Software Developer Jobs in Leeds

Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Developer salary in Leeds is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 146 86
Rank change year-on-year +49 -60 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 36 37 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.59% 1.22% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.28% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 56
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +27.78% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £71,250 £58,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year -21.74% +39.39% +0.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,168 2,887 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.01% 95.22% 97.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,567 1,730 2,547
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,131 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,957 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,375 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Leeds

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software 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 Leeds region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 20 (55.56%) C#
2 19 (52.78%) .NET
3 18 (50.00%) SQL
4 14 (38.89%) Azure
4 14 (38.89%) .NET Core
5 13 (36.11%) DevOps
6 11 (30.56%) Law
7 9 (25.00%) Microservices
8 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
9 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
9 7 (19.44%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (16.67%) SDLC
10 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (16.67%) RESTful
11 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (13.89%) TDD
11 5 (13.89%) HTML
11 5 (13.89%) CSS
11 5 (13.89%) CircleCI
11 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
11 5 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
11 5 (13.89%) Deployment Automation
11 5 (13.89%) GitHub
11 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
11 5 (13.89%) REST
11 5 (13.89%) Docker
11 5 (13.89%) Kubernetes
11 5 (13.89%) React

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (13.89%) GitHub
3 5 (13.89%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (11.11%) BigCommerce
4 4 (11.11%) OCI
5 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.33%) MySQL
3 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) CircleCI
2 1 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 11 (30.56%) Law
2 5 (13.89%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
2 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Finance
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (52.78%) .NET
2 14 (38.89%) .NET Core
3 6 (16.67%) RESTful
4 5 (13.89%) AngularJS
4 5 (13.89%) CSS
4 5 (13.89%) HTML
4 5 (13.89%) React
4 5 (13.89%) REST
5 3 (8.33%) .NET Framework
5 3 (8.33%) Laravel
6 2 (5.56%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.56%) JSON
7 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (2.78%) GTK
7 1 (2.78%) Node.js
7 1 (2.78%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Public Cloud
2 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) DevOps
2 9 (25.00%) Microservices
3 7 (19.44%) Full Stack Development
3 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) SDLC
5 5 (13.89%) CI/CD
5 5 (13.89%) Containerisation
5 5 (13.89%) Deployment Automation
5 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
5 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.89%) TDD
6 4 (11.11%) Mathematics
7 3 (8.33%) Business Continuity
8 2 (5.56%) Agile
8 2 (5.56%) Change Management
8 2 (5.56%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.56%) Procedural Programming
9 1 (2.78%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) C#
2 18 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (11.11%) Java
3 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.33%) PHP
4 3 (8.33%) Python
5 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.56%) VB
5 2 (5.56%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.78%) C++
6 1 (2.78%) Ruby
6 1 (2.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) CIPD
1 4 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Docker
2 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft