Developer Jobs in the South East

Developer
England > South East

The median Developer salary in the South East is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,474 2,269 4,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.47% 16.73% 20.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.30% 18.63% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 1,768 3,187
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,305 12,180 20,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 89.82% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 7,869 12,495
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Developer in the South East

Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the South East

Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley -3 904 £60,000 -7.69% 98
Hampshire -4 620 £60,000 +9.09% 70
Berkshire -1 454 £65,000 - 41
Surrey -1 327 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Kent +10 268 £55,000 -0.62% 26
Buckinghamshire -3 233 £54,500 -5.22% 27
Oxfordshire +1 217 £55,000 -15.38% 30
East Sussex -3 162 £55,000 - 26
West Sussex +8 104 £55,000 -5.98% 13
Sussex +3 62 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Middlesex -34 5 £44,000 -43.23% 1
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 South East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,087 (43.94%) .NET
2 1,071 (43.29%) C#
3 1,021 (41.27%) JavaScript
4 884 (35.73%) Agile
5 861 (34.80%) Azure
6 687 (27.77%) Full Stack Development
7 639 (25.83%) HTML
8 610 (24.66%) SQL
9 589 (23.81%) CSS
10 567 (22.92%) React
11 563 (22.76%) SQL Server
12 511 (20.65%) ASP.NET
13 501 (20.25%) AngularJS
14 485 (19.60%) MVC
15 437 (17.66%) Microsoft
16 411 (16.61%) DevOps
17 410 (16.57%) Microservices
18 403 (16.29%) AWS
19 398 (16.09%) .NET Core
20 377 (15.24%) Social Skills
21 370 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
22 355 (14.35%) Git
23 342 (13.82%) Degree
24 333 (13.46%) Java
25 331 (13.38%) TypeScript
26 315 (12.73%) TDD
27 305 (12.33%) .NET Framework
28 304 (12.29%) Computer Science
29 301 (12.17%) Docker
30 293 (11.84%) ASP.NET Web API

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 73 (2.95%) CMS
2 44 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.74%) IIS
4 29 (1.17%) Umbraco
5 28 (1.13%) OpenStack
6 25 (1.01%) Kentico
7 24 (0.97%) Apache
7 24 (0.97%) Headless CMS
8 22 (0.89%) WordPress
9 21 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
10 18 (0.73%) nginx
11 14 (0.57%) Drupal
11 14 (0.57%) IBM Domino
12 11 (0.44%) JBoss
13 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
14 9 (0.36%) Confluence
14 9 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
15 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
16 4 (0.16%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 24 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.81%) Simulink
4 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.081%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.040%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.040%) InDesign
7 1 (0.040%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 44 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 36 (1.46%) Siebel CRM
3 17 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (0.36%) Magento
5 7 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.20%) Odoo
7 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.16%) SDL Web 8
7 4 (0.16%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.081%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.081%) nopCommerce
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.081%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.081%) Shopify
9 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.040%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 861 (34.80%) Azure
2 403 (16.29%) AWS
3 220 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
4 155 (6.27%) Serverless
5 122 (4.93%) Power Platform
6 112 (4.53%) SaaS
7 91 (3.68%) Azure Functions
8 86 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 81 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
10 77 (3.11%) Azure API Management
11 76 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.07%) GitHub
12 74 (2.99%) IBM Cloud
13 54 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
15 42 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
16 32 (1.29%) GCP
16 32 (1.29%) Power Automate
17 25 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
17 25 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.22%) Internet
2 24 (0.97%) HTTP
3 19 (0.77%) DNS
4 15 (0.61%) SSL
5 14 (0.57%) Firewall
5 14 (0.57%) Network Security
6 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.32%) VPN
8 7 (0.28%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
10 4 (0.16%) Intranet
10 4 (0.16%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.16%) LAN
10 4 (0.16%) MQTT
10 4 (0.16%) NAS
10 4 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.16%) Wireless
11 1 (0.040%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 563 (22.76%) SQL Server
2 213 (8.61%) NoSQL
3 191 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
4 182 (7.36%) MongoDB
5 175 (7.07%) Relational Database
6 164 (6.63%) MySQL
7 92 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
8 85 (3.44%) Power BI
9 74 (2.99%) DB2
10 60 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 36 (1.46%) Oracle BI EE
11 36 (1.46%) Siebel EIM
12 33 (1.33%) Power Query
13 29 (1.17%) Redis
14 26 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
15 25 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 21 (0.85%) Data Lake
18 15 (0.61%) OLTP
19 14 (0.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 355 (14.35%) Git
2 105 (4.24%) Visual Studio
3 88 (3.56%) JIRA
4 71 (2.87%) Jenkins
5 60 (2.43%) Selenium
6 44 (1.78%) NUnit
7 36 (1.46%) Cypress.io
8 34 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 34 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 33 (1.33%) JUnit
10 28 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
11 23 (0.93%) GitLab
12 21 (0.85%) Ant
13 19 (0.77%) Bitbucket
14 14 (0.57%) Jasmine
15 13 (0.53%) TeamCity
16 12 (0.49%) Postman
17 11 (0.44%) MSBuild
18 10 (0.40%) MorphX
19 9 (0.36%) JMeter
General
1 377 (15.24%) Social Skills
2 269 (10.87%) Finance
3 153 (6.18%) Public Sector
4 99 (4.00%) Marketing
5 72 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (2.67%) Retail
7 57 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 44 (1.78%) Law
9 42 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 41 (1.66%) Aerospace
11 36 (1.46%) Games
12 26 (1.05%) Advertising
12 26 (1.05%) Tech for Good
13 25 (1.01%) Back Office
14 23 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (0.85%) Electronics
16 18 (0.73%) Multimedia
17 14 (0.57%) Banking
18 12 (0.49%) Military
19 11 (0.44%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,087 (43.94%) .NET
2 639 (25.83%) HTML
3 589 (23.81%) CSS
4 567 (22.92%) React
5 511 (20.65%) ASP.NET
6 501 (20.25%) AngularJS
7 398 (16.09%) .NET Core
8 305 (12.33%) .NET Framework
9 293 (11.84%) ASP.NET Web API
10 289 (11.68%) Vue
11 279 (11.28%) HTML5
12 276 (11.16%) Entity Framework
13 265 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
14 243 (9.82%) Node.js
15 230 (9.30%) REST
16 219 (8.85%) Web Services
17 187 (7.56%) CSS3
18 185 (7.48%) jQuery
19 175 (7.07%) RESTful
20 160 (6.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 133 (5.38%) Algorithms
2 119 (4.81%) Greenfield Project
3 80 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 77 (3.11%) Blockchain
5 74 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 73 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 65 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 47 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 46 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 39 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
11 35 (1.41%) Product Ownership
12 24 (0.97%) e-Learning
13 23 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 23 (0.93%) Social Media
14 17 (0.69%) NHS
15 16 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
16 15 (0.61%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.57%) Digital Media
17 14 (0.57%) Mainframe
18 13 (0.53%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 194 (7.84%) Linux
2 147 (5.94%) Windows
3 112 (4.53%) Android
4 87 (3.52%) Apple iOS
5 23 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.24%) Unix
8 4 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.081%) AIX
9 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (35.73%) Agile
2 687 (27.77%) Full Stack Development
3 485 (19.60%) MVC
4 411 (16.61%) DevOps
5 410 (16.57%) Microservices
6 370 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
7 315 (12.73%) TDD
8 304 (12.29%) Computer Science
9 286 (11.56%) Artificial Intelligence
10 243 (9.82%) Web Development
11 230 (9.30%) Software Engineering
12 214 (8.65%) CI/CD
13 198 (8.00%) Scrum
14 187 (7.56%) User Experience
15 185 (7.48%) Design Patterns
16 174 (7.03%) BDD
17 167 (6.75%) Front End Development
17 167 (6.75%) OO
18 160 (6.47%) OOP
19 146 (5.90%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,071 (43.29%) C#
2 1,021 (41.27%) JavaScript
3 610 (24.66%) SQL
4 333 (13.46%) Java
5 331 (13.38%) TypeScript
6 271 (10.95%) Python
7 219 (8.85%) PHP
8 138 (5.58%) C++
9 81 (3.27%) C
10 74 (2.99%) Go
11 50 (2.02%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 27 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 18 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 18 (0.73%) VB.NET
15 14 (0.57%) COBOL
16 11 (0.44%) Apex Code
17 10 (0.40%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.36%) Scala
19 8 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 342 (13.82%) Degree
2 208 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 181 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 117 (4.73%) SC Cleared
5 40 (1.62%) DV Cleared
6 34 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
8 24 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 20 (0.81%) PhD
10 17 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.12%) MBA
13 3 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.081%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.040%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.040%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.040%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (3.27%) QA
2 33 (1.33%) WCAG
3 23 (0.93%) GDPR
4 20 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.40%) HIPAA
6 9 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.081%) GRC
9 2 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.040%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 301 (12.17%) Docker
2 19 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 11 (0.44%) Firmware
4 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.12%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.081%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 210 (8.49%) Kubernetes
2 43 (1.74%) Terraform
3 38 (1.54%) Ansible
4 9 (0.36%) MIIS
5 8 (0.32%) Kibana
6 5 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.16%) WSUS
8 3 (0.12%) Puppet
9 2 (0.081%) Grafana
10 1 (0.040%) cPanel
10 1 (0.040%) Plesk
Vendors
1 437 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 97 (3.92%) Oracle
3 83 (3.35%) IBM
4 76 (3.07%) Red Hat
5 60 (2.43%) Google
6 36 (1.46%) Siebel
7 30 (1.21%) Facebook
8 28 (1.13%) WSO2
9 26 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.05%) SAP
10 22 (0.89%) Xamarin
11 21 (0.85%) Optimizely
11 21 (0.85%) Sitecore
12 20 (0.81%) Xilinx
13 14 (0.57%) Adobe
13 14 (0.57%) Apple
13 14 (0.57%) Unisys
14 13 (0.53%) Sony
14 13 (0.53%) Yahoo!
15 10 (0.40%) HP