Developer Jobs in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer salary in the North East is £56,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 53 247 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 7.53% 13.50% 14.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.26% 14.11% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 47 218 94
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +6.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 642 1,750 1,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 95.63% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 382 1,410 611
10th Percentile £25,009 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,337 £35,920 £36,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year - -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,225 £75,752 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North East

Developer
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North East.

Salary trend for Developer in the North East

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North East

Developer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear -1 50 £57,000 +14.00% 76
Durham -24 3 £42,500 -22.73% 4
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 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 North East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 24 (45.28%) C#
2 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (39.62%) .NET
4 18 (33.96%) JavaScript
5 16 (30.19%) React
6 15 (28.30%) TypeScript
6 15 (28.30%) Agile
6 15 (28.30%) Azure
7 14 (26.42%) Software Engineering
7 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
8 13 (24.53%) Java
8 13 (24.53%) SQL
8 13 (24.53%) Finance
8 13 (24.53%) Degree
8 13 (24.53%) Computer Science
9 12 (22.64%) SQL Server
10 11 (20.75%) CSS
11 10 (18.87%) Advertising
11 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
11 10 (18.87%) Front End Development
12 9 (16.98%) OOP
13 8 (15.09%) ASP.NET
13 8 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
14 7 (13.21%) Power Platform
14 7 (13.21%) User Experience
14 7 (13.21%) Fintech
14 7 (13.21%) Law
14 7 (13.21%) HTML
14 7 (13.21%) Python
14 7 (13.21%) AWS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (1.89%) CMS
1 1 (1.89%) Kentico
1 1 (1.89%) OpenEdge
1 1 (1.89%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Shopify
1 2 (3.77%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) Azure
2 7 (13.21%) AWS
2 7 (13.21%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.77%) Figma
4 2 (3.77%) Serverless
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.89%) Bitrise
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.89%) Firebase
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) MySQL
3 3 (5.66%) Power BI
4 2 (3.77%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
1 1 (1.89%) Jasmine
1 1 (1.89%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (1.89%) Protractor
General
1 13 (24.53%) Finance
2 10 (18.87%) Advertising
2 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Law
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Automotive
5 2 (3.77%) Electronics
5 2 (3.77%) Games
5 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.77%) Marketing
5 2 (3.77%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (39.62%) .NET
2 16 (30.19%) React
3 11 (20.75%) CSS
4 8 (15.09%) ASP.NET
5 7 (13.21%) HTML
6 6 (11.32%) .NET Core
7 5 (9.43%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (9.43%) WebSockets
8 4 (7.55%) jQuery
8 4 (7.55%) Node.js
9 3 (5.66%) Next.js
9 3 (5.66%) RESTful
9 3 (5.66%) SignalR
9 3 (5.66%) Spring
9 3 (5.66%) Spring Boot
9 3 (5.66%) Vue
10 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
10 2 (3.77%) Blazor
10 2 (3.77%) Jest
10 2 (3.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Hedge funds
2 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.55%) Client/Server
2 4 (7.55%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.77%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Android
1 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (28.30%) Agile
3 14 (26.42%) Software Engineering
4 13 (24.53%) Computer Science
5 10 (18.87%) Front End Development
6 9 (16.98%) OOP
7 8 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.21%) Fintech
8 7 (13.21%) User Experience
9 6 (11.32%) Analytics
9 6 (11.32%) Design Patterns
9 6 (11.32%) Mentoring
9 6 (11.32%) Microservices
9 6 (11.32%) OO
9 6 (11.32%) Web Development
10 5 (9.43%) MVC
10 5 (9.43%) SDLC
11 4 (7.55%) DevOps
11 4 (7.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) C#
2 18 (33.96%) JavaScript
3 15 (28.30%) TypeScript
4 13 (24.53%) Java
4 13 (24.53%) SQL
5 7 (13.21%) Python
6 6 (11.32%) PHP
7 5 (9.43%) C++
8 4 (7.55%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.89%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.89%) Swift
9 1 (1.89%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (24.53%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.66%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Ansible
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
2 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Adobe
3 1 (1.89%) Telerik