Software Developer Job Trends in Bradford

Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

As of 22 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Developer salary in Bradford.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 12 33
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 4 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bradford 2.29% 4.94% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 5.00% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -
75th Percentile - £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,250 £49,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.21% -9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 172 80 141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.29% 98.77% 99.30%
Number of salaries quoted 72 26 106
10th Percentile £27,875 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £80,313 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £74,875 £71,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Bradford

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Bradford.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Bradford

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bradford region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) CMS
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) CSS3
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Drupal
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) EPiServer
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) Grunt
1 2 (50.00%) gulp
1 2 (50.00%) HCL Notes
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) HTML5

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) CMS
1 2 (50.00%) Drupal
1 2 (50.00%) EPiServer
1 2 (50.00%) HCL Notes
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
1 2 (50.00%) Grunt
1 2 (50.00%) gulp
1 2 (50.00%) webpack
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) CSS3
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) HTML5
1 2 (50.00%) Node.js
1 2 (50.00%) Redux
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
1 2 (50.00%) Sass
1 2 (50.00%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Release Management
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Lotus
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle