Programmer Jobs in England

Programmer
UK > England

The median Programmer salary in England is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 772 649
Rank change year-on-year +335 -123 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 472 142 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.17% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.18% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 317 86 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £74,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £86,875 £132,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -

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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in England

Programmer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Programmer in England

Programmer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in England

Programmer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +108 130 £38,000 -15.56% 36
North of England +106 105 £40,000 -20.00% 39
South East +27 86 £42,500 -39.29% 29
North West +55 75 £50,000 +11.11% 24
East Midlands +47 67 £38,000 -30.91% 11
East of England - 67 £45,000 - 12
West Midlands +48 63 £35,000 -17.65% 25
South West +21 54 £45,000 -18.18% 13
London +94 28 £60,000 -22.58% 12
Yorkshire +64 28 £35,000 -33.26% 10
North East - 2 - - 5
Programmer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 88 (18.64%) CAD
2 79 (16.74%) Manufacturing
3 59 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 58 (12.29%) Aerospace
4 58 (12.29%) Mentoring
5 51 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (9.96%) Creative Thinking
6 47 (9.96%) User Experience
6 47 (9.96%) Social Skills
7 45 (9.53%) Machine Learning
8 40 (8.47%) Agile
8 40 (8.47%) Data Engineering
8 40 (8.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 40 (8.47%) Cyberattack
8 40 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (8.26%) Automotive
10 36 (7.63%) SQL
11 32 (6.78%) Degree
12 28 (5.93%) Windows
13 26 (5.51%) RPG
13 26 (5.51%) Siemens
14 24 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
15 21 (4.45%) SystemVerilog
16 20 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
17 19 (4.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (4.03%) C#
18 18 (3.81%) Microsoft
18 18 (3.81%) AutoCAD
19 17 (3.60%) R
20 16 (3.39%) Siemens NX

Programmer 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 7 (1.48%) SAS
2 5 (1.06%) CICS
3 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.81%) AutoCAD
3 16 (3.39%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.39%) Siemens NX
4 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.64%) SPSS
7 2 (0.42%) ALPHACAM
7 2 (0.42%) Stata
8 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (0.64%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.42%) Azure
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.21%) AWS
2 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.21%) Azure Functions
2 1 (0.21%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (0.21%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.27%) FTP
2 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.42%) RS-232
3 1 (0.21%) DNS
3 1 (0.21%) Internet
3 1 (0.21%) Profibus
3 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (1.48%) UniData
3 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.42%) Base SAS
5 2 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.42%) MySQL
6 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.21%) Power BI
6 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.12%) Eclipse
2 7 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.27%) Dreamweaver
4 3 (0.64%) PeopleTools
4 3 (0.64%) Toad
5 1 (0.21%) Git
5 1 (0.21%) JIRA
5 1 (0.21%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.21%) PVCS
General
1 79 (16.74%) Manufacturing
2 58 (12.29%) Aerospace
3 47 (9.96%) Social Skills
4 40 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (8.26%) Automotive
6 20 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (2.97%) Marketing
8 13 (2.75%) Finance
9 11 (2.33%) Games
10 10 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.48%) Retail
12 6 (1.27%) Aviation
12 6 (1.27%) Electronics
13 3 (0.64%) Agriculture
13 3 (0.64%) Legal
14 2 (0.42%) Law
14 2 (0.42%) Military
14 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.75%) REST
2 12 (2.54%) EDI
3 11 (2.33%) .NET
3 11 (2.33%) Web Services
4 10 (2.12%) JSON
4 10 (2.12%) XML
4 10 (2.12%) XSL
5 9 (1.91%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.91%) HTML
6 6 (1.27%) Classic ASP
6 6 (1.27%) HTML5
6 6 (1.27%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (1.06%) EDIFACT
8 4 (0.85%) ISPF
8 4 (0.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 4 (0.85%) Unreal Engine
9 3 (0.64%) CSS
10 2 (0.42%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.47%) Cyberattack
2 15 (3.18%) IoT
3 14 (2.97%) Robotics
4 9 (1.91%) Mainframe
5 7 (1.48%) ARM Cortex
5 7 (1.48%) AS400
5 7 (1.48%) Verilog
6 6 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.42%) Equities
7 2 (0.42%) FPGA
7 2 (0.42%) Life Science
7 2 (0.42%) Oculus
7 2 (0.42%) Smart Home
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (0.21%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.21%) iPad
8 1 (0.21%) iSeries
8 1 (0.21%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.21%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.93%) Windows
2 9 (1.91%) Linux
3 5 (1.06%) Unix
4 4 (0.85%) AIX
4 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (0.85%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (18.64%) CAD
2 59 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 58 (12.29%) Mentoring
4 51 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (9.96%) Creative Thinking
5 47 (9.96%) User Experience
6 45 (9.53%) Machine Learning
7 40 (8.47%) Agile
7 40 (8.47%) Data Engineering
7 40 (8.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 19 (4.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (3.18%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (2.97%) 3D Modelling
10 14 (2.97%) Computer Science
11 13 (2.75%) Mathematics
12 12 (2.54%) Physics
12 12 (2.54%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (2.54%) SDLC
13 10 (2.12%) Modular Programming
13 10 (2.12%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.63%) SQL
2 26 (5.51%) RPG
3 21 (4.45%) SystemVerilog
4 19 (4.03%) C#
5 17 (3.60%) R
6 16 (3.39%) Python
7 11 (2.33%) Ladder Logic
8 10 (2.12%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.48%) RPG IV
9 7 (1.48%) Tcl
9 7 (1.48%) VB
10 6 (1.27%) Java
10 6 (1.27%) VBScript
11 5 (1.06%) C++
11 5 (1.06%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.06%) RPG/400
12 4 (0.85%) JCL
12 4 (0.85%) REXX
13 2 (0.42%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 32 (6.78%) Degree
2 6 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (1.27%) PhD
3 5 (1.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.64%) CDISC
2 2 (0.42%) GDPR
2 2 (0.42%) QA
3 1 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 4 (0.85%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (0.42%) ACF2
2 2 (0.42%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (0.21%) cPanel
Vendors
1 26 (5.51%) Siemens
2 18 (3.81%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.12%) Cadence
3 10 (2.12%) Synopsys
4 8 (1.69%) Oracle
5 6 (1.27%) IBM
6 4 (0.85%) Broadcom
6 4 (0.85%) Splunk
7 3 (0.64%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (0.64%) Quadient
8 2 (0.42%) Rockwell
8 2 (0.42%) SAP
9 1 (0.21%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.21%) ATG
9 1 (0.21%) Micro Focus
9 1 (0.21%) QinetiQ
9 1 (0.21%) Toshiba