Developer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Developer salary in Hertfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -32 +6 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 47 229 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.38% 11.56% 10.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 12.44% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 35 213 132
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £47,675
25th Percentile £34,375 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,125 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £77,500 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +15.00%

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 781 1,841 1,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 92.93% 85.94%
Number of salaries quoted 448 1,461 774
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,125 £31,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 5 £35,000 -36.36% 4
St Albans -4 5 £35,000 -46.15% 2
Watford -16 5 £73,750 +28.26% 5
Hemel Hempstead +2 3 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Stevenage +1 3 £46,250 -7.50% 9
Borehamwood -1 2 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Hertford -2 2 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Bishop's Stortford -2 2 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Potters Bar - 2 £38,750 -
Letchworth +1 1 - -
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
Buntingford - 1 £42,500 -
Developer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 25 (53.19%) Agile
2 17 (36.17%) Azure
2 17 (36.17%) .NET
3 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
4 14 (29.79%) AWS
5 13 (27.66%) Web Development
5 13 (27.66%) Docker
5 13 (27.66%) Kubernetes
5 13 (27.66%) React
6 12 (25.53%) CI/CD
6 12 (25.53%) Android
6 12 (25.53%) PHP
7 11 (23.40%) Java
7 11 (23.40%) Node.js
8 10 (21.28%) Design Patterns
8 10 (21.28%) SQL
9 9 (19.15%) Linux
9 9 (19.15%) QA
9 9 (19.15%) Containerisation
9 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
9 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (19.15%) Android Development
10 8 (17.02%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (17.02%) Software Engineering
10 8 (17.02%) Git
10 8 (17.02%) WordPress
10 8 (17.02%) OOP
10 8 (17.02%) Python
10 8 (17.02%) C#
10 8 (17.02%) SQL Server

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 8 (17.02%) WordPress
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (6.38%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.13%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.17%) Azure
2 14 (29.79%) AWS
3 7 (14.89%) Amazon EKS
3 7 (14.89%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.26%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (4.26%) Amazon MSK
6 2 (4.26%) Boomi
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.13%) GCP
7 1 (2.13%) GitHub
7 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.13%) SaaS
7 1 (2.13%) Serverless
7 1 (2.13%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.89%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (12.77%) MySQL
4 4 (8.51%) MariaDB
5 3 (6.38%) Relational Database
6 2 (4.26%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (4.26%) OLTP
6 2 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (4.26%) Power BI
6 2 (4.26%) Redis
7 1 (2.13%) Big Data
7 1 (2.13%) DynamoDB
7 1 (2.13%) GIS
7 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
7 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) Eclipse
2 3 (6.38%) Gradle
2 3 (6.38%) Maven
2 3 (6.38%) Subversion
3 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.51%) Retail
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Marketing
5 2 (4.26%) Games
6 1 (2.13%) Automotive
6 1 (2.13%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (36.17%) .NET
2 13 (27.66%) React
3 11 (23.40%) Node.js
4 7 (14.89%) CSS
4 7 (14.89%) HTML
4 7 (14.89%) Pandas
4 7 (14.89%) Vue
5 6 (12.77%) AngularJS
6 5 (10.64%) REST
6 5 (10.64%) Web Services
7 4 (8.51%) .NET Core
7 4 (8.51%) XML
8 3 (6.38%) ASP.NET
8 3 (6.38%) JDBC
8 3 (6.38%) JSP
8 3 (6.38%) Kafka
8 3 (6.38%) NestJS
8 3 (6.38%) SOAP
8 3 (6.38%) Struts
8 3 (6.38%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Cyberattack
2 5 (10.64%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.51%) AS400
3 4 (8.51%) iSeries
4 2 (4.26%) Online Games
5 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.53%) Android
2 9 (19.15%) Linux
3 5 (10.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Agile
2 13 (27.66%) Web Development
3 12 (25.53%) CI/CD
4 10 (21.28%) Design Patterns
5 9 (19.15%) Android Development
5 9 (19.15%) Containerisation
6 8 (17.02%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (17.02%) OOP
6 8 (17.02%) Software Engineering
7 7 (14.89%) Kanban
7 7 (14.89%) Line Management
7 7 (14.89%) Mathematics
7 7 (14.89%) MVC
7 7 (14.89%) OO
7 7 (14.89%) OWASP
7 7 (14.89%) Secure Coding
7 7 (14.89%) Statistics
8 6 (12.77%) DevOps
8 6 (12.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
2 12 (25.53%) PHP
3 11 (23.40%) Java
4 10 (21.28%) SQL
5 8 (17.02%) C#
5 8 (17.02%) Python
6 7 (14.89%) C++
6 7 (14.89%) Go
6 7 (14.89%) Rust
7 6 (12.77%) TypeScript
8 4 (8.51%) RPG
8 4 (8.51%) RPG IV
9 2 (4.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
10 1 (2.13%) Ruby
10 1 (2.13%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.26%) Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) QA
System Software
1 13 (27.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (27.66%) Kubernetes
2 7 (14.89%) Ansible
2 7 (14.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco
3 1 (2.13%) Computacenter
3 1 (2.13%) Dell
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.13%) Toshiba
3 1 (2.13%) Xamarin