Developer Jobs in Leicestershire

Developer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Developer salary in Leicestershire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 31 123 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.53% 10.86% 15.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.78% 11.41% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 30 100 77
10th Percentile £42,125 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,375 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £58,875 £65,000 £72,500
East Midlands median annual salary £51,500 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.29% -12.73% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 649 1,078 748
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 95.15% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 163 610 257
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £25,734
25th Percentile £35,625 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.10% +7.06%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,313 £58,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,740
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Leicestershire

Developer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Leicester -6 15 £52,500 +5.00% 31
Loughborough +19 12 £55,000 +13.40% 5
Market Harborough +5 1 - - 3
Developer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Leicestershire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) .NET
2 21 (67.74%) C#
3 20 (64.52%) Power Platform
4 18 (58.06%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (54.84%) Power BI
5 17 (54.84%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (48.39%) PowerApps
7 14 (45.16%) Power Automate
7 14 (45.16%) SQL
8 12 (38.71%) CRM
8 12 (38.71%) Dynamics CRM
8 12 (38.71%) QA
8 12 (38.71%) Azure
9 8 (25.81%) Law
10 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
10 6 (19.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (19.35%) DevOps
10 6 (19.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (16.13%) Finance
11 5 (16.13%) Retail
12 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
12 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
12 4 (12.90%) Inventory Management
12 4 (12.90%) Data Lake
13 3 (9.68%) Serverless
13 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
13 3 (9.68%) End-to-End Testing
13 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
13 3 (9.68%) Azure Functions
13 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Business Applications
1 12 (38.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) Power Platform
2 18 (58.06%) Dynamics 365
3 15 (48.39%) PowerApps
4 14 (45.16%) Power Automate
5 12 (38.71%) Azure
6 6 (19.35%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (9.68%) Azure Functions
7 3 (9.68%) Serverless
8 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (3.23%) FinancialForce
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (54.84%) Power BI
2 6 (19.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (12.90%) Data Lake
4 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) Subversion
3 1 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (25.81%) Law
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Retail
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Marketing
3 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Publishing
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (70.97%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
3 3 (9.68%) jQuery
4 2 (6.45%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 2 (6.45%) Ajax
4 2 (6.45%) Bootstrap
4 2 (6.45%) CSS
4 2 (6.45%) Entity Framework
4 2 (6.45%) HTML
4 2 (6.45%) JSON
4 2 (6.45%) REST
4 2 (6.45%) XML
5 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (3.23%) Dapper ORM
5 1 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (3.23%) Next.js
5 1 (3.23%) React
5 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
1 2 (6.45%) FMCG
2 1 (3.23%) CMDB
2 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Code
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Android
1 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (38.71%) CRM
3 6 (19.35%) DevOps
4 4 (12.90%) Inventory Management
5 3 (9.68%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (9.68%) Logistics
5 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Analytics
6 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
6 2 (6.45%) Data Integration
6 2 (6.45%) MVC
6 2 (6.45%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) SDLC
7 1 (3.23%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (3.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 1 (3.23%) Scrum
7 1 (3.23%) SEO
7 1 (3.23%) User Experience
7 1 (3.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (67.74%) C#
2 14 (45.16%) SQL
3 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.68%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.45%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.23%) Apex Code
5 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow