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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 34 109 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.87% 10.14% 15.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.14% 10.81% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 33 92 77
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -1.50% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £64,750 £72,500
East Midlands median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +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 662 1,008 748
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 93.77% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 172 568 267
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,675 £25,201
25th Percentile £32,375 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
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 14 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 14 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 0 21 £52,500 +5.00% 31
Loughborough +18 9 £55,000 +13.40% 6
Market Harborough - 1 - - 1
Developer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 23 (67.65%) C#
1 23 (67.65%) .NET
2 20 (58.82%) SQL
3 19 (55.88%) Power Platform
4 14 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (41.18%) Azure
4 14 (41.18%) Power BI
5 13 (38.24%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (32.35%) PowerApps
6 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
6 11 (32.35%) Law
7 9 (26.47%) Dynamics CRM
7 9 (26.47%) CRM
7 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
7 9 (26.47%) QA
7 9 (26.47%) Power Automate
8 8 (23.53%) Visual Studio
9 7 (20.59%) T-SQL
9 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
9 7 (20.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (20.59%) WPF
10 6 (17.65%) SDLC
11 5 (14.71%) REST
11 5 (14.71%) jQuery
11 5 (14.71%) HTML
11 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
11 5 (14.71%) CSS
11 5 (14.71%) SOAP
11 5 (14.71%) Retail
11 5 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (55.88%) Power Platform
2 14 (41.18%) Azure
3 13 (38.24%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (32.35%) PowerApps
5 9 (26.47%) Power Automate
6 4 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (8.82%) Azure Functions
7 3 (8.82%) Serverless
8 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) Power BI
2 7 (20.59%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
3 4 (11.76%) Data Lake
3 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (8.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.94%) MS Access
5 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.88%) Git
3 1 (2.94%) Subversion
3 1 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (32.35%) Law
2 5 (14.71%) Retail
3 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Automotive
5 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Publishing
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (67.65%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) WPF
3 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
3 5 (14.71%) CSS
3 5 (14.71%) HTML
3 5 (14.71%) jQuery
3 5 (14.71%) REST
3 5 (14.71%) SOAP
4 4 (11.76%) Ajax
4 4 (11.76%) Bootstrap
4 4 (11.76%) JSON
4 4 (11.76%) XML
5 3 (8.82%) Blazor
5 3 (8.82%) Middleware
5 3 (8.82%) RESTful
6 2 (5.88%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.88%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.88%) Web Services
7 1 (2.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.82%) CMDB
3 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.88%) FMCG
3 2 (5.88%) Legacy Code
3 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Android
2 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (26.47%) CRM
3 6 (17.65%) SDLC
4 5 (14.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (11.76%) Data Management
5 4 (11.76%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) Inventory Management
5 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Data Development
6 3 (8.82%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (8.82%) MVC
6 3 (8.82%) Refactoring
6 3 (8.82%) Task Automation
7 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.88%) Mathematics
7 2 (5.88%) Physics
7 2 (5.88%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) C#
2 20 (58.82%) SQL
3 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
4 7 (20.59%) T-SQL
5 4 (11.76%) Python
5 4 (11.76%) VB
6 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.88%) VB.NET
6 2 (5.88%) XAML
7 1 (2.94%) PHP
7 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.94%) VBA
7 1 (2.94%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce