Developer Jobs in London

Developer
England > London

The median Developer salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3,657 6,284 15,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 15.50% 18.31% 22.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.47% 19.25% 23.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,106 5,221 8,166
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £137,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,200
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.50% +13.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,208 32,645 65,581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 95.11% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,625 24,089 34,734
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in London

Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Developer in London

Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in London

Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London -5 543 £77,500 -3.13% 126
South London +7 101 £67,500 +12.50% 15
North London +21 40 £55,000 -15.38% 7
East London +13 33 £150,000 +81.82% 33
West London -56 24 £72,500 +30.83% 21
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 London region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,251 (34.21%) Agile
2 1,170 (31.99%) JavaScript
3 1,103 (30.16%) AWS
4 1,099 (30.05%) Finance
5 1,039 (28.41%) Azure
6 978 (26.74%) C#
7 956 (26.14%) Full Stack Development
8 909 (24.86%) SQL
9 899 (24.58%) .NET
10 844 (23.08%) Python
11 838 (22.91%) Java
12 773 (21.14%) React
13 717 (19.61%) Software Engineering
14 700 (19.14%) TypeScript
15 590 (16.13%) AngularJS
16 578 (15.81%) Social Skills
17 539 (14.74%) Front Office
18 536 (14.66%) DevOps
19 521 (14.25%) HTML
20 477 (13.04%) CSS
21 476 (13.02%) SQL Server
22 475 (12.99%) Microsoft
23 462 (12.63%) Microservices
24 446 (12.20%) Degree
25 442 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
26 422 (11.54%) GCP
27 418 (11.43%) TDD
28 412 (11.27%) Fintech
29 410 (11.21%) Fixed Income
30 399 (10.91%) Computer Science

