Senior Backend Developer Job Trends in Darlington

Senior Backend Developer
Durham > Darlington

The median Senior Backend Developer salary in Darlington is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington 1.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
Durham median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Darlington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Darlington. 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 Darlington with a recognized job title 67 28 59
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 60.87% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 52 12 52
10th Percentile £35,000 - £22,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £25,087 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £35,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -30.43% -12.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £43,438 £74,358
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,207 £80,000
Durham median annual salary £55,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% -10.00%

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Senior Backend 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 Darlington region featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Python

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python