Backend Developer Job Trends

Backend Developer
UK

The median Backend Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 561 555
Rank change year-on-year -52 -6 +32
Permanent Backend Developer jobs 207 100 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 137 82 118
10th Percentile £50,750 £50,125 £23,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +30.95% -27.59%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% +4.76% -19.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,434 44,511 65,398
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.17% 90.16% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75,024 26,375 37,255
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £52,500 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -7.09% -5.82%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%

Backend Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Backend Developer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Backend Developer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in the UK

Backend Developer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Backend Developer jobs over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Backend Developer in the UK

Backend Developer Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Backend Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -73 185 £70,000 +3.70% 65
UK excluding London -95 102 £67,500 +22.73% 34
London -16 89 £75,000 -6.25% 31
Work from Home -52 51 £85,000 +41.67% 35
North of England -70 42 £65,000 +8.33% 12
South East -30 39 £70,000 +40.00% 3
North West -43 21 £60,000 - 8
Midlands -47 11 £80,000 +52.38% 5
North East -59 11 £80,000 +45.45%
Yorkshire -28 10 £65,000 +85.71% 4
West Midlands -36 10 £80,000 - 3
Scotland - 7 - - 2
South West -86 4 £50,000 -20.00% 2
East of England -40 1 £92,500 +68.18% 8
East Midlands -45 1 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Wales -73 1 - -

Backend Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, Backend Developer job ads cited 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 Backend Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microservices30.9%64
2Java28.5%59
3Docker24.2%50
4Kubernetes22.2%46
5Agile21.7%45
5CI/CD21.7%45
7AWS21.3%44
8SQL20.3%42
9Azure17.4%36
9Git17.4%36
11Mentoring16.9%35
12C#16.4%34
12Python16.4%34
14Node.js15.9%33
15Event-Driven15.5%32
16.NET14.5%30
17Problem-Solving13.5%28
18Code Quality13.0%27
18TypeScript13.0%27
20DevOps12.6%26
20Go12.6%26
22Kafka11.6%24
23AI11.1%23
24GCP10.6%22
24REST10.6%22
24Test Automation10.6%22
27Event-Driven Architecture10.1%21
27RESTful10.1%21
29Containerisation9.7%20
30Clean Code9.2%19

Backend Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Backend Developer35.7%74
2Java Developer13.0%27
3.NET Developer6.8%14
3Node.js Developer6.8%14
5Python Developer5.8%12
6Systems Developer4.8%10
7Software Developer4.3%9
8Principal Developer2.9%6
8Senior .NET Developer2.9%6
10Games Developer2.4%5
10Lead Developer2.4%5
12C# Developer1.9%4
12Senior Python Developer1.9%4
14Full-Stack Java Developer1.4%3
14Video On Demand Developer1.4%3
16Automation Developer1.0%2
16Cloud Developer1.0%2
16Junior Backend Developer1.0%2
16Real Time Developer1.0%2
16SaaS Developer1.0%2
77 Backend Developer jobs Nationwide