Backend Developer Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Backend Developer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Backend Developer salary in Milton Keynes is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.20% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.29% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £48,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -26.15% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 478 349 458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.62% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 311 244 354
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,075 £31,913
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,875 £72,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Backend Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TDD

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle