Developer Job Trends in Durham

Developer
North East > Durham

The median Developer salary in Durham is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 31 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -27 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 10 3 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 2.16% 1.74% 18.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 2.00% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 75
10th Percentile £47,125 £25,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £25,750 £37,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £28,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.44% -48.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £53,125 £37,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £62,500 £41,050 £70,000
North East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 444 150 421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 87.21% 92.32%
Number of salaries quoted 199 47 292
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,094 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,755 £70,000
North East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,457
% change year-on-year - +7.63% -2.63%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Durham

Developer
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Durham

Developer
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 1 June 2026. 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
Stockton-on-Tees - 2 - -
Peterlee - 1 £50,000 -
Developer
North East

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, 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 Durham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Entity Framework
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
4 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) LINQ
4 2 (20.00%) MongoDB
4 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) Shopify
4 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (20.00%) Vue
4 2 (20.00%) Web Development
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) AI
5 1 (10.00%) Blazor
5 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (20.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) Entity Framework
3 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (20.00%) LINQ
3 2 (20.00%) RESTful
3 2 (20.00%) Vue
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (10.00%) Blazor
4 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) AI
3 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) Refactoring
3 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) SOLID
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft