Programmer Jobs

Programmer
UK

The median Programmer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 500 849
Rank change year-on-year -112 +349 -395
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 122 332 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.43% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.45% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 54 208 97
10th Percentile £32,900 £24,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -39.58% +9.09%
75th Percentile £49,140 £45,000 £71,652
90th Percentile £55,000 £59,125 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -34.09% +42.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 54,926 73,148 103,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 94.96% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,346 55,204 65,516
10th Percentile £34,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the UK

Programmer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programmer.

Salary trend for Programmer in the UK

Programmer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the UK

Programmer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 2025. 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 -119 115 £40,000 +6.67% 64
UK excluding London -96 92 £40,000 +10.34% 56
London +30 30 £40,000 +14.29% 21
Midlands +2 30 £38,000 +4.83% 13
Work from Home +8 23 £52,500 +31.25% 39
South East -68 22 £55,000 +57.14% 8
North of England +5 20 £44,250 +10.63% 18
East Midlands +26 15 £35,000 -22.22% 5
West Midlands -3 15 £40,000 +29.03% 8
North West -6 12 £35,000 -12.50% 12
South West +48 9 £32,500 -6.75% 3
Yorkshire +19 7 £50,000 - 5
Scotland +52 6 £28,000 -20.00% 5
East of England -25 4 £49,500 +10.00% 3
Northern Ireland +19 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £55,000 - 1

Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 February 2025, Programmer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 26 (21.31%) Pharmaceutical
2 26 (21.31%) Manufacturing
3 22 (18.03%) Data Analysis
3 22 (18.03%) Data Science
4 16 (13.11%) Life Science
5 13 (10.66%) Mathematics
5 13 (10.66%) Data Management
5 13 (10.66%) Biostatistics
5 13 (10.66%) Biotechnology
5 13 (10.66%) Validation
5 13 (10.66%) Change Management
5 13 (10.66%) Aerospace
5 13 (10.66%) Microsoft
5 13 (10.66%) Biometrics
5 13 (10.66%) SAS
5 13 (10.66%) Good Clinical Practice
5 13 (10.66%) Impact Assessments
5 13 (10.66%) DataOps
5 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
5 13 (10.66%) Veeva
5 13 (10.66%) R
6 12 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.84%) Machine Learning
7 11 (9.02%) Law
8 10 (8.20%) CAD
8 10 (8.20%) Python
8 10 (8.20%) SAP
9 9 (7.38%) Data Mining
9 9 (7.38%) ETL

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (10.66%) SAS
2 4 (3.28%) CMS
2 4 (3.28%) Drupal
3 1 (0.82%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Shopify
2 1 (0.82%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.66%) Veeva
2 4 (3.28%) Google Analytics
2 4 (3.28%) Google Tag Manager
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.46%) AWS
4 2 (1.64%) Azure
4 2 (1.64%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.82%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.64%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.64%) Profibus
2 1 (0.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) Data Mining
2 5 (4.10%) DB2
3 4 (3.28%) UniData
4 1 (0.82%) MySQL
4 1 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Git
2 3 (2.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (21.31%) Manufacturing
1 26 (21.31%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (10.66%) Aerospace
3 11 (9.02%) Law
4 8 (6.56%) Social Skills
5 6 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Games
6 4 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Marketing
7 3 (2.46%) Aviation
8 1 (0.82%) Automotive
8 1 (0.82%) Finance
8 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.82%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.56%) HTML
2 5 (4.10%) CSS
2 5 (4.10%) React
3 4 (3.28%) HTML5
3 4 (3.28%) jQuery
3 4 (3.28%) Unreal Engine
3 4 (3.28%) Vue
3 4 (3.28%) Web Services
4 3 (2.46%) DirectX
4 3 (2.46%) Node.js
4 3 (2.46%) OpenGL
4 3 (2.46%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 3 (2.46%) Vulkan
5 1 (0.82%) .NET
5 1 (0.82%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.11%) Life Science
2 4 (3.28%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (3.28%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.46%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.46%) SCADA
4 2 (1.64%) iSeries
4 2 (1.64%) Robotics
5 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.82%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.82%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.82%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.82%) Home Automation
5 1 (0.82%) iPad
5 1 (0.82%) Smart Home
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.74%) Windows
1 7 (5.74%) Windows Server
2 5 (4.10%) Unix
3 4 (3.28%) AIX
3 4 (3.28%) Linux
3 4 (3.28%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.03%) Data Analysis
1 22 (18.03%) Data Science
2 13 (10.66%) Biometrics
2 13 (10.66%) Biostatistics
2 13 (10.66%) Biotechnology
2 13 (10.66%) Change Management
2 13 (10.66%) Data Management
2 13 (10.66%) DataOps
2 13 (10.66%) Impact Assessments
2 13 (10.66%) Mathematics
2 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
2 13 (10.66%) Validation
3 12 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (9.84%) Machine Learning
4 10 (8.20%) CAD
5 9 (7.38%) ETL
5 9 (7.38%) Statistical Modelling
5 9 (7.38%) Statistics
6 6 (4.92%) ERP
7 5 (4.10%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.66%) R
2 10 (8.20%) Python
3 8 (6.56%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.74%) SQL
5 6 (4.92%) C++
5 6 (4.92%) RPG
5 6 (4.92%) RPG IV
6 5 (4.10%) PHP
7 3 (2.46%) C#
8 1 (0.82%) Java
8 1 (0.82%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 9 (7.38%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.28%) PhD
4 1 (0.82%) HNC
4 1 (0.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) Good Clinical Practice
2 9 (7.38%) CDISC
2 9 (7.38%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.74%) QA
4 4 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.46%) GDPR
5 3 (2.46%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Varnish
Vendors
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) SAP
3 5 (4.10%) Google
4 3 (2.46%) IBM
5 2 (1.64%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (1.64%) QAD
5 2 (1.64%) Siemens
6 1 (0.82%) Infor
6 1 (0.82%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle