Developer Job Trends in Harlow

Developer
Essex > Harlow

As of 12 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Developer salary in Harlow.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1 0 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Harlow 3.85% - 34.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% - 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
75th Percentile - - £36,500
90th Percentile - - £37,250
Essex median annual salary £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.52% -4.17% +17.07%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Harlow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Harlow. 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 Harlow with a recognized job title 25 30 60
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 93.75% 98.36%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 46
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -23.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £38,438
90th Percentile £75,900 - £90,000
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -5.26%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Harlow.

Developer job vacancy trend in Harlow

Developer
Salary Trend in Harlow

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Harlow.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Harlow

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, 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 Harlow region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Application Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Sequence Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Application Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Sequence Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA