Software Developer Jobs in Durham

Software Developer
North East > Durham

The median Software Developer salary in Durham is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 46 35
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 16 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 3.73% 1.88% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% 2.54% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £37,501 £40,850 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,125 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +25.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £49,875 £41,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £49,950 £58,500
North East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +29.63% +14.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 397 236 242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 73.75% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 276 123 182
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £19,313
25th Percentile £33,193 £36,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £57,881 £53,750 £42,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,400 £48,675
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,711 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.44% +19.28% -7.51%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Durham

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Durham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Durham.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Durham

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Durham over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Durham

Software 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 Software Developer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 4 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
Stockton-on-Tees -1 6 £60,000 -
Darlington - 3 £40,001 - 1
Software Developer
North East

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software 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 Durham region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Java
2 9 (56.25%) Linux
3 7 (43.75%) SQL
4 6 (37.50%) GDPR
4 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 6 (37.50%) C#
5 5 (31.25%) COBOL
5 5 (31.25%) EDI
5 5 (31.25%) Eclipse
5 5 (31.25%) Micro Focus
5 5 (31.25%) Spring
5 5 (31.25%) Time Management
5 5 (31.25%) OSGi
5 5 (31.25%) Front End Development
5 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
5 5 (31.25%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 4 (25.00%) AWS
6 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
6 4 (25.00%) Gradle
6 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (25.00%) Maven
6 4 (25.00%) Degree
6 4 (25.00%) Tomcat
6 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (25.00%) .NET
7 3 (18.75%) HTML
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) Agile
7 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
7 3 (18.75%) TypeScript

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 4 (25.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (12.50%) MySQL
2 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Eclipse
2 4 (25.00%) Gradle
2 4 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) EDI
1 5 (31.25%) OSGi
1 5 (31.25%) Spring
2 4 (25.00%) .NET
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Core
3 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
3 3 (18.75%) HTML
3 3 (18.75%) Vue
4 2 (12.50%) CSS
4 2 (12.50%) Entity Framework
4 2 (12.50%) JSON
4 2 (12.50%) React
4 2 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
5 1 (6.25%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Front End Development
2 5 (31.25%) Time Management
3 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Clean Code
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) Full Stack Development
4 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Microservices
5 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) SOLID
5 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Web Development
6 1 (6.25%) Design Patterns
6 1 (6.25%) OO
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) C#
4 5 (31.25%) COBOL
4 5 (31.25%) Micro Focus COBOL
5 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
7 2 (12.50%) PHP
7 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Micro Focus
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Northgate
11 Software Developer jobs in the North East