (1.67%) Games
14 56 (1.61%) Legal
15 38 (1.09%) Health Technology
16 37 (1.07%) Back Office
17 36 (1.04%) Electronics
18 32 (0.92%) Publishing
19 30 (0.86%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 816 (23.50%) .NET
2 723 (20.82%) React
3 589 (16.96%) HTML
4 556 (16.01%) CSS
5 371 (10.68%) REST
6 342 (9.85%) Node.js
6 342 (9.85%) RESTful
7 341 (9.82%) AngularJS
8 247 (7.11%) Vue
9 229 (6.59%) .NET Core
10 226 (6.51%) ASP.NET
11 187 (5.38%) .NET Framework
12 160 (4.61%) Spring
13 136 (3.92%) JSON
14 132 (3.80%) Spring Boot
15 128 (3.69%) Web Services
16 127 (3.66%) Kafka
17 115 (3.31%) HTML5
18 104 (2.99%) GraphQL
19 103 (2.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (4.38%) Cloud Native
2 127 (3.66%) Fixed Income
3 121 (3.48%) Equities
4 114 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 112 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
6 109 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 107 (3.08%) Mobile App
8 102 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
9 87 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
10 84 (2.42%) Onboarding
11 81 (2.33%) Algorithms
12 80 (2.30%) Data Structures
13 79 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
14 61 (1.76%) Hedge funds
15 52 (1.50%) Management Information System
16 38 (1.09%) Derivative
16 38 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
17 36 (1.04%) IoT
18 32 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 26 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 154 (4.43%) Linux
2 83 (2.39%) Android
3 76 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 62 (1.79%) Windows
5 28 (0.81%) Unix
6 13 (0.37%) 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 1,162 (33.46%) Agile
2 669 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
3 634 (18.26%) CI/CD
4 631 (18.17%) Full-Stack Development
5 544 (15.66%) DevOps
6 492 (14.17%) Software Engineering
7 412 (11.86%) Mentoring
8 390 (11.23%) Microservices
9 365 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 337 (9.70%) User Experience
11 321 (9.24%) AI
12 316 (9.10%) Clean Code
13 293 (8.44%) Test Automation
14 280 (8.06%) Computer Science
15 272 (7.83%) Front End Development
16 269 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
17 252 (7.26%) Scrum
18 240 (6.91%) TDD
19 214 (6.16%) SDLC
20 210 (6.05%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,128 (32.48%) JavaScript
2 902 (25.97%) C#
3 874 (25.17%) SQL
4 741 (21.34%) Python
5 585 (16.84%) Java
6 544 (15.66%) TypeScript
7 199 (5.73%) PHP
8 188 (5.41%) C++
9 76 (2.19%) Go
10 73 (2.10%) T-SQL
11 72 (2.07%) PowerShell
12 54 (1.55%) C
12 54 (1.55%) Kotlin
13 49 (1.41%) Apex Code
14 46 (1.32%) PL/SQL
15 41 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 36 (1.04%) VB.NET
17 34 (0.98%) Swift
18 31 (0.89%) Ruby
19 29 (0.84%) Scala
Qualifications
1 355 (10.22%) Degree
2 203 (5.85%) Security Cleared
3 168 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 133 (3.83%) SC Cleared
5 96 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 85 (2.45%) AWS Certification
7 75 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 66 (1.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 50 (1.44%) Master's Degree
10 40 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 35 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 32 (0.92%) PhD
13 20 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 15 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
15 13 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
17 7 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 2 (0.058%) HNC
18 2 (0.058%) MCSA
18 2 (0.058%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (5.50%) QA
2 131 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 42 (1.21%) GDPR
4 35 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 17 (0.49%) WCAG
6 12 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.29%) SLA
8 8 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.14%) PERC
10 3 (0.086%) MiFID
10 3 (0.086%) 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
1 309 (8.90%) Docker
2 19 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.23%) Firmware
4 4 (0.12%) zsh
5 3 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.029%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.029%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 223 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 103 (2.97%) Terraform
3 24 (0.69%) Kibana
4 18 (0.52%) Ansible
5 15 (0.43%) Grafana
6 8 (0.23%) 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 (0.086%) cPanel
9 3 (0.086%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.086%) logstash
9 3 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.086%) Plesk
10 2 (0.058%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.029%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.029%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.029%) QRadar
11 1 (0.029%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 539 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 122 (3.51%) Oracle
3 111 (3.20%) Salesforce
4 66 (1.90%) SAP
5 49 (1.41%) Databricks
6 48 (1.38%) Google
7 47 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 46 (1.32%) Guidewire
9 39 (1.12%) Splunk
10 38 (1.09%) Atlassian
11 34 (0.98%) Blue Prism
12 29 (0.84%) IBM
13 27 (0.78%) Dynatrace
13 27 (0.78%) MuleSoft
14 21 (0.60%) Adobe
15 19 (0.55%) Apple
15 19 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 17 (0.49%) OpenAI
17 16 (0.46%) Xamarin
18 11 (0.32%) HubSpot