System Developer
UK

The median System Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 901 1098
Rank change year-on-year +137 +197 -335
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 133 85 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.079% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.087% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 106 69 80
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,229
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +12.48% +4.27%
75th Percentile £54,688 £56,260 £60,188
90th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £76,634
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,057 £38,183
% change year-on-year -0.14% +4.91% -1.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 91,941 98,122 146,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.64% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 66,457 61,295 85,769
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,123 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Developer over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 2024. 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 +143 114 £45,000 +2.86% 18
UK excluding London +66 93 £40,000 -0.14% 14
Work from Home +126 52 £50,500 +3.59% 15
North of England +57 27 £51,000 +22.42% 2
South East +42 24 £40,000 -11.11%
London +160 21 £56,500 +5.34% 4
North West +27 20 £51,000 +10.27% 2
East of England +36 15 £44,000 +9.84% 4
Midlands +28 15 £40,000 +5.47% 5
East Midlands +2 12 £35,000 -7.72% 4
South West -3 10 £35,741 -28.52% 1
Yorkshire +102 7 £34,845 -4.53%
West Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 1
Scotland -65 1 £35,000 -20.00%
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 43 (32.33%) C#
2 40 (30.08%) .NET
3 35 (26.32%) DevOps
4 32 (24.06%) SQL Server
5 31 (23.31%) Social Skills
6 28 (21.05%) JavaScript
6 28 (21.05%) Agile
7 27 (20.30%) SQL
8 26 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (18.80%) Azure
10 24 (18.05%) Degree
11 21 (15.79%) HTML
12 19 (14.29%) CSS
13 18 (13.53%) Python
13 18 (13.53%) QA
13 18 (13.53%) CI/CD
14 16 (12.03%) Microsoft
15 15 (11.28%) CRM
15 15 (11.28%) Power Platform
15 15 (11.28%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (10.53%) Waterfall
16 14 (10.53%) Finance
16 14 (10.53%) Retail
17 13 (9.77%) API Development
18 12 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
19 11 (8.27%) Legal
19 11 (8.27%) ASP.NET
19 11 (8.27%) Java
19 11 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
20 10 (7.52%) MySQL

Systems 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 9 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.50%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.50%) Moodle
2 2 (1.50%) WordPress
3 1 (0.75%) CMS
3 1 (0.75%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.80%) Azure
2 15 (11.28%) Dynamics 365
2 15 (11.28%) Power Platform
3 12 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.26%) Boomi
4 7 (5.26%) iPaaS
4 7 (5.26%) SaaS
5 6 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.76%) OCI
6 5 (3.76%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.76%) Serverless
7 4 (3.01%) AWS
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.01%) GitHub
7 4 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.75%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (24.06%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.52%) MySQL
3 9 (6.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (5.26%) EDRMS
6 4 (3.01%) Essbase
6 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.50%) Power BI
8 1 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (4.51%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (2.26%) Git
4 2 (1.50%) JIRA
General
1 31 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.53%) Finance
2 14 (10.53%) Retail
3 11 (8.27%) Legal
4 9 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.02%) Law
5 8 (6.02%) Marketing
6 7 (5.26%) Back Office
6 7 (5.26%) Police
7 4 (3.01%) Agriculture
7 4 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.50%) Banking
8 2 (1.50%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.75%) Local Government
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (30.08%) .NET
2 21 (15.79%) HTML
3 19 (14.29%) CSS
4 11 (8.27%) ASP.NET
5 8 (6.02%) .NET Core
5 8 (6.02%) JSON
6 7 (5.26%) Web Services
7 6 (4.51%) Classic ASP
7 6 (4.51%) HTML5
7 6 (4.51%) Razor View Engine
7 6 (4.51%) REST
7 6 (4.51%) XML
8 5 (3.76%) Node.js
8 5 (3.76%) WPF
9 4 (3.01%) .NET Framework
9 4 (3.01%) AngularJS
9 4 (3.01%) Entity Framework
9 4 (3.01%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (3.01%) RESTful
9 4 (3.01%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.51%) VLE
2 3 (2.26%) Housing Association
3 2 (1.50%) FPGA
3 2 (1.50%) IoT
3 2 (1.50%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.50%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.75%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.26%) Windows
2 6 (4.51%) Linux
3 4 (3.01%) Unix
4 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.32%) DevOps
2 28 (21.05%) Agile
3 26 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (13.53%) CI/CD
5 15 (11.28%) CRM
6 14 (10.53%) Waterfall
7 13 (9.77%) API Development
8 11 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (6.77%) Test Automation
9 9 (6.77%) Web Development
10 8 (6.02%) Computer Science
10 8 (6.02%) Scrum
10 8 (6.02%) Software Engineering
11 7 (5.26%) API Design
11 7 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (5.26%) E-business
11 7 (5.26%) Facilities Management
11 7 (5.26%) Supplier Management
11 7 (5.26%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (32.33%) C#
2 28 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 27 (20.30%) SQL
4 18 (13.53%) Python
5 11 (8.27%) Java
6 7 (5.26%) VBScript
7 6 (4.51%) VB
8 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
9 4 (3.01%) Go
10 3 (2.26%) C
10 3 (2.26%) PHP
10 3 (2.26%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.50%) Bash
11 2 (1.50%) Haskell
11 2 (1.50%) Perl
11 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.50%) Ruby
11 2 (1.50%) Rust
12 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Degree
2 9 (6.77%) DBS Check
3 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.53%) QA
2 7 (5.26%) GDPR
3 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.50%) WCAG
4 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (3.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.76%) Terraform
2 2 (1.50%) Ansible
2 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) cPanel
Vendors
1 16 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.26%) Jitterbit
2 7 (5.26%) Talend
3 5 (3.76%) Oracle
4 3 (2.26%) SAP
5 2 (1.50%) Facebook