Digital Developer Job Trends

Digital Developer
UK

The median Digital Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 687 690
Rank change year-on-year +77 +3 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 32 16 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.029% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.032% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 26
10th Percentile - £40,619 £40,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,619 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,567 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -24.23% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £51,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,625 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,134 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.06% -23.39% -2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,122 50,451 51,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.94% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,399 26,377 39,403
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Digital Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Digital Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Digital Developer job vacancies in the UK

Digital Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Developer over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +94 21 £40,000 -5.06% 3
UK excluding London +63 21 £40,000 -5.06% 3
Work from Home +70 18 £42,500 -29.17% 2
Midlands - 7 £40,000 -
South East - 7 - - 1
East Midlands - 6 £40,000 -
North of England +11 4 £50,500 +19.86% 1
London +52 3 £75,000 +20.00%
Wales +9 3 £75,000 +66.67%
North West +18 2 £50,500 +19.86% 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 January 2026, Digital 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 featuring Digital Developer in the job title.

1 15 (46.88%) Accessibility
2 14 (43.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (43.75%) HTML
3 12 (37.50%) CSS
3 12 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 11 (34.38%) Agile
4 11 (34.38%) Front End Development
5 9 (28.13%) API Development
5 9 (28.13%) Azure
5 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
5 9 (28.13%) Python
5 9 (28.13%) SQL
6 8 (25.00%) CMS
6 8 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 8 (25.00%) Degree
6 8 (25.00%) Node.js
7 7 (21.88%) AI
7 7 (21.88%) Analytics
7 7 (21.88%) SEO
8 6 (18.75%) .NET
8 6 (18.75%) A/B Testing
8 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
8 6 (18.75%) Content Management
8 6 (18.75%) CRM
8 6 (18.75%) Customer Acquisition
8 6 (18.75%) Data Science
8 6 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
8 6 (18.75%) Digital Analytics

Digital Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (25.00%) CMS
2 3 (9.38%) Confluence
3 2 (6.25%) Drupal
3 2 (6.25%) EPiServer
3 2 (6.25%) Umbraco
3 2 (6.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.63%) Chatbot
3 4 (12.50%) Photoshop
4 3 (9.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (6.25%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
1 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
2 6 (18.75%) Kontent
3 3 (9.38%) Azure App Service
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Functions
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (9.38%) GitHub
3 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
3 3 (9.38%) PowerApps
3 3 (9.38%) Serverless
4 2 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (6.25%) Figma
4 2 (6.25%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Power BI
1 6 (18.75%) Tableau
2 3 (9.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (6.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 3 (9.38%) JMeter
2 3 (9.38%) Postman
2 3 (9.38%) Selenium
2 3 (9.38%) Visual Studio
2 3 (9.38%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (6.25%) Grunt
3 2 (6.25%) gulp
3 2 (6.25%) webpack
General
1 8 (25.00%) Marketing
2 7 (21.88%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.38%) Retail
5 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
5 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (43.75%) HTML
2 12 (37.50%) CSS
3 8 (25.00%) Node.js
4 6 (18.75%) .NET
4 6 (18.75%) React
5 5 (15.63%) RESTful
5 5 (15.63%) Vue
6 3 (9.38%) .NET Core
6 3 (9.38%) AngularJS
6 3 (9.38%) GraphQL
6 3 (9.38%) Nuxt
6 3 (9.38%) OpenAPI
6 3 (9.38%) Swagger
7 2 (6.25%) Bootstrap
7 2 (6.25%) CSS3
7 2 (6.25%) HTML5
7 2 (6.25%) Redux
7 2 (6.25%) Sass
8 1 (3.13%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Low-Code
1 6 (18.75%) Mobile App
2 4 (12.50%) e-Learning
2 4 (12.50%) Graphic Design
3 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 3 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (9.38%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (34.38%) Agile
2 11 (34.38%) Front End Development
3 9 (28.13%) API Development
4 8 (25.00%) Customer Experience
5 7 (21.88%) AI
5 7 (21.88%) Analytics
5 7 (21.88%) SEO
6 6 (18.75%) A/B Testing
6 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Content Management
6 6 (18.75%) CRM
6 6 (18.75%) Customer Acquisition
6 6 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (18.75%) Digital Analytics
6 6 (18.75%) Economics
6 6 (18.75%) Lead Generation
6 6 (18.75%) Statistical Analysis
6 6 (18.75%) Statistics
6 6 (18.75%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 9 (28.13%) Python
2 9 (28.13%) SQL
3 6 (18.75%) TypeScript
4 3 (9.38%) C#
5 1 (3.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) Accessibility
2 6 (18.75%) QA
3 3 (9.38%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.38%) Adobe
2 3 (9.38%) Dynatrace
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft