Developer Job Trends in London

Developer
England > London

The median Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 12 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,422 2,707 4,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.95% 14.17% 18.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.12% 14.84% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 1,945 3,747
10th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,031 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £135,000 £135,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,839 18,237 21,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 95.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,060 11,508 17,593
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,936
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in London

Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in London

Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in London

Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Central London 0 278 £77,500 +3.33% 153
South London +11 46 £42,500 -34.62% 18
West London +51 23 £55,850 -24.01% 37
North London -10 4 £50,000 -9.09% 3
East London -12 4 £67,500 -20.59% 22
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 617 (43.39%) Agile
2 557 (39.17%) Finance
3 542 (38.12%) Python
4 534 (37.55%) JavaScript
5 468 (32.91%) AWS
6 417 (29.32%) React
7 367 (25.81%) TypeScript
7 367 (25.81%) Azure
8 342 (24.05%) SQL
9 334 (23.49%) Java
10 299 (21.03%) C#
11 296 (20.82%) Software Engineering
11 296 (20.82%) CI/CD
12 281 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
13 274 (19.27%) Social Skills
13 274 (19.27%) Front Office
14 273 (19.20%) Full-Stack Development
15 263 (18.50%) Node.js
16 235 (16.53%) .NET
17 229 (16.10%) DevOps
18 221 (15.54%) HTML
19 220 (15.47%) AngularJS
20 212 (14.91%) Microservices
21 210 (14.77%) Microsoft
22 204 (14.35%) PostgreSQL
23 199 (13.99%) GCP
24 190 (13.36%) Vue
25 184 (12.94%) Fixed Income
26 182 (12.80%) CSS
27 178 (12.52%) REST

