Developer Job Trends in Harlow

Developer
Essex > Harlow

The median Developer salary in Harlow is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Harlow 2.61% - 6.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% - 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £32,500
75th Percentile £90,000 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £70,000 £30,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +133.33% -41.18% +2.00%

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 103 35 27
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 81.40% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 56 8 21
10th Percentile £35,000 - £23,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -23.53% -38.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £33,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - £45,825 £57,500
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -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 3 August 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 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) AIOps
3 1 (33.33%) API Design
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Application Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Go
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL

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 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) API Design
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Application Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Sequence Diagram
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Go
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft