Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Developer salary in Leeds is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 15 3
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 383 99 321
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.81% 10.31% 17.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.51% 10.76% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 310 75 253
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £37,600
25th Percentile £48,125 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £69,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,834 920 1,784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 95.83% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 625 1,281
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,850 £31,750
25th Percentile £44,969 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 Leeds region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 124 (32.38%) AWS
2 115 (30.03%) Java
3 103 (26.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 76 (19.84%) Serverless
5 73 (19.06%) Agile
6 71 (18.54%) AngularJS
7 69 (18.02%) AWS Lambda
8 68 (17.75%) DevOps
9 66 (17.23%) TypeScript
10 65 (16.97%) Amazon ECS
11 63 (16.45%) Amazon S3
12 61 (15.93%) CI/CD
13 60 (15.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 55 (14.36%) Docker
14 55 (14.36%) DynamoDB
14 55 (14.36%) Python
15 54 (14.10%) AWS Step Functions
15 54 (14.10%) SQL
16 50 (13.05%) Spring Boot
17 45 (11.75%) Jenkins
18 43 (11.23%) React
19 42 (10.97%) Spring
20 41 (10.70%) PHP
21 38 (9.92%) JavaScript
22 37 (9.66%) Front End Development
22 37 (9.66%) Kotlin
22 37 (9.66%) Node.js
23 36 (9.40%) .NET
24 31 (8.09%) CSS
25 30 (7.83%) C#

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (1.31%) CMS
2 4 (1.04%) WordPress
3 3 (0.78%) IIS
4 2 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.52%) JBoss
4 2 (0.52%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Elementor
1 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Shopify
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 124 (32.38%) AWS
2 76 (19.84%) Serverless
3 69 (18.02%) AWS Lambda
4 65 (16.97%) Amazon ECS
5 63 (16.45%) Amazon S3
6 60 (15.67%) AWS CloudFormation
7 54 (14.10%) AWS Step Functions
8 28 (7.31%) GitHub
9 27 (7.05%) Amazon ECR
9 27 (7.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 27 (7.05%) Apigee
10 26 (6.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (4.96%) Amazon SQS
12 18 (4.70%) Azure
13 17 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.92%) Datadog
15 12 (3.13%) SaaS
16 8 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (2.09%) Power Platform
16 8 (2.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.26%) Broadband
1 1 (0.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.36%) DynamoDB
2 25 (6.53%) Amazon Athena
3 23 (6.01%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.61%) MySQL
5 9 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.04%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.78%) Redis
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (11.75%) Jenkins
2 26 (6.79%) Git
2 26 (6.79%) GitLab
3 22 (5.74%) Cypress.io
4 19 (4.96%) SonarQube
5 18 (4.70%) Maven
6 4 (1.04%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.04%) JIRA
7 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.52%) ERwin
8 2 (0.52%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.26%) PHPUnit
General
1 32 (8.36%) Social Skills
2 20 (5.22%) Finance
3 16 (4.18%) Public Sector
4 9 (2.35%) Retail
5 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.31%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.52%) Banking
7 2 (0.52%) Health Technology
7 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.52%) Publishing
8 1 (0.26%) Games
8 1 (0.26%) Marketing
8 1 (0.26%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (18.54%) AngularJS
2 50 (13.05%) Spring Boot
3 43 (11.23%) React
4 42 (10.97%) Spring
5 37 (9.66%) Node.js
6 36 (9.40%) .NET
7 31 (8.09%) CSS
8 30 (7.83%) HTML
9 26 (6.79%) Gherkin
10 21 (5.48%) Vue
11 20 (5.22%) Jest
12 13 (3.39%) Flask
13 8 (2.09%) REST
14 7 (1.83%) Laravel
14 7 (1.83%) Next.js
15 6 (1.57%) React Native
15 6 (1.57%) RESTful
16 5 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
17 4 (1.04%) HTML5
17 4 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (1.83%) Mobile App
3 4 (1.04%) Data Structures
3 4 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (0.78%) Educational Technology
4 3 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (0.78%) Learning Management System
4 3 (0.78%) NHS
4 3 (0.78%) PKI
4 3 (0.78%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.52%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.26%) CMDB
6 1 (0.26%) Hackathon
6 1 (0.26%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.89%) Full-Stack Development
2 73 (19.06%) Agile
3 68 (17.75%) DevOps
4 61 (15.93%) CI/CD
5 37 (9.66%) Front End Development
6 29 (7.57%) SDLC
7 25 (6.53%) Microservices
8 23 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (5.74%) AI
9 22 (5.74%) Workflow
10 21 (5.48%) Clean Code
10 21 (5.48%) Mentoring
10 21 (5.48%) Software Engineering
11 20 (5.22%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (4.96%) DevSecOps
12 19 (4.96%) Web Development
13 18 (4.70%) Secure Coding
14 17 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
14 17 (4.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 15 (3.92%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 115 (30.03%) Java
2 66 (17.23%) TypeScript
3 55 (14.36%) Python
4 54 (14.10%) SQL
5 41 (10.70%) PHP
6 38 (9.92%) JavaScript
7 37 (9.66%) Kotlin
8 30 (7.83%) C#
9 29 (7.57%) Groovy
10 18 (4.70%) Bash
11 14 (3.66%) RPG
12 2 (0.52%) OpenEdge ABL
12 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.26%) Dart
13 1 (0.26%) Perl
13 1 (0.26%) RPG/400
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (7.05%) SC Cleared
1 27 (7.05%) Security Cleared
2 18 (4.70%) AWS Certification
3 14 (3.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 14 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (0.52%) Degree
5 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.04%) QA
3 3 (0.78%) WCAG
4 2 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 55 (14.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.44%) HP Fortify
2 12 (3.13%) Terraform
3 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.04%) Ansible
5 2 (0.52%) Kibana
5 2 (0.52%) Packer
Vendors
1 10 (2.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.35%) Salesforce
3 6 (1.57%) IBM
4 4 (1.04%) AppDynamics
5 3 (0.78%) Adobe
6 2 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle
6 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.52%) Sparx
7 1 (0.26%) Netlify