Developer Job Trends in Richmond upon Thames

Developer
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The median Developer salary in Richmond upon Thames is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 6 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Richmond upon Thames 7.41% - 10.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.45% - 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.80%
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median annual salary £48,100 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -27.12% +1.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Richmond upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames. 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 Richmond upon Thames with a recognized job title 71 51 39
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.65% 86.44% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 28
10th Percentile - £52,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,963 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +35.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £110,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £67,500 £115,000 £70,000
West London median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.00% -9.09% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Richmond upon Thames

Developer
Salary Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames

Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 Richmond upon Thames region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SaaS
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Alpine.js
2 5 (83.33%) Laravel
2 5 (83.33%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 5 (83.33%) Tailwind CSS
2 5 (83.33%) TDD
2 5 (83.33%) Vue
3 3 (50.00%) AI
3 3 (50.00%) Hugging Face
3 3 (50.00%) LLM
3 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (50.00%) OpenAI
3 3 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (16.67%) B2B
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames 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 6 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Alpine.js
1 5 (83.33%) Laravel
1 5 (83.33%) Tailwind CSS
1 5 (83.33%) Vue
2 3 (50.00%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Product Roadmap
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
1 5 (83.33%) TDD
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) LLM
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) B2B
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) OpenAI