Developer Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Developer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 44 119 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 13.37% 11.50% 15.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.01% 11.78% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41 105 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,375 £47,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,500 £72,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 314 1,010 649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 97.58% 84.73%
Number of salaries quoted 224 846 403
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,390 £31,466
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £63,125
90th Percentile £83,200 £77,500 £75,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £48,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -8.57% +16.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Developer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Developer
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 20 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 22 (50.00%) C#
2 20 (45.45%) .NET
2 20 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (34.09%) React
4 14 (31.82%) TypeScript
4 14 (31.82%) Azure
5 13 (29.55%) Degree
5 13 (29.55%) Computer Science
5 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
5 13 (29.55%) Software Engineering
6 12 (27.27%) Agile
6 12 (27.27%) Finance
6 12 (27.27%) SQL Server
6 12 (27.27%) JavaScript
7 11 (25.00%) SQL
7 11 (25.00%) Java
8 10 (22.73%) Advertising
8 10 (22.73%) Front End Development
9 8 (18.18%) OOP
9 8 (18.18%) Fintech
9 8 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
10 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
10 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
10 7 (15.91%) Python
10 7 (15.91%) ASP.NET
10 7 (15.91%) CSS
11 6 (13.64%) Law
11 6 (13.64%) Analytics
11 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (13.64%) Hedge funds

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (2.27%) CMS
1 1 (2.27%) Kentico
1 1 (2.27%) OpenEdge
1 1 (2.27%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.82%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
3 5 (11.36%) AWS
4 3 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.55%) Serverless
6 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.27%) Bitrise
6 1 (2.27%) Firebase
6 1 (2.27%) GitHub
6 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.36%) MySQL
3 3 (6.82%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) Jasmine
1 1 (2.27%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (2.27%) Protractor
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
2 10 (22.73%) Advertising
3 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
4 6 (13.64%) Law
5 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Electronics
6 2 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (45.45%) .NET
2 15 (34.09%) React
3 7 (15.91%) ASP.NET
3 7 (15.91%) CSS
4 5 (11.36%) .NET Core
4 5 (11.36%) WebSockets
5 4 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (9.09%) jQuery
5 4 (9.09%) Node.js
6 3 (6.82%) HTML
6 3 (6.82%) Next.js
6 3 (6.82%) SignalR
7 2 (4.55%) Jest
7 2 (4.55%) RESTful
7 2 (4.55%) Vue
8 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.27%) Entity Framework
8 1 (2.27%) Spring
8 1 (2.27%) Web Services
8 1 (2.27%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Hedge funds
2 4 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 4 (9.09%) Client/Server
2 4 (9.09%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Android
1 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Computer Science
2 13 (29.55%) Software Engineering
3 12 (27.27%) Agile
4 10 (22.73%) Front End Development
5 8 (18.18%) Fintech
5 8 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 8 (18.18%) OOP
6 6 (13.64%) Analytics
6 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.36%) Design Patterns
7 5 (11.36%) MVC
7 5 (11.36%) OO
7 5 (11.36%) SDLC
7 5 (11.36%) User Experience
8 4 (9.09%) DevOps
8 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.82%) Database Optimisation
9 3 (6.82%) Microservices
9 3 (6.82%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (50.00%) C#
2 14 (31.82%) TypeScript
3 12 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 11 (25.00%) Java
4 11 (25.00%) SQL
5 7 (15.91%) Python
6 5 (11.36%) C++
7 4 (9.09%) PHP
8 3 (6.82%) T-SQL
9 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
9 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.27%) Swift
9 1 (2.27%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Ansible
1 3 (6.82%) Terraform
2 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Telerik
91 Developer jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne