Systems Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £49,896 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 667 694
Rank change year-on-year +99 +27 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 12 108 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 83 42
10th Percentile £39,944 - £31,000
25th Percentile £44,400 £30,000 £36,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,896 £40,000 £40,057
Median % change year-on-year +24.74% -0.14% +0.14%
75th Percentile £56,563 £46,000 £49,688
90th Percentile £65,000 £51,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,218 70,245 51,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.92% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,732 49,603 29,711
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the UK excluding London

Systems Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the UK excluding London

Systems Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Developer in the UK excluding London

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
South East +82 6 £42,598 +21.71% 8
Scotland +125 2 £47,292 +35.12% 1
South West +100 2 £52,500 +31.25% 8
North of England +15 2 £65,000 +52.94% 12
North West -14 2 £65,000 +27.45% 11
Systems Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Power BI
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (16.67%) MOS
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Sage 200
4 2 (16.67%) Data Extraction
4 2 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (16.67%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) Sage
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) ETL
5 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Epicor
5 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management

Systems 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
2 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) jQuery
2 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Data Extraction
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Mapping
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (8.33%) ETL
4 1 (8.33%) OO
4 1 (8.33%) OOP
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) PHP
4 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) MOS
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (8.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Sage
3 1 (8.33%) Epicor