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 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 608 789
Rank change year-on-year -58 +181 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 32 19 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.046% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.052% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 73
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,619 £33,837
25th Percentile - £40,620 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -4.35%

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 74,250 36,762 86,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 89.83% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 47,841 23,292 64,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 4 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Top 10 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 4 April 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 -47 21 £45,000 - 8
UK excluding London -76 17 £45,000 - 9
South East -21 12 £45,000 - 2
Work from Home +14 10 £45,000 - 6
London -9 4 £100,000 +81.82% 3
Midlands -43 3 £40,000 -
North West -33 2 £50,500 +19.86%
North of England -69 2 £50,500 +19.86% 3
East Midlands - 2 £40,000 -
West Midlands -15 1 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 April 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 11 (34.38%) Accessibility
2 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 10 (31.25%) CI/CD
2 10 (31.25%) HTML
3 9 (28.13%) Front End Development
4 8 (25.00%) AI
4 8 (25.00%) CSS
5 7 (21.88%) Agile
5 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
6 6 (18.75%) API Development
6 6 (18.75%) CMS
6 6 (18.75%) Content Management
6 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.75%) Kontent
7 5 (15.63%) Chatbot
7 5 (15.63%) Conversational UI
7 5 (15.63%) Python
7 5 (15.63%) SEO
7 5 (15.63%) Workflow
8 4 (12.50%) Adobe
8 4 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (12.50%) Analytics
8 4 (12.50%) AWS
8 4 (12.50%) Content Development
8 4 (12.50%) Degree
8 4 (12.50%) DevOps
8 4 (12.50%) Digital Banking
8 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (12.50%) Product Management

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 6 (18.75%) CMS
2 2 (6.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Chatbot
2 4 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (6.25%) Elementor
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.25%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Kontent
3 4 (12.50%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
1 2 (6.25%) Tableau
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
General
1 4 (12.50%) Banking
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
1 4 (12.50%) Marketing
1 4 (12.50%) Retail Banking
2 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
3 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) HTML
2 8 (25.00%) CSS
3 3 (9.38%) .NET
3 3 (9.38%) AngularJS
3 3 (9.38%) Node.js
3 3 (9.38%) React
4 2 (6.25%) Bootstrap
4 2 (6.25%) Vue
5 1 (3.13%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Low-Code
2 5 (15.63%) e-Learning
3 3 (9.38%) Learning Management System
3 3 (9.38%) Mobile App
4 2 (6.25%) Graphic Design
5 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) CI/CD
2 9 (28.13%) Front End Development
3 8 (25.00%) AI
4 7 (21.88%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) API Development
5 6 (18.75%) Content Management
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Conversational UI
6 5 (15.63%) SEO
6 5 (15.63%) Workflow
7 4 (12.50%) Analytics
7 4 (12.50%) Content Development
7 4 (12.50%) DevOps
7 4 (12.50%) Digital Banking
7 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (12.50%) Product Management
7 4 (12.50%) Web Development
8 3 (9.38%) Data Privacy
8 3 (9.38%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.63%) Python
3 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.25%) PHP
4 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.38%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Adobe
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce