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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 49 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 87 34 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.08% 3.58% 4.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 3.78% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 81 26 63
10th Percentile £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -0.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £69,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.68%

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 2,680 899 1,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 94.73% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,084 622 1,358
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,688 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 49 (56.32%) AWS
2 30 (34.48%) Java
3 26 (29.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (22.99%) AngularJS
5 19 (21.84%) JavaScript
5 19 (21.84%) TypeScript
6 17 (19.54%) Agile
6 17 (19.54%) Amazon ECS
6 17 (19.54%) Serverless
7 16 (18.39%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (18.39%) PHP
8 15 (17.24%) Spring Boot
9 14 (16.09%) CI/CD
9 14 (16.09%) Spring
10 13 (14.94%) Amazon S3
10 13 (14.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (14.94%) DynamoDB
11 12 (13.79%) Node.js
11 12 (13.79%) React
12 10 (11.49%) DevOps
12 10 (11.49%) Jenkins
13 9 (10.34%) AWS Step Functions
13 9 (10.34%) Python
14 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
14 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
15 7 (8.05%) Amazon ECR
15 7 (8.05%) Apigee
15 7 (8.05%) Azure
15 7 (8.05%) Kotlin
15 7 (8.05%) Mentoring

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 (2.30%) CMS
1 2 (2.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (56.32%) AWS
2 17 (19.54%) Amazon ECS
2 17 (19.54%) Serverless
3 16 (18.39%) AWS Lambda
4 13 (14.94%) Amazon S3
4 13 (14.94%) AWS CloudFormation
5 9 (10.34%) AWS Step Functions
6 7 (8.05%) Amazon ECR
6 7 (8.05%) Apigee
6 7 (8.05%) Azure
7 6 (6.90%) GCP
8 5 (5.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (5.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 3 (3.45%) GitHub
9 3 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.30%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (2.30%) SaaS
11 1 (1.15%) Asana
11 1 (1.15%) Datadog
11 1 (1.15%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.94%) DynamoDB
2 7 (8.05%) MySQL
3 5 (5.75%) Amazon Athena
3 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.60%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.15%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.60%) GitLab
3 3 (3.45%) Git
4 2 (2.30%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.30%) Maven
5 1 (1.15%) JIRA
5 1 (1.15%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
2 7 (8.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.30%) Health Technology
4 2 (2.30%) Publishing
5 1 (1.15%) Games
5 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (22.99%) AngularJS
2 15 (17.24%) Spring Boot
3 14 (16.09%) Spring
4 12 (13.79%) Node.js
4 12 (13.79%) React
5 6 (6.90%) Laravel
6 5 (5.75%) .NET
6 5 (5.75%) CSS
6 5 (5.75%) HTML
7 4 (4.60%) Flask
7 4 (4.60%) React Native
8 3 (3.45%) CSS3
8 3 (3.45%) HTML5
8 3 (3.45%) Jest
8 3 (3.45%) Vue
9 2 (2.30%) MACH
9 2 (2.30%) Next.js
9 2 (2.30%) REST
9 2 (2.30%) RESTful
9 2 (2.30%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.60%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.45%) NHS
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.15%) CMDB
5 1 (1.15%) Hackathon
5 1 (1.15%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (19.54%) Agile
3 14 (16.09%) CI/CD
4 10 (11.49%) DevOps
5 7 (8.05%) Mentoring
6 6 (6.90%) Clean Code
6 6 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (5.75%) Front End Development
8 4 (4.60%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (4.60%) Data Protection
8 4 (4.60%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (4.60%) Secure Coding
8 4 (4.60%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (4.60%) User Experience
9 3 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 3 (3.45%) Microservices
9 3 (3.45%) Software Engineering
9 3 (3.45%) Test Automation
9 3 (3.45%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.48%) Java
2 19 (21.84%) JavaScript
2 19 (21.84%) TypeScript
3 16 (18.39%) PHP
4 9 (10.34%) Python
5 7 (8.05%) Kotlin
5 7 (8.05%) SQL
6 2 (2.30%) Bash
6 2 (2.30%) Groovy
7 1 (1.15%) C#
7 1 (1.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
1 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) Terraform
3 1 (1.15%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow