Developer Job Trends in Southend-on-Sea

Developer
Essex > Southend-on-Sea

The median Developer salary in Southend-on-Sea is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Southend-on-Sea 27.27% 16.00% 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 27.27% 18.18% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £25,950 - -
25th Percentile £27,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% -17.86% +40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southend-on-Sea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea with a recognized job title 11 22 12
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 88.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile £27,500 - £41,125
25th Percentile £28,625 £71,361 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £72,723 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -53.25% +18.73% +36.11%
75th Percentile £37,000 £74,084 £73,438
90th Percentile £42,254 - £80,375
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +8.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southend-on-Sea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southend-on-Sea.

Developer job vacancy trend in Southend-on-Sea

Developer
Salary Trend in Southend-on-Sea

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Southend-on-Sea

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea

For the 6 months to 18 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 Southend-on-Sea region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southend-on-Sea 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Multimedia
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft