Developer Job Trends in the North East

Developer
England > North East

The median Developer salary in the North East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 92 135 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.97% 13.75% 11.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.64% 14.38% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 77 62 66
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,550 £95,000 £68,650
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 954 939 571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 95.62% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 633 427 491
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,971 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.01% - +1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Developer job vacancy trend in the North East

Developer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies 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 January 2026.

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 January 2026. 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 -6 85 £50,000 -2.44% 38
Durham -7 7 £49,225 -8.21% 4
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, 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 North East region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 45 (48.91%) JavaScript
2 38 (41.30%) C#
3 35 (38.04%) Azure
4 31 (33.70%) .NET
5 28 (30.43%) CSS
5 28 (30.43%) Mentoring
6 27 (29.35%) AWS
6 27 (29.35%) HTML
7 24 (26.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 18 (19.57%) DevOps
9 17 (18.48%) Agile
9 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
10 16 (17.39%) GitHub
10 16 (17.39%) TypeScript
11 15 (16.30%) Git
11 15 (16.30%) Python
12 13 (14.13%) CI/CD
12 13 (14.13%) React
13 12 (13.04%) AWS Certification
13 12 (13.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 12 (13.04%) Azure Certification
13 12 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (13.04%) Internet
13 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (11.96%) Roadmaps
14 11 (11.96%) Software Engineering
15 9 (9.78%) .NET Core
15 9 (9.78%) Android
15 9 (9.78%) Apple iOS

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.17%) Shopify
3 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (38.04%) Azure
2 27 (29.35%) AWS
3 16 (17.39%) GitHub
4 8 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (8.70%) SaaS
5 4 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (3.26%) Serverless
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.09%) GCP
8 1 (1.09%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.09%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.35%) Redis
3 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.09%) MySQL
3 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (16.30%) Git
2 4 (4.35%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.17%) GitLab
3 2 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.09%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.09%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.09%) JUnit
4 1 (1.09%) Maven
4 1 (1.09%) Selenium
4 1 (1.09%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (13.04%) Multimedia
2 11 (11.96%) Games
3 10 (10.87%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.52%) Finance
5 4 (4.35%) Electronics
6 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.17%) Back Office
7 2 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.09%) Marketing
8 1 (1.09%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (33.70%) .NET
2 28 (30.43%) CSS
3 27 (29.35%) HTML
4 13 (14.13%) React
5 9 (9.78%) .NET Core
5 9 (9.78%) React Native
6 8 (8.70%) Node.js
7 7 (7.61%) REST
7 7 (7.61%) Vue
8 6 (6.52%) .NET Framework
8 6 (6.52%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.52%) ASP.NET
8 6 (6.52%) RESTful
9 5 (5.43%) Blazor
9 5 (5.43%) Jest
10 4 (4.35%) Apache Cordova
10 4 (4.35%) Spring
10 4 (4.35%) Spring Boot
11 3 (3.26%) CSS3
11 3 (3.26%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Mobile App
2 11 (11.96%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.35%) NHS
4 3 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.17%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.17%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.09%) Online Games
6 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.78%) Android
1 9 (9.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.43%) Mentoring
2 24 (26.09%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (19.57%) DevOps
4 17 (18.48%) Agile
5 13 (14.13%) CI/CD
6 12 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (11.96%) Roadmaps
7 11 (11.96%) Software Engineering
8 9 (9.78%) TDD
8 9 (9.78%) User Experience
9 8 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.70%) Front End Development
9 8 (8.70%) Mobile Development
9 8 (8.70%) UX Design
10 6 (6.52%) Clean Code
10 6 (6.52%) Code Quality
10 6 (6.52%) Containerisation
10 6 (6.52%) Microservices
11 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 45 (48.91%) JavaScript
2 38 (41.30%) C#
3 16 (17.39%) TypeScript
4 15 (16.30%) Python
5 9 (9.78%) SQL
6 8 (8.70%) Java
7 6 (6.52%) Scala
8 4 (4.35%) XAML
9 3 (3.26%) PHP
10 2 (2.17%) C
10 2 (2.17%) Kotlin
11 1 (1.09%) Bicep
11 1 (1.09%) C++
11 1 (1.09%) Delphi
11 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (13.04%) AWS Certification
1 12 (13.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 12 (13.04%) Azure Certification
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.17%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Terraform
2 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.09%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.17%) Intapp
2 2 (2.17%) Oracle
3 1 (1.09%) Google
3 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.09%) UiPath