Software Developer Jobs in Watford

Software Developer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Software Developer salary in Watford is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 58 56
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 0.36% 1.02% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.15% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £70,000 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £50,450
% change year-on-year -18.52% +33.80% -8.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 257 349 420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 89.03% 98.59%
Number of salaries quoted 208 212 344
10th Percentile £25,438 £34,000 £28,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,625 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,188 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £71,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.91% +11.00% -4.76%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Watford

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Watford

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 across the Watford region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes