Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 3
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,890 988 3,250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.20% 11.08% 16.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.74% 12.61% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 503 2,787
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 19,406 7,832 18,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 87.87% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,141 4,126 13,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 of England.

Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
North West +9 973 £55,000 -4.35% 159
Yorkshire +25 596 £55,000 -8.33% 99
North East +17 321 £55,500 +0.91% 68
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 442 (23.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 366 (19.37%) .NET
3 336 (17.78%) Azure
4 325 (17.20%) Agile
5 324 (17.14%) C#
6 319 (16.88%) SQL
7 318 (16.83%) Java
8 270 (14.29%) AWS
9 258 (13.65%) CI/CD
10 254 (13.44%) DevOps
10 254 (13.44%) JavaScript
11 251 (13.28%) Microsoft
12 240 (12.70%) TypeScript
13 182 (9.63%) React
14 176 (9.31%) Software Engineering
15 171 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
16 162 (8.57%) Python
17 151 (7.99%) AngularJS
18 147 (7.78%) Mentoring
19 146 (7.72%) Front End Development
20 143 (7.57%) AI
21 140 (7.41%) Serverless
22 137 (7.25%) .NET Core
23 135 (7.14%) PHP
24 127 (6.72%) Docker
24 127 (6.72%) Microservices
25 121 (6.40%) HTML
26 120 (6.35%) ASP.NET
26 120 (6.35%) CSS
27 112 (5.93%) Node.js

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

Application Platforms
1 24 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) CMS
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.58%) WordPress
5 8 (0.42%) OpenEdge
6 6 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.26%) Appian
7 5 (0.26%) JBoss
8 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) CICS
10 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.053%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.053%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.053%) nginx
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.053%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.053%) Elementor
2 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.90%) Visualfiles
2 13 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.63%) Shopify
4 11 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 336 (17.78%) Azure
2 270 (14.29%) AWS
3 140 (7.41%) Serverless
4 105 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
5 100 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (5.29%) Power Platform
6 95 (5.03%) GitHub
7 93 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
8 81 (4.29%) Amazon S3
9 75 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
10 67 (3.54%) AWS Step Functions
10 67 (3.54%) SaaS
11 54 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (2.65%) Power Automate
13 44 (2.33%) PowerApps
14 41 (2.17%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
15 37 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 37 (1.96%) Amazon ECR
15 37 (1.96%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.79%) Internet
2 11 (0.58%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.053%) SSL
5 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.053%) VoIP
5 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 91 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 78 (4.13%) DynamoDB
4 72 (3.81%) MongoDB
5 62 (3.28%) Power BI
6 47 (2.49%) MySQL
7 41 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 38 (2.01%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 26 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.53%) MariaDB
15 10 (0.53%) Tableau
16 8 (0.42%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
18 5 (0.26%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 110 (5.82%) Git
2 81 (4.29%) Jenkins
3 47 (2.49%) GitLab
4 31 (1.64%) Cypress.io
4 31 (1.64%) JIRA
5 30 (1.59%) Maven
5 30 (1.59%) SonarQube
6 13 (0.69%) fastlane
7 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.37%) Xcode
9 6 (0.32%) Gradle
9 6 (0.32%) NUnit
9 6 (0.32%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.26%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.26%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.26%) Selenium
10 5 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.21%) JUnit
11 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 144 (7.62%) Finance
2 111 (5.87%) Social Skills
3 71 (3.76%) Law
4 57 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (2.86%) Retail
6 53 (2.80%) Public Sector
7 40 (2.12%) Marketing
8 29 (1.53%) Banking
9 27 (1.43%) Legal
10 26 (1.38%) Games
10 26 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 13 (0.69%) Advertising
13 11 (0.58%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.42%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.42%) Multimedia
15 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.21%) Back Office
17 3 (0.16%) Electronics
17 3 (0.16%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (19.37%) .NET
2 182 (9.63%) React
3 151 (7.99%) AngularJS
4 137 (7.25%) .NET Core
5 121 (6.40%) HTML
6 120 (6.35%) ASP.NET
6 120 (6.35%) CSS
7 112 (5.93%) Node.js
8 104 (5.50%) Vue
9 93 (4.92%) RESTful
10 89 (4.71%) ASP.NET Core
11 86 (4.55%) Spring Boot
12 83 (4.39%) REST
13 73 (3.86%) Spring
14 69 (3.65%) Laravel
15 59 (3.12%) Entity Framework
16 41 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
17 35 (1.85%) Gherkin
18 32 (1.69%) Blazor
18 32 (1.69%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.29%) Mobile App
2 57 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (0.90%) Hedge funds
10 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (0.85%) Social Media
11 12 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (0.63%) Legacy Code
12 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.42%) Contactless
13 8 (0.42%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.42%) EMV
13 8 (0.42%) Smartcard
13 8 (0.42%) Social Network
14 7 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.85%) Android
2 27 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.79%) Linux
4 6 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (23.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 325 (17.20%) Agile
3 258 (13.65%) CI/CD
4 254 (13.44%) DevOps
5 176 (9.31%) Software Engineering
6 171 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (7.78%) Mentoring
8 146 (7.72%) Front End Development
9 143 (7.57%) AI
10 127 (6.72%) Microservices
11 101 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 94 (4.97%) Clean Code
13 92 (4.87%) Business Intelligence
14 91 (4.81%) TDD
15 74 (3.92%) Analytics
16 73 (3.86%) Web Development
17 71 (3.76%) SDLC
18 63 (3.33%) Scrum
18 63 (3.33%) Workflow
19 62 (3.28%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 324 (17.14%) C#
2 319 (16.88%) SQL
3 318 (16.83%) Java
4 254 (13.44%) JavaScript
5 240 (12.70%) TypeScript
6 162 (8.57%) Python
7 135 (7.14%) PHP
8 58 (3.07%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.91%) C++
10 42 (2.22%) Groovy
11 28 (1.48%) Bash
12 15 (0.79%) Swift
13 13 (0.69%) Rust
13 13 (0.69%) VB
14 12 (0.63%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.53%) Scala
16 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 76 (4.02%) Security Cleared
2 69 (3.65%) SC Cleared
3 52 (2.75%) Degree
4 36 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 22 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.11%) ACCA
13 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.11%) CIMA
13 2 (0.11%) HND
14 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 34 (1.80%) QA
3 18 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.63%) TickIT
5 11 (0.58%) WCAG
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.11%) PMO
7 2 (0.11%) SLA
8 1 (0.053%) GDPR
8 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (6.72%) Docker
2 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.06%) Terraform
3 26 (1.38%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
6 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.053%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.053%) Nagios
6 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 251 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.59%) ServiceNow
3 28 (1.48%) Salesforce
4 18 (0.95%) Oracle
5 17 (0.90%) Google
5 17 (0.90%) IBM
6 15 (0.79%) Cognos
6 15 (0.79%) Dynatrace
7 12 (0.63%) Apple
7 12 (0.63%) Sage
8 11 (0.58%) Splunk
9 8 (0.42%) AppDynamics
9 8 (0.42%) Facebook
10 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.32%) Intapp
11 6 (0.32%) Pega
11 6 (0.32%) Progress
11 6 (0.32%) SAP
11 6 (0.32%) Sony
11 6 (0.32%) Yahoo!