System Developer
UK

The median System Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 894 1105
Rank change year-on-year +148 +211 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 144 83 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.084% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.091% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 116 65 95
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +11.52%
75th Percentile £54,063 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,625 £64,500 £75,773
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,057 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.14% +0.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Developer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Developer in the UK

Systems Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +133 122 £44,000 -7.37% 21
UK excluding London +15 99 £40,000 -0.14% 18
Work from Home +100 58 £50,000 -2.44% 10
North of England +61 29 £46,750 +10.00% 2
London +122 23 £65,000 +23.81% 5
North West +19 21 £51,000 +7.37% 2
South East +18 20 £32,500 -13.33% 8
East of England +12 17 £44,000 +9.92% 3
South West -25 16 £37,871 -34.14% 3
Midlands +1 15 £40,000 +8.53% 1
East Midlands -1 12 £35,000 -5.03%
Yorkshire +83 8 £34,923 -6.87%
West Midlands - 3 £47,500 - 1
Scotland -62 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Systems 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 featuring Systems Developer in the job title.

1 44 (30.56%) C#
2 40 (27.78%) .NET
2 40 (27.78%) DevOps
3 36 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 32 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 29 (20.14%) SQL
6 26 (18.06%) JavaScript
7 25 (17.36%) Agile
7 25 (17.36%) Azure
8 23 (15.97%) CI/CD
8 23 (15.97%) QA
8 23 (15.97%) HTML
8 23 (15.97%) CSS
9 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (14.58%) Degree
11 18 (12.50%) Python
11 18 (12.50%) CRM
12 17 (11.81%) Retail
13 16 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (9.03%) API Development
14 13 (9.03%) Test Automation
14 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
15 12 (8.33%) ASP.NET
15 12 (8.33%) DBS Check
15 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (8.33%) Power Platform
16 11 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (7.64%) .NET Core
16 11 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (7.64%) Java

Systems Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.08%) Moodle
3 2 (1.39%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.39%) WordPress
4 1 (0.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.69%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.69%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.69%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.36%) Azure
2 16 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 11 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (4.86%) Boomi
5 7 (4.86%) iPaaS
5 7 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.86%) SaaS
6 5 (3.47%) GitHub
6 5 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (3.47%) OCI
6 5 (3.47%) Serverless
7 4 (2.78%) AWS
7 4 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.39%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.39%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.94%) MySQL
3 9 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.78%) Essbase
5 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.08%) EDRMS
6 3 (2.08%) Power BI
7 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (4.17%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (2.08%) Git
4 2 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 36 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.81%) Retail
3 11 (7.64%) Finance
3 11 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (7.64%) Legal
4 10 (6.94%) Back Office
4 10 (6.94%) Police
5 8 (5.56%) Law
5 8 (5.56%) Marketing
6 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.78%) Agriculture
7 4 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Banking
8 2 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.69%) Local Government
9 1 (0.69%) Military
9 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (27.78%) .NET
2 23 (15.97%) CSS
2 23 (15.97%) HTML
3 12 (8.33%) ASP.NET
4 11 (7.64%) .NET Core
5 10 (6.94%) Web Services
6 7 (4.86%) REST
6 7 (4.86%) XML
7 6 (4.17%) Classic ASP
7 6 (4.17%) HTML5
7 6 (4.17%) Razor View Engine
8 5 (3.47%) Node.js
8 5 (3.47%) WPF
9 4 (2.78%) .NET Framework
9 4 (2.78%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.78%) Entity Framework
9 4 (2.78%) JSON
9 4 (2.78%) React
10 3 (2.08%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (2.08%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.17%) VLE
2 3 (2.08%) Housing Association
3 2 (1.39%) FPGA
3 2 (1.39%) IoT
3 2 (1.39%) Learning Management System
3 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.39%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.69%) FMCG
4 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.86%) Windows
2 6 (4.17%) Linux
3 4 (2.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.78%) DevOps
2 25 (17.36%) Agile
3 23 (15.97%) CI/CD
4 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (12.50%) CRM
6 13 (9.03%) API Development
6 13 (9.03%) Test Automation
7 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (6.94%) E-business
8 10 (6.94%) Progressive Web App
8 10 (6.94%) Waterfall
9 9 (6.25%) Computer Science
9 9 (6.25%) Web Development
10 8 (5.56%) Scrum
11 7 (4.86%) API Design
11 7 (4.86%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (4.86%) Facilities Management
11 7 (4.86%) Supplier Management
11 7 (4.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (30.56%) C#
2 29 (20.14%) SQL
3 26 (18.06%) JavaScript
4 18 (12.50%) Python
5 11 (7.64%) Java
6 7 (4.86%) VB
6 7 (4.86%) VBScript
7 5 (3.47%) Go
7 5 (3.47%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.78%) C
9 3 (2.08%) PHP
9 3 (2.08%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.39%) Bash
10 2 (1.39%) Haskell
10 2 (1.39%) Perl
10 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.39%) Ruby
10 2 (1.39%) Rust
11 1 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (14.58%) Degree
2 12 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 9 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.97%) QA
2 7 (4.86%) GDPR
3 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.39%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.17%) Terraform
2 2 (1.39%) Ansible
2 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.69%) cPanel
Vendors
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.86%) Jitterbit
2 7 (4.86%) Talend
3 5 (3.47%) Oracle
4 4 (2.78%) SAP
5 2 (1.39%) Facebook
6 1 (0.69%) AVEVA