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The median annual salary for a Software Developer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 23 September 2019. 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
23 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
85 |
85 |
99 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
+14 |
+14 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer |
4,788 |
5,983 |
5,674 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
3.42% |
3.62% |
3.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
3.57% |
3.77% |
3.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,948 |
5,252 |
5,092 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+12.50% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
£26,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£67,500 |
£68,750 |
£62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
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 |
134,078 |
158,754 |
168,682 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.77% |
96.03% |
96.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
106,768 |
127,893 |
135,219 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£78,750 |
| 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 23 September 2019.
Software Developer
Top 18 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 23 September 2019.
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 |
-9 |
4,240 |
£45,000 |
- |
948 |
| UK excluding London |
-6 |
3,638 |
£42,500 |
- |
791 |
| South East |
+4 |
1,356 |
£45,000 |
- |
151 |
| London |
-6 |
1,002 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
242 |
| North of England |
+5 |
754 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
196 |
| South West |
-23 |
458 |
£42,500 |
+10.39% |
118 |
| Midlands |
-11 |
408 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
134 |
| North West |
+7 |
393 |
£42,500 |
- |
106 |
| Yorkshire |
-14 |
307 |
£41,000 |
+2.50% |
66 |
| East of England |
-25 |
258 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
107 |
| Scotland |
+11 |
247 |
£40,000 |
-6.98% |
42 |
| West Midlands |
-19 |
229 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
72 |
| East Midlands |
+2 |
177 |
£40,000 |
- |
62 |
| Wales |
+19 |
98 |
£35,000 |
-6.67% |
30 |
| Northern Ireland |
-4 |
60 |
£35,000 |
+2.94% |
13 |
| North East |
+7 |
55 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
24 |
| Isle of Man |
+5 |
3 |
- |
- |
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| Channel Islands |
+8 |
2 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
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Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 23 September 2019, 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 |
3,309 (69.11%) |
C# |
| 2 |
2,929 (61.17%) |
.NET |
| 3 |
2,362 (49.33%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
2,238 (46.74%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 5 |
1,909 (39.87%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
1,564 (32.66%) |
ASP.NET |
| 7 |
1,537 (32.10%) |
MVC |
| 8 |
1,457 (30.43%) |
HTML |
| 8 |
1,457 (30.43%) |
SQL Server |
| 9 |
1,315 (27.46%) |
CSS |
| 10 |
1,117 (23.33%) |
Java |
| 11 |
1,096 (22.89%) |
AngularJS |
| 12 |
1,002 (20.93%) |
Software Engineering |
| 13 |
949 (19.82%) |
Degree |
| 14 |
876 (18.30%) |
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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