Senior Developer Jobs in the North East

Senior Developer
England > North East

The median Senior Developer salary in the North East is £69,500 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 55 89 71
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 13 29 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.85% 1.58% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.66% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 12
10th Percentile £54,525 £42,500 £49,125
25th Percentile £55,313 £51,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% -15.38% +10.17%
75th Percentile £113,750 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £66,150 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +3.45%

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%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the North East

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the North East

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the North East

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the North East

Senior 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 Senior 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 +43 13 £69,500 +23.56% 22
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) .NET
1 6 (46.15%) C#
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Azure
3 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 4 (30.77%) Design Patterns
3 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 4 (30.77%) React
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Fintech
4 3 (23.08%) Microservices
4 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
4 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
4 3 (23.08%) SDLC
4 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
4 3 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) .NET Core
4 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
4 3 (23.08%) Hedge funds
4 3 (23.08%) CSS
4 3 (23.08%) Java
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (23.08%) OOP
4 3 (23.08%) Python

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Bitrise
4 1 (7.69%) Firebase
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Jasmine
1 1 (7.69%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (7.69%) Protractor
General
1 2 (15.38%) Law
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 4 (30.77%) React
3 3 (23.08%) .NET Core
3 3 (23.08%) CSS
4 2 (15.38%) HTML
4 2 (15.38%) Jest
4 2 (15.38%) RESTful
4 2 (15.38%) Spring
4 2 (15.38%) Spring Boot
4 2 (15.38%) Vue
5 1 (7.69%) Android SDK
5 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (7.69%) iOS SDK
5 1 (7.69%) Node.js
5 1 (7.69%) REST
5 1 (7.69%) Svelte
5 1 (7.69%) SwiftUI
5 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
1 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
1 3 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Hedge funds
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Design Patterns
2 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Fintech
3 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
3 3 (23.08%) Microservices
3 3 (23.08%) OOP
3 3 (23.08%) SDLC
4 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (15.38%) Pair Programming
5 1 (7.69%) Android Development
5 1 (7.69%) Build Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (7.69%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
3 1 (7.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft