Programmer Jobs in London

Programmer
England > London

The median Programmer salary in London 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 484 588 644
Rank change year-on-year +104 +56 -175
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 28 42 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.13% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.13% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23 39 131
10th Percentile £30,000 £48,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £77,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -13.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,625 £83,125 £132,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £118,000 £232,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,363 31,644 68,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 95.15% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,672 23,333 34,565
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,360 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in London

Programmer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programmer in London.

Salary trend for Programmer in London

Programmer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in London

Programmer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the London 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
Central London +47 5 £71,250 +7.55% 6
North London - 1 £70,000 - 3
West London - 1 £41,686 - 6
Programmer
England

Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Programmer 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 London region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 6 (21.43%) Degree
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) Aerospace
2 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) C++
3 4 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (10.71%) Python
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 3 (10.71%) Toad
4 3 (10.71%) PeopleTools
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Database
4 3 (10.71%) Release Management
4 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (7.14%) High-Frequency Trading
5 2 (7.14%) Smart Home
5 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.14%) Data Science
5 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) SAS Macro
5 2 (7.14%) Base SAS

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (7.14%) SAS
2 1 (3.57%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) AWS
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) RS-232
1 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Database
2 2 (7.14%) Base SAS
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.57%) InfluxDB
3 1 (3.57%) MySQL
3 1 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleTools
1 3 (10.71%) Toad
General
1 5 (17.86%) Aerospace
1 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Legal
2 3 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) .NET
1 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET
1 2 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) .NET Core
2 1 (3.57%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) ISPF
2 1 (3.57%) Pandas
2 1 (3.57%) SOAP
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Equities
1 2 (7.14%) FPGA
1 2 (7.14%) Life Science
1 2 (7.14%) Smart Home
2 1 (3.57%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.57%) Graphic Design
2 1 (3.57%) Home Automation
2 1 (3.57%) IoT
2 1 (3.57%) iPad
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.57%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.71%) Release Management
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.14%) Data Science
2 2 (7.14%) High-Frequency Trading
2 2 (7.14%) Market Making
2 2 (7.14%) Metaprogramming
2 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.57%) Change Control
3 1 (3.57%) CI/CD
3 1 (3.57%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (3.57%) Machine Learning
3 1 (3.57%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.57%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (3.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (3.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (3.57%) Roadmaps
3 1 (3.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) C++
3 3 (10.71%) Python
4 2 (7.14%) C#
4 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.14%) SAS Macro
5 1 (3.57%) JCL
5 1 (3.57%) PHP
5 1 (3.57%) REXX
5 1 (3.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) CDISC
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) cPanel
1 1 (3.57%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (3.57%) ATG
3 1 (3.57%) Broadcom
3 1 (3.57%) IBM
3 1 (3.57%) Splunk