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 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 51 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 57 27 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 3.16% 3.44% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 3.69% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 46 12 65
10th Percentile £55,000 £43,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,125 £54,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +25.00% -21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,625 £65,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £69,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -14.29%

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 1,674 732 1,858
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 93.13% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 477 1,432
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,228 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,889 £98,474 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 14 March 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 14 March 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 29 (50.88%) AWS
2 22 (38.60%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (36.84%) JavaScript
4 20 (35.09%) CI/CD
5 16 (28.07%) Serverless
6 15 (26.32%) Agile
7 14 (24.56%) Docker
7 14 (24.56%) Java
7 14 (24.56%) Python
8 13 (22.81%) Amazon ECS
8 13 (22.81%) DevOps
8 13 (22.81%) React
9 12 (21.05%) SQL
10 11 (19.30%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (19.30%) Node.js
10 11 (19.30%) TypeScript
11 10 (17.54%) Amazon S3
12 9 (15.79%) Azure
12 9 (15.79%) Git
13 8 (14.04%) AngularJS
13 8 (14.04%) DynamoDB
13 8 (14.04%) Flask
13 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
13 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (12.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (12.28%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (12.28%) Continuous Integration
14 7 (12.28%) CSS
14 7 (12.28%) HTML
14 7 (12.28%) NoSQL

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 (3.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (50.88%) AWS
2 16 (28.07%) Serverless
3 13 (22.81%) Amazon ECS
4 11 (19.30%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (17.54%) Amazon S3
6 9 (15.79%) Azure
7 7 (12.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (12.28%) AWS Step Functions
8 6 (10.53%) GitHub
8 6 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (8.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (8.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 4 (7.02%) Datadog
10 4 (7.02%) GCP
10 4 (7.02%) SaaS
11 3 (5.26%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (5.26%) Apigee
12 2 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (3.51%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) DynamoDB
2 7 (12.28%) NoSQL
3 5 (8.77%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (5.26%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.75%) MySQL
6 1 (1.75%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Git
2 6 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (7.02%) GitLab
4 2 (3.51%) Cypress.io
4 2 (3.51%) Maven
4 2 (3.51%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
2 3 (5.26%) Retail
3 2 (3.51%) Games
3 2 (3.51%) Health Technology
4 1 (1.75%) Finance
4 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) React
2 11 (19.30%) Node.js
3 8 (14.04%) AngularJS
3 8 (14.04%) Flask
4 7 (12.28%) CSS
4 7 (12.28%) HTML
4 7 (12.28%) Spring Boot
5 6 (10.53%) .NET
5 6 (10.53%) Spring
6 4 (7.02%) Django
6 4 (7.02%) FastAPI
6 4 (7.02%) Vue
7 3 (5.26%) Kafka
7 3 (5.26%) MACH
7 3 (5.26%) REST
8 2 (3.51%) Gherkin
8 2 (3.51%) Grails
8 2 (3.51%) Laravel
8 2 (3.51%) Mustache
8 2 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.02%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.51%) NHS
4 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
4 1 (1.75%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (35.09%) CI/CD
3 15 (26.32%) Agile
4 13 (22.81%) DevOps
5 8 (14.04%) Mentoring
5 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (12.28%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (10.53%) Code Quality
8 5 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.77%) Front End Development
8 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.77%) User Experience
9 4 (7.02%) AI
9 4 (7.02%) Microservices
9 4 (7.02%) Principle of Least Privilege
9 4 (7.02%) Scrum
9 4 (7.02%) SDLC
9 4 (7.02%) Software Engineering
9 4 (7.02%) Workflow
9 4 (7.02%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.84%) JavaScript
2 14 (24.56%) Java
2 14 (24.56%) Python
3 12 (21.05%) SQL
4 11 (19.30%) TypeScript
5 6 (10.53%) C#
5 6 (10.53%) Kotlin
6 5 (8.77%) PHP
7 2 (3.51%) Bash
7 2 (3.51%) Groovy
7 2 (3.51%) R
8 1 (1.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.51%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.26%) Terraform
3 2 (3.51%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.75%) OpenAI