Developer Job Trends in Wiltshire

Developer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Developer salary in Wiltshire is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -41 +5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 20 116 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 3.55% 15.03% 11.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.86% 16.69% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 20 84 67
10th Percentile £41,293 - £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £62,813 £69,239 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,875 £70,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 518 695 675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 90.03% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 338 450 499
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,700 £27,900
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,908 £50,794
% change year-on-year -3.68% +2.19% +1.59%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Developer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Wiltshire

Developer
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Swindon -15 10 £52,500 -18.76% 16
Trowbridge - 2 £45,000 -
Devizes - 2 £56,250 -
Developer
South West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) .NET
2 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Analytics
3 5 (25.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (25.00%) C#
3 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (25.00%) ERP
3 5 (25.00%) Migration
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 4 (20.00%) AWS
4 4 (20.00%) Kanban
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (20.00%) MySQL
4 4 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (15.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (15.00%) CSS
5 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (15.00%) HTML
5 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.00%) Microservices
5 3 (15.00%) Power BI
5 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (15.00%) Serverless

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (15.00%) Serverless
4 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) MySQL
2 4 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (15.00%) Power BI
4 2 (10.00%) OLAP
4 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (15.00%) CSS
3 3 (15.00%) HTML
4 2 (10.00%) Laravel
5 1 (5.00%) Flutter
5 1 (5.00%) React
5 1 (5.00%) RESTful
5 1 (5.00%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Agile
1 5 (25.00%) Analytics
1 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 5 (25.00%) ERP
1 5 (25.00%) Migration
1 5 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (20.00%) Kanban
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (15.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (15.00%) Microservices
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) Data Security
4 2 (10.00%) DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C#
2 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.00%) PHP
3 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Alteryx
2 1 (5.00%) Teradata