Developer Jobs in Leeds

Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Developer salary in Leeds is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 366 423 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 16.09% 13.89% 24.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.77% 14.59% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 310 313 726
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,183 2,899 3,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.21% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,568 1,732 2,534
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,156 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,375 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Leeds

Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Developer in Leeds

Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Leeds region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 97 (26.50%) .NET
2 90 (24.59%) JavaScript
3 87 (23.77%) C#
4 81 (22.13%) SQL
5 74 (20.22%) PHP
6 71 (19.40%) Agile
6 71 (19.40%) Azure
6 71 (19.40%) AWS
7 69 (18.85%) Social Skills
8 61 (16.67%) CSS
9 59 (16.12%) DevOps
9 59 (16.12%) React
10 57 (15.57%) HTML
11 49 (13.39%) MySQL
11 49 (13.39%) Laravel
12 47 (12.84%) Software Engineering
12 47 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (12.84%) Full Stack Development
13 45 (12.30%) Finance
14 44 (12.02%) Node.js
15 42 (11.48%) Degree
16 39 (10.66%) CI/CD
17 38 (10.38%) .NET Core
17 38 (10.38%) Microsoft
18 37 (10.11%) TypeScript
19 36 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
20 35 (9.56%) Git
21 33 (9.02%) Microservices
22 32 (8.74%) SQL Server
23 31 (8.47%) AngularJS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 17 (4.64%) WordPress
2 8 (2.19%) CMS
2 8 (2.19%) IIS
3 4 (1.09%) Confluence
4 2 (0.55%) Apache
4 2 (0.55%) nginx
4 2 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Shopify
2 3 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.55%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.40%) AWS
1 71 (19.40%) Azure
2 29 (7.92%) Power Platform
3 25 (6.83%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.01%) Serverless
6 16 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (3.01%) Amazon Kinesis
7 11 (3.01%) SaaS
8 7 (1.91%) GitHub
9 6 (1.64%) BigCommerce
10 5 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.09%) OCI
11 4 (1.09%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.82%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.55%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.19%) DNS
2 5 (1.37%) Broadband
3 4 (1.09%) Internet
4 3 (0.82%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) SSL
4 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.55%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.39%) MySQL
2 32 (8.74%) SQL Server
3 28 (7.65%) Power BI
4 21 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.64%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.83%) Power Query
7 11 (3.01%) DynamoDB
8 8 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database 11g
9 6 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
10 5 (1.37%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (1.37%) InfluxDB
10 5 (1.37%) Neo4j
10 5 (1.37%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.37%) TimescaleDB
11 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (9.56%) Git
2 11 (3.01%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.64%) JIRA
4 5 (1.37%) CircleCI
4 5 (1.37%) GDB
4 5 (1.37%) Jasmine
4 5 (1.37%) Karma Test Runner
5 4 (1.09%) GitLab
5 4 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.55%) gulp
6 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.27%) NUnit
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.27%) TestCafe
7 1 (0.27%) XCTest
General
1 69 (18.85%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.30%) Finance
3 31 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.10%) Law
5 11 (3.01%) Tech for Good
6 9 (2.46%) Marketing
7 6 (1.64%) Games
7 6 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (1.64%) Retail
7 6 (1.64%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.09%) Digital Health
9 4 (1.09%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.82%) Banking
10 3 (0.82%) Publishing
11 2 (0.55%) Legal
11 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.27%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (26.50%) .NET
2 61 (16.67%) CSS
3 59 (16.12%) React
4 57 (15.57%) HTML
5 49 (13.39%) Laravel
6 44 (12.02%) Node.js
7 38 (10.38%) .NET Core
8 31 (8.47%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.65%) RESTful
10 25 (6.83%) REST
11 23 (6.28%) .NET Framework
11 23 (6.28%) Vue
12 21 (5.74%) Symfony
13 19 (5.19%) jQuery
14 15 (4.10%) Web Services
15 14 (3.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 13 (3.55%) ASP.NET
16 13 (3.55%) GraphQL
17 12 (3.28%) ASP.NET Web API
17 12 (3.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.10%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (4.10%) NHS
3 11 (3.01%) Mobile App
4 7 (1.91%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.64%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.37%) 3D Graphics
6 5 (1.37%) Animation
6 5 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.37%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.09%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.82%) CMDB
8 3 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.82%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.82%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.55%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.27%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.27%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.19%) Linux
2 3 (0.82%) Android
2 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.82%) VMS
2 3 (0.82%) Windows
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (0.55%) Unix
4 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.40%) Agile
2 59 (16.12%) DevOps
3 47 (12.84%) Full Stack Development
3 47 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (12.84%) Software Engineering
4 39 (10.66%) CI/CD
5 36 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (9.02%) Microservices
7 29 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
7 29 (7.92%) Mentoring
8 27 (7.38%) Front End Development
8 27 (7.38%) Web Development
9 26 (7.10%) Computer Science
10 25 (6.83%) E-Commerce
10 25 (6.83%) TDD
10 25 (6.83%) Unit Testing
11 22 (6.01%) MVC
12 20 (5.46%) OO
13 18 (4.92%) Data Modelling
14 17 (4.64%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 90 (24.59%) JavaScript
2 87 (23.77%) C#
3 81 (22.13%) SQL
4 74 (20.22%) PHP
5 37 (10.11%) TypeScript
6 24 (6.56%) Java
7 23 (6.28%) Python
8 17 (4.64%) VB.NET
9 13 (3.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.19%) MATLAB
11 8 (2.19%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.19%) VBA
12 7 (1.91%) VB
13 5 (1.37%) Ruby
13 5 (1.37%) VB6
14 4 (1.09%) Scala
15 3 (0.82%) Swift
15 3 (0.82%) XAML
16 2 (0.55%) Go
Qualifications
1 42 (11.48%) Degree
2 25 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (6.28%) Security Cleared
4 21 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.64%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.09%) CIPD
8 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.73%) QA
2 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.46%) Docker
2 6 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (6.01%) Terraform
2 10 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.10%) Oracle
3 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.64%) F5
5 5 (1.37%) Mapbox
6 4 (1.09%) GoldenSource
6 4 (1.09%) Google
6 4 (1.09%) HP
7 3 (0.82%) Adobe
7 3 (0.82%) Facebook
7 3 (0.82%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.27%) Cadence
9 1 (0.27%) ESRI
9 1 (0.27%) IBM
9 1 (0.27%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.27%) New Relic