Programmer Jobs in London

Programmer
England > London

The median Programmer salary in London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 586 635
Rank change year-on-year +109 +49 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 30 44 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.12% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 41 136
10th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £44,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% -3.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £117,500 £232,500
England median annual salary £40,843 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -34.65% +13.64% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,214 33,631 64,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 95.05% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,714 24,683 34,818
10th Percentile £38,110 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £92,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in London

Programmer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programmer in London.

Salary trend for Programmer in London

Programmer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in London

Programmer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +57 5 £71,250 -8.06% 5
North London - 1 £70,000 - 3
West London - 1 £41,686 - 6
Programmer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) SQL
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.67%) Aerospace
5 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (13.33%) C++
5 4 (13.33%) Oracle
5 4 (13.33%) Linux
5 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) CDISC
6 3 (10.00%) Release Management
6 3 (10.00%) Oracle Database
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Python
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (10.00%) .NET
6 3 (10.00%) SAS
6 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (10.00%) Toad
6 3 (10.00%) C#
6 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (10.00%) PeopleTools
6 3 (10.00%) Legal
6 3 (10.00%) Finance

Programmer 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 3 (10.00%) SAS
2 1 (3.33%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (3.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.33%) Internet
1 1 (3.33%) RS-232
1 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.67%) Base SAS
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.33%) InfluxDB
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) PeopleTools
1 3 (10.00%) Toad
General
1 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Legal
4 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (6.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.67%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (6.67%) HTML
2 2 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.33%) CSS
3 1 (3.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (3.33%) Pandas
3 1 (3.33%) React
3 1 (3.33%) SOAP
3 1 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Equities
1 2 (6.67%) FPGA
1 2 (6.67%) Life Science
1 2 (6.67%) Smart Home
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.33%) Graphic Design
2 1 (3.33%) Home Automation
2 1 (3.33%) IoT
2 1 (3.33%) iPad
2 1 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Unix
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (10.00%) Release Management
3 2 (6.67%) Data Science
3 2 (6.67%) High-Frequency Trading
3 2 (6.67%) Market Making
3 2 (6.67%) Metaprogramming
3 2 (6.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (3.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.33%) ETL
4 1 (3.33%) MVC
4 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.33%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (3.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (3.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (3.33%) Statistics
4 1 (3.33%) Task Automation
4 1 (3.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) C++
3 3 (10.00%) C#
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.00%) Python
4 2 (6.67%) SAS Macro
5 1 (3.33%) C
5 1 (3.33%) Java
5 1 (3.33%) PHP
5 1 (3.33%) R
5 1 (3.33%) Rust
5 1 (3.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) CDISC
2 1 (3.33%) Good Clinical Practice
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) cPanel
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle
2 3 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (3.33%) ATG
3 1 (3.33%) JD Edwards