fastlane Job Trends

fastlane
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring fastlane skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 711 712
Rank change year-on-year - +1 +261
Permanent jobs citing fastlane 0 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - 0.004% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.036% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - - £58,000
25th Percentile - £88,705 £61,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £98,562 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +51.63% -19.05%
75th Percentile - £108,418 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.75%

All Development Application Skills
UK

fastlane falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,628 5,578 6,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.15% 10.25% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,385 3,224 5,148
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% +4.55%

fastlane
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing fastlane relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

fastlane job vacancy trend in the UK

fastlane
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing fastlane.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing fastlane