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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 57 48
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 77 24 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.64% 3.12% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.90% 3.32% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 65 12 64
10th Percentile £55,500 £43,875 £43,866
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,625 £62,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £68,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £68,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +24.09% -21.43%

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 1,972 723 1,973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 94.02% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 509 1,532
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,695 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% +7.84% -7.27%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 42 (54.55%) AWS
2 27 (35.06%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (33.77%) Java
4 22 (28.57%) Serverless
5 21 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 20 (25.97%) Amazon ECS
6 20 (25.97%) CI/CD
7 18 (23.38%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (22.08%) Agile
8 17 (22.08%) Amazon S3
8 17 (22.08%) Python
8 17 (22.08%) TypeScript
9 15 (19.48%) DevOps
9 15 (19.48%) DynamoDB
10 14 (18.18%) AngularJS
10 14 (18.18%) Node.js
10 14 (18.18%) React
10 14 (18.18%) Spring Boot
10 14 (18.18%) SQL
11 13 (16.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (16.88%) Docker
11 13 (16.88%) Spring
12 11 (14.29%) AWS Step Functions
13 10 (12.99%) Azure
14 9 (11.69%) Git
14 9 (11.69%) Jenkins
14 9 (11.69%) Kotlin
14 9 (11.69%) NoSQL
15 8 (10.39%) .NET
15 8 (10.39%) Amazon Athena

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 (2.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (54.55%) AWS
2 22 (28.57%) Serverless
3 20 (25.97%) Amazon ECS
4 18 (23.38%) AWS Lambda
5 17 (22.08%) Amazon S3
6 13 (16.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (14.29%) AWS Step Functions
8 10 (12.99%) Azure
9 8 (10.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (10.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 7 (9.09%) Amazon ECR
10 7 (9.09%) Apigee
11 6 (7.79%) GCP
11 6 (7.79%) GitHub
11 6 (7.79%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (5.19%) Datadog
12 4 (5.19%) SaaS
13 3 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
14 2 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (2.60%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (19.48%) DynamoDB
2 9 (11.69%) NoSQL
3 8 (10.39%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.30%) MySQL
6 1 (1.30%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Git
1 9 (11.69%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.19%) GitLab
3 2 (2.60%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.60%) Maven
3 2 (2.60%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 11 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.90%) Retail
4 2 (2.60%) Games
4 2 (2.60%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.30%) Finance
5 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 14 (18.18%) Node.js
1 14 (18.18%) React
1 14 (18.18%) Spring Boot
2 13 (16.88%) Spring
3 8 (10.39%) .NET
3 8 (10.39%) Flask
4 5 (6.49%) CSS
4 5 (6.49%) HTML
4 5 (6.49%) Vue
5 3 (3.90%) Django
5 3 (3.90%) FastAPI
5 3 (3.90%) Kafka
5 3 (3.90%) Laravel
5 3 (3.90%) MACH
5 3 (3.90%) REST
6 2 (2.60%) Gherkin
6 2 (2.60%) Grails
6 2 (2.60%) Mustache
6 2 (2.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.49%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.90%) NHS
4 2 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Social Media
5 1 (1.30%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.06%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (25.97%) CI/CD
3 17 (22.08%) Agile
4 15 (19.48%) DevOps
5 8 (10.39%) Mentoring
6 7 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (7.79%) Code Quality
8 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.49%) Front End Development
9 4 (5.19%) AI
9 4 (5.19%) Microservices
9 4 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.19%) RBAC
9 4 (5.19%) SDLC
9 4 (5.19%) Secrets Management
9 4 (5.19%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.19%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.19%) Workflow
9 4 (5.19%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (33.77%) Java
2 21 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 17 (22.08%) Python
3 17 (22.08%) TypeScript
4 14 (18.18%) SQL
5 9 (11.69%) Kotlin
6 6 (7.79%) PHP
7 5 (6.49%) C#
8 2 (2.60%) Bash
8 2 (2.60%) Groovy
8 2 (2.60%) R
9 1 (1.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 13 (16.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) HP Fortify
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.30%) OpenAI