Developer Jobs in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer salary in the South East is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,232 2,459 4,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.38% 16.84% 22.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.24% 18.63% 22.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 1,897 3,250
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,713 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year - +4.28% +5.03%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +6.56% +10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the South East

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 Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 -3 870 £60,000 - 99
Hampshire -5 503 £60,000 +9.09% 54
Berkshire -2 447 £65,000 +4.00% 42
Surrey -2 288 £55,000 -8.33% 42
Kent +7 236 £55,000 - 38
Buckinghamshire +2 229 £55,000 -3.51% 34
Oxfordshire +2 194 £57,500 -4.17% 23
East Sussex -2 151 £57,500 +4.55% 16
West Sussex +14 101 £55,000 -5.98% 15
Sussex +5 55 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Middlesex -38 5 £44,000 -45.00% 2
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 1,021 (45.74%) JavaScript
2 1,014 (45.43%) .NET
3 999 (44.76%) C#
4 831 (37.23%) Agile
5 813 (36.42%) Azure
6 647 (28.99%) Full Stack Development
7 621 (27.82%) HTML
8 618 (27.69%) SQL
9 566 (25.36%) CSS
10 557 (24.96%) React
11 543 (24.33%) SQL Server
12 493 (22.09%) AngularJS
13 486 (21.77%) ASP.NET
14 482 (21.59%) MVC
15 426 (19.09%) Microsoft
16 405 (18.15%) Microservices
17 402 (18.01%) DevOps
18 396 (17.74%) AWS
19 370 (16.58%) .NET Core
20 361 (16.17%) Social Skills
21 348 (15.59%) Git
22 344 (15.41%) Java
23 335 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
24 333 (14.92%) TypeScript
25 326 (14.61%) Degree
26 316 (14.16%) Docker
27 307 (13.75%) TDD
28 291 (13.04%) .NET Framework
29 289 (12.95%) Computer Science
30 280 (12.54%) HTML5

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:

