Developer Jobs in Watford

Developer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Developer salary in Watford is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2024.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 13 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 29 51 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 9.12% 15.36% 22.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.86% 17.47% 22.59%
Number of salaries quoted 24 42 89
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,625 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,813 £79,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,125 £90,000 £80,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 294 292 425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 87.95% 98.84%
Number of salaries quoted 227 201 341
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,625 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Developer in Watford

Developer
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Watford over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Watford

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, 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 across the Watford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) JavaScript
2 14 (48.28%) PHP
3 12 (41.38%) MySQL
4 10 (34.48%) Node.js
5 9 (31.03%) Microservices
5 9 (31.03%) Front End Development
6 8 (27.59%) Agile
7 7 (24.14%) SQL
7 7 (24.14%) .NET
7 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
7 7 (24.14%) Laravel
7 7 (24.14%) Azure
7 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
8 6 (20.69%) AWS
8 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
8 6 (20.69%) MongoDB
8 6 (20.69%) OpenLayers
8 6 (20.69%) Vue
8 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
8 6 (20.69%) TDD
9 5 (17.24%) C#
9 5 (17.24%) HTML
9 5 (17.24%) CSS
9 5 (17.24%) Relational Database
9 5 (17.24%) React
9 5 (17.24%) React Native
9 5 (17.24%) Clean Code
9 5 (17.24%) Full Stack Development
9 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
9 5 (17.24%) Technical Debt

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) GitHub
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (41.38%) MySQL
2 6 (20.69%) MongoDB
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (17.24%) Relational Database
4 4 (13.79%) Power BI
5 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (10.34%) OLAP
5 3 (10.34%) OLAP Cube
5 3 (10.34%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) GitLab
2 3 (10.34%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
2 4 (13.79%) Retail
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) Node.js
2 7 (24.14%) .NET
2 7 (24.14%) Laravel
3 6 (20.69%) OpenLayers
3 6 (20.69%) Vue
4 5 (17.24%) CSS
4 5 (17.24%) HTML
4 5 (17.24%) React
4 5 (17.24%) React Native
5 4 (13.79%) .NET Core
5 4 (13.79%) .NET Framework
5 4 (13.79%) AngularJS
5 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (13.79%) CSS3
5 4 (13.79%) Entity Framework
5 4 (13.79%) HTML5
5 4 (13.79%) SubSonic
5 4 (13.79%) Symfony
6 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (10.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Cloud Native
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Front End Development
1 9 (31.03%) Microservices
2 8 (27.59%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) TDD
3 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
4 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 5 (17.24%) Clean Code
4 5 (17.24%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (17.24%) Technical Debt
5 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) DevOps
5 4 (13.79%) MVC
5 4 (13.79%) Product Requirements
5 4 (13.79%) Web Development
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.34%) Database Tuning
6 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
6 3 (10.34%) ETL
6 3 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 21 (72.41%) JavaScript
2 14 (48.28%) PHP
3 7 (24.14%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) C#
5 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
5 3 (10.34%) T-SQL
5 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Cognos
2 2 (6.90%) IBM
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) Zend