Digital Developer Job Trends

Digital Developer
UK

The median Digital Developer salary in the UK is £44,790 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 744 648 753
Rank change year-on-year -96 +105 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Developer 48 27 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.055% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.061% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 44 23 33
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,790 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,701 £77,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +1.42%

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 108,200 44,314 74,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 89.66% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 74,226 26,055 44,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -100 43 £41,500 -24.55% 35
UK excluding London -123 36 £40,000 -27.27% 27
South East - 12 £40,000 - 6
Work from Home -48 11 £41,500 -24.55% 18
East Midlands -31 10 £45,000 +12.50%
Midlands -46 10 £45,000 +12.50% 3
East of England - 7 £35,000 - 6
London -69 5 £100,000 +33.33% 12
South West -74 4 £35,000 +6.54% 5
North of England -69 3 £67,249 - 3
North West - 3 £67,249 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 16 (33.33%) AI
2 12 (25.00%) WordPress
3 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
4 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (20.83%) Test Automation
4 10 (20.83%) User Experience
5 9 (18.75%) CSS
5 9 (18.75%) HTML
6 8 (16.67%) Accessibility
6 8 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 7 (14.58%) AWS
7 7 (14.58%) CMS
7 7 (14.58%) Content Management
7 7 (14.58%) Jadu
7 7 (14.58%) QA
8 6 (12.50%) Adobe
8 6 (12.50%) Azure
8 6 (12.50%) Code Quality
8 6 (12.50%) Content Development
8 6 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (12.50%) Moodle
8 6 (12.50%) TypeScript
9 5 (10.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 5 (10.42%) Agile
9 5 (10.42%) Coaching
9 5 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (10.42%) Continuous Delivery
9 5 (10.42%) DevOps
9 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
9 5 (10.42%) Prototyping

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 12 (25.00%) WordPress
2 7 (14.58%) CMS
2 7 (14.58%) Jadu
3 6 (12.50%) Moodle
4 2 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (4.17%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.17%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) AWS
2 6 (12.50%) Azure
3 5 (10.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (4.17%) Amazon EventBridge
4 2 (4.17%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.17%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.17%) AWS Step Functions
4 2 (4.17%) Serverless
4 2 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Canva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.17%) Data Hub
2 2 (4.17%) DynamoDB
2 2 (4.17%) GIS
3 1 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.08%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (18.75%) Marketing
2 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.50%) Multimedia
4 4 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Banking
5 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Publishing
5 2 (4.17%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Finance
6 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.75%) CSS
1 9 (18.75%) HTML
2 4 (8.33%) React
3 3 (6.25%) Next.js
4 2 (4.17%) AWS CDK
4 2 (4.17%) Node.js
4 2 (4.17%) React Native
4 2 (4.17%) Web Services
5 1 (2.08%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.08%) NumPy
5 1 (2.08%) Pandas
5 1 (2.08%) RESTful
5 1 (2.08%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Animation
1 5 (10.42%) e-Learning
1 5 (10.42%) Learning Management System
1 5 (10.42%) SCORM
2 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.17%) Digital Media
3 2 (4.17%) Graphic Design
3 2 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.08%) Derivative
4 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.08%) Equities
4 1 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Android
1 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) AI
2 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
3 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (20.83%) Test Automation
3 10 (20.83%) User Experience
4 8 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 7 (14.58%) Content Management
6 6 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 6 (12.50%) Content Development
6 6 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (10.42%) Agile
7 5 (10.42%) Coaching
7 5 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (10.42%) Continuous Delivery
7 5 (10.42%) DevOps
7 5 (10.42%) Prototyping
7 5 (10.42%) User Research
8 4 (8.33%) OO
8 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) TypeScript
2 5 (10.42%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.25%) SQL
4 2 (4.17%) Python
5 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) DBS Check
1 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 7 (14.58%) QA
3 5 (10.42%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) Adobe