Developer Jobs in the East of England

Developer
England > East of England

The median Developer salary in the East of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 17 10
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 489 195 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.79% 9.08% 13.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.57% 9.47% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 252 165 520
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 4,228 2,059 5,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.90% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,028 1,409 2,749
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £28,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the East of England

Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Hertfordshire +7 133 £65,000 +13.04% 52
Cambridgeshire +4 104 £47,500 -13.64% 34
Bedfordshire +8 98 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Essex +13 74 £57,500 -17.86% 18
Norfolk +2 61 £50,000 +11.11% 16
Suffolk -15 19 £42,500 -29.17% 4
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 East of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 239 (48.88%) JavaScript
2 167 (34.15%) HTML
3 158 (32.31%) C#
4 157 (32.11%) CSS
5 154 (31.49%) .NET
6 139 (28.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 137 (28.02%) Agile
8 117 (23.93%) Azure
9 107 (21.88%) HTML5
10 103 (21.06%) Social Skills
11 102 (20.86%) SQL Server
12 101 (20.65%) PHP
13 97 (19.84%) SQL
13 97 (19.84%) Web Development
14 91 (18.61%) CSS3
14 91 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
15 89 (18.20%) Microsoft
16 84 (17.18%) Python
17 80 (16.36%) React
18 78 (15.95%) .NET Framework
19 76 (15.54%) Git
20 70 (14.31%) MySQL
20 70 (14.31%) DevOps
21 68 (13.91%) GitHub
22 63 (12.88%) ASP.NET
23 59 (12.07%) MVC
23 59 (12.07%) AngularJS
24 56 (11.45%) Entity Framework
25 54 (11.04%) Computer Science
26 53 (10.84%) SaaS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 34 (6.95%) WordPress
2 11 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) Confluence
4 8 (1.64%) CMS
5 5 (1.02%) Smallworld
5 5 (1.02%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
6 3 (0.61%) Drupal
6 3 (0.61%) nginx
7 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.64%) Shopify
2 7 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.82%) Magento
4 4 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 117 (23.93%) Azure
2 68 (13.91%) GitHub
3 53 (10.84%) SaaS
4 40 (8.18%) AWS
5 37 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 21 (4.29%) PowerApps
8 17 (3.48%) Power Automate
8 17 (3.48%) Serverless
9 14 (2.86%) Azure Functions
10 11 (2.25%) Firebase
11 10 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (2.04%) Google Play
12 7 (1.43%) GCP
13 5 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.82%) Boomi
14 4 (0.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 3 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.61%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.43%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.82%) Internet
3 2 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.20%) 4G
4 1 (0.20%) 5G
4 1 (0.20%) SAN
4 1 (0.20%) SSH
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (20.86%) SQL Server
2 70 (14.31%) MySQL
3 33 (6.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (4.91%) Relational Database
5 20 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (4.09%) Power BI
5 20 (4.09%) SQLite
6 14 (2.86%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.43%) MariaDB
8 7 (1.43%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.23%) Redis
10 5 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.02%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.82%) GIS
12 3 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.20%) MS Access
13 1 (0.20%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 76 (15.54%) Git
2 38 (7.77%) Bitbucket
3 34 (6.95%) JIRA
4 15 (3.07%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.43%) Mercurial
6 5 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.02%) GitLab
6 5 (1.02%) webpack
7 3 (0.61%) Gradle
7 3 (0.61%) gulp
7 3 (0.61%) Maven
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.20%) Appium
9 1 (0.20%) Babel
9 1 (0.20%) GCC
9 1 (0.20%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.20%) Mocha
9 1 (0.20%) Selenium
9 1 (0.20%) WebStorm
General
1 103 (21.06%) Social Skills
2 36 (7.36%) Multimedia
3 22 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (3.68%) Law
5 13 (2.66%) Finance
5 13 (2.66%) Marketing
6 12 (2.45%) Tech for Good
7 11 (2.25%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.25%) Retail
8 8 (1.64%) Games
9 6 (1.23%) Legal
9 6 (1.23%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.02%) Electronics
10 5 (1.02%) Police
11 4 (0.82%) Advertising
12 3 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.41%) Music Industry
14 1 (0.20%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (34.15%) HTML
2 157 (32.11%) CSS
3 154 (31.49%) .NET
4 107 (21.88%) HTML5
5 91 (18.61%) CSS3
6 80 (16.36%) React
7 78 (15.95%) .NET Framework
8 63 (12.88%) ASP.NET
9 59 (12.07%) AngularJS
10 56 (11.45%) Entity Framework
11 50 (10.22%) Vue
12 42 (8.59%) Laravel
13 36 (7.36%) Node.js
14 35 (7.16%) ASP.NET Core
15 34 (6.95%) ASP.NET Web API
16 33 (6.75%) .NET Core
16 33 (6.75%) jQuery
17 31 (6.34%) Sass
18 24 (4.91%) REST
19 23 (4.70%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.77%) Mobile App
2 21 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (2.25%) IoT
3 11 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.25%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.25%) Virtual Team
4 8 (1.64%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.43%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.43%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.82%) FPGA
6 4 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (0.82%) Mobile Games
6 4 (0.82%) Social Media
7 3 (0.61%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (0.61%) 3D Printing
7 3 (0.61%) EPoS
7 3 (0.61%) Genomics
7 3 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 50 (10.22%) Android
2 45 (9.20%) Apple iOS
3 40 (8.18%) Linux
4 13 (2.66%) Windows
5 6 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.43%) Full-Stack Development
2 137 (28.02%) Agile
3 97 (19.84%) Web Development
4 91 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (14.31%) DevOps
6 59 (12.07%) MVC
7 54 (11.04%) Computer Science
8 43 (8.79%) Microservices
8 43 (8.79%) Scrum
9 35 (7.16%) CI/CD
10 32 (6.54%) Software Engineering
11 30 (6.13%) User Experience
12 28 (5.73%) Project Management
13 26 (5.32%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (4.91%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (4.70%) Mentoring
15 23 (4.70%) OO
16 22 (4.50%) Roadmaps
16 22 (4.50%) SDLC
17 21 (4.29%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 239 (48.88%) JavaScript
2 158 (32.31%) C#
3 101 (20.65%) PHP
4 97 (19.84%) SQL
5 84 (17.18%) Python
6 51 (10.43%) Java
6 51 (10.43%) TypeScript
7 44 (9.00%) C++
8 28 (5.73%) C
9 26 (5.32%) Objective-C
10 24 (4.91%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.04%) XAML
12 8 (1.64%) Rust
13 7 (1.43%) Assembly Language
13 7 (1.43%) Go
13 7 (1.43%) Ruby
14 6 (1.23%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.23%) VB
15 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.02%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (10.63%) Degree
2 41 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.82%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.41%) PhD
6 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.23%) QA
3 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (4.29%) Docker
2 3 (0.61%) Firmware
3 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) GlusterFS
Systems Management
1 14 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.20%) SELinux
Vendors
1 89 (18.20%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.41%) Xamarin
3 17 (3.48%) Google
4 12 (2.45%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.04%) Oracle
6 8 (1.64%) SAP
7 7 (1.43%) Intel
8 5 (1.02%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.02%) WooCommerce
8 5 (1.02%) Zend
9 4 (0.82%) Cadence
9 4 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.41%) Adobe
11 1 (0.20%) Databricks
11 1 (0.20%) F5
11 1 (0.20%) Facebook
11 1 (0.20%) Klarna
11 1 (0.20%) Sybase
11 1 (0.20%) YouTube