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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 239 132 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 15.94% 11.75% 17.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.17% 13.72% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 228 85 139
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 £63,250 £67,700
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,140
% change year-on-year - +4.28% +5.03%

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 1,392 962 1,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 85.66% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 533 729
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% +10.43%
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 12 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 12 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 16 £47,500 -19.15% 6
Dartford -1 13 £52,500 - 2
Broadstairs - 11 £47,500 -
Folkestone +8 10 £62,500 +4.17%
Sevenoaks +1 10 £55,000 +4.76% 2
West Malling -5 5 £65,000 +36.84%
Sittingbourne +17 2 £60,000 +118.18%
Gravesend -12 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 12 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.

1 185 (77.41%) .NET
2 158 (66.11%) C#
3 125 (52.30%) Azure
4 108 (45.19%) JavaScript
5 103 (43.10%) Agile
5 103 (43.10%) Microservices
6 101 (42.26%) SQL Server
7 98 (41.00%) Full Stack Development
8 90 (37.66%) AngularJS
9 80 (33.47%) ASP.NET
10 74 (30.96%) MVC
10 74 (30.96%) ASP.NET Web API
11 67 (28.03%) HTML
12 61 (25.52%) .NET Framework
13 56 (23.43%) Microsoft
14 55 (23.01%) SQL
14 55 (23.01%) React
15 53 (22.18%) CSS
15 53 (22.18%) Social Skills
16 51 (21.34%) .NET Core
16 51 (21.34%) Entity Framework
17 49 (20.50%) TypeScript
18 44 (18.41%) AWS
19 41 (17.15%) TDD
20 40 (16.74%) ASP.NET MVC
20 40 (16.74%) Vue
20 40 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
21 36 (15.06%) CI/CD
22 35 (14.64%) HTML5
22 35 (14.64%) MongoDB

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
8 10 (4.18%) SaaS
9 7 (2.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.67%) GitHub
10 4 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.26%) AWS CodePipeline
11 3 (1.26%) Azure App Service
12 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.84%) npm
12 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
12 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 32 (13.39%) 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 25 (10.46%) 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
6 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 53 (22.18%) 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
1 185 (77.41%) .NET
2 90 (37.66%) AngularJS
3 80 (33.47%) ASP.NET
4 74 (30.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 67 (28.03%) HTML
6 61 (25.52%) .NET Framework
7 55 (23.01%) React
8 53 (22.18%) CSS
9 51 (21.34%) .NET Core
9 51 (21.34%) Entity Framework
10 40 (16.74%) ASP.NET MVC
10 40 (16.74%) Vue
11 35 (14.64%) HTML5
11 35 (14.64%) RESTful
12 24 (10.04%) LINQ
13 23 (9.62%) Node.js
14 21 (8.79%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (6.69%) Blazor
15 16 (6.69%) CSS3
16 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
11 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Linux
1 4 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.10%) Agile
1 103 (43.10%) Microservices
2 98 (41.00%) Full Stack Development
3 74 (30.96%) MVC
4 41 (17.15%) TDD
5 40 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (15.06%) CI/CD
7 27 (11.30%) Scrum
8 26 (10.88%) DevOps
9 25 (10.46%) BDD
10 23 (9.62%) Kanban
11 22 (9.21%) Design Patterns
12 21 (8.79%) Computer Science
13 20 (8.37%) Multithreading
14 19 (7.95%) Clean Code
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%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 158 (66.11%) C#
2 108 (45.19%) JavaScript
3 55 (23.01%) SQL
4 49 (20.50%) TypeScript
5 10 (4.18%) 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