Software Developer Jobs in England

Software Developer
UK > England

The median Software Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 191 149
Rank change year-on-year +61 -42 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1,871 1,606 4,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.06% 1.91% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 2.09% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,302 2,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £39,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £86,565
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in England

Software Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in England

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in England

Software 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 Software Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
South East -38 425 £60,000 +4.35% 82
North of England +113 419 £50,000 -9.09% 82
South West +68 314 £50,000 +5.26% 49
Midlands +71 273 £47,500 -9.52% 78
London -31 268 £85,000 +9.68% 60
North West +93 226 £50,000 -9.09% 46
West Midlands +63 182 £47,500 -9.52% 50
East of England +58 163 £50,000 -9.09% 22
Yorkshire +93 147 £49,500 -12.00% 24
East Midlands +21 90 £43,000 -14.00% 28
North East +11 46 £47,500 -11.63% 15
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 996 (53.23%) C#
2 835 (44.63%) .NET
3 599 (32.01%) JavaScript
4 570 (30.46%) Agile
5 480 (25.65%) SQL
6 392 (20.95%) Software Engineering
7 364 (19.45%) Azure
8 346 (18.49%) SQL Server
9 343 (18.33%) Social Skills
10 342 (18.28%) Degree
11 314 (16.78%) Java
12 304 (16.25%) Full Stack Development
13 287 (15.34%) HTML
14 278 (14.86%) AWS
14 278 (14.86%) DevOps
15 264 (14.11%) CSS
16 261 (13.95%) Computer Science
16 261 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
17 248 (13.25%) TypeScript
18 247 (13.20%) React
18 247 (13.20%) Python
19 246 (13.15%) .NET Core
20 238 (12.72%) Finance
21 216 (11.54%) ASP.NET
22 205 (10.96%) MVC
23 204 (10.90%) AngularJS
24 203 (10.85%) Microsoft
25 193 (10.32%) .NET Framework
26 189 (10.10%) Docker
27 183 (9.78%) Git

