Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 147 79
Rank change year-on-year +29 -68 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1,640 1,454 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.34% 2.35% 3.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 2.63% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,149 1,593
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £30,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,397 55,186 67,621
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.30% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,063 31,277 42,902
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North of England +116 364 £48,750 -11.36% 115
South East -47 361 £60,000 +9.09% 54
South West +75 289 £50,000 +5.26% 35
Midlands +92 275 £47,500 -5.00% 53
North West +93 213 £50,000 -9.09% 84
West Midlands +95 168 £50,000 -4.76% 31
East of England +53 156 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Yorkshire +100 116 £47,500 -17.39% 21
Scotland -52 110 £52,500 +10.53% 10
East Midlands +29 106 £43,000 -4.44% 22
Northern Ireland -6 58 £51,000 +20.00% 8
North East +9 35 £45,000 -14.29% 13
Wales +2 27 £45,000 +4.65% 7
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 895 (54.57%) C#
2 768 (46.83%) .NET
3 526 (32.07%) JavaScript
4 464 (28.29%) SQL
5 439 (26.77%) Agile
6 355 (21.65%) SQL Server
7 338 (20.61%) Software Engineering
8 332 (20.24%) Degree
9 321 (19.57%) Azure
10 318 (19.39%) Social Skills
11 302 (18.41%) React
12 286 (17.44%) HTML
13 267 (16.28%) Full Stack Development
14 266 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
15 261 (15.91%) CSS
16 246 (15.00%) DevOps
17 240 (14.63%) Computer Science
18 235 (14.33%) .NET Core
19 227 (13.84%) AngularJS
20 214 (13.05%) MVC
21 212 (12.93%) Microsoft
22 206 (12.56%) Java
23 204 (12.44%) ASP.NET
24 199 (12.13%) Python
25 197 (12.01%) Docker
26 195 (11.89%) .NET Framework
27 194 (11.83%) TypeScript
28 185 (11.28%) AWS
29 157 (9.57%) Git
30 156 (9.51%) Finance

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (0.98%) CMS
2 10 (0.61%) Mendix
3 9 (0.55%) Umbraco
4 8 (0.49%) Apache
4 8 (0.49%) IIS
5 6 (0.37%) Confluence
5 6 (0.37%) WordPress
6 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.30%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.24%) OpenEdge
7 4 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.12%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.061%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.61%) Simulink
3 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.061%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 8 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.43%) BPCS
2 7 (0.43%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.12%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.12%) ProductWriter
4 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 321 (19.57%) Azure
2 185 (11.28%) AWS
3 123 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (4.88%) SaaS
5 48 (2.93%) GitHub
6 42 (2.56%) Serverless
7 27 (1.65%) Power Platform
8 23 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (1.10%) GCP
10 17 (1.04%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.67%) Amazon S3
12 10 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (0.49%) PaaS
14 7 (0.43%) Azure Pipelines
14 7 (0.43%) Pulumi
15 6 (0.37%) AWS Fargate
15 6 (0.37%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.65%) LAN
2 23 (1.40%) WAN
3 18 (1.10%) Internet
4 13 (0.79%) Wireless
5 9 (0.55%) Network Security
6 8 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.37%) DNS
8 4 (0.24%) 4G
8 4 (0.24%) 5G
8 4 (0.24%) Firewall
8 4 (0.24%) iSCSI
8 4 (0.24%) NAS
8 4 (0.24%) VPN
8 4 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.12%) HTTP
9 2 (0.12%) RS-232
9 2 (0.12%) SSL
10 1 (0.061%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.061%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 355 (21.65%) SQL Server
2 109 (6.65%) MySQL
3 101 (6.16%) NoSQL
4 55 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 31 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 30 (1.83%) Redis
8 21 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (0.85%) Power BI
11 11 (0.67%) GIS
12 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.55%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.49%) SQLite
15 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.30%) RDBMS
17 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
18 3 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
18 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 157 (9.57%) Git
2 91 (5.55%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.77%) JIRA
5 20 (1.22%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 15 (0.91%) Maven
7 15 (0.91%) Selenium
8 14 (0.85%) NUnit
9 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 11 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 10 (0.61%) PHPUnit
12 9 (0.55%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.49%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.49%) Gradle
13 8 (0.49%) Moq
13 8 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
