Developer Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Developer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Developer salary in Milton Keynes is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 18 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 80 41 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 12.94% 11.85% 14.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.89% 12.31% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 67 28 87
10th Percentile £39,400 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,875 - £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £72,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.51%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 576 333 640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 96.24% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 397 233 435
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,978 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Developer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Developer
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 30 (37.50%) .NET
2 27 (33.75%) SQL
3 26 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.25%) C#
5 17 (21.25%) Degree
5 17 (21.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (18.75%) REST
6 15 (18.75%) SC Cleared
6 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 13 (16.25%) Java
8 12 (15.00%) Agile
8 12 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (15.00%) Power BI
8 12 (15.00%) Power Platform
9 11 (13.75%) Azure
9 11 (13.75%) Computer Science
9 11 (13.75%) Data Integration
9 11 (13.75%) Git
9 11 (13.75%) Salesforce
9 11 (13.75%) Software Engineering
10 10 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (12.50%) JavaScript
10 10 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 9 (11.25%) Community of Practice
11 9 (11.25%) ETL
11 9 (11.25%) Technology Strategy
12 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
12 8 (10.00%) Python
13 7 (8.75%) Analytics
13 7 (8.75%) Architectural Design

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.25%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 6 (7.50%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 11 (13.75%) Azure
3 6 (7.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 6 (7.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (3.75%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.50%) AWS
5 2 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.25%) GitHub
6 1 (1.25%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.00%) Power BI
2 10 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.75%) MySQL
4 5 (6.25%) NoSQL
5 4 (5.00%) FileMaker
6 3 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (3.75%) Power Query
6 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (3.75%) Tableau
7 2 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Git
2 4 (5.00%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.75%) Selenium
3 3 (3.75%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.25%) Ant
4 1 (1.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.25%) Gradle
4 1 (1.25%) JUnit
4 1 (1.25%) Maven
4 1 (1.25%) Mockito
4 1 (1.25%) Postman
4 1 (1.25%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (13.75%) Finance
4 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (11.25%) Law
6 7 (8.75%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (37.50%) .NET
2 15 (18.75%) REST
3 6 (7.50%) ASP.NET
3 6 (7.50%) Lightning Web Components
3 6 (7.50%) Middleware
3 6 (7.50%) SAP CO-PA
3 6 (7.50%) SOAP
3 6 (7.50%) Visualforce
4 5 (6.25%) .NET Framework
5 4 (5.00%) AngularJS
5 4 (5.00%) CSS
5 4 (5.00%) JSON
5 4 (5.00%) React
5 4 (5.00%) Vue
5 4 (5.00%) XML
6 3 (3.75%) .NET Core
6 3 (3.75%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (3.75%) HTML
6 3 (3.75%) Playwright
7 2 (2.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (3.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.25%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (21.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (15.00%) Agile
3 12 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (13.75%) Computer Science
4 11 (13.75%) Data Integration
4 11 (13.75%) Software Engineering
5 9 (11.25%) Community of Practice
5 9 (11.25%) ETL
5 9 (11.25%) Technology Strategy
6 8 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 7 (8.75%) Architectural Design
7 7 (8.75%) Budgeting
7 7 (8.75%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 7 (8.75%) Business Strategy
7 7 (8.75%) Clean Code
7 7 (8.75%) Data Analytics
7 7 (8.75%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
7 7 (8.75%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (33.75%) SQL
2 21 (26.25%) C#
3 13 (16.25%) Java
4 10 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 10 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 8 (10.00%) Python
6 6 (7.50%) Apex Code
6 6 (7.50%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.00%) C++
8 3 (3.75%) PHP
9 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.25%) Go
10 1 (1.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 15 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 15 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.75%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.75%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (13.75%) Salesforce
2 7 (8.75%) SAP
3 6 (7.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.50%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.25%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.25%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.25%) Zend