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 102 (7.17%) Apache Airflow
2 36 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.18%) CMS
4 15 (1.05%) Confluence
4 15 (1.05%) Headless CMS
4 15 (1.05%) WordPress
5 11 (0.77%) Apache
6 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.49%) JBoss
7 7 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
8 6 (0.42%) nginx
9 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.28%) Liferay
10 3 (0.21%) Drupal
10 3 (0.21%) OpenEdge
11 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.070%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.070%) Mule
Applications
1 8 (0.56%) Adobe XD
1 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.49%) Sketch
3 5 (0.35%) InVision
4 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.21%) InDesign
6 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 23 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.98%) Shopify
3 7 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.42%) Endur
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.070%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.070%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.070%) Magento
8 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.070%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 468 (32.91%) AWS
2 367 (25.81%) Azure
3 199 (13.99%) GCP
4 163 (11.46%) Serverless
5 146 (10.27%) Power Platform
6 101 (7.10%) dbt
7 80 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
8 72 (5.06%) Power Automate
9 70 (4.92%) PowerApps
10 69 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
11 62 (4.36%) GitHub
12 60 (4.22%) Amazon EKS
13 53 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
14 52 (3.66%) Amazon S3
15 51 (3.59%) SaaS
16 44 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
18 33 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
19 31 (2.18%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.34%) TCP/IP
2 7 (0.49%) Broadband
3 6 (0.42%) VPN
3 6 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.28%) DNS
4 4 (0.28%) MQTT
4 4 (0.28%) SMS
5 3 (0.21%) FTP
6 2 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.070%) HTTP
7 1 (0.070%) Intranet
7 1 (0.070%) Multicast
7 1 (0.070%) RFID
7 1 (0.070%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (14.35%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (8.23%) SQL Server
3 116 (8.16%) Relational Database
4 102 (7.17%) Amazon Athena
5 100 (7.03%) Power BI
6 99 (6.96%) Apache Iceberg
7 95 (6.68%) Apache Arrow
7 95 (6.68%) Dremio
8 85 (5.98%) MongoDB
9 69 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
10 66 (4.64%) NoSQL
11 62 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
12 53 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 45 (3.16%) DynamoDB
14 43 (3.02%) MySQL
15 40 (2.81%) RDBMS
16 28 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 26 (1.83%) Redis
17 26 (1.83%) Tick Data
18 23 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 160 (11.25%) Git
2 66 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 59 (4.15%) JIRA
4 42 (2.95%) JUnit
5 33 (2.32%) Mockito
6 28 (1.97%) JMeter
7 20 (1.41%) GitLab
8 18 (1.27%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.91%) Visual Studio
9 13 (0.91%) webpack
10 10 (0.70%) Maven
11 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.49%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.49%) gulp
11 7 (0.49%) Postman
11 7 (0.49%) Selenium
12 6 (0.42%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.42%) Vite
General
1 557 (39.17%) Finance
2 274 (19.27%) Front Office
2 274 (19.27%) Social Skills
3 156 (10.97%) Banking
4 92 (6.47%) Marketing
5 83 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 80 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (4.22%) Investment Banking
8 58 (4.08%) Law
9 33 (2.32%) Health Technology
10 32 (2.25%) Publishing
11 31 (2.18%) Tech for Good
12 28 (1.97%) Legal
13 27 (1.90%) Back Office
14 19 (1.34%) Billing
15 17 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.13%) Retail
17 15 (1.05%) Advertising
17 15 (1.05%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 417 (29.32%) React
2 263 (18.50%) Node.js
3 235 (16.53%) .NET
4 221 (15.54%) HTML
5 220 (15.47%) AngularJS
6 190 (13.36%) Vue
7 182 (12.80%) CSS
8 178 (12.52%) REST
9 163 (11.46%) RESTful
10 128 (9.00%) Pandas
11 110 (7.74%) NumPy
12 95 (6.68%) SciPy
13 93 (6.54%) GraphQL
14 87 (6.12%) .NET Core
15 83 (5.84%) Kafka
15 83 (5.84%) Web Services
16 73 (5.13%) Spring
17 71 (4.99%) ASP.NET
18 67 (4.71%) Redux
19 62 (4.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 184 (12.94%) Fixed Income
2 174 (12.24%) Equities
3 161 (11.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 81 (5.70%) Cloud Native
5 65 (4.57%) Algorithms
6 64 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
6 64 (4.50%) Hedge funds
7 48 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 47 (3.31%) Management Information System
9 46 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
10 43 (3.02%) Product Ownership
11 34 (2.39%) Data Structures
12 31 (2.18%) Derivative
13 30 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
14 29 (2.04%) Mobile App
15 23 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
17 17 (1.20%) FPGA
18 14 (0.98%) Cyberattack
18 14 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 118 (8.30%) Linux
2 22 (1.55%) Android
3 21 (1.48%) Unix
4 14 (0.98%) Windows
5 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.070%) MVS
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.070%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (43.39%) Agile
2 296 (20.82%) CI/CD
2 296 (20.82%) Software Engineering
3 281 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
4 273 (19.20%) Full-Stack Development
5 229 (16.10%) DevOps
6 212 (14.91%) Microservices
7 176 (12.38%) Fintech
8 168 (11.81%) TDD
9 166 (11.67%) Investment Management
10 162 (11.39%) Test Automation
11 161 (11.32%) User Experience
12 154 (10.83%) Order Management
13 153 (10.76%) Scrum
14 139 (9.77%) Risk Management
15 137 (9.63%) Asset Management
16 131 (9.21%) Analytics
17 127 (8.93%) Mentoring
18 118 (8.30%) Artificial Intelligence
19 113 (7.95%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 542 (38.12%) Python
2 534 (37.55%) JavaScript
3 367 (25.81%) TypeScript
4 342 (24.05%) SQL
5 334 (23.49%) Java
6 299 (21.03%) C#
7 126 (8.86%) C++
8 58 (4.08%) Go
9 47 (3.31%) PHP
10 34 (2.39%) T-SQL
11 32 (2.25%) Apex Code
11 32 (2.25%) C
12 30 (2.11%) Shell Script
13 26 (1.83%) PowerShell
14 18 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (0.98%) Rust
16 13 (0.91%) Kotlin
17 11 (0.77%) Bicep
18 9 (0.63%) Ruby
19 8 (0.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 138 (9.70%) Degree
2 94 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 58 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 55 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 31 (2.18%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.41%) PhD
8 18 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.35%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.14%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.070%) HNC
14 1 (0.070%) HND
14 1 (0.070%) MCP
14 1 (0.070%) MCSA
14 1 (0.070%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.10%) QA
2 51 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 19 (1.34%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.13%) WCAG
5 13 (0.91%) GDPR
6 10 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.63%) SLA
8 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 3 (0.21%) MiFID
10 2 (0.14%) EMIR
11 1 (0.070%) CDISC
11 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.070%) PMO
System Software
1 173 (12.17%) Docker
2 8 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.35%) zsh
4 1 (0.070%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.070%) Postfix
4 1 (0.070%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 138 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 66 (4.64%) Terraform
3 30 (2.11%) Ansible
4 26 (1.83%) Kibana
5 11 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.28%) Grafana
9 3 (0.21%) Argo
10 2 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.070%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.070%) Istio
11 1 (0.070%) logstash
11 1 (0.070%) QRadar
Vendors
1 210 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.66%) Salesforce
3 45 (3.16%) Databricks
4 39 (2.74%) Guidewire
5 38 (2.67%) Google
5 38 (2.67%) Oracle
6 30 (2.11%) Splunk
7 29 (2.04%) Dynatrace
8 26 (1.83%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.34%) Adobe
9 19 (1.34%) SAP
10 15 (1.05%) Apple
11 11 (0.77%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 10 (0.70%) IBM
13 9 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 8 (0.56%) VMware
15 7 (0.49%) Facebook
15 7 (0.49%) Solace
15 7 (0.49%) YouTube