Software 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 78 (4.17%) Apache
2 66 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (1.07%) CMS
4 10 (0.53%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.43%) Confluence
5 8 (0.43%) IIS
6 7 (0.37%) Mendix
6 7 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Drupal
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.053%) JBoss
11 1 (0.053%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 18 (0.96%) Simulink
2 15 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.053%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.053%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (0.37%) BPCS
1 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.37%) Shopify
2 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.11%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.11%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 364 (19.45%) Azure
2 278 (14.86%) AWS
3 134 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
4 84 (4.49%) GCP
5 74 (3.96%) SaaS
6 67 (3.58%) GitHub
7 66 (3.53%) dbt
8 56 (2.99%) Snowflake
9 47 (2.51%) Serverless
10 29 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (1.50%) Power Platform
12 27 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (0.91%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.64%) Amazon S3
15 12 (0.64%) Pulumi
16 11 (0.59%) PaaS
17 10 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (0.53%) Azure Pipelines
18 9 (0.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.96%) Internet
2 15 (0.80%) Wireless
3 14 (0.75%) Network Security
4 13 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.32%) DNS
5 6 (0.32%) Firewall
6 5 (0.27%) 4G
6 5 (0.27%) 5G
7 4 (0.21%) HTTP
7 4 (0.21%) iSCSI
7 4 (0.21%) LAN
7 4 (0.21%) Multicast
7 4 (0.21%) NAS
7 4 (0.21%) VPN
7 4 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.11%) RS-232
8 2 (0.11%) SSL
9 1 (0.053%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 101 (5.40%) MySQL
3 88 (4.70%) NoSQL
4 66 (3.53%) Amazon Athena
4 66 (3.53%) Apache Arrow
4 66 (3.53%) Apache Ignite
4 66 (3.53%) Dremio
4 66 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 52 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 45 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.55%) Redis
8 24 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 17 (0.91%) DynamoDB
10 16 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.64%) Power BI
13 10 (0.53%) GIS
14 8 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.43%) SQLite
15 7 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 183 (9.78%) Git
2 92 (4.92%) Visual Studio
3 37 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.66%) JIRA
5 19 (1.02%) NUnit
5 19 (1.02%) Selenium
5 19 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 18 (0.96%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
8 16 (0.86%) CircleCI
9 14 (0.75%) Jasmine
10 11 (0.59%) Maven
10 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 9 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.48%) Gradle
11 9 (0.48%) PHPUnit
12 8 (0.43%) CMake
12 8 (0.43%) Moq
12 8 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 343 (18.33%) Social Skills
2 238 (12.72%) Finance
3 79 (4.22%) Banking
4 76 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (3.63%) Front Office
6 66 (3.53%) Investment Banking
6 66 (3.53%) Public Sector
7 53 (2.83%) Manufacturing
8 41 (2.19%) Marketing
9 40 (2.14%) Law
10 35 (1.87%) Electronics
11 34 (1.82%) Retail
12 30 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (1.44%) Automotive
14 25 (1.34%) Tech for Good
15 22 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.02%) Legal
17 18 (0.96%) Games
18 16 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.75%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 835 (44.63%) .NET
2 287 (15.34%) HTML
3 264 (14.11%) CSS
4 247 (13.20%) React
5 246 (13.15%) .NET Core
6 216 (11.54%) ASP.NET
7 204 (10.90%) AngularJS
8 193 (10.32%) .NET Framework
9 127 (6.79%) RESTful
10 119 (6.36%) Entity Framework
11 83 (4.44%) HTML5
12 79 (4.22%) Node.js
13 78 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
14 72 (3.85%) REST
14 72 (3.85%) Vue
15 70 (3.74%) Pandas
16 69 (3.69%) Protocol Buffers
17 68 (3.63%) NumPy
18 67 (3.58%) gRPC
19 66 (3.53%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 66 (3.53%) Fixed Income
2 63 (3.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 62 (3.31%) Hedge funds
4 60 (3.21%) Derivative
4 60 (3.21%) Equities
5 58 (3.10%) Mobile App
6 57 (3.05%) Algorithms
7 48 (2.57%) IoT
8 47 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
9 33 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 31 (1.66%) Data Structures
11 29 (1.55%) Client/Server
12 28 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
12 28 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.34%) Cloud Native
14 21 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (0.80%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.69%) NHS
17 12 (0.64%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.84%) Windows
2 121 (6.47%) Linux
3 44 (2.35%) Apple iOS
4 35 (1.87%) Android
5 18 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (0.69%) Unix
7 7 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.27%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.16%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (30.46%) Agile
2 392 (20.95%) Software Engineering
3 304 (16.25%) Full Stack Development
4 278 (14.86%) DevOps
5 261 (13.95%) Computer Science
5 261 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 205 (10.96%) MVC
7 155 (8.28%) CI/CD
8 153 (8.18%) Microservices
9 138 (7.38%) Mentoring
10 132 (7.06%) TDD
11 118 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence
12 113 (6.04%) Unit Testing
13 108 (5.77%) SDLC
14 104 (5.56%) Test Automation
15 103 (5.51%) Design Patterns
16 102 (5.45%) Code Quality
17 97 (5.18%) Scrum
18 96 (5.13%) Clean Code
19 95 (5.08%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 996 (53.23%) C#
2 599 (32.01%) JavaScript
3 480 (25.65%) SQL
4 314 (16.78%) Java
5 248 (13.25%) TypeScript
6 247 (13.20%) Python
7 132 (7.06%) C++
8 110 (5.88%) C
9 88 (4.70%) PHP
10 53 (2.83%) VB.NET
11 35 (1.87%) Go
11 35 (1.87%) Kotlin
12 33 (1.76%) T-SQL
13 30 (1.60%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.28%) Ruby
15 21 (1.12%) VB
16 12 (0.64%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.53%) Bicep
18 9 (0.48%) Rust
19 8 (0.43%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 342 (18.28%) Degree
2 136 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 93 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 35 (1.87%) DV Cleared
5 32 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 29 (1.55%) SC Cleared
7 22 (1.18%) PhD
8 17 (0.91%) DBS Check
9 10 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.21%) CIPD
11 4 (0.21%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.21%) MCSD
12 3 (0.16%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.16%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.11%) HND
14 1 (0.053%) MCSA
14 1 (0.053%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.15%) QA
2 8 (0.43%) GDPR
3 5 (0.27%) SLA
4 4 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.16%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.053%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 189 (10.10%) Docker
2 8 (0.43%) Firmware
3 6 (0.32%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.053%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 148 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.94%) Terraform
3 13 (0.69%) Ansible
4 9 (0.48%) Kibana
5 7 (0.37%) MIIS
6 6 (0.32%) Grafana
7 5 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.21%) WSUS
9 1 (0.053%) Kiali
9 1 (0.053%) Knative
9 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 203 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 37 (1.98%) Oracle
3 33 (1.76%) Google
4 25 (1.34%) Xamarin
5 18 (0.96%) Xilinx
6 14 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 12 (0.64%) Facebook
8 9 (0.48%) IBM
8 9 (0.48%) NVIDIA
8 9 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 8 (0.43%) F5
10 7 (0.37%) JDA
10 7 (0.37%) Quadient
11 6 (0.32%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.32%) VMware
11 6 (0.32%) YouTube
12 5 (0.27%) ESRI
12 5 (0.27%) HP
12 5 (0.27%) Micro Focus
12 5 (0.27%) Peregrine