Developer Jobs in Merseyside

Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Developer salary in Merseyside is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 3 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 69 227 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 16.05% 17.53% 8.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.36% 18.53% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 44 184 50
10th Percentile - £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +11.76% -13.27%
75th Percentile £57,813 £65,000 £46,813
90th Percentile £65,625 £70,000 £57,875
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 323 1,225 871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.12% 94.59% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 199 855 446
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,200 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,100 £75,000 £70,600
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Merseyside.

Salary trend for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Liverpool -1 47 £32,500 -35.00% 38
Southport - 3 - -
Wirral -2 1 £36,000 -10.00% 3
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 33 (47.83%) SQL
2 29 (42.03%) Agile
3 28 (40.58%) C#
3 28 (40.58%) HTML
3 28 (40.58%) CSS
3 28 (40.58%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (39.13%) SQL Server
5 26 (37.68%) HTML5
5 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
6 25 (36.23%) Clean Code
6 25 (36.23%) Web Development
7 24 (34.78%) Finance
8 23 (33.33%) Python
8 23 (33.33%) Accessibility
9 22 (31.88%) OOP
9 22 (31.88%) OO
9 22 (31.88%) NHS
9 22 (31.88%) CMS
9 22 (31.88%) Degree
10 21 (30.43%) WCAG
10 21 (30.43%) Content Management
10 21 (30.43%) jQuery
10 21 (30.43%) Umbraco
10 21 (30.43%) Intranet
10 21 (30.43%) Java
10 21 (30.43%) Linux
10 21 (30.43%) HP
10 21 (30.43%) GDPR
10 21 (30.43%) Customer Requirements
11 20 (28.99%) Inclusion and Diversity

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (31.88%) CMS
2 21 (30.43%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.90%) WordPress
4 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.90%) npm
3 2 (2.90%) Power Automate
3 2 (2.90%) PowerApps
3 2 (2.90%) SaaS
4 1 (1.45%) AWS
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.45%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.45%) Figma
4 1 (1.45%) GCP
4 1 (1.45%) GitHub
4 1 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.43%) Intranet
2 20 (28.99%) DNS
2 20 (28.99%) VPN
3 2 (2.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (39.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.25%) Power BI
3 3 (4.35%) MySQL
4 1 (1.45%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Babel
1 4 (5.80%) Git
1 4 (5.80%) webpack
2 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.45%) git-flow
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 24 (34.78%) Finance
3 20 (28.99%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (28.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.80%) Law
5 2 (2.90%) Marketing
5 2 (2.90%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Automotive
6 1 (1.45%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (40.58%) CSS
1 28 (40.58%) HTML
2 26 (37.68%) HTML5
3 21 (30.43%) jQuery
4 13 (18.84%) .NET
5 10 (14.49%) React
6 8 (11.59%) RESTful
7 6 (8.70%) REST
8 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (4.35%) JSON
9 2 (2.90%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.90%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.90%) Blazor
9 2 (2.90%) DOM
9 2 (2.90%) Entity Framework
9 2 (2.90%) Immutable.js
9 2 (2.90%) JWT
9 2 (2.90%) Redux
9 2 (2.90%) Symfony
9 2 (2.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.88%) NHS
2 20 (28.99%) Cyberattack
3 5 (7.25%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (30.43%) Linux
2 20 (28.99%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Agile
2 28 (40.58%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (36.23%) Clean Code
3 25 (36.23%) Web Development
4 22 (31.88%) OO
4 22 (31.88%) OOP
5 21 (30.43%) Content Management
5 21 (30.43%) Customer Requirements
6 20 (28.99%) Android Development
6 20 (28.99%) Design Patterns
6 20 (28.99%) Line Management
6 20 (28.99%) Mathematics
7 10 (14.49%) MVC
8 6 (8.70%) API Development
8 6 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (8.70%) DevOps
8 6 (8.70%) Front End Development
9 5 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (7.25%) CI/CD
9 5 (7.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.83%) SQL
2 28 (40.58%) C#
3 23 (33.33%) Python
4 21 (30.43%) Java
5 20 (28.99%) C++
5 20 (28.99%) Go
6 17 (24.64%) JavaScript
7 6 (8.70%) T-SQL
8 4 (5.80%) PHP
9 3 (4.35%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.45%) Ruby
10 1 (1.45%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (31.88%) Degree
2 20 (28.99%) DV Cleared
2 20 (28.99%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 21 (30.43%) GDPR
2 21 (30.43%) WCAG
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (28.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (28.99%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) cPanel
2 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (30.43%) HP
2 11 (15.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.45%) Google