Senior Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Developer salary in Leeds is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 49 37
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 70 32 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 2.28% 3.36% 5.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 3.54% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 63 23 37
10th Percentile £40,000 £60,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.81% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +22.81% -5.79%

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 2,924 905 1,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 95.16% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,172 584 930
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 25 (35.71%) AWS
2 23 (32.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 20 (28.57%) Java
4 19 (27.14%) Kotlin
5 15 (21.43%) Agile
5 15 (21.43%) AngularJS
6 13 (18.57%) TypeScript
7 12 (17.14%) Spring
7 12 (17.14%) Spring Boot
8 10 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 10 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 10 (14.29%) Node.js
8 10 (14.29%) PHP
9 8 (11.43%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (11.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (11.43%) Docker
9 8 (11.43%) Serverless
10 7 (10.00%) Amazon S3
10 7 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (10.00%) AWS Step Functions
10 7 (10.00%) DevOps
10 7 (10.00%) DynamoDB
10 7 (10.00%) Front End Development
10 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.57%) Accessibility
11 6 (8.57%) CSS
11 6 (8.57%) HTML
11 6 (8.57%) Microservices
11 6 (8.57%) MySQL
11 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 2 (2.86%) CMS
1 2 (2.86%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 25 (35.71%) AWS
2 8 (11.43%) Amazon ECS
2 8 (11.43%) AWS CloudFormation
2 8 (11.43%) Serverless
3 7 (10.00%) Amazon S3
3 7 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (10.00%) AWS Step Functions
4 5 (7.14%) GitHub
5 4 (5.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 4 (5.71%) Azure
5 4 (5.71%) Datadog
5 4 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.86%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (2.86%) Apigee
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.43%) GCP
7 1 (1.43%) IaaS
7 1 (1.43%) PaaS
7 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.00%) DynamoDB
2 6 (8.57%) MySQL
3 4 (5.71%) MariaDB
3 4 (5.71%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.43%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.43%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.43%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
2 1 (1.43%) Maven
General
1 13 (18.57%) Public Sector
2 6 (8.57%) Finance
3 4 (5.71%) Banking
3 4 (5.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.86%) Publishing
5 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.43%) AngularJS
2 12 (17.14%) Spring
2 12 (17.14%) Spring Boot
3 10 (14.29%) Node.js
4 6 (8.57%) CSS
4 6 (8.57%) HTML
5 4 (5.71%) RESTful
6 3 (4.29%) .NET
6 3 (4.29%) CSS3
6 3 (4.29%) HTML5
6 3 (4.29%) Laravel
6 3 (4.29%) React
6 3 (4.29%) React Native
7 2 (2.86%) Jest
7 2 (2.86%) REST
7 2 (2.86%) Semantic HTML
7 2 (2.86%) Terraform
8 1 (1.43%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.43%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.43%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.43%) CMDB
2 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.43%) Hackathon
2 1 (1.43%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.86%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (21.43%) Agile
3 10 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 7 (10.00%) DevOps
4 7 (10.00%) Front End Development
4 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (8.57%) Microservices
6 5 (7.14%) Clean Code
6 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 5 (7.14%) User Experience
6 5 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (7.14%) UX Design
7 4 (5.71%) Data Protection
7 4 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.71%) Secure Coding
7 4 (5.71%) TDD
8 3 (4.29%) Coaching
8 3 (4.29%) Test Automation
9 2 (2.86%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.57%) Java
2 19 (27.14%) Kotlin
3 13 (18.57%) TypeScript
4 10 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 10 (14.29%) PHP
5 6 (8.57%) SQL
6 2 (2.86%) C#
7 1 (1.43%) Bash
7 1 (1.43%) Groovy
7 1 (1.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (11.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow