Software Developer Jobs

Software Developer
UK

The median Software Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 122 179
Rank change year-on-year -88 +57 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 887 2,341 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 2.13% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 2.25% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 323 2,061 1,546
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -1.96% +2.00%

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 50,341 104,123 84,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 94.77% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 26,498 73,470 54,978
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,850 £38,603 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the UK

Software Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the UK

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the UK

Software Developer
Top 17 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 13 June 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 -74 836 £62,500 +19.05% 523
UK excluding London -74 739 £56,000 +12.00% 478
North of England +24 432 £47,500 -4.04% 115
North West +59 399 £47,500 -5.00% 73
Work from Home -150 238 £60,000 +14.29% 358
London -37 125 £110,000 +29.41% 101
South East -94 115 £60,000 - 155
Midlands -90 58 £60,000 +33.33% 64
South West -49 51 £60,000 +20.00% 67
East of England -56 45 £53,000 +6.00% 43
West Midlands -63 42 £60,000 +26.32% 32
Scotland +10 30 £51,250 -2.38% 26
Yorkshire -52 26 £56,750 +19.47% 28
East Midlands -32 16 £65,000 +51.16% 30
North East +6 7 £47,500 -2.56% 14
Wales +6 5 £50,000 +42.86% 15
Northern Ireland -12 3 £45,000 -10.00% 5

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 620 (69.90%) Agile
2 549 (61.89%) Java
3 543 (61.22%) Python
4 507 (57.16%) C++
5 483 (54.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 481 (54.23%) Finance
7 478 (53.89%) Docker
8 475 (53.55%) Linux
9 471 (53.10%) Mathematics
9 471 (53.10%) Analytical Skills
10 467 (52.65%) Design Patterns
11 466 (52.54%) Security Cleared
12 459 (51.75%) OOP
13 458 (51.63%) Line Management
14 456 (51.41%) Android
14 456 (51.41%) DV Cleared
15 455 (51.30%) OO
16 454 (51.18%) Android Development
17 451 (50.85%) Go
18 446 (50.28%) Ansible
18 446 (50.28%) Cyberattack
19 397 (44.76%) VPN
19 397 (44.76%) DNS
20 200 (22.55%) .NET
21 187 (21.08%) C#
22 179 (20.18%) Software Engineering
23 171 (19.28%) AWS
24 160 (18.04%) JavaScript
25 157 (17.70%) Azure
26 154 (17.36%) SQL

Software Developer 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 33 (3.72%) Apache
2 32 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.56%) CMS
4 4 (0.45%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.34%) OpenEdge
6 2 (0.23%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) DNN
7 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.11%) Kentico
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Revit
2 6 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.23%) Trello
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Magento
1 8 (0.90%) Shopify
2 7 (0.79%) Infor CloudSuite
2 7 (0.79%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 5 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.34%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 171 (19.28%) AWS
2 157 (17.70%) Azure
3 49 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
3 49 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 35 (3.95%) Serverless
5 32 (3.61%) dbt
5 32 (3.61%) Snowflake
6 27 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (2.93%) Power Platform
8 25 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (2.25%) SaaS
10 19 (2.14%) GitHub
11 9 (1.01%) GCP
12 8 (0.90%) BigCommerce
13 7 (0.79%) Power Automate
14 6 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.68%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 397 (44.76%) DNS
1 397 (44.76%) VPN
2 6 (0.68%) Network Security
3 5 (0.56%) BGP
3 5 (0.56%) IPsec
3 5 (0.56%) MPLS
3 5 (0.56%) OSPF
4 4 (0.45%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.45%) 5G
5 3 (0.34%) Internet
5 3 (0.34%) Multicast
6 2 (0.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 57 (6.43%) Elasticsearch
3 36 (4.06%) Amazon Athena
4 32 (3.61%) Apache Arrow
4 32 (3.61%) Apache Iceberg
4 32 (3.61%) Dremio
5 22 (2.48%) NoSQL
6 20 (2.25%) DynamoDB
6 20 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.92%) Power BI
8 16 (1.80%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 15 (1.69%) MySQL
10 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.68%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.56%) Apache Hive
12 5 (0.56%) Big Data
12 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.56%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.56%) HBase
Development Applications
1 39 (4.40%) Git
2 15 (1.69%) JIRA
3 14 (1.58%) MagicDraw
4 13 (1.47%) Maven
5 11 (1.24%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.01%) Gradle
7 7 (0.79%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.79%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (0.68%) Selenium
8 6 (0.68%) Subversion
9 4 (0.45%) Postman
9 4 (0.45%) Vite
10 3 (0.34%) GitLab
10 3 (0.34%) Spinnaker
10 3 (0.34%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.23%) GDB
11 2 (0.23%) NUnit
General
1 483 (54.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 481 (54.23%) Finance
3 471 (53.10%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (9.58%) Social Skills
5 67 (7.55%) Banking
6 48 (5.41%) Law
7 37 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 36 (4.06%) Front Office
9 19 (2.14%) Retail
9 19 (2.14%) Tech for Good
10 14 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.47%) Marketing
12 10 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.01%) Health Technology
13 9 (1.01%) Legal
13 9 (1.01%) Publishing
14 8 (0.90%) Electronics
15 7 (0.79%) Social Housing
16 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (22.55%) .NET
2 96 (10.82%) Node.js
3 89 (10.03%) React
4 62 (6.99%) HTML
5 60 (6.76%) ASP.NET
6 51 (5.75%) .NET Framework
7 50 (5.64%) .NET Core
7 50 (5.64%) Pandas
8 43 (4.85%) CSS
9 39 (4.40%) AngularJS
10 33 (3.72%) PySpark
11 29 (3.27%) Spring
12 27 (3.04%) Entity Framework
13 26 (2.93%) REST
14 24 (2.71%) RESTful
15 19 (2.14%) XML
16 18 (2.03%) Spring Boot
16 18 (2.03%) Web Services
17 17 (1.92%) HTML5
18 16 (1.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 446 (50.28%) Cyberattack
2 41 (4.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 40 (4.51%) Derivative
4 36 (4.06%) Equities
5 35 (3.95%) Fixed Income
5 35 (3.95%) Hedge funds
6 33 (3.72%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.82%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.25%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.01%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.90%) EPoS
12 8 (0.90%) IoT
13 7 (0.79%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.68%) Smart Home
15 5 (0.56%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 475 (53.55%) Linux
2 456 (51.41%) Android
3 18 (2.03%) Windows
4 15 (1.69%) Unix
5 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) Debian
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (69.90%) Agile
2 471 (53.10%) Mathematics
3 467 (52.65%) Design Patterns
4 459 (51.75%) OOP
5 458 (51.63%) Line Management
6 455 (51.30%) OO
7 454 (51.18%) Android Development
8 179 (20.18%) Software Engineering
9 119 (13.42%) CI/CD
10 104 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
11 77 (8.68%) Computer Science
12 73 (8.23%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (7.78%) Kanban
13 69 (7.78%) SDLC
14 67 (7.55%) Secure Coding
15 66 (7.44%) Test Automation
16 65 (7.33%) Collaborative Working
17 62 (6.99%) Containerisation
18 60 (6.76%) TDD
19 56 (6.31%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 549 (61.89%) Java
2 543 (61.22%) Python
3 507 (57.16%) C++
4 451 (50.85%) Go
5 187 (21.08%) C#
6 160 (18.04%) JavaScript
7 154 (17.36%) SQL
8 96 (10.82%) TypeScript
9 59 (6.65%) Rust
10 19 (2.14%) C
11 13 (1.47%) PHP
12 11 (1.24%) Delphi
12 11 (1.24%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.79%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.56%) Ruby
14 5 (0.56%) XAML
15 4 (0.45%) Bicep
15 4 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 466 (52.54%) Security Cleared
2 456 (51.41%) DV Cleared
3 92 (10.37%) Degree
4 43 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.24%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.79%) PhD
8 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.11%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.17%) QA
2 5 (0.56%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.45%) NCSC
4 3 (0.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.11%) HL7
System Software
1 478 (53.89%) Docker
2 5 (0.56%) HDFS
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 446 (50.28%) Ansible
2 78 (8.79%) Kubernetes
3 58 (6.54%) Terraform
4 7 (0.79%) Argo
5 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 53 (5.98%) Microsoft
2 18 (2.03%) Oracle
3 7 (0.79%) Databricks
3 7 (0.79%) Infor
4 6 (0.68%) PayPal
5 5 (0.56%) Cloudera
5 5 (0.56%) Google
6 4 (0.45%) New Relic
7 3 (0.34%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.23%) Mercator
8 2 (0.23%) SAP
9 1 (0.11%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.11%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco
9 1 (0.11%) Curam
9 1 (0.11%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.11%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.11%) Progress
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore