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 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,684 1,006 1,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.26% 12.66% 18.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.23% 14.22% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 789 1,288
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,175
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% - +19.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +6.56% +10.91%

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 9,236 7,075 9,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.06% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,094 4,124 5,451
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
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 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 6 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 6 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 +8 933 £55,000 -4.35% 196
Cheshire +14 288 £52,500 -14.29% 63
Merseyside +25 227 £47,500 +11.76% 30
Lancashire +14 172 £50,000 - 17
Cumbria +33 60 £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 6 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.

1 571 (33.91%) JavaScript
2 566 (33.61%) C#
3 539 (32.01%) .NET
4 473 (28.09%) Agile
5 429 (25.48%) Azure
6 400 (23.75%) SQL
7 381 (22.62%) Full Stack Development
8 319 (18.94%) HTML
9 299 (17.76%) CSS
10 276 (16.39%) React
11 262 (15.56%) Microsoft
12 255 (15.14%) SQL Server
13 251 (14.90%) AWS
14 246 (14.61%) Social Skills
15 242 (14.37%) AngularJS
16 226 (13.42%) DevOps
17 219 (13.00%) MVC
18 218 (12.95%) ASP.NET
19 202 (12.00%) TDD
20 191 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
21 188 (11.16%) Java
22 187 (11.10%) Node.js
23 185 (10.99%) Degree
24 184 (10.93%) PHP
25 181 (10.75%) Vue
26 176 (10.45%) .NET Core
27 162 (9.62%) Software Engineering
28 160 (9.50%) REST
29 154 (9.14%) Web Development
30 153 (9.09%) User Experience

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 41 (2.43%) CMS
2 27 (1.60%) WordPress
3 26 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.07%) Apache
5 17 (1.01%) IIS
6 13 (0.77%) OpenEdge
7 8 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.42%) Apache Solr
8 7 (0.42%) Confluence
9 6 (0.36%) SAS
10 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.18%) Drupal
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.12%) Mendix
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.059%) concrete5
14 1 (0.059%) Jetty
14 1 (0.059%) Kentico
Applications
1 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.42%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.24%) Maya
4 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 19 (1.13%) Magento
3 18 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.77%) Shopify
5 12 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.42%) BPCS
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.059%) Demantra
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle ASCP
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 429 (25.48%) Azure
2 251 (14.90%) AWS
3 126 (7.48%) Power Platform
4 113 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (4.93%) Serverless
6 79 (4.69%) SaaS
7 66 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 53 (3.15%) Azure Service Bus
10 52 (3.09%) Azure Functions
11 47 (2.79%) Azure API Management
11 47 (2.79%) GitHub
12 43 (2.55%) IBM Cloud
13 42 (2.49%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 29 (1.72%) PowerApps
16 26 (1.54%) GCP
17 19 (1.13%) Google Play
18 16 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
19 13 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.54%) Internet
2 6 (0.36%) Intranet
3 4 (0.24%) Bluetooth
3 4 (0.24%) Wireless
4 3 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.12%) Broadband
5 2 (0.12%) HTTP
5 2 (0.12%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.059%) DNS
6 1 (0.059%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.059%) Firewall
6 1 (0.059%) MQTT
6 1 (0.059%) RS-232
6 1 (0.059%) Skype
6 1 (0.059%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.059%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (15.14%) SQL Server
2 141 (8.37%) MySQL
3 118 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
4 82 (4.87%) MongoDB
5 80 (4.75%) NoSQL
5 80 (4.75%) Power BI
6 69 (4.10%) Relational Database
7 52 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 49 (2.91%) Tableau
9 44 (2.61%) DB2
10 43 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 20 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.07%) Oracle Database
14 18 (1.07%) Oracle Database 11g
15 17 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 12 (0.71%) Power Query
17 11 (0.65%) Redis
18 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 127 (7.54%) Git
2 43 (2.55%) Visual Studio
3 26 (1.54%) JIRA
4 22 (1.31%) PHPUnit
4 22 (1.31%) TeamCity
5 20 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 20 (1.19%) GitLab
5 20 (1.19%) Jenkins
6 19 (1.13%) Jasmine
7 14 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 14 (0.83%) JUnit
7 14 (0.83%) Mockito
8 12 (0.71%) Appium
9 11 (0.65%) Gradle
9 11 (0.65%) Karma Test Runner
10 10 (0.59%) NUnit
10 10 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.36%) Dreamweaver
11 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 246 (14.61%) Social Skills
2 151 (8.97%) Finance
3 82 (4.87%) Public Sector
4 62 (3.68%) Manufacturing
5 58 (3.44%) Marketing
6 51 (3.03%) Law
7 48 (2.85%) Games
7 48 (2.85%) Retail
8 36 (2.14%) Legal
9 35 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
10 28 (1.66%) Banking
11 26 (1.54%) Advertising
12 20 (1.19%) Automotive
13 15 (0.89%) Health Technology
13 15 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (0.65%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.59%) Back Office
15 10 (0.59%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.48%) Military
17 7 (0.42%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 539 (32.01%) .NET
2 319 (18.94%) HTML
3 299 (17.76%) CSS
4 276 (16.39%) React
5 242 (14.37%) AngularJS
6 218 (12.95%) ASP.NET
7 187 (11.10%) Node.js
8 181 (10.75%) Vue
9 176 (10.45%) .NET Core
10 160 (9.50%) REST
11 141 (8.37%) .NET Framework
12 135 (8.02%) Laravel
13 113 (6.71%) HTML5
14 110 (6.53%) Entity Framework
15 108 (6.41%) ASP.NET MVC
16 107 (6.35%) RESTful
17 104 (6.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 98 (5.82%) jQuery
19 97 (5.76%) Web Services
20 93 (5.52%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.87%) Greenfield Project
2 50 (2.97%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.79%) Algorithms
4 46 (2.73%) Data Structures
5 43 (2.55%) Blockchain
5 43 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.43%) Video\Live Streaming
9 18 (1.07%) IoT
10 17 (1.01%) Social Network
11 16 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (0.77%) NHS
14 12 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.71%) Management Information System
15 11 (0.65%) PropTech
16 10 (0.59%) iSeries
16 10 (0.59%) Private Cloud
17 9 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.42%) Linux
2 97 (5.76%) Windows
3 82 (4.87%) Android
4 79 (4.69%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.01%) Unix
6 13 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.24%) VMS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (28.09%) Agile
2 381 (22.62%) Full Stack Development
3 226 (13.42%) DevOps
4 219 (13.00%) MVC
5 202 (12.00%) TDD
6 191 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 162 (9.62%) Software Engineering
8 154 (9.14%) Web Development
9 153 (9.09%) User Experience
10 144 (8.55%) Design Patterns
11 135 (8.02%) Microservices
12 124 (7.36%) Unit Testing
13 116 (6.89%) Mentoring
14 112 (6.65%) Clean Code
15 111 (6.59%) Front End Development
15 111 (6.59%) Scrum
16 109 (6.47%) OOP
17 105 (6.24%) OO
18 101 (6.00%) Business Intelligence
19 96 (5.70%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 571 (33.91%) JavaScript
2 566 (33.61%) C#
3 400 (23.75%) SQL
4 188 (11.16%) Java
5 184 (10.93%) PHP
6 150 (8.91%) TypeScript
7 111 (6.59%) Python
8 63 (3.74%) T-SQL
9 49 (2.91%) C++
10 32 (1.90%) VB.NET
11 20 (1.19%) Go
11 20 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 20 (1.19%) Ruby
12 19 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 19 (1.13%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.07%) Kotlin
13 18 (1.07%) VB
14 16 (0.95%) C
15 14 (0.83%) Swift
16 12 (0.71%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 185 (10.99%) Degree
2 65 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (2.32%) Security Cleared
4 35 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.48%) PhD
8 6 (0.36%) HND
9 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.18%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.059%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.059%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.059%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (3.80%) QA
2 16 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.65%) GDPR
4 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.18%) WCAG
5 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 1 (0.059%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.059%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.059%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (6.41%) Docker
2 3 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.43%) Terraform
3 4 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.059%) Grafana
4 1 (0.059%) Kiali
4 1 (0.059%) Kibana
4 1 (0.059%) Plesk
Vendors
1 262 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.27%) IBM
3 50 (2.97%) Oracle
4 45 (2.67%) Google
5 43 (2.55%) Red Hat
6 39 (2.32%) Facebook
7 22 (1.31%) Adobe
8 20 (1.19%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.59%) Apple
12 9 (0.53%) Progress
12 9 (0.53%) Sony
12 9 (0.53%) Yahoo!
13 8 (0.48%) Twitter
14 6 (0.36%) Actuate
14 6 (0.36%) Civica
15 5 (0.30%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.30%) ESRI
15 5 (0.30%) Sitecore