Developer Jobs in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer salary in the North West is £52,084 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,672 1,020 1,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.22% 12.79% 19.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.16% 14.33% 19.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 798 1,320
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,225
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
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 9,207 7,117 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.21% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 4,116 5,478
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £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 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +8 925 £55,000 -4.35% 199
Cheshire +14 285 £52,500 -4.55% 75
Merseyside +25 224 £47,500 +11.76% 26
Lancashire +12 173 £50,000 - 34
Cumbria +31 60 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 567 (33.91%) JavaScript
2 564 (33.73%) C#
3 535 (32.00%) .NET
4 465 (27.81%) Agile
5 422 (25.24%) Azure
6 396 (23.68%) SQL
7 383 (22.91%) Full Stack Development
8 316 (18.90%) HTML
9 296 (17.70%) CSS
10 277 (16.57%) React
11 259 (15.49%) Microsoft
12 255 (15.25%) SQL Server
13 245 (14.65%) AWS
13 245 (14.65%) Social Skills
14 243 (14.53%) AngularJS
15 220 (13.16%) DevOps
15 220 (13.16%) MVC
16 219 (13.10%) ASP.NET
17 196 (11.72%) TDD
18 191 (11.42%) Java
19 190 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
20 187 (11.18%) Degree
21 184 (11.00%) Node.js
22 182 (10.89%) PHP
23 180 (10.77%) Vue
24 176 (10.53%) .NET Core
25 160 (9.57%) Software Engineering
26 155 (9.27%) REST
27 154 (9.21%) Web Development
28 153 (9.15%) 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 (2.45%) CMS
2 27 (1.61%) WordPress
3 26 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.08%) Apache
5 17 (1.02%) IIS
6 13 (0.78%) OpenEdge
7 7 (0.42%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.42%) Confluence
7 7 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.36%) SAS
9 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.18%) Drupal
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) Mendix
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.060%) concrete5
13 1 (0.060%) Jetty
13 1 (0.060%) Kentico
Applications
1 18 (1.08%) 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 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.32%) NetSuite
2 19 (1.14%) Magento
3 17 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.78%) Shopify
5 12 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.42%) BPCS
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.12%) Demantra
10 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle ASCP
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 422 (25.24%) Azure
2 245 (14.65%) AWS
3 126 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 112 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (4.78%) Serverless
6 75 (4.49%) SaaS
7 65 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
8 55 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 54 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
10 50 (2.99%) Azure Functions
11 48 (2.87%) Azure API Management
12 46 (2.75%) GitHub
13 43 (2.57%) IBM Cloud
14 41 (2.45%) Power Automate
15 30 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 28 (1.67%) PowerApps
17 23 (1.38%) GCP
18 19 (1.14%) Google Play
19 15 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
20 14 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.56%) 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 (0.060%) DNS
6 1 (0.060%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.060%) Firewall
6 1 (0.060%) MQTT
6 1 (0.060%) RS-232
6 1 (0.060%) Skype
6 1 (0.060%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.060%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 139 (8.31%) MySQL
3 116 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
4 81 (4.84%) MongoDB
4 81 (4.84%) Power BI
5 77 (4.61%) NoSQL
6 69 (4.13%) Relational Database
7 52 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 49 (2.93%) Tableau
9 44 (2.63%) DB2
10 43 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.08%) Oracle Database
14 18 (1.08%) Oracle Database 11g
15 17 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 12 (0.72%) Power Query
17 11 (0.66%) Redis
18 9 (0.54%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 127 (7.60%) Git
2 43 (2.57%) Visual Studio
3 26 (1.56%) JIRA
4 23 (1.38%) TeamCity
5 22 (1.32%) PHPUnit
6 20 (1.20%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.14%) GitLab
7 19 (1.14%) Jasmine
7 19 (1.14%) Jenkins
8 15 (0.90%) IntelliJ
8 15 (0.90%) JUnit
8 15 (0.90%) Mockito
9 12 (0.72%) Appium
9 12 (0.72%) Gradle
10 11 (0.66%) Karma Test Runner
11 10 (0.60%) NUnit
11 10 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.36%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 245 (14.65%) Social Skills
2 147 (8.79%) Finance
3 82 (4.90%) Public Sector
4 62 (3.71%) Manufacturing
5 58 (3.47%) Marketing
6 51 (3.05%) Retail
7 49 (2.93%) Law
8 47 (2.81%) Games
9 36 (2.15%) Legal
10 34 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (1.67%) Banking
12 26 (1.56%) Advertising
13 20 (1.20%) Automotive
14 15 (0.90%) Health Technology
14 15 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (0.66%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.54%) Back Office
16 9 (0.54%) Tech for Good
17 8 (0.48%) Military
18 7 (0.42%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (32.00%) .NET
2 316 (18.90%) HTML
3 296 (17.70%) CSS
4 277 (16.57%) React
5 243 (14.53%) AngularJS
6 219 (13.10%) ASP.NET
7 184 (11.00%) Node.js
8 180 (10.77%) Vue
9 176 (10.53%) .NET Core
10 155 (9.27%) REST
11 138 (8.25%) .NET Framework
12 133 (7.95%) Laravel
13 113 (6.76%) HTML5
14 109 (6.52%) Entity Framework
15 108 (6.46%) ASP.NET MVC
16 107 (6.40%) RESTful
17 104 (6.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 99 (5.92%) jQuery
19 95 (5.68%) Web Services
20 92 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
2 48 (2.87%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.81%) Algorithms
4 46 (2.75%) Data Structures
5 43 (2.57%) Blockchain
5 43 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 23 (1.38%) Video\Live Streaming
9 18 (1.08%) IoT
10 17 (1.02%) Social Network
11 15 (0.90%) Cloud Native
12 14 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (0.78%) NHS
14 12 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.72%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.60%) iSeries
15 10 (0.60%) Private Cloud
15 10 (0.60%) PropTech
16 9 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.48%) Linux
2 96 (5.74%) Windows
3 82 (4.90%) Android
4 79 (4.72%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.08%) Unix
6 13 (0.78%) 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 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (27.81%) Agile
2 383 (22.91%) Full Stack Development
3 220 (13.16%) DevOps
3 220 (13.16%) MVC
4 196 (11.72%) TDD
5 190 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
6 160 (9.57%) Software Engineering
7 154 (9.21%) Web Development
8 153 (9.15%) User Experience
9 142 (8.49%) Design Patterns
10 133 (7.95%) Microservices
11 123 (7.36%) Unit Testing
12 115 (6.88%) Front End Development
13 114 (6.82%) Mentoring
14 110 (6.58%) Clean Code
15 108 (6.46%) OOP
15 108 (6.46%) Scrum
16 107 (6.40%) OO
17 102 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
18 93 (5.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 567 (33.91%) JavaScript
2 564 (33.73%) C#
3 396 (23.68%) SQL
4 191 (11.42%) Java
5 182 (10.89%) PHP
6 150 (8.97%) TypeScript
7 112 (6.70%) Python
8 63 (3.77%) T-SQL
9 47 (2.81%) C++
10 32 (1.91%) VB.NET
11 21 (1.26%) Go
11 21 (1.26%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.20%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 19 (1.14%) Ruby
14 18 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 18 (1.08%) VB
15 15 (0.90%) C
16 14 (0.84%) Swift
17 12 (0.72%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 187 (11.18%) Degree
2 64 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (2.21%) Security Cleared
4 34 (2.03%) SC Cleared
5 17 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 8 (0.48%) Azure Certification
6 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
6 8 (0.48%) PhD
7 6 (0.36%) HND
8 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.18%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.060%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.060%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (3.83%) QA
2 16 (0.96%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.66%) GDPR
4 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.18%) WCAG
5 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.060%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.060%) NIST
System Software
1 109 (6.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.39%) Terraform
3 4 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.060%) Grafana
4 1 (0.060%) Kiali
4 1 (0.060%) Kibana
4 1 (0.060%) Plesk
Vendors
1 259 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.29%) IBM
3 50 (2.99%) Oracle
4 45 (2.69%) Google
5 43 (2.57%) Red Hat
6 39 (2.33%) Facebook
7 22 (1.32%) Adobe
8 20 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 15 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.60%) Apple
12 9 (0.54%) Progress
12 9 (0.54%) Sony
12 9 (0.54%) 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