Developer Jobs in Plymouth

Developer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Developer salary in Plymouth is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 3 8
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2 37 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 2.27% 17.70% 19.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 18.50% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 31 5
10th Percentile - £35,000 £37,622
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £41,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -35.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
Devon median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 81 200 99
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 95.69% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 47 164 76
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,775 £26,500
25th Percentile £25,177 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,194 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% -6.24% -14.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,813
90th Percentile £61,500 £61,250 £57,250
Devon median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £39,289
% change year-on-year -22.22% +14.54% -12.69%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Plymouth

Developer
Salary Trend in Plymouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Plymouth.

Salary trend for Developer in Plymouth

Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 22 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 Plymouth region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DynamoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript