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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,245 2,432 4,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.35% 16.78% 22.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.20% 18.58% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,899 1,884 3,226
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,125 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,120
Median % change year-on-year - +4.32% +4.99%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,040
% change year-on-year -11.54% +6.49% +10.98%

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 15,806 13,092 19,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.34% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,351 8,253 12,443
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £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 £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 10 May 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 10 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
Thames Valley -3 868 £60,000 - 88
Hampshire -5 510 £60,000 +10.60% 51
Berkshire -2 445 £65,000 +4.00% 37
Surrey -2 292 £55,000 -8.33% 41
Kent +7 239 £55,000 - 36
Buckinghamshire 0 228 £55,000 -3.51% 32
Oxfordshire +2 195 £57,500 -4.17% 19
East Sussex -3 151 £57,500 +4.55% 19
West Sussex +8 102 £55,000 -5.98% 13
Sussex +3 55 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Middlesex -37 5 £44,000 -45.00% 3
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 1,024 (45.61%) JavaScript
2 1,019 (45.39%) .NET
3 1,005 (44.77%) C#
4 840 (37.42%) Agile
5 818 (36.44%) Azure
6 650 (28.95%) Full Stack Development
7 626 (27.88%) HTML
8 620 (27.62%) SQL
9 571 (25.43%) CSS
10 557 (24.81%) React
11 544 (24.23%) SQL Server
12 492 (21.92%) AngularJS
13 488 (21.74%) ASP.NET
14 484 (21.56%) MVC
15 428 (19.06%) Microsoft
16 407 (18.13%) DevOps
17 404 (18.00%) Microservices
18 395 (17.59%) AWS
19 372 (16.57%) .NET Core
20 365 (16.26%) Social Skills
21 351 (15.63%) Git
22 345 (15.37%) Java
23 341 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
24 333 (14.83%) TypeScript
25 329 (14.65%) Degree
26 314 (13.99%) Docker
27 309 (13.76%) TDD
28 292 (13.01%) .NET Framework
28 292 (13.01%) Computer Science
29 281 (12.52%) HTML5

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 71 (3.16%) CMS
2 45 (2.00%) IIS
3 41 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 35 (1.56%) OpenStack
5 32 (1.43%) Umbraco
6 27 (1.20%) Apache
7 25 (1.11%) Kentico
8 24 (1.07%) Headless CMS
9 21 (0.94%) WordPress
10 20 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
11 18 (0.80%) nginx
12 12 (0.53%) Drupal
12 12 (0.53%) JBoss
13 11 (0.49%) Confluence
13 11 (0.49%) IBM Domino
14 10 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
15 9 (0.40%) Tomcat
16 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
17 4 (0.18%) Apache Solr
17 4 (0.18%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 27 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.62%) Simulink
4 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.27%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.045%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.045%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.045%) InDesign
7 1 (0.045%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 43 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.43%) Siebel CRM
3 17 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.31%) Magento
6 5 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.22%) Odoo
7 4 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.18%) SDL Web 8
7 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.089%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 2 (0.089%) nopCommerce
9 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.089%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.089%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.089%) Shopify
10 1 (0.045%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 818 (36.44%) Azure
2 395 (17.59%) AWS
3 219 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
4 167 (7.44%) Serverless
5 111 (4.94%) Power Platform
6 106 (4.72%) SaaS
7 91 (4.05%) Azure Functions
8 86 (3.83%) Azure Service Bus
9 80 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
10 78 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
11 77 (3.43%) Azure API Management
12 76 (3.39%) GitHub
13 74 (3.30%) IBM Cloud
14 55 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
16 41 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (1.38%) Power Automate
18 29 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
19 27 (1.20%) PaaS
20 23 (1.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.63%) Internet
2 26 (1.16%) HTTP
3 19 (0.85%) DNS
4 15 (0.67%) SSL
5 14 (0.62%) Firewall
6 11 (0.49%) Network Security
7 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.36%) VPN
9 7 (0.31%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
11 4 (0.18%) Intranet
11 4 (0.18%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.18%) LAN
11 4 (0.18%) MQTT
11 4 (0.18%) NAS
11 4 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.089%) Wireless
13 1 (0.045%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 544 (24.23%) SQL Server
2 222 (9.89%) NoSQL
3 200 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
4 185 (8.24%) Relational Database
5 181 (8.06%) MongoDB
6 163 (7.26%) MySQL
7 93 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
8 76 (3.39%) Power BI
9 74 (3.30%) DB2
10 58 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (1.43%) Oracle BI EE
11 32 (1.43%) Siebel EIM
12 28 (1.25%) Redis
13 27 (1.20%) Power Query
14 26 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 23 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
16 22 (0.98%) Data Lake
17 19 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 17 (0.76%) Oracle Database
