Digital Developer Jobs

Digital Developer
UK

The median Digital Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 717 834 824
Rank change year-on-year +117 -10 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 23 80 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.075% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.079% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 18 76 52
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £80,000 £73,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 53,510 101,343 81,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.83% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29,131 71,360 54,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,740 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.95%

Digital Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Developer.

Salary trend for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Developer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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
UK excluding London +116 22 £55,000 +10.00% 42
England +95 18 £55,000 +10.00% 34
Work from Home +93 8 £50,000 -9.09% 32
Midlands +81 7 £55,000 +57.14% 3
South West +97 6 £70,000 -6.67% 4
West Midlands +58 5 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Wales +42 5 £55,000 +22.22% 14
North of England +20 3 - - 10
North West -2 3 - - 7
East Midlands +41 2 £40,000 +11.11% 2
London +98 1 £55,000 -20.86% 12
South East +48 1 £45,000 -40.00% 2

Digital Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Digital 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 featuring Digital Developer in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 10 (43.48%) CSS
2 10 (43.48%) React
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (39.13%) HTML
3 9 (39.13%) CMS
3 9 (39.13%) Marketing
4 8 (34.78%) Analytics
5 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (30.43%) Finance
5 7 (30.43%) SEO
6 6 (26.09%) AngularJS
6 6 (26.09%) Front End Development
7 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
7 5 (21.74%) DevOps
7 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
7 5 (21.74%) Social Media
7 5 (21.74%) Headless CMS
7 5 (21.74%) Agile
7 5 (21.74%) Content Management
8 4 (17.39%) Web Development
8 4 (17.39%) WordPress
8 4 (17.39%) UX Design
8 4 (17.39%) ITIL
8 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (17.39%) Node.js
8 4 (17.39%) User Experience
8 4 (17.39%) Guidewire
8 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity

Digital Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (39.13%) CMS
2 5 (21.74%) Headless CMS
3 4 (17.39%) WordPress
4 1 (4.35%) Moodle
4 1 (4.35%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Google Analytics
1 3 (13.04%) MailChimp
2 2 (8.70%) Figma
2 2 (8.70%) GitHub
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
3 1 (4.35%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 9 (39.13%) Marketing
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.04%) Advertising
5 3 (13.04%) Automotive
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) CSS
1 10 (43.48%) React
2 9 (39.13%) HTML
3 6 (26.09%) AngularJS
4 4 (17.39%) Node.js
5 1 (4.35%) .NET
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.35%) AWS CDK
5 1 (4.35%) Blazor
5 1 (4.35%) Bootstrap
5 1 (4.35%) Django
5 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (4.35%) JSON
5 1 (4.35%) Next.js
5 1 (4.35%) SOAP
5 1 (4.35%) Svelte
5 1 (4.35%) Vue
5 1 (4.35%) WebAssembly
5 1 (4.35%) XML
5 1 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Social Media
2 3 (13.04%) Blog
2 3 (13.04%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.35%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Analytics
3 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (30.43%) SEO
4 6 (26.09%) Front End Development
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Content Management
5 5 (21.74%) DevOps
5 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
6 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (17.39%) ITIL
6 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (17.39%) User Experience
6 4 (17.39%) UX Design
6 4 (17.39%) Web Development
7 3 (13.04%) Copywriting
7 3 (13.04%) Data Science
7 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 2 (8.70%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 3 (13.04%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Guidewire
2 3 (13.04%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft