Developer Jobs in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer salary in the North West 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 3 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,782 957 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.35% 12.63% 18.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.32% 14.14% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,528 748 1,267
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,728 6,766 9,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.26% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,455 4,001 5,425
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,396 £40,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Developer in the North West

Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North West 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
Manchester +9 992 £55,000 -4.35% 217
Cheshire +14 307 £52,500 -12.50% 53
Merseyside +30 248 £50,000 +17.65% 37
Lancashire +13 171 £50,000 - 30
Cumbria +29 62 £50,000 +25.00% 4
Developer
England

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

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 West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 594 (33.33%) C#
2 591 (33.16%) JavaScript
3 567 (31.82%) .NET
4 485 (27.22%) Agile
5 450 (25.25%) Azure
6 398 (22.33%) Full Stack Development
7 394 (22.11%) SQL
8 327 (18.35%) HTML
9 307 (17.23%) CSS
10 284 (15.94%) React
11 270 (15.15%) Microsoft
12 264 (14.81%) AWS
13 258 (14.48%) SQL Server
14 245 (13.75%) AngularJS
15 241 (13.52%) Social Skills
16 240 (13.47%) DevOps
17 225 (12.63%) MVC
18 219 (12.29%) ASP.NET
19 203 (11.39%) TDD
20 195 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
21 193 (10.83%) Java
22 191 (10.72%) Node.js
23 188 (10.55%) PHP
24 185 (10.38%) Vue
25 184 (10.33%) .NET Core
26 175 (9.82%) Degree
27 173 (9.71%) Software Engineering
28 165 (9.26%) REST
29 161 (9.03%) User Experience
30 157 (8.81%) TypeScript

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 39 (2.19%) CMS
2 31 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.57%) WordPress
4 18 (1.01%) Apache
5 17 (0.95%) IIS
6 13 (0.73%) OpenEdge
7 9 (0.51%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.45%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.34%) SAS
10 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.28%) Confluence
11 4 (0.22%) Drupal
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.11%) Mendix
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.056%) concrete5
13 1 (0.056%) Jetty
13 1 (0.056%) Kentico
Applications
1 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.39%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.22%) Maya
4 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.056%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (1.40%) Magento
2 22 (1.23%) NetSuite
3 20 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
5 11 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
6 10 (0.56%) Shopify
7 7 (0.39%) BPCS
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.056%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 450 (25.25%) Azure
2 264 (14.81%) AWS
3 128 (7.18%) Power Platform
4 116 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (4.60%) SaaS
5 82 (4.60%) Serverless
6 72 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 52 (2.92%) Azure Functions
8 52 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
9 47 (2.64%) Azure API Management
10 45 (2.53%) GitHub
11 43 (2.41%) IBM Cloud
12 42 (2.36%) Power Automate
13 30 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 30 (1.68%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.57%) GCP
15 20 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (1.07%) Google Play
17 17 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.57%) Internet
2 6 (0.34%) Intranet
3 4 (0.22%) Bluetooth
3 4 (0.22%) Wireless
4 3 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.11%) Broadband
5 2 (0.11%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.11%) SSL
5 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.056%) DNS
6 1 (0.056%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.056%) Firewall
6 1 (0.056%) HTTP
6 1 (0.056%) MQTT
6 1 (0.056%) RS-232
6 1 (0.056%) Skype
6 1 (0.056%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.056%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (14.48%) SQL Server
2 148 (8.31%) MySQL
3 114 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
4 84 (4.71%) MongoDB
4 84 (4.71%) NoSQL
5 79 (4.43%) Power BI
6 66 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 51 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 44 (2.47%) DB2
9 42 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (2.02%) Tableau
11 33 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 22 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (0.95%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 16 (0.90%) Oracle Database
15 16 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
16 13 (0.73%) Power Query
17 11 (0.62%) Redis
18 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 123 (6.90%) Git
2 43 (2.41%) Visual Studio
3 25 (1.40%) JIRA
4 22 (1.23%) PHPUnit
5 20 (1.12%) GitLab
6 19 (1.07%) TeamCity
7 18 (1.01%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.01%) Jenkins
8 17 (0.95%) Jasmine
9 12 (0.67%) Appium
10 11 (0.62%) IntelliJ
10 11 (0.62%) JUnit
10 11 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
10 11 (0.62%) Mockito
11 10 (0.56%) NUnit
11 10 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.45%) Gradle
13 6 (0.34%) Dreamweaver
13 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.28%) Cypress.io
General
1 241 (13.52%) Social Skills
2 154 (8.64%) Finance
3 84 (4.71%) Public Sector
4 63 (3.54%) Marketing
5 60 (3.37%) Manufacturing
6 57 (3.20%) Games
7 56 (3.14%) Law
8 52 (2.92%) Retail
9 43 (2.41%) Legal
10 39 (2.19%) Analytical Skills
11 30 (1.68%) Advertising
12 28 (1.57%) Banking
13 23 (1.29%) Automotive
14 19 (1.07%) Health Technology
15 16 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (0.79%) Tech for Good
17 12 (0.67%) Back Office
17 12 (0.67%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.45%) Military
19 7 (0.39%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 567 (31.82%) .NET
2 327 (18.35%) HTML
3 307 (17.23%) CSS
4 284 (15.94%) React
5 245 (13.75%) AngularJS
6 219 (12.29%) ASP.NET
7 191 (10.72%) Node.js
8 185 (10.38%) Vue
9 184 (10.33%) .NET Core
10 165 (9.26%) REST
11 152 (8.53%) .NET Framework
12 135 (7.58%) Laravel
13 119 (6.68%) Entity Framework
13 119 (6.68%) HTML5
14 110 (6.17%) ASP.NET MVC
15 107 (6.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 105 (5.89%) RESTful
17 99 (5.56%) jQuery
18 97 (5.44%) Web Services
19 94 (5.27%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
2 55 (3.09%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.64%) Algorithms
4 46 (2.58%) Data Structures
5 45 (2.53%) Blockchain
6 43 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 36 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.12%) IoT
10 19 (1.07%) Social Network
10 19 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
11 17 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 15 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.73%) NHS
15 12 (0.67%) PropTech
16 11 (0.62%) Management Information System
16 11 (0.62%) Private Cloud
17 10 (0.56%) iSeries
17 10 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 123 (6.90%) Linux
2 98 (5.50%) Windows
3 82 (4.60%) Apple iOS
4 81 (4.55%) Android
5 17 (0.95%) Unix
6 13 (0.73%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.22%) VMS
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (27.22%) Agile
2 398 (22.33%) Full Stack Development
3 240 (13.47%) DevOps
4 225 (12.63%) MVC
5 203 (11.39%) TDD
6 195 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (9.71%) Software Engineering
8 161 (9.03%) User Experience
9 150 (8.42%) Web Development
10 145 (8.14%) Design Patterns
11 138 (7.74%) Microservices
12 125 (7.01%) Unit Testing
13 114 (6.40%) Mentoring
14 113 (6.34%) Clean Code
15 112 (6.29%) Scrum
16 109 (6.12%) OO
17 107 (6.00%) Front End Development
17 107 (6.00%) OOP
18 101 (5.67%) CI/CD
19 99 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 594 (33.33%) C#
2 591 (33.16%) JavaScript
3 394 (22.11%) SQL
4 193 (10.83%) Java
5 188 (10.55%) PHP
6 157 (8.81%) TypeScript
7 113 (6.34%) Python
8 61 (3.42%) T-SQL
9 55 (3.09%) C++
10 32 (1.80%) VB.NET
11 24 (1.35%) Ruby
12 20 (1.12%) PowerShell
13 19 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 19 (1.07%) Go
14 18 (1.01%) Kotlin
14 18 (1.01%) VB
15 17 (0.95%) C
15 17 (0.95%) Swift
16 16 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.73%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 175 (9.82%) Degree
2 68 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (2.47%) Security Cleared
4 38 (2.13%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.51%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.45%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.45%) PhD
8 6 (0.34%) HND
8 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.22%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.11%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.056%) ACCA
12 1 (0.056%) CIMA
12 1 (0.056%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.056%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (3.70%) QA
2 16 (0.90%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.62%) GDPR
4 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.17%) WCAG
5 2 (0.11%) HL7
6 1 (0.056%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.056%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.056%) NIST
System Software
1 105 (5.89%) Docker
2 3 (0.17%) Firmware
3 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.47%) Terraform
3 5 (0.28%) Ansible
4 1 (0.056%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.056%) Kiali
4 1 (0.056%) Kibana
4 1 (0.056%) Plesk
4 1 (0.056%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 270 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.14%) IBM
3 47 (2.64%) Oracle
4 45 (2.53%) Google
5 43 (2.41%) Red Hat
6 40 (2.24%) Facebook
7 25 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.29%) Adobe
9 20 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.56%) Apple
12 9 (0.51%) Progress
12 9 (0.51%) Sony
12 9 (0.51%) Twitter
12 9 (0.51%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.34%) Actuate
13 6 (0.34%) Civica
13 6 (0.34%) Intapp
14 5 (0.28%) ESRI
14 5 (0.28%) Sitecore