14 7 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
15 6 (0.37%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 318 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 156 (9.51%) Finance
3 68 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (3.48%) Public Sector
5 48 (2.93%) Manufacturing
6 46 (2.80%) Marketing
7 43 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (2.44%) Law
9 38 (2.32%) Retail
10 35 (2.13%) Electronics
11 25 (1.52%) Automotive
12 23 (1.40%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.34%) Tech for Good
14 18 (1.10%) Banking
14 18 (1.10%) Games
15 16 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (0.91%) Publishing
17 14 (0.85%) Legal
18 13 (0.79%) Music Industry
19 12 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 768 (46.83%) .NET
2 302 (18.41%) React
3 286 (17.44%) HTML
4 261 (15.91%) CSS
5 235 (14.33%) .NET Core
6 227 (13.84%) AngularJS
7 204 (12.44%) ASP.NET
8 195 (11.89%) .NET Framework
9 125 (7.62%) Entity Framework
10 105 (6.40%) Node.js
11 93 (5.67%) RESTful
12 83 (5.06%) HTML5
13 78 (4.76%) Vue
14 73 (4.45%) REST
15 72 (4.39%) ASP.NET Web API
16 67 (4.09%) ASP.NET MVC
17 66 (4.02%) XML
18 56 (3.41%) Blazor
18 56 (3.41%) Laravel
19 52 (3.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (3.48%) Mobile App
2 56 (3.41%) Algorithms
3 46 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
4 43 (2.62%) IoT
5 29 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 28 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (1.40%) Client/Server
8 20 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
9 19 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 13 (0.79%) Cloud Native
12 12 (0.73%) Digital Media
12 12 (0.73%) Management Information System
12 12 (0.73%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.67%) Blog
14 10 (0.61%) CUDA
14 10 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.61%) NHS
14 10 (0.61%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.46%) Linux
2 91 (5.55%) Windows
3 36 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 33 (2.01%) Android
5 14 (0.85%) Unix
6 10 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.30%) Windows Mobile
7 5 (0.30%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.18%) VMS
10 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (26.77%) Agile
2 338 (20.61%) Software Engineering
3 267 (16.28%) Full Stack Development
4 266 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 246 (15.00%) DevOps
6 240 (14.63%) Computer Science
7 214 (13.05%) MVC
8 138 (8.41%) CI/CD
9 132 (8.05%) Mentoring
10 129 (7.87%) Microservices
11 121 (7.38%) SDLC
12 115 (7.01%) Artificial Intelligence
13 110 (6.71%) Web Development
14 101 (6.16%) Design Patterns
15 95 (5.79%) Front End Development
16 92 (5.61%) Test Automation
17 91 (5.55%) Scrum
18 90 (5.49%) Unit Testing
19 88 (5.37%) TDD
20 84 (5.12%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 895 (54.57%) C#
2 526 (32.07%) JavaScript
3 464 (28.29%) SQL
4 206 (12.56%) Java
5 199 (12.13%) Python
6 194 (11.83%) TypeScript
7 121 (7.38%) PHP
8 118 (7.20%) C++
9 116 (7.07%) C
10 43 (2.62%) VB.NET
11 41 (2.50%) VB
12 34 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 33 (2.01%) Ruby
14 28 (1.71%) PowerShell
15 26 (1.59%) Go
16 23 (1.40%) JSX
17 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
18 11 (0.67%) Embedded C
19 10 (0.61%) Bicep
19 10 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 332 (20.24%) Degree
2 146 (8.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 69 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 30 (1.83%) Master's Degree
5 23 (1.40%) SC Cleared
6 20 (1.22%) PhD
7 19 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 13 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 9 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.24%) CIPD
12 3 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.18%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.12%) HND
13 2 (0.12%) OCP
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.061%) MCSA
14 1 (0.061%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.33%) QA
2 8 (0.49%) GDPR
3 5 (0.30%) SLA
4 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.061%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.061%) WCAG
System Software
1 197 (12.01%) Docker
2 18 (1.10%) Firmware
3 12 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 146 (8.90%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.89%) Terraform
3 12 (0.73%) Ansible
4 8 (0.49%) Kibana
5 7 (0.43%) MIIS
6 5 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.24%) WSUS
8 1 (0.061%) Grafana
8 1 (0.061%) Kiali
8 1 (0.061%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 212 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 33 (2.01%) Google
3 28 (1.71%) Oracle
4 25 (1.52%) Xamarin
5 12 (0.73%) Facebook
6 10 (0.61%) Xilinx
7 9 (0.55%) IBM
7 9 (0.55%) NVIDIA
8 7 (0.43%) JDA
8 7 (0.43%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.37%) Autodesk
9 6 (0.37%) F5
9 6 (0.37%) VMware
10 5 (0.30%) Databricks
10 5 (0.30%) ESRI
10 5 (0.30%) HP
10 5 (0.30%) Micro Focus
10 5 (0.30%) New Relic
10 5 (0.30%) SAP
10 5 (0.30%) Twitter