Software Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Developer salary in Leeds is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
28 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 62 102
Rank change year-on-year +1 +40 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 33 37 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 2.86% 2.78% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 2.90% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 31 36 14
10th Percentile - £36,250 £29,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £49,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.31% -4.81% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,125 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £57,500 £68,450
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £49,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +31.31% +4.21% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,079 1,278 1,363
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 95.87% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 736 772 984
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,218 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.08% +3.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -

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 28 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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 25 (75.76%) AWS
2 22 (66.67%) Azure
2 22 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
4 16 (48.48%) Python
5 14 (42.42%) Clean Code
6 12 (36.36%) Java
7 11 (33.33%) CSS
7 11 (33.33%) HTML
7 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 11 (33.33%) MongoDB
7 11 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (33.33%) SQL
8 10 (30.30%) SaaS
9 9 (27.27%) AWS Certification
9 9 (27.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (27.27%) Azure Certification
9 9 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (27.27%) Git
9 9 (27.27%) GitHub
9 9 (27.27%) Internet
9 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
9 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
10 7 (21.21%) Agile
10 7 (21.21%) NoSQL
11 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
11 6 (18.18%) Containerisation
11 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (18.18%) Docker

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 25 (75.76%) AWS
2 22 (66.67%) Azure
3 10 (30.30%) SaaS
4 9 (27.27%) GitHub
5 4 (12.12%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) AMQP
2 1 (3.03%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 11 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (21.21%) NoSQL
3 4 (12.12%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) ClickHouse
4 1 (3.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Git
General
1 9 (27.27%) Multimedia
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Marketing
2 4 (12.12%) Retail
3 3 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (33.33%) CSS
1 11 (33.33%) HTML
2 6 (18.18%) Node.js
3 5 (15.15%) RESTful
4 3 (9.09%) Micronaut
4 3 (9.09%) Spring
4 3 (9.09%) Spring Boot
5 2 (6.06%) .NET
5 2 (6.06%) React
6 1 (3.03%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
6 1 (3.03%) Django
6 1 (3.03%) Entity Framework
6 1 (3.03%) FastAPI
6 1 (3.03%) Flask
6 1 (3.03%) Kafka
6 1 (3.03%) Next.js
6 1 (3.03%) Spring Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 14 (42.42%) Clean Code
3 9 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.21%) Agile
5 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 6 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (18.18%) Microservices
5 6 (18.18%) Security Testing
5 6 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (15.15%) Code Quality
6 5 (15.15%) DevOps
6 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.15%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Data Privacy
7 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (12.12%) Marketing Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Performance Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 16 (48.48%) Python
3 12 (36.36%) Java
4 11 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (15.15%) C#
6 3 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 2 (6.06%) Kotlin
7 2 (6.06%) Scala
8 1 (3.03%) C++
8 1 (3.03%) Go
8 1 (3.03%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) AWS Certification
1 9 (27.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 9 (27.27%) Azure Certification
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 Software Developer jobs in Leeds