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 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 126 188 148
Rank change year-on-year +62 -40 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1,971 1,592 4,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.11% 1.91% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 2.10% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,753 1,291 2,148
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £40,000
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 £95,436 £87,500
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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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%

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 7 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 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
South East -28 464 £60,000 +4.35% 73
North of England +117 432 £49,750 -9.55% 106
South West +69 326 £50,000 +2.56% 44
London -33 287 £85,000 +9.68% 64
Midlands +73 285 £45,000 -14.29% 89
North West +92 227 £50,000 -9.09% 55
West Midlands +75 187 £47,500 -9.52% 56
East of England +55 168 £50,000 -9.09% 23
Yorkshire +99 154 £47,500 -13.64% 34
East Midlands +23 97 £42,750 -14.50% 33
North East +10 51 £50,000 -6.98% 20
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 1,036 (52.56%) C#
2 865 (43.89%) .NET
3 619 (31.41%) JavaScript
4 591 (29.98%) Agile
5 489 (24.81%) SQL
6 411 (20.85%) Software Engineering
7 385 (19.53%) Azure
8 351 (17.81%) SQL Server
9 349 (17.71%) Degree
10 344 (17.45%) Social Skills
11 327 (16.59%) Java
12 312 (15.83%) Full Stack Development
13 289 (14.66%) HTML
14 288 (14.61%) AWS
15 283 (14.36%) DevOps
16 267 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
17 266 (13.50%) Computer Science
17 266 (13.50%) CSS
17 266 (13.50%) Python
18 258 (13.09%) TypeScript
19 253 (12.84%) Finance
20 252 (12.79%) .NET Core
21 251 (12.73%) React
22 221 (11.21%) ASP.NET
23 207 (10.50%) MVC
24 206 (10.45%) Microsoft
25 205 (10.40%) AngularJS
26 193 (9.79%) .NET Framework
27 188 (9.54%) Git
27 188 (9.54%) Docker

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 88 (4.46%) Apache
2 76 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (1.07%) CMS
4 11 (0.56%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.41%) Confluence
5 8 (0.41%) IIS
5 8 (0.41%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.36%) Mendix
7 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.25%) Drupal
9 4 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.10%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.051%) JBoss
12 1 (0.051%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 20 (1.01%) Simulink
2 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.051%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.051%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (0.36%) BPCS
1 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.36%) Shopify
2 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.10%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.10%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 385 (19.53%) Azure
2 288 (14.61%) AWS
3 136 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 94 (4.77%) GCP
5 80 (4.06%) SaaS
6 76 (3.86%) dbt
7 67 (3.40%) GitHub
7 67 (3.40%) Snowflake
8 48 (2.44%) Serverless
9 33 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (1.57%) Power Platform
11 27 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (0.86%) PowerApps
14 12 (0.61%) Amazon S3
14 12 (0.61%) Pulumi
15 11 (0.56%) PaaS
16 10 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.91%) Internet
2 14 (0.71%) Network Security
2 14 (0.71%) Wireless
3 13 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.30%) DNS
4 6 (0.30%) Firewall
5 5 (0.25%) 4G
5 5 (0.25%) 5G
6 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) iSCSI
6 4 (0.20%) LAN
6 4 (0.20%) Multicast
6 4 (0.20%) NAS
6 4 (0.20%) VPN
6 4 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.10%) RS-232
7 2 (0.10%) SSL
8 1 (0.051%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 101 (5.12%) MySQL
3 91 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 76 (3.86%) Amazon Athena
4 76 (3.86%) Apache Arrow
4 76 (3.86%) Apache Ignite
4 76 (3.86%) Dremio
5 67 (3.40%) Relational Database
6 63 (3.20%) Data Lake
7 44 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (1.42%) Redis
9 24 (1.22%) MongoDB
10 17 (0.86%) DynamoDB
11 16 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.76%) Power BI
13 10 (0.51%) GIS
14 8 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.41%) SQLite
15 7 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 188 (9.54%) Git
2 94 (4.77%) Visual Studio
3 36 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.52%) JIRA
5 19 (0.96%) NUnit
5 19 (0.96%) Selenium
5 19 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
6 18 (0.91%) TeamCity
7 17 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 17 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 16 (0.81%) CircleCI
9 14 (0.71%) Jasmine
10 11 (0.56%) Maven
10 11 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.46%) Gradle
11 9 (0.46%) PHPUnit
12 8 (0.41%) CMake
12 8 (0.41%) GitLab
12 8 (0.41%) Moq
General
1 344 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 253 (12.84%) Finance
