ServiceNow Developer Job Trends

ServiceNow Developer
UK

The median ServiceNow Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 626 678
Rank change year-on-year +4 +52 +291
Permanent jobs requiring a ServiceNow Developer 48 125 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.18% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.19% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 43 79 43
10th Percentile - £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £76,875 £75,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £87,250 £82,500 £80,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -19.23%

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 47,393 64,241 50,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 94.75% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 29,512 36,137 39,329
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,468 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.93% -3.81% -

ServiceNow Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'ServiceNow Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ServiceNow Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

ServiceNow Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for ServiceNow Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for ServiceNow Developer job vacancies in the UK

ServiceNow Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow Developer over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for ServiceNow Developer in the UK

ServiceNow 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 ServiceNow Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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 +18 45 £65,000 -7.14% 9
Work from Home +71 36 £65,000 -7.14% 5
UK excluding London +39 24 £65,000 - 8
London +29 18 £75,000 - 3
East of England +28 10 £55,000 -21.43% 1
North of England +6 10 £65,000 - 4
North West +19 5 £65,000 -3.70% 4
West Midlands +53 4 £65,000 -7.14%
Midlands +45 4 £65,000 +25.00% 1
Yorkshire +4 3 £65,000 +5.88%
North East +11 2 £65,000 -7.14%

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

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, ServiceNow 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 ServiceNow Developer in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 29 (60.42%) ITSM
3 26 (54.17%) JavaScript
4 18 (37.50%) ITIL
5 15 (31.25%) Agile
6 14 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (27.08%) CSS
7 13 (27.08%) HTML
8 12 (25.00%) XML
9 11 (22.92%) REST
9 11 (22.92%) SOAP
10 10 (20.83%) JSON
11 9 (18.75%) Problem Management
11 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (18.75%) Scrum
12 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
12 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
12 7 (14.58%) SDLC
13 6 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
13 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
13 6 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
13 6 (12.50%) Workflow
14 5 (10.42%) Backlog Refinement
14 5 (10.42%) Decision-Making
14 5 (10.42%) DevOps
14 5 (10.42%) Identity Management
14 5 (10.42%) Kanban
14 5 (10.42%) Line Management
14 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
14 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared

ServiceNow 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) Azure
1 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.08%) IaaS
2 1 (2.08%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Law
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Advertising
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.08%) CSS
1 13 (27.08%) HTML
2 12 (25.00%) XML
3 11 (22.92%) REST
3 11 (22.92%) SOAP
4 10 (20.83%) JSON
5 2 (4.17%) LDAP
5 2 (4.17%) Web Services
6 1 (2.08%) Ajax
6 1 (2.08%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.08%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) CMDB
2 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (60.42%) ITSM
2 18 (37.50%) ITIL
3 15 (31.25%) Agile
4 14 (29.17%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (18.75%) Problem Management
5 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.75%) Scrum
6 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
6 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
6 7 (14.58%) SDLC
7 6 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
7 6 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (12.50%) Workflow
8 5 (10.42%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.42%) DevOps
8 5 (10.42%) Identity Management
8 5 (10.42%) Kanban
8 5 (10.42%) Line Management
8 5 (10.42%) Service Management
8 5 (10.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (54.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (2.08%) Java
3 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (2.08%) GRC
2 1 (2.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.08%) Skytap
2 1 (2.08%) Snow