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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 644 781
Rank change year-on-year -34 +137 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 30 20 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.046% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.051% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 17 13 84
10th Percentile £42,088 £40,619 £32,859
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 £73,171 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% -

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 84,240 38,844 90,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.44% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,564 23,127 66,916
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Developer in the UK

Digital Developer
Top 11 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 8 May 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 -43 22 £45,000 - 3
UK excluding London -70 16 £45,000 - 6
South East -25 9 £45,000 -
Work from Home +16 7 £40,000 -11.11% 4
London -7 4 £100,000 +81.82%
North West -25 4 £61,624 +46.26%
North of England -57 4 £61,624 +46.26%
West Midlands -24 1 £40,000 -
Midlands -25 1 £40,000 -
South West -57 1 £35,000 -50.00%
East of England - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 (36.67%) Front End Development
2 10 (33.33%) AI
3 9 (30.00%) Accessibility
3 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (23.33%) Azure
4 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (23.33%) CSS
4 7 (23.33%) HTML
5 6 (20.00%) Agile
5 6 (20.00%) AWS
5 6 (20.00%) DevOps
5 6 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (16.67%) Node.js
6 5 (16.67%) SEO
6 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
7 4 (13.33%) Analytics
7 4 (13.33%) Digital Banking
7 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (13.33%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (13.33%) Product Management
7 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
7 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 3 (10.00%) .NET
8 3 (10.00%) Adobe
8 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
8 3 (10.00%) API Development
8 3 (10.00%) CMS
8 3 (10.00%) Content Management
8 3 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
8 3 (10.00%) Kontent

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 3 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (3.33%) Moodle
2 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (6.67%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) Kontent
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon EventBridge
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon S3
4 2 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (6.67%) AWS Step Functions
4 2 (6.67%) Serverless
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) Canva
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Data Hub
1 2 (6.67%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.33%) MySQL
General
1 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.33%) Banking
2 4 (13.33%) Retail Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Social Housing
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) CSS
1 7 (23.33%) HTML
2 5 (16.67%) Node.js
3 3 (10.00%) .NET
3 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (10.00%) React
4 2 (6.67%) AWS CDK
4 2 (6.67%) Vue
4 2 (6.67%) Web Services
5 1 (3.33%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Low-Code
2 3 (10.00%) e-Learning
3 2 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.33%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Front End Development
2 10 (33.33%) AI
3 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (20.00%) Agile
5 6 (20.00%) DevOps
6 5 (16.67%) SEO
7 4 (13.33%) Analytics
7 4 (13.33%) Digital Banking
7 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (13.33%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (13.33%) Product Management
7 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
7 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 3 (10.00%) API Development
8 3 (10.00%) Content Management
8 3 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
8 3 (10.00%) User Experience
9 2 (6.67%) Continuous Delivery
9 2 (6.67%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 3 (10.00%) Python
4 2 (6.67%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 2 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Adobe