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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 3
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,861 946 3,415
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.26% 11.41% 17.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.81% 12.88% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 463 2,944
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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 18,962 7,343 18,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 88.57% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13,806 3,746 14,633
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,156 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +9 961 £55,000 - 125
Yorkshire +26 604 £55,000 -8.33% 76
North East +19 296 £57,500 +4.55% 52
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 415 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
2 341 (18.32%) .NET
3 316 (16.98%) Java
4 313 (16.82%) Azure
5 303 (16.28%) C#
6 299 (16.07%) SQL
7 294 (15.80%) Agile
8 274 (14.72%) AWS
9 252 (13.54%) CI/CD
10 248 (13.33%) JavaScript
11 244 (13.11%) DevOps
12 228 (12.25%) TypeScript
13 217 (11.66%) Microsoft
14 175 (9.40%) React
15 170 (9.13%) Python
16 167 (8.97%) Software Engineering
17 157 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
18 151 (8.11%) Front End Development
19 148 (7.95%) Mentoring
20 144 (7.74%) AngularJS
21 140 (7.52%) Serverless
22 137 (7.36%) PHP
23 134 (7.20%) AI
24 127 (6.82%) Docker
25 122 (6.56%) Microservices
26 118 (6.34%) .NET Core
27 117 (6.29%) CSS
27 117 (6.29%) Git
28 115 (6.18%) HTML
29 112 (6.02%) 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 22 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.97%) CMS
3 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.64%) WordPress
4 9 (0.48%) OpenEdge
5 5 (0.27%) Appian
5 5 (0.27%) IIS
5 5 (0.27%) JBoss
6 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.11%) CICS
9 1 (0.054%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.054%) Apache
9 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.054%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.054%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.054%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.91%) Visualfiles
2 15 (0.81%) Shopify
3 13 (0.70%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 8 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.11%) Magento
6 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 313 (16.82%) Azure
2 274 (14.72%) AWS
3 140 (7.52%) Serverless
4 105 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
5 98 (5.27%) GitHub
6 97 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
7 88 (4.73%) Power Platform
8 87 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (4.57%) Amazon S3
10 78 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 70 (3.76%) AWS Step Functions
12 69 (3.71%) SaaS
13 49 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
14 45 (2.42%) Power Automate
15 41 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 40 (2.15%) Amazon SQS
17 38 (2.04%) PowerApps
18 37 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
19 36 (1.93%) Amazon ECR
19 36 (1.93%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.97%) Internet
2 11 (0.59%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.054%) SSL
5 1 (0.054%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.054%) VoIP
5 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.30%) DynamoDB
3 69 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (3.06%) Power BI
5 53 (2.85%) MongoDB
6 44 (2.36%) NoSQL
7 43 (2.31%) MySQL
8 42 (2.26%) Relational Database
9 30 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
9 30 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.54%) MariaDB
15 9 (0.48%) Tableau
16 8 (0.43%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.32%) Power Query
17 6 (0.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 117 (6.29%) Git
2 82 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 46 (2.47%) GitLab
4 31 (1.67%) JIRA
5 30 (1.61%) Cypress.io
6 29 (1.56%) Maven
6 29 (1.56%) SonarQube
7 13 (0.70%) fastlane
8 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.38%) Xcode
10 6 (0.32%) Gradle
10 6 (0.32%) NUnit
10 6 (0.32%) PHPUnit
11 5 (0.27%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.27%) Crashlytics
12 4 (0.21%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.21%) Selenium
12 4 (0.21%) Spock
12 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 134 (7.20%) Finance
2 107 (5.75%) Social Skills
3 68 (3.65%) Law
4 53 (2.85%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (2.85%) Public Sector
5 52 (2.79%) Retail
6 40 (2.15%) Marketing
7 28 (1.50%) Banking
8 27 (1.45%) Games
9 26 (1.40%) Legal
10 25 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (0.81%) Multimedia
12 13 (0.70%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.59%) Advertising
14 10 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.38%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.38%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.21%) Back Office
16 4 (0.21%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.16%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (18.32%) .NET
2 175 (9.40%) React
3 144 (7.74%) AngularJS
4 118 (6.34%) .NET Core
5 117 (6.29%) CSS
6 115 (6.18%) HTML
7 112 (6.02%) Node.js
8 102 (5.48%) ASP.NET
9 97 (5.21%) Vue
10 84 (4.51%) REST
10 84 (4.51%) Spring Boot
11 82 (4.41%) RESTful
12 72 (3.87%) Spring
13 67 (3.60%) ASP.NET Core
14 65 (3.49%) Laravel
15 47 (2.53%) Entity Framework
16 34 (1.83%) .NET Framework
16 34 (1.83%) Gherkin
17 33 (1.77%) ASP.NET Web API
18 31 (1.67%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 83 (4.46%) Mobile App
2 52 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.99%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (1.77%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.86%) Hedge funds
10 15 (0.81%) Social Media
11 12 (0.64%) Legacy Code
12 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.43%) Contactless
13 8 (0.43%) EMV
13 8 (0.43%) Smartcard
14 7 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.38%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.83%) Android
2 27 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.81%) Linux
4 5 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
2 294 (15.80%) Agile
3 252 (13.54%) CI/CD
4 244 (13.11%) DevOps
5 167 (8.97%) Software Engineering
6 157 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
7 151 (8.11%) Front End Development
8 148 (7.95%) Mentoring
9 134 (7.20%) AI
10 122 (6.56%) Microservices
11 98 (5.27%) Clean Code
11 98 (5.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 85 (4.57%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (4.46%) TDD
14 74 (3.98%) Web Development
15 69 (3.71%) Analytics
16 68 (3.65%) SDLC
17 60 (3.22%) Scrum
17 60 (3.22%) User Experience
17 60 (3.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 316 (16.98%) Java
2 303 (16.28%) C#
3 299 (16.07%) SQL
4 248 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 228 (12.25%) TypeScript
6 170 (9.13%) Python
7 137 (7.36%) PHP
8 61 (3.28%) Kotlin
9 53 (2.85%) C++
10 41 (2.20%) Groovy
11 27 (1.45%) Bash
12 15 (0.81%) Swift
12 15 (0.81%) VB
13 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.59%) Rust
15 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.48%) Scala
16 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 71 (3.82%) Security Cleared
2 64 (3.44%) SC Cleared
3 49 (2.63%) Degree
4 39 (2.10%) AWS Certification
5 35 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 21 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.38%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
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 (0.054%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 31 (1.67%) QA
3 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.64%) TickIT
5 11 (0.59%) 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 (0.054%) GDPR
8 1 (0.054%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (6.82%) Docker
2 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.10%) Terraform
3 25 (1.34%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
6 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.054%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.054%) Nagios
6 1 (0.054%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 217 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.56%) ServiceNow
3 27 (1.45%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.02%) Oracle
5 15 (0.81%) Cognos
5 15 (0.81%) Google
6 14 (0.75%) Dynatrace
6 14 (0.75%) IBM
7 11 (0.59%) Apple
7 11 (0.59%) Sage
8 10 (0.54%) Splunk
9 8 (0.43%) AppDynamics
10 7 (0.38%) Facebook
10 7 (0.38%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.38%) Intapp
10 7 (0.38%) Progress
11 6 (0.32%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.32%) Pega
11 6 (0.32%) SAP
12 5 (0.27%) UiPath