19 16 (0.71%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 351 (15.63%) Git
2 101 (4.50%) Visual Studio
3 90 (4.01%) JIRA
4 83 (3.70%) Jenkins
5 53 (2.36%) Selenium
6 40 (1.78%) NUnit
7 39 (1.74%) Cypress.io
8 34 (1.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 31 (1.38%) JUnit
10 29 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
11 27 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
12 24 (1.07%) Ant
13 21 (0.94%) GitLab
14 19 (0.85%) Bitbucket
15 17 (0.76%) Postman
16 13 (0.58%) TeamCity
17 12 (0.53%) Maven
18 11 (0.49%) Jasmine
19 10 (0.45%) MorphX
20 8 (0.36%) MSBuild
General
1 365 (16.26%) Social Skills
2 243 (10.82%) Finance
3 158 (7.04%) Public Sector
4 88 (3.92%) Marketing
5 72 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (2.81%) Retail
7 53 (2.36%) Telecoms
8 43 (1.92%) Law
8 43 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 37 (1.65%) Aerospace
10 34 (1.51%) Games
11 27 (1.20%) Advertising
12 26 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 24 (1.07%) Back Office
14 21 (0.94%) Electronics
15 20 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (0.71%) Banking
17 15 (0.67%) Multimedia
18 12 (0.53%) Aviation
18 12 (0.53%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,019 (45.39%) .NET
2 626 (27.88%) HTML
3 571 (25.43%) CSS
4 557 (24.81%) React
5 492 (21.92%) AngularJS
6 488 (21.74%) ASP.NET
7 372 (16.57%) .NET Core
8 292 (13.01%) .NET Framework
9 281 (12.52%) HTML5
10 279 (12.43%) Vue
11 263 (11.71%) Entity Framework
12 261 (11.63%) ASP.NET Web API
13 259 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
14 258 (11.49%) Node.js
15 250 (11.14%) REST
16 224 (9.98%) Web Services
17 191 (8.51%) jQuery
18 182 (8.11%) CSS3
19 173 (7.71%) RESTful
20 161 (7.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 121 (5.39%) Algorithms
2 107 (4.77%) Greenfield Project
3 80 (3.56%) Data Structures
4 76 (3.39%) Blockchain
5 74 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 69 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 60 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 40 (1.78%) Mobile App
10 39 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.34%) Product Ownership
12 23 (1.02%) Management Information System
13 21 (0.94%) Social Media
14 19 (0.85%) Mainframe
15 17 (0.76%) e-Learning
16 15 (0.67%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.62%) Digital Media
18 13 (0.58%) BBC
18 13 (0.58%) IoT
18 13 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 190 (8.46%) Linux
2 150 (6.68%) Windows
3 104 (4.63%) Android
4 87 (3.88%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.31%) Unix
8 4 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.089%) AIX
9 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (37.42%) Agile
2 650 (28.95%) Full Stack Development
3 484 (21.56%) MVC
4 407 (18.13%) DevOps
5 404 (18.00%) Microservices
6 341 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
7 309 (13.76%) TDD
8 292 (13.01%) Computer Science
9 261 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
10 232 (10.33%) Web Development
11 210 (9.35%) Scrum
12 204 (9.09%) CI/CD
13 196 (8.73%) Software Engineering
14 188 (8.37%) User Experience
15 182 (8.11%) BDD
16 178 (7.93%) Design Patterns
17 163 (7.26%) OOP
18 162 (7.22%) OO
19 150 (6.68%) Front End Development
20 143 (6.37%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1,024 (45.61%) JavaScript
2 1,005 (44.77%) C#
3 620 (27.62%) SQL
4 345 (15.37%) Java
5 333 (14.83%) TypeScript
6 260 (11.58%) Python
7 208 (9.27%) PHP
8 130 (5.79%) C++
9 68 (3.03%) Go
10 67 (2.98%) C
11 51 (2.27%) T-SQL
12 37 (1.65%) PL/SQL
13 26 (1.16%) Kotlin
14 19 (0.85%) COBOL
15 15 (0.67%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.53%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.40%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.40%) Scala
18 8 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 329 (14.65%) Degree
2 214 (9.53%) Security Cleared
3 171 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 128 (5.70%) SC Cleared
5 39 (1.74%) CTC Cleared
6 33 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.07%) DBS Check
7 24 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 21 (0.94%) Azure Certification
9 18 (0.80%) PhD
10 16 (0.71%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.13%) MBA
12 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.089%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.045%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.045%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.045%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.045%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.47%) QA
2 35 (1.56%) WCAG
3 21 (0.94%) GDPR
4 19 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.089%) GRC
9 2 (0.089%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.045%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 314 (13.99%) Docker
2 27 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 9 (0.40%) Firmware
4 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.13%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 219 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.23%) Ansible
2 50 (2.23%) Terraform
3 8 (0.36%) MIIS
4 6 (0.27%) Kibana
5 5 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.18%) WSUS
7 3 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.045%) Grafana
Vendors
1 428 (19.06%) Microsoft
2 95 (4.23%) Oracle
3 83 (3.70%) IBM
4 75 (3.34%) Red Hat
5 51 (2.27%) Google
6 35 (1.56%) WSO2
7 32 (1.43%) Siebel
8 31 (1.38%) Facebook
9 26 (1.16%) SAP
10 24 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 21 (0.94%) Optimizely
11 21 (0.94%) Xamarin
12 20 (0.89%) Sitecore
13 19 (0.85%) Unisys
14 14 (0.62%) Xilinx
15 13 (0.58%) Adobe
15 13 (0.58%) Apple
15 13 (0.58%) Sony
15 13 (0.58%) Yahoo!
16 12 (0.53%) ServiceNow