Developer Jobs in Kent

Developer
South East > Kent

The median Developer salary in Kent is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 239 131 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 15.89% 11.75% 17.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.11% 13.73% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 228 84 139
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +29.41% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £51,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,375 £67,700
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +3.60% +5.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,397 954 1,260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 85.56% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 525 732
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Kent

Developer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Developer in Kent

Developer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Kent over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Kent

Developer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Tunbridge Wells +1 39 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Tonbridge 0 26 £45,000 +5.88%
Canterbury - 25 £55,000 - 3
Maidstone +13 17 £47,500 -19.15% 6
Dartford -1 13 £52,500 - 2
Broadstairs - 11 £47,500 -
Folkestone +8 10 £62,500 +4.17%
Sevenoaks 0 10 £55,000 +4.76% 1
West Malling -5 5 £65,000 +36.84%
Sittingbourne +13 2 £60,000 +118.18%
Gravesend -14 2 £75,000 +42.86%
Chatham - 2 £63,500 - 3
Ramsgate - 2 £62,500 -
Swanley - 1 £52,500 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 Kent region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 184 (76.99%) .NET
2 157 (65.69%) C#
3 125 (52.30%) Azure
4 109 (45.61%) JavaScript
5 103 (43.10%) Agile
6 102 (42.68%) Microservices
7 101 (42.26%) SQL Server
8 98 (41.00%) Full Stack Development
9 90 (37.66%) AngularJS
10 79 (33.05%) ASP.NET
11 74 (30.96%) MVC
11 74 (30.96%) ASP.NET Web API
12 68 (28.45%) HTML
13 61 (25.52%) .NET Framework
14 56 (23.43%) Microsoft
15 55 (23.01%) SQL
15 55 (23.01%) React
16 54 (22.59%) CSS
16 54 (22.59%) Social Skills
17 51 (21.34%) Entity Framework
18 50 (20.92%) .NET Core
19 49 (20.50%) TypeScript
20 44 (18.41%) AWS
21 41 (17.15%) TDD
22 40 (16.74%) ASP.NET MVC
22 40 (16.74%) Vue
22 40 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
23 36 (15.06%) CI/CD
24 35 (14.64%) RESTful
24 35 (14.64%) HTML5

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 9 (3.77%) CMS
2 7 (2.93%) IIS
3 6 (2.51%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.67%) Apache
4 4 (1.67%) ColdFusion
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.26%) Drupal
6 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.84%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (1.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 125 (52.30%) Azure
2 44 (18.41%) AWS
3 17 (7.11%) Serverless
4 15 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.86%) Azure Functions
6 13 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.60%) PaaS
8 10 (4.18%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (4.18%) IaaS
9 9 (3.77%) SaaS
10 7 (2.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.67%) GitHub
11 4 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.26%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (1.26%) Azure App Service
13 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.84%) Firebase
13 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.84%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.86%) Internet
2 7 (2.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (42.26%) SQL Server
2 35 (14.64%) MongoDB
3 33 (13.81%) MySQL
4 22 (9.21%) NoSQL
5 18 (7.53%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (6.28%) Relational Database
7 14 (5.86%) Redis
8 10 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (3.77%) Power BI
10 7 (2.93%) DynamoDB
11 6 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (2.09%) MySQL Workbench
13 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (1.26%) Tableau
15 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (10.88%) Git
2 17 (7.11%) Octopus Deploy
3 14 (5.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.26%) Babel
4 3 (1.26%) GitLab
4 3 (1.26%) JIRA
4 3 (1.26%) webpack
5 2 (0.84%) gulp
5 2 (0.84%) NUnit
5 2 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.84%) Vite
5 2 (0.84%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
General
1 54 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.04%) Finance
3 12 (5.02%) Retail
4 9 (3.77%) Marketing
5 8 (3.35%) Games
6 7 (2.93%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.51%) Advertising
7 6 (2.51%) Back Office
8 4 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.84%) Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) French Language
10 2 (0.84%) German Language
10 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.84%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.42%) Front Office
11 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (76.99%) .NET
2 90 (37.66%) AngularJS
3 79 (33.05%) ASP.NET
4 74 (30.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 68 (28.45%) HTML
6 61 (25.52%) .NET Framework
7 55 (23.01%) React
8 54 (22.59%) CSS
9 51 (21.34%) Entity Framework
10 50 (20.92%) .NET Core
11 40 (16.74%) ASP.NET MVC
11 40 (16.74%) Vue
12 35 (14.64%) HTML5
12 35 (14.64%) RESTful
13 24 (10.04%) LINQ
14 23 (9.62%) Node.js
15 21 (8.79%) RabbitMQ
16 16 (6.69%) CSS3
17 15 (6.28%) Blazor
17 15 (6.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.62%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (5.02%) Social Media
3 11 (4.60%) Algorithms
4 10 (4.18%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.09%) BBC
9 3 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.26%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.26%) NHS
9 3 (1.26%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.84%) CMDB
10 2 (0.84%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.42%) Blog
11 1 (0.42%) IoT
11 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Linux
1 4 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.10%) Agile
2 102 (42.68%) Microservices
3 98 (41.00%) Full Stack Development
4 74 (30.96%) MVC
5 41 (17.15%) TDD
6 40 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (15.06%) CI/CD
8 27 (11.30%) Scrum
9 26 (10.88%) DevOps
10 25 (10.46%) BDD
11 23 (9.62%) Kanban
12 21 (8.79%) Computer Science
12 21 (8.79%) Design Patterns
13 20 (8.37%) Clean Code
13 20 (8.37%) Multithreading
14 19 (7.95%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 19 (7.95%) Web Development
15 17 (7.11%) Project Management
15 17 (7.11%) Unit Testing
16 16 (6.69%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 157 (65.69%) C#
2 109 (45.61%) JavaScript
3 55 (23.01%) SQL
4 49 (20.50%) TypeScript
5 11 (4.60%) PHP
6 8 (3.35%) C++
6 8 (3.35%) Java
7 4 (1.67%) CFML
7 4 (1.67%) Python
8 3 (1.26%) VB
9 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.42%) Bash
10 1 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (9.21%) Degree
2 18 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.69%) Master's Degree
4 7 (2.93%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.26%) MBA
5 3 (1.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.86%) GDPR
2 10 (4.18%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.93%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.51%) QA
5 3 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.84%) GRC
System Software
1 23 (9.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (9.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.02%) Google
3 9 (3.77%) Facebook
4 5 (2.09%) Apple
4 5 (2.09%) Sony
4 5 (2.09%) Yahoo!
5 4 (1.67%) Adobe
5 4 (1.67%) F5
6 3 (1.26%) Oracle
6 3 (1.26%) ServiceNow