Software Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Developer salary in Leeds is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 75 100
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 32 9 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.96% 1.05% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 1.12% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 19
10th Percentile - £39,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +10.00% -21.74%
75th Percentile - £50,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,000 £65,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £49,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.19% +10.00% -21.74%

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 1,511 801 1,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 93.57% 96.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 456 1,310
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,938 £40,991
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,614 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.86% -0.70% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,431
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 23 February 2026, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 21 (65.63%) Python
2 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 17 (53.13%) AWS
4 13 (40.63%) Azure
4 13 (40.63%) CSS
4 13 (40.63%) HTML
4 13 (40.63%) Mentoring
5 12 (37.50%) AWS Certification
5 12 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 12 (37.50%) Azure Certification
5 12 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (37.50%) Git
5 12 (37.50%) GitHub
5 12 (37.50%) Internet
5 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (34.38%) C#
6 11 (34.38%) Java
6 11 (34.38%) Software Engineering
7 10 (31.25%) .NET
8 8 (25.00%) AI
9 5 (15.63%) Agile
9 5 (15.63%) SaaS
10 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 4 (12.50%) Front End Development
10 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (12.50%) OOP
11 3 (9.38%) Clean Code
11 3 (9.38%) DevOps
11 3 (9.38%) Fintech

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (53.13%) AWS
2 13 (40.63%) Azure
3 12 (37.50%) GitHub
4 5 (15.63%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) Internet
2 1 (3.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) ClickHouse
1 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Git
General
1 12 (37.50%) Multimedia
2 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (40.63%) CSS
1 13 (40.63%) HTML
2 10 (31.25%) .NET
3 3 (9.38%) Micronaut
4 1 (3.13%) Django
4 1 (3.13%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.13%) Flask
4 1 (3.13%) Kafka
4 1 (3.13%) Next.js
4 1 (3.13%) React
4 1 (3.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Mentoring
2 12 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (34.38%) Software Engineering
4 8 (25.00%) AI
5 5 (15.63%) Agile
6 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.50%) Front End Development
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (12.50%) OOP
7 3 (9.38%) Clean Code
7 3 (9.38%) DevOps
7 3 (9.38%) Fintech
7 3 (9.38%) Logistics
7 3 (9.38%) OO
8 2 (6.25%) Code Quality
9 1 (3.13%) API Integration
9 1 (3.13%) Containerisation
9 1 (3.13%) Data Pipeline
9 1 (3.13%) Design Patterns
9 1 (3.13%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) Python
2 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 11 (34.38%) C#
3 11 (34.38%) Java
4 2 (6.25%) SQL
5 1 (3.13%) C++
5 1 (3.13%) Go
5 1 (3.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) AWS Certification
1 12 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 12 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
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