3 91 (4.62%) Banking
4 78 (3.96%) Front Office
5 77 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (3.86%) Investment Banking
7 66 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 53 (2.69%) Manufacturing
9 42 (2.13%) Marketing
10 39 (1.98%) Law
11 35 (1.78%) Electronics
12 34 (1.73%) Retail
13 30 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 29 (1.47%) Tech for Good
15 26 (1.32%) Automotive
16 22 (1.12%) Telecoms
17 19 (0.96%) Legal
18 18 (0.91%) Games
19 16 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
20 15 (0.76%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 865 (43.89%) .NET
2 289 (14.66%) HTML
3 266 (13.50%) CSS
4 252 (12.79%) .NET Core
5 251 (12.73%) React
6 221 (11.21%) ASP.NET
7 205 (10.40%) AngularJS
8 193 (9.79%) .NET Framework
9 125 (6.34%) RESTful
10 118 (5.99%) Entity Framework
11 82 (4.16%) HTML5
12 80 (4.06%) Pandas
13 79 (4.01%) Node.js
13 79 (4.01%) Protocol Buffers
14 78 (3.96%) ASP.NET Web API
14 78 (3.96%) NumPy
15 77 (3.91%) gRPC
16 76 (3.86%) SciPy
17 73 (3.70%) REST
18 71 (3.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 76 (3.86%) Fixed Income
2 73 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 72 (3.65%) Hedge funds
4 71 (3.60%) Derivative
5 70 (3.55%) Equities
6 60 (3.04%) Algorithms
7 59 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 49 (2.49%) IoT
9 47 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
10 34 (1.73%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
12 31 (1.57%) Data Structures
13 29 (1.47%) Client/Server
14 28 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
15 27 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
16 26 (1.32%) Cloud Native
17 21 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
18 15 (0.76%) Virtual Team
19 14 (0.71%) NHS
19 14 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 129 (6.54%) Windows
2 122 (6.19%) Linux
3 44 (2.23%) Apple iOS
4 35 (1.78%) Android
5 20 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
6 13 (0.66%) Unix
7 7 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.25%) Windows Mobile
9 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.15%) VMS
11 2 (0.10%) AIX
11 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (29.98%) Agile
2 411 (20.85%) Software Engineering
3 312 (15.83%) Full Stack Development
4 283 (14.36%) DevOps
5 267 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
6 266 (13.50%) Computer Science
7 207 (10.50%) MVC
8 154 (7.81%) Microservices
9 153 (7.76%) CI/CD
10 139 (7.05%) Mentoring
11 133 (6.75%) TDD
12 126 (6.39%) Artificial Intelligence
13 114 (5.78%) Unit Testing
14 109 (5.53%) SDLC
15 104 (5.28%) Code Quality
15 104 (5.28%) Test Automation
16 101 (5.12%) Design Patterns
17 98 (4.97%) Collaborative Working
18 97 (4.92%) Clean Code
18 97 (4.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,036 (52.56%) C#
2 619 (31.41%) JavaScript
3 489 (24.81%) SQL
4 327 (16.59%) Java
5 266 (13.50%) Python
6 258 (13.09%) TypeScript
7 139 (7.05%) C++
8 111 (5.63%) C
9 89 (4.52%) PHP
10 53 (2.69%) VB.NET
11 37 (1.88%) Kotlin
12 35 (1.78%) Go
13 31 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 31 (1.57%) T-SQL
14 24 (1.22%) Ruby
15 20 (1.01%) VB
16 12 (0.61%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.51%) Bicep
17 10 (0.51%) XAML
18 9 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 349 (17.71%) Degree
2 137 (6.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 103 (5.23%) Security Cleared
4 43 (2.18%) DV Cleared
5 33 (1.67%) Master's Degree
6 31 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 23 (1.17%) PhD
8 17 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 10 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.20%) CIPD
11 4 (0.20%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.20%) MCSD
12 3 (0.15%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.15%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.10%) HND
13 2 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.051%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (2.94%) QA
2 8 (0.41%) GDPR
3 5 (0.25%) SLA
4 4 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.051%) EMIR
6 1 (0.051%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.051%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.051%) MiFID
System Software
1 188 (9.54%) Docker
2 8 (0.41%) Firmware
3 6 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.051%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 149 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.69%) Terraform
3 13 (0.66%) Ansible
4 9 (0.46%) Kibana
5 7 (0.36%) MIIS
6 6 (0.30%) Grafana
7 5 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.20%) WSUS
9 1 (0.051%) Kiali
9 1 (0.051%) Knative
9 1 (0.051%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 206 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (1.93%) Oracle
3 32 (1.62%) Google
4 25 (1.27%) Xamarin
5 20 (1.01%) Xilinx
6 14 (0.71%) Salesforce
7 12 (0.61%) Facebook
8 10 (0.51%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.46%) IBM
9 9 (0.46%) NVIDIA
10 8 (0.41%) F5
11 7 (0.36%) JDA
11 7 (0.36%) Quadient
12 6 (0.30%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.30%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.30%) Reuters
12 6 (0.30%) VMware
12 6 (0.30%) YouTube
13 5 (0.25%) ESRI
13 5 (0.25%) Micro Focus