Developer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Developer salary in Hertfordshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -41 +8 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 41 235 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.88% 11.20% 10.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.13% 12.06% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29 216 118
10th Percentile - £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £82,500
East of England median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +8.00% -11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 800 1,949 1,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 92.90% 85.48%
Number of salaries quoted 448 1,538 751
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £31,833 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Hertfordshire

Developer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Hatfield +10 8 £35,000 -36.36% 11
St Albans -3 4 £35,000 -50.00% 5
Bishop's Stortford -1 2 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Hemel Hempstead -1 2 £60,000 -20.00% 251
Borehamwood -2 2 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Watford -17 2 £67,500 +17.39% 255
Welwyn Garden City +1 1 £37,500 -21.05% 4
Stevenage +1 1 £50,000 - 255
Letchworth +1 1 - - 2
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
Cheshunt - 1 - -
Developer
East of England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 24 (58.54%) Agile
2 19 (46.34%) JavaScript
3 16 (39.02%) Azure
4 15 (36.59%) CI/CD
5 14 (34.15%) PHP
5 14 (34.15%) .NET
6 12 (29.27%) WordPress
6 12 (29.27%) Web Development
7 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
8 10 (24.39%) Docker
8 10 (24.39%) CSS
8 10 (24.39%) HTML
8 10 (24.39%) Python
8 10 (24.39%) AWS
9 9 (21.95%) QA
9 9 (21.95%) Node.js
9 9 (21.95%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (21.95%) Linux
9 9 (21.95%) SQL
9 9 (21.95%) Kubernetes
10 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (19.51%) React
10 8 (19.51%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (17.07%) Cyberattack
11 7 (17.07%) Secure Coding
11 7 (17.07%) Terraform
11 7 (17.07%) Rust
11 7 (17.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (17.07%) Pandas

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 12 (29.27%) WordPress
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Adobe XD
2 3 (7.32%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (7.32%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Magento
2 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
3 7 (17.07%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (7.32%) Amazon S3
5 3 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (7.32%) Cloudflare
5 3 (7.32%) Google Analytics
5 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 3 (7.32%) Serverless
6 2 (4.88%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.44%) Boomi
7 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.44%) Figma
7 1 (2.44%) GCP
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub
7 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.44%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Broadband
2 1 (2.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.32%) DynamoDB
3 3 (7.32%) MySQL
4 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.88%) Power BI
5 1 (2.44%) Big Data
5 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.44%) GIS
5 1 (2.44%) MariaDB
5 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.44%) Redis
5 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) .NET
2 10 (24.39%) CSS
2 10 (24.39%) HTML
3 9 (21.95%) Node.js
4 8 (19.51%) React
5 7 (17.07%) Pandas
6 4 (9.76%) .NET Framework
6 4 (9.76%) ASP.NET
7 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
7 3 (7.32%) GraphQL
8 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (4.88%) Bootstrap
8 2 (4.88%) Entity Framework
8 2 (4.88%) HTML5
8 2 (4.88%) Next.js
8 2 (4.88%) REST
8 2 (4.88%) Serverless Framework
8 2 (4.88%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (4.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Cyberattack
2 4 (9.76%) AS400
2 4 (9.76%) iSeries
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Linux
2 7 (17.07%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Agile
2 15 (36.59%) CI/CD
3 12 (29.27%) Web Development
4 8 (19.51%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (17.07%) Android Development
5 7 (17.07%) Containerisation
5 7 (17.07%) Design Patterns
5 7 (17.07%) Kanban
5 7 (17.07%) Line Management
5 7 (17.07%) Mathematics
5 7 (17.07%) OO
5 7 (17.07%) OOP
5 7 (17.07%) OWASP
5 7 (17.07%) Secure Coding
5 7 (17.07%) Software Engineering
5 7 (17.07%) Statistics
6 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.76%) DevOps
7 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (9.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) JavaScript
2 14 (34.15%) PHP
3 10 (24.39%) Python
4 9 (21.95%) SQL
5 7 (17.07%) C++
5 7 (17.07%) Go
5 7 (17.07%) Java
5 7 (17.07%) Rust
6 6 (14.63%) C#
7 5 (12.20%) TypeScript
8 4 (9.76%) RPG
8 4 (9.76%) RPG IV
9 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
9 1 (2.44%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) QA
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) Kubernetes
2 7 (17.07%) Ansible
2 7 (17.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) Adobe
3 3 (7.32%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) HubSpot
3 3 (7.32%) WooCommerce
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Computacenter
4 1 (2.44%) Dell
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow