Backend Developer Jobs in the South East

Backend Developer
England > South East

The median Backend Developer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 375 324
Rank change year-on-year +66 -51 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 6 14 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.060% 0.078% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.083% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 35
10th Percentile £45,250 £58,375 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,500 £61,563 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% +57.89%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 9,016 16,859 11,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.55% 94.27% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,989 11,948 7,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in the South East

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Backend Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Backend Developer in the South East

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backend Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Backend Developer in the South East

Backend Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +58 4 £49,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire +22 3 £48,000 -
Hampshire +78 2 £80,000 - 2
Berkshire - 1 £50,000 - 3
Backend Developer
England

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, Backend 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 South East region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Spring
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Git
3 2 (33.33%) RESTful
3 2 (33.33%) Kafka
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Microservices
3 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) JWT
4 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (16.67%) API Development

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) Kafka
1 2 (33.33%) RESTful
1 2 (33.33%) Spring
1 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Entity Framework
2 1 (16.67%) JWT
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Educational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) LIMS
1 1 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Biotechnology
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Document Management
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Information Management
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle