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The median annual salary for a Software Developer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 16 February 2020. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Software Developer UK |
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6 months to
16 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
84 |
85 |
91 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+1 |
+6 |
+13 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer |
4,346 |
5,322 |
6,034 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
3.55% |
3.53% |
3.43% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
3.72% |
3.69% |
3.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,553 |
4,549 |
5,368 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£27,500 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£67,500 |
£65,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£43,000 |
£41,000 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.88% |
+2.50% |
- |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
116,944 |
144,401 |
169,611 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.52% |
95.90% |
96.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
93,656 |
115,495 |
138,924 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Developer
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer.
Software Developer
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Developer over the 6 months to 16 February 2020.
Software Developer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 February 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+7 |
3,844 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
1,073 |
| UK excluding London |
+3 |
3,401 |
£43,000 |
+4.88% |
981 |
| South East |
-2 |
1,239 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
242 |
| London |
+19 |
833 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
203 |
| North of England |
+24 |
639 |
£42,500 |
- |
256 |
| South West |
+6 |
501 |
£40,000 |
+3.90% |
132 |
| Midlands |
+12 |
383 |
£40,000 |
- |
148 |
| North West |
+26 |
339 |
£44,000 |
-2.22% |
152 |
| Yorkshire |
+14 |
264 |
£40,000 |
- |
85 |
| East of England |
-16 |
246 |
£45,000 |
- |
91 |
| Scotland |
-4 |
226 |
£45,000 |
- |
65 |
| West Midlands |
-4 |
202 |
£40,000 |
+5.26% |
85 |
| East Midlands |
+29 |
176 |
£40,000 |
- |
63 |
| Wales |
+15 |
118 |
£42,178 |
+24.05% |
31 |
| Northern Ireland |
-13 |
51 |
£37,500 |
- |
16 |
| North East |
-15 |
37 |
£37,500 |
-21.05% |
19 |
Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 16 February 2020, Software Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Developer in the job title.
| 1 |
2,974 (68.43%) |
C# |
| 2 |
2,640 (60.75%) |
.NET |
| 3 |
2,085 (47.98%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
1,940 (44.64%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 5 |
1,620 (37.28%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
1,296 (29.82%) |
SQL Server |
| 7 |
1,295 (29.80%) |
ASP.NET |
| 8 |
1,255 (28.88%) |
HTML |
| 9 |
1,179 (27.13%) |
MVC |
| 10 |
1,157 (26.62%) |
AngularJS |
| 11 |
1,132 (26.05%) |
CSS |
| 12 |
992 (22.83%) |
Java |
| 13 |
937 (21.56%) |
Azure |
| 14 |
900 (20.71%) |
Software Engineering |
| 15 |
838 (19.28%) |
Microsoft |
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Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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