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 209 (5.72%) Apache
2 193 (5.28%) Apache Airflow
3 81 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 72 (1.97%) CMS
5 44 (1.20%) WordPress
6 39 (1.07%) Confluence
7 37 (1.01%) Drupal
8 30 (0.82%) IIS
9 26 (0.71%) OpenStack
10 20 (0.55%) nginx
11 19 (0.52%) OpenEdge
12 17 (0.46%) Mendix
13 16 (0.44%) Apache Spark
14 15 (0.41%) Tomcat
15 13 (0.36%) Appian
15 13 (0.36%) JBoss
16 12 (0.33%) Ethereum
17 11 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
18 10 (0.27%) EPiServer
19 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 31 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.46%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.082%) Trello
6 2 (0.055%) Blender
6 2 (0.055%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.055%) Houdini
6 2 (0.055%) InDesign
6 2 (0.055%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.055%) Notion
7 1 (0.027%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.027%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.027%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 61 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.63%) SDL Web 8
3 13 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (0.25%) Magento
6 9 (0.25%) Shopify
7 7 (0.19%) Visualfiles
8 6 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
10 4 (0.11%) CiviCRM
11 3 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
12 2 (0.055%) Distributed Ledger
12 2 (0.055%) Endur
12 2 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.055%) Oracle FAH
12 2 (0.055%) R3 Corda
12 2 (0.055%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,103 (30.16%) AWS
2 1,039 (28.41%) Azure
3 422 (11.54%) GCP
4 306 (8.37%) Power Platform
5 193 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
6 176 (4.81%) Serverless
7 160 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
8 118 (3.23%) PowerApps
9 116 (3.17%) GitHub
10 102 (2.79%) SaaS
11 94 (2.57%) Power Automate
12 73 (2.00%) dbt
13 65 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
14 57 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 52 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
15 52 (1.42%) Snowflake
16 45 (1.23%) Azure Functions
17 44 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
17 44 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
18 41 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.66%) TCP/IP
2 21 (0.57%) Internet
3 12 (0.33%) VPN
4 11 (0.30%) BGP
4 11 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (0.30%) MPLS
5 9 (0.25%) HTTP
6 8 (0.22%) Multicast
7 7 (0.19%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.16%) AMQP
8 6 (0.16%) Broadband
8 6 (0.16%) Mobile Broadband
8 6 (0.16%) Network Security
9 5 (0.14%) FTP
10 2 (0.055%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.055%) Intranet
10 2 (0.055%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.055%) SSH
11 1 (0.027%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.027%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (13.02%) SQL Server
2 282 (7.71%) PostgreSQL
3 185 (5.06%) Power BI
4 179 (4.89%) Apache Ignite
5 162 (4.43%) Relational Database
6 149 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 143 (3.91%) MySQL
8 126 (3.45%) NoSQL
9 110 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 87 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
11 83 (2.27%) Redis
12 79 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 76 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
14 72 (1.97%) Dremio
15 71 (1.94%) Apache Arrow
16 59 (1.61%) Data Lake
17 56 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
18 49 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
19 36 (0.98%) Oracle Database
20 34 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 370 (10.12%) Git
2 124 (3.39%) JIRA
3 92 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 83 (2.27%) Cypress.io
5 63 (1.72%) Visual Studio
6 45 (1.23%) GitLab
7 41 (1.12%) JUnit
8 37 (1.01%) NUnit
9 34 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
9 34 (0.93%) TeamCity
10 33 (0.90%) Selenium
11 28 (0.77%) Moq
12 23 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
13 18 (0.49%) Cucumber
13 18 (0.49%) Maven
13 18 (0.49%) SpecFlow
14 16 (0.44%) Bitbucket
14 16 (0.44%) Mockito
14 16 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 15 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,099 (30.05%) Finance
2 578 (15.81%) Social Skills
3 539 (14.74%) Front Office
4 382 (10.45%) Banking
5 180 (4.92%) Investment Banking
6 164 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
7 111 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 106 (2.90%) Marketing
9 100 (2.73%) Public Sector
10 99 (2.71%) Law
11 72 (1.97%) Games
12 58 (1.59%) Back Office
12 58 (1.59%) Legal
13 55 (1.50%) Retail
14 34 (0.93%) Tech for Good
15 27 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 27 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 25 (0.68%) Advertising
17 22 (0.60%) Turkish Language
18 17 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 899 (24.58%) .NET
2 773 (21.14%) React
3 590 (16.13%) AngularJS
4 521 (14.25%) HTML
5 477 (13.04%) CSS
6 336 (9.19%) ASP.NET
7 309 (8.45%) Node.js
8 294 (8.04%) .NET Core
9 280 (7.66%) Vue
10 279 (7.63%) Redux
11 263 (7.19%) REST
12 229 (6.26%) Spring
13 223 (6.10%) RESTful
14 211 (5.77%) Spring Boot
14 211 (5.77%) Web Services
15 207 (5.66%) .NET Framework
16 204 (5.58%) gRPC
17 190 (5.20%) Protocol Buffers
18 157 (4.29%) HTML5
18 157 (4.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 410 (11.21%) Fixed Income
2 377 (10.31%) Hedge funds
3 311 (8.50%) Equities
4 293 (8.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 216 (5.91%) Derivative
6 207 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
7 110 (3.01%) Data Structures
8 93 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 92 (2.52%) Client/Server
10 91 (2.49%) Algorithms
11 89 (2.43%) Product Ownership
12 51 (1.39%) Mobile App
13 48 (1.31%) IoT
14 47 (1.29%) Cloud Native
15 44 (1.20%) Blockchain
16 42 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
17 41 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
18 37 (1.01%) Onboarding
19 31 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
20 30 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 148 (4.05%) Linux
2 69 (1.89%) Windows
3 58 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 52 (1.42%) Android
5 44 (1.20%) Unix
6 18 (0.49%) CentOS
7 8 (0.22%) VMS
8 7 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.027%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.027%) Solaris
11 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,251 (34.21%) Agile
2 956 (26.14%) Full Stack Development
3 717 (19.61%) Software Engineering
4 536 (14.66%) DevOps
5 462 (12.63%) Microservices
6 442 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
7 418 (11.43%) TDD
8 412 (11.27%) Fintech
9 399 (10.91%) Computer Science
10 395 (10.80%) Asset Management
11 353 (9.65%) Investment Management
12 294 (8.04%) CI/CD
13 281 (7.68%) Mentoring
14 254 (6.95%) Scrum
15 244 (6.67%) MVC
16 233 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
17 228 (6.23%) Analytics
18 227 (6.21%) Front End Development
19 218 (5.96%) Artificial Intelligence
20 195 (5.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,170 (31.99%) JavaScript
2 978 (26.74%) C#
3 909 (24.86%) SQL
4 844 (23.08%) Python
5 838 (22.91%) Java
6 700 (19.14%) TypeScript
7 160 (4.38%) PHP
8 132 (3.61%) C++
8 132 (3.61%) Kotlin
9 117 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 71 (1.94%) PL/SQL
11 65 (1.78%) Scala
12 63 (1.72%) Ruby
13 52 (1.42%) Go
14 48 (1.31%) R
15 47 (1.29%) Apex Code
16 45 (1.23%) PowerShell
17 41 (1.12%) C
18 39 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 30 (0.82%) XPath
Qualifications
1 446 (12.20%) Degree
2 171 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 147 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 90 (2.46%) SC Cleared
5 61 (1.67%) Master's Degree
6 37 (1.01%) CTC Cleared
7 19 (0.52%) Azure Certification
8 18 (0.49%) PhD
9 16 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.25%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.22%) Postgraduate
14 4 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.082%) MCSD
15 3 (0.082%) Numerate Degree
16 2 (0.055%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.72%) QA
2 25 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.52%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.33%) GDPR
5 11 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.19%) MiFID
6 7 (0.19%) WCAG
7 6 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.082%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.082%) PMO
8 3 (0.082%) SLA
9 2 (0.055%) EMIR
9 2 (0.055%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.055%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.055%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.055%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.055%) WAI
10 1 (0.027%) IFRS
10 1 (0.027%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.027%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 370 (10.12%) Docker
2 13 (0.36%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.27%) HDFS
4 6 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.055%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.027%) GridGain
7 1 (0.027%) OpenSIPS
7 1 (0.027%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.027%) Varnish
7 1 (0.027%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 287 (7.85%) Kubernetes
2 106 (2.90%) Terraform
3 45 (1.23%) Ansible
4 21 (0.57%) Grafana
5 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.22%) Kibana
8 6 (0.16%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.16%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.082%) Control-M
10 2 (0.055%) Consul
10 2 (0.055%) Packer
11 1 (0.027%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.027%) cPanel
11 1 (0.027%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.027%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.027%) MIIS
11 1 (0.027%) Nagios
11 1 (0.027%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 475 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 154 (4.21%) Google
3 139 (3.80%) Oracle
4 76 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 62 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 42 (1.15%) Bloomberg
7 32 (0.88%) Adobe
8 30 (0.82%) IBM
9 27 (0.74%) WSO2
10 19 (0.52%) Databricks
10 19 (0.52%) MuleSoft
11 18 (0.49%) Unisys
12 16 (0.44%) Atlassian
13 15 (0.41%) Sybase
14 14 (0.38%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.38%) SAP
15 13 (0.36%) Blue Prism
15 13 (0.36%) Cognizant
15 13 (0.36%) iManage
15 13 (0.36%) Progress