Application Platforms
1 71 (3.18%) CMS
2 45 (2.02%) IIS
3 40 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 35 (1.57%) OpenStack
5 32 (1.43%) Umbraco
6 27 (1.21%) Apache
7 25 (1.12%) Kentico
8 24 (1.08%) Headless CMS
9 21 (0.94%) WordPress
10 20 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
11 18 (0.81%) nginx
12 12 (0.54%) Drupal
12 12 (0.54%) JBoss
13 11 (0.49%) Confluence
13 11 (0.49%) IBM Domino
14 10 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
15 9 (0.40%) Tomcat
16 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
17 4 (0.18%) Apache Solr
17 4 (0.18%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 27 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.54%) Simulink
4 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.045%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.045%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.045%) InDesign
7 1 (0.045%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 43 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.39%) Siebel CRM
3 17 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.31%) Magento
6 5 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.22%) Odoo
7 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
7 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.090%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 2 (0.090%) nopCommerce
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.090%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.090%) Shopify
10 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 813 (36.42%) Azure
2 396 (17.74%) AWS
3 217 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (7.48%) Serverless
5 108 (4.84%) Power Platform
6 104 (4.66%) SaaS
7 91 (4.08%) Azure Functions
8 86 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 80 (3.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 77 (3.45%) Azure API Management
10 77 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.41%) GitHub
12 74 (3.32%) IBM Cloud
13 55 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
14 51 (2.28%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (1.34%) Power Automate
17 29 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
18 27 (1.21%) PaaS
19 23 (1.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.64%) Internet
2 26 (1.16%) HTTP
3 19 (0.85%) DNS
4 15 (0.67%) SSL
5 14 (0.63%) Firewall
6 10 (0.45%) Network Security
7 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.36%) VPN
9 7 (0.31%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
10 5 (0.22%) Intranet
11 4 (0.18%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.18%) LAN
11 4 (0.18%) MQTT
11 4 (0.18%) NAS
11 4 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.090%) Wireless
13 1 (0.045%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 543 (24.33%) SQL Server
2 224 (10.04%) NoSQL
3 200 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
4 187 (8.38%) Relational Database
5 181 (8.11%) MongoDB
6 162 (7.26%) MySQL
7 93 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
8 74 (3.32%) DB2
9 72 (3.23%) Power BI
10 58 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 31 (1.39%) Oracle BI EE
11 31 (1.39%) Siebel EIM
12 28 (1.25%) Redis
13 26 (1.16%) Power Query
13 26 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
15 22 (0.99%) Data Lake
16 19 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 18 (0.81%) Oracle Database
18 17 (0.76%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 348 (15.59%) Git
2 100 (4.48%) Visual Studio
3 89 (3.99%) JIRA
4 83 (3.72%) Jenkins
5 52 (2.33%) Selenium
6 39 (1.75%) Cypress.io
6 39 (1.75%) NUnit
7 33 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
8 31 (1.39%) JUnit
9 29 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
11 24 (1.08%) Ant
12 21 (0.94%) GitLab
13 18 (0.81%) Bitbucket
14 17 (0.76%) Postman
15 13 (0.58%) TeamCity
16 12 (0.54%) Jasmine
16 12 (0.54%) Maven
17 10 (0.45%) MorphX
18 8 (0.36%) MSBuild
General
1 361 (16.17%) Social Skills
2 242 (10.84%) Finance
3 157 (7.03%) Public Sector
4 86 (3.85%) Marketing
5 72 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (2.82%) Retail
7 53 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 44 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 42 (1.88%) Law
10 36 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 34 (1.52%) Games
12 27 (1.21%) Advertising
13 26 (1.16%) Tech for Good
14 24 (1.08%) Back Office
15 21 (0.94%) Electronics
16 19 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.72%) Banking
18 14 (0.63%) Multimedia
19 12 (0.54%) Aviation
19 12 (0.54%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,014 (45.43%) .NET
2 621 (27.82%) HTML
3 566 (25.36%) CSS
4 557 (24.96%) React
5 493 (22.09%) AngularJS
6 486 (21.77%) ASP.NET
7 370 (16.58%) .NET Core
8 291 (13.04%) .NET Framework
9 280 (12.54%) HTML5
9 280 (12.54%) Vue
10 262 (11.74%) Entity Framework
11 258 (11.56%) ASP.NET MVC
11 258 (11.56%) ASP.NET Web API
11 258 (11.56%) Node.js
12 248 (11.11%) REST
13 222 (9.95%) Web Services
14 191 (8.56%) jQuery
15 182 (8.15%) CSS3
16 171 (7.66%) RESTful
17 161 (7.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 121 (5.42%) Algorithms
2 106 (4.75%) Greenfield Project
3 80 (3.58%) Data Structures
4 76 (3.41%) Blockchain
5 74 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 68 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
9 40 (1.79%) Mobile App
10 39 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (1.30%) Product Ownership
12 23 (1.03%) Management Information System
13 21 (0.94%) Social Media
14 19 (0.85%) Mainframe
15 17 (0.76%) e-Learning
16 14 (0.63%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.63%) Digital Media
17 13 (0.58%) BBC
17 13 (0.58%) IoT
17 13 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.33%) Linux
2 151 (6.77%) Windows
3 104 (4.66%) Android
4 87 (3.90%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.31%) Unix
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.090%) AIX
9 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (37.23%) Agile
2 647 (28.99%) Full Stack Development
3 482 (21.59%) MVC
4 405 (18.15%) Microservices
5 402 (18.01%) DevOps
6 335 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
7 307 (13.75%) TDD
8 289 (12.95%) Computer Science
9 259 (11.60%) Artificial Intelligence
10 229 (10.26%) Web Development
11 209 (9.36%) Scrum
12 204 (9.14%) CI/CD
13 191 (8.56%) Software Engineering
14 187 (8.38%) User Experience
15 182 (8.15%) BDD
16 177 (7.93%) Design Patterns
17 162 (7.26%) OOP
18 161 (7.21%) OO
19 150 (6.72%) Front End Development
20 142 (6.36%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (45.74%) JavaScript
2 999 (44.76%) C#
3 618 (27.69%) SQL
4 344 (15.41%) Java
5 333 (14.92%) TypeScript
6 256 (11.47%) Python
7 206 (9.23%) PHP
8 128 (5.73%) C++
9 66 (2.96%) Go
10 65 (2.91%) C
11 50 (2.24%) T-SQL
12 38 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 25 (1.12%) Kotlin
14 19 (0.85%) COBOL
15 15 (0.67%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.54%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.40%) Apex Code
18 9 (0.40%) Scala
19 8 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 326 (14.61%) Degree
2 210 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 169 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 126 (5.65%) SC Cleared
5 39 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
6 33 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 22 (0.99%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 18 (0.81%) PhD
11 16 (0.72%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.13%) MBA
13 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.045%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.045%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.045%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.045%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.49%) QA
2 35 (1.57%) WCAG
3 21 (0.94%) GDPR
4 19 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.090%) GRC
9 2 (0.090%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.045%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 316 (14.16%) Docker
2 27 (1.21%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.40%) Firmware
4 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.090%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 217 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 49 (2.20%) Terraform
3 48 (2.15%) Ansible
4 8 (0.36%) MIIS
5 6 (0.27%) Kibana
6 5 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.18%) WSUS
8 3 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.045%) Grafana
Vendors
1 426 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 95 (4.26%) Oracle
3 85 (3.81%) IBM
4 75 (3.36%) Red Hat
5 50 (2.24%) Google
6 35 (1.57%) WSO2
7 31 (1.39%) Facebook
7 31 (1.39%) Siebel
8 26 (1.16%) SAP
9 24 (1.08%) Salesforce
10 21 (0.94%) Xamarin
11 20 (0.90%) Optimizely
11 20 (0.90%) Sitecore
12 19 (0.85%) Unisys
13 13 (0.58%) Adobe
13 13 (0.58%) Apple
13 13 (0.58%) Sony
13 13 (0.58%) Yahoo!
14 12 (0.54%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.54%) Xilinx