Developer Jobs in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 17 4
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3,030 2,080 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.65% 12.57% 20.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.52% 14.07% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 1,419 2,675
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £82,875
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,298 14,787 17,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.36% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,332 8,028 10,986
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West +11 1,782 £52,500 -4.55% 328
Yorkshire +14 967 £50,000 -4.76% 144
North East +6 281 £51,250 -6.17% 52
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 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 North of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,054 (34.79%) .NET
2 1,045 (34.49%) C#
3 1,007 (33.23%) JavaScript
4 825 (27.23%) Azure
5 775 (25.58%) Agile
6 728 (24.03%) Full Stack Development
7 630 (20.79%) SQL
8 535 (17.66%) HTML
9 493 (16.27%) CSS
10 492 (16.24%) Microsoft
11 469 (15.48%) AngularJS
12 453 (14.95%) SQL Server
13 452 (14.92%) Social Skills
14 446 (14.72%) React
15 424 (13.99%) AWS
16 376 (12.41%) PHP
17 364 (12.01%) MVC
18 363 (11.98%) DevOps
19 361 (11.91%) .NET Core
20 353 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
21 352 (11.62%) ASP.NET
22 320 (10.56%) Node.js
23 318 (10.50%) Microservices
24 302 (9.97%) .NET Framework
25 295 (9.74%) TDD
26 287 (9.47%) Software Engineering
27 286 (9.44%) Degree
28 285 (9.41%) ASP.NET Web API
29 275 (9.08%) MySQL
30 274 (9.04%) Vue

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 65 (2.15%) CMS
2 64 (2.11%) WordPress
3 58 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 34 (1.12%) Umbraco
5 29 (0.96%) IIS
6 28 (0.92%) Apache
7 16 (0.53%) OpenEdge
8 13 (0.43%) Confluence
9 9 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 8 (0.26%) SAS
11 6 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.20%) nginx
12 5 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.17%) Drupal
12 5 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
13 4 (0.13%) Mendix
13 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.066%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.40%) Photoshop
4 11 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.13%) Maya
7 4 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.13%) Sketch
8 3 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.033%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 43 (1.42%) Magento
2 41 (1.35%) Shopify
3 37 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
6 11 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
7 9 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
8 7 (0.23%) BPCS
9 5 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.099%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.066%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.066%) SAP MII
11 2 (0.066%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.033%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (0.033%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.033%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 825 (27.23%) Azure
2 424 (13.99%) AWS
3 227 (7.49%) Power Platform
4 182 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
5 128 (4.22%) Serverless
6 122 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
6 122 (4.03%) SaaS
7 85 (2.81%) Power Automate
8 77 (2.54%) PowerApps
9 68 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
10 62 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 61 (2.01%) GitHub
12 59 (1.95%) Azure Functions
13 47 (1.55%) Azure API Management
14 43 (1.42%) IBM Cloud
14 43 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
15 42 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (1.19%) GCP
18 28 (0.92%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.91%) Internet
2 13 (0.43%) Broadband
2 13 (0.43%) Wireless
3 9 (0.30%) DNS
3 9 (0.30%) Intranet
4 8 (0.26%) HTTP
4 8 (0.26%) Mobile Broadband
5 6 (0.20%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.17%) SSL
7 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.13%) Firewall
7 4 (0.13%) MQTT
8 3 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.066%) FTP
9 2 (0.066%) RS-232
10 1 (0.033%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.033%) Skype
10 1 (0.033%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.033%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 453 (14.95%) SQL Server
2 275 (9.08%) MySQL
3 151 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
4 149 (4.92%) Power BI
5 110 (3.63%) MongoDB
6 109 (3.60%) Relational Database
7 99 (3.27%) NoSQL
8 75 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 69 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
10 47 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
11 44 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 44 (1.45%) DB2
12 37 (1.22%) Tableau
13 35 (1.16%) Power Query
13 35 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 28 (0.92%) DynamoDB
15 24 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 24 (0.79%) Redis
16 23 (0.76%) Oracle Database
16 23 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 238 (7.85%) Git
2 58 (1.91%) Visual Studio
3 50 (1.65%) JIRA
4 32 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 26 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.83%) GitLab
7 24 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 23 (0.76%) PHPUnit
9 22 (0.73%) Jasmine
10 16 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
11 15 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (0.46%) Xcode
13 12 (0.40%) Appium
13 12 (0.40%) Gradle
13 12 (0.40%) JUnit
13 12 (0.40%) Mockito
14 11 (0.36%) IntelliJ
15 10 (0.33%) gulp
15 10 (0.33%) NUnit
16 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 452 (14.92%) Social Skills
2 236 (7.79%) Finance
3 151 (4.98%) Public Sector
4 131 (4.32%) Retail
5 124 (4.09%) Law
6 121 (3.99%) Marketing
7 107 (3.53%) Games
8 105 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
9 82 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 53 (1.75%) Legal
11 42 (1.39%) Advertising
12 41 (1.35%) Banking
13 37 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (1.22%) Tech for Good
14 36 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 35 (1.16%) Automotive
16 30 (0.99%) Health Technology
17 23 (0.76%) Telecoms
18 19 (0.63%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.50%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,054 (34.79%) .NET
2 535 (17.66%) HTML
3 493 (16.27%) CSS
4 469 (15.48%) AngularJS
5 446 (14.72%) React
6 361 (11.91%) .NET Core
7 352 (11.62%) ASP.NET
8 320 (10.56%) Node.js
9 302 (9.97%) .NET Framework
10 285 (9.41%) ASP.NET Web API
11 274 (9.04%) Vue
12 255 (8.42%) RESTful
13 242 (7.99%) Entity Framework
14 240 (7.92%) Laravel
15 222 (7.33%) REST
16 199 (6.57%) ASP.NET MVC
17 161 (5.31%) HTML5
18 155 (5.12%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 152 (5.02%) jQuery
20 139 (4.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 152 (5.02%) Greenfield Project
2 87 (2.87%) Mobile App
3 57 (1.88%) Data Structures
4 50 (1.65%) Algorithms
5 49 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 47 (1.55%) Blockchain
7 43 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 42 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.29%) IoT
10 37 (1.22%) NHS
11 30 (0.99%) Management Information System
12 29 (0.96%) Cloud Native
12 29 (0.96%) Social Media
13 28 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (0.66%) Animation
16 19 (0.63%) Social Network
16 19 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
17 18 (0.59%) iPhone
17 18 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 165 (5.45%) Linux
2 121 (3.99%) Windows
3 102 (3.37%) Apple iOS
4 98 (3.23%) Android
5 21 (0.69%) Unix
6 16 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.30%) VMS
8 9 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.066%) AIX
10 2 (0.066%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.033%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.033%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (25.58%) Agile
2 728 (24.03%) Full Stack Development
3 364 (12.01%) MVC
4 363 (11.98%) DevOps
5 353 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
6 318 (10.50%) Microservices
7 295 (9.74%) TDD
8 287 (9.47%) Software Engineering
9 253 (8.35%) Web Development
10 238 (7.85%) User Experience
11 203 (6.70%) Mentoring
12 198 (6.53%) Business Intelligence
13 185 (6.11%) Front End Development
14 180 (5.94%) CI/CD
15 174 (5.74%) Design Patterns
16 171 (5.64%) Unit Testing
17 168 (5.54%) Scrum
18 164 (5.41%) Computer Science
19 163 (5.38%) OO
20 150 (4.95%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1,045 (34.49%) C#
2 1,007 (33.23%) JavaScript
3 630 (20.79%) SQL
4 376 (12.41%) PHP
5 266 (8.78%) TypeScript
6 259 (8.55%) Java
7 166 (5.48%) Python
8 97 (3.20%) T-SQL
9 66 (2.18%) C++
10 59 (1.95%) VB.NET
11 34 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 33 (1.09%) Swift
13 32 (1.06%) Ruby
14 31 (1.02%) PowerShell
15 30 (0.99%) Kotlin
16 27 (0.89%) VB
17 24 (0.79%) Scala
18 23 (0.76%) PL/SQL
19 21 (0.69%) Delphi
19 21 (0.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 286 (9.44%) Degree
2 126 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (2.51%) Security Cleared
4 67 (2.21%) SC Cleared
5 25 (0.83%) DBS Check
6 20 (0.66%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.40%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.33%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.26%) PhD
11 6 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.20%) CIPD
11 6 (0.20%) HND
11 6 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.066%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.066%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.066%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.066%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.066%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.033%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.00%) QA
2 26 (0.86%) GDPR
3 23 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.20%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.099%) WCAG
7 2 (0.066%) HL7
7 2 (0.066%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.033%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.033%) NIST
System Software
1 177 (5.84%) Docker
2 8 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.099%) Firmware
5 2 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.033%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 113 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 73 (2.41%) Terraform
3 6 (0.20%) Ansible
4 4 (0.13%) Rancher
5 2 (0.066%) Kibana
6 1 (0.033%) Grafana
6 1 (0.033%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.033%) Istio
6 1 (0.033%) Kiali
6 1 (0.033%) Oozie
6 1 (0.033%) Plesk
6 1 (0.033%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.033%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 492 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.67%) Oracle
3 79 (2.61%) Google
4 57 (1.88%) IBM
5 48 (1.58%) Facebook
6 43 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 37 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.12%) Adobe
9 23 (0.76%) MuleSoft
10 20 (0.66%) Apple
10 20 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.46%) Progress
11 14 (0.46%) Sony
11 14 (0.46%) Yahoo!
12 12 (0.40%) SAP
13 11 (0.36%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.33%) Cadence
14 10 (0.33%) F5
15 9 (0.30%) Twitter
15 9 (0.30%) Xamarin