Backend Developer Jobs in England

Backend Developer
UK > England

The median Backend Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 615 613 463
Rank change year-on-year -2 -150 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Backend Developer 216 329 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.38% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.41% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 187 279 361
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £85,625 £86,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £61,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +7.69% +14.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Backend Developer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Backend Developer in England

Backend Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
London 0 78 £85,000 +9.68% 35
North of England +59 58 £55,000 -18.52% 9
North West +13 35 £53,750 -20.37% 6
Yorkshire +89 22 £57,500 -25.81% 2
Midlands 0 20 £45,000 - 8
South East -14 19 £65,000 - 2
East of England +9 18 £42,500 +13.33% 4
South West -12 18 £47,500 -17.39% 3
West Midlands +14 14 £46,250 +2.78% 6
East Midlands -3 6 £35,000 -9.09% 2
North East -6 1 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Backend Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Backend 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 England region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 71 (32.87%) AWS
2 59 (27.31%) .NET
3 58 (26.85%) JavaScript
4 54 (25.00%) C#
4 54 (25.00%) Agile
5 53 (24.54%) Microservices
5 53 (24.54%) Social Skills
6 52 (24.07%) Software Engineering
7 43 (19.91%) Java
8 42 (19.44%) Node.js
9 39 (18.06%) SQL
10 37 (17.13%) TypeScript
11 36 (16.67%) Azure
12 33 (15.28%) Python
13 32 (14.81%) HTML
13 32 (14.81%) Docker
14 31 (14.35%) Clean Code
15 30 (13.89%) Serverless
15 30 (13.89%) Computer Science
16 28 (12.96%) CSS
16 28 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (12.50%) CI/CD
17 27 (12.50%) PHP
17 27 (12.50%) Degree
17 27 (12.50%) DevOps
18 25 (11.57%) MySQL
19 24 (11.11%) OO
19 24 (11.11%) Finance
19 24 (11.11%) Relational Database
19 24 (11.11%) Design Patterns

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 11 (5.09%) WordPress
2 7 (3.24%) nginx
3 5 (2.31%) Drupal
4 4 (1.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.93%) Apache
5 2 (0.93%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.46%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Magento
1 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (32.87%) AWS
2 36 (16.67%) Azure
3 30 (13.89%) Serverless
4 24 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
5 19 (8.80%) GitHub
6 16 (7.41%) SaaS
7 11 (5.09%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (5.09%) GCP
8 8 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (3.24%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.24%) IaaS
9 7 (3.24%) npm
9 7 (3.24%) PaaS
10 6 (2.78%) Amazon Kinesis
10 6 (2.78%) Yarn
11 5 (2.31%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.39%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.24%) HTTP
2 6 (2.78%) AMQP
2 6 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.57%) MySQL
2 24 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 21 (9.72%) DynamoDB
4 19 (8.80%) SQL Server
5 12 (5.56%) NoSQL
6 11 (5.09%) MongoDB
7 10 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.78%) DB2
9 5 (2.31%) KDB
9 5 (2.31%) Kdb+
9 5 (2.31%) Redis
10 4 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.93%) DocumentDB
12 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.46%) Power BI
12 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.41%) Git
2 7 (3.24%) Mocha
3 6 (2.78%) Cypress.io
4 5 (2.31%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.39%) Postman
6 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.93%) Subversion
7 1 (0.46%) GitLab
7 1 (0.46%) Moq
7 1 (0.46%) NUnit
7 1 (0.46%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.46%) Snyk
7 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.46%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.46%) Vite
General
1 53 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.11%) Finance
3 11 (5.09%) Banking
4 8 (3.70%) Marketing
5 7 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.31%) Front Office
6 5 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.31%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.85%) Retail
8 3 (1.39%) Games
8 3 (1.39%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.46%) Automotive
10 1 (0.46%) Aviation
10 1 (0.46%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (27.31%) .NET
2 42 (19.44%) Node.js
3 32 (14.81%) HTML
4 28 (12.96%) CSS
5 19 (8.80%) AngularJS
5 19 (8.80%) RESTful
6 18 (8.33%) OAuth
7 16 (7.41%) Kafka
7 16 (7.41%) Laravel
7 16 (7.41%) React
7 16 (7.41%) Vue
7 16 (7.41%) Web Services
8 14 (6.48%) GraphQL
9 13 (6.02%) gRPC
10 12 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
10 12 (5.56%) Spring
10 12 (5.56%) Spring Boot
11 11 (5.09%) REST
12 9 (4.17%) Express.js
12 9 (4.17%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.80%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.09%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.09%) Client/Server
3 8 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.70%) Hedge funds
3 8 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.24%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.31%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.39%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.93%) Derivative
7 2 (0.93%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.93%) IoT
7 2 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.46%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.46%) NFT
8 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.46%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.63%) Linux
2 2 (0.93%) Android
2 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.00%) Agile
2 53 (24.54%) Microservices
3 52 (24.07%) Software Engineering
4 31 (14.35%) Clean Code
5 30 (13.89%) Computer Science
6 28 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 27 (12.50%) DevOps
8 24 (11.11%) Design Patterns
8 24 (11.11%) OO
9 22 (10.19%) Software Testing
9 22 (10.19%) TDD
10 21 (9.72%) Front End Development
10 21 (9.72%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (9.26%) Test Automation
12 17 (7.87%) API Development
12 17 (7.87%) Data Protection
13 16 (7.41%) Fintech
14 15 (6.94%) SDLC
14 15 (6.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 58 (26.85%) JavaScript
2 54 (25.00%) C#
3 43 (19.91%) Java
4 39 (18.06%) SQL
5 37 (17.13%) TypeScript
6 33 (15.28%) Python
7 27 (12.50%) PHP
8 15 (6.94%) Go
9 7 (3.24%) Rust
10 6 (2.78%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.78%) Scala
11 5 (2.31%) Clojure
11 5 (2.31%) F#
11 5 (2.31%) Haskell
12 4 (1.85%) C++
13 2 (0.93%) Bash
13 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (12.50%) Degree
2 19 (8.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.24%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.17%) GDPR
2 7 (3.24%) HIPAA
3 6 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.78%) QA
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (14.81%) Docker
2 9 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.94%) Terraform
3 6 (2.78%) Grafana
3 6 (2.78%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 9 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.78%) Oracle
3 4 (1.85%) Google
4 2 (0.93%) SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe
5 1 (0.46%) Salesforce