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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 18 3
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,906 1,016 2,831
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.13% 10.81% 16.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.63% 12.25% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 526 2,390
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £34,356
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 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 19,792 8,296 16,751
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 88.23% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,431 4,456 12,525
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

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 18 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 18 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 +9 972 £55,000 -4.35% 95
Yorkshire +21 603 £55,000 -8.33% 59
North East +16 331 £55,000 - 52
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 463 (24.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 380 (19.94%) .NET
3 341 (17.89%) Agile
4 340 (17.84%) Azure
5 339 (17.79%) C#
6 335 (17.58%) SQL
7 319 (16.74%) Java
8 279 (14.64%) AWS
9 269 (14.11%) Microsoft
10 267 (14.01%) CI/CD
11 263 (13.80%) DevOps
12 262 (13.75%) JavaScript
12 262 (13.75%) TypeScript
13 203 (10.65%) React
14 185 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
15 178 (9.34%) Software Engineering
16 163 (8.55%) Python
17 154 (8.08%) AngularJS
18 148 (7.76%) AI
19 145 (7.61%) Mentoring
20 139 (7.29%) Front End Development
21 138 (7.24%) Microservices
22 137 (7.19%) .NET Core
22 137 (7.19%) PHP
22 137 (7.19%) Serverless
23 133 (6.98%) HTML
24 131 (6.87%) Docker
25 129 (6.77%) CSS
26 127 (6.66%) ASP.NET
27 120 (6.30%) 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 28 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.15%) CMS
3 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.63%) WordPress
5 7 (0.37%) IIS
6 5 (0.26%) Appian
6 5 (0.26%) JBoss
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) CICS
9 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.052%) nginx
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.052%) Elementor
4 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (0.94%) Visualfiles
2 13 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.68%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 13 (0.68%) Shopify
3 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 2 (0.10%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.052%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.052%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 340 (17.84%) Azure
2 279 (14.64%) AWS
3 137 (7.19%) Serverless
4 114 (5.98%) Power Platform
5 107 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (5.51%) AWS Lambda
7 99 (5.19%) GitHub
8 90 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
9 80 (4.20%) Amazon S3
10 73 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 65 (3.41%) AWS Step Functions
12 64 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
13 58 (3.04%) SaaS
14 57 (2.99%) Power Automate
15 53 (2.78%) PowerApps
16 44 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 39 (2.05%) Amazon SQS
19 34 (1.78%) Amazon ECR
19 34 (1.78%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.68%) Internet
2 11 (0.58%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) Firewall
3 3 (0.16%) HTTP
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.052%) SSL
5 1 (0.052%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 94 (4.93%) SQL Server
3 81 (4.25%) MongoDB
4 78 (4.09%) DynamoDB
5 65 (3.41%) Power BI
6 51 (2.68%) MySQL
7 43 (2.26%) Relational Database
8 39 (2.05%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
11 26 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (0.63%) MariaDB
16 11 (0.58%) Tableau
17 8 (0.42%) RDBMS
18 7 (0.37%) Redis
18 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 112 (5.88%) Git
2 76 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 44 (2.31%) GitLab
4 31 (1.63%) JIRA
5 28 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 28 (1.47%) Maven
6 27 (1.42%) SonarQube
7 13 (0.68%) fastlane
8 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.37%) Xcode
11 6 (0.31%) Gradle
11 6 (0.31%) NUnit
11 6 (0.31%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.26%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.26%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.26%) Selenium
13 4 (0.21%) Claude Code
13 4 (0.21%) Spock
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 149 (7.82%) Finance
2 124 (6.51%) Social Skills
3 74 (3.88%) Law
4 59 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (3.04%) Retail
6 54 (2.83%) Public Sector
7 38 (1.99%) Marketing
8 32 (1.68%) Banking
9 30 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.42%) Games
10 27 (1.42%) Legal
11 17 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 13 (0.68%) Advertising
13 12 (0.63%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.42%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.26%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.21%) Back Office
17 4 (0.21%) Multimedia
18 3 (0.16%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (19.94%) .NET
2 203 (10.65%) React
3 154 (8.08%) AngularJS
4 137 (7.19%) .NET Core
5 133 (6.98%) HTML
6 129 (6.77%) CSS
7 127 (6.66%) ASP.NET
8 120 (6.30%) Node.js
9 108 (5.67%) Vue
10 103 (5.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 98 (5.14%) RESTful
12 83 (4.35%) REST
12 83 (4.35%) Spring Boot
13 73 (3.83%) Laravel
13 73 (3.83%) Spring
14 68 (3.57%) Entity Framework
15 46 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
16 34 (1.78%) LINQ
17 33 (1.73%) Blazor
18 32 (1.68%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 75 (3.93%) Mobile App
2 59 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.94%) Cloud Native
4 36 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 16 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
7 16 (0.84%) Hedge funds
7 16 (0.84%) Social Media
8 15 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (0.58%) Legacy Code
9 11 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.47%) Algorithms
10 9 (0.47%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.42%) Contactless
11 8 (0.42%) EMV
11 8 (0.42%) Smartcard
12 7 (0.37%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.99%) Android
2 27 (1.42%) Apple iOS
3 16 (0.84%) Linux
4 7 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (24.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 341 (17.89%) Agile
3 267 (14.01%) CI/CD
4 263 (13.80%) DevOps
5 185 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (9.34%) Software Engineering
7 148 (7.76%) AI
8 145 (7.61%) Mentoring
9 139 (7.29%) Front End Development
10 138 (7.24%) Microservices
11 108 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (5.09%) TDD
13 94 (4.93%) Clean Code
14 93 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
15 75 (3.93%) Web Development
16 74 (3.88%) Analytics
17 72 (3.78%) SDLC
18 69 (3.62%) Scrum
19 68 (3.57%) Workflow
20 62 (3.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 339 (17.79%) C#
2 335 (17.58%) SQL
3 319 (16.74%) Java
4 262 (13.75%) JavaScript
4 262 (13.75%) TypeScript
5 163 (8.55%) Python
6 137 (7.19%) PHP
7 60 (3.15%) Kotlin
8 54 (2.83%) C++
9 39 (2.05%) Groovy
10 25 (1.31%) Bash
11 15 (0.79%) Swift
12 14 (0.73%) Rust
13 12 (0.63%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.63%) VB
14 10 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.52%) Scala
15 9 (0.47%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 81 (4.25%) Security Cleared
2 74 (3.88%) SC Cleared
3 56 (2.94%) Degree
4 37 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (1.52%) AWS Certification
6 19 (1.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 19 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.10%) ACCA
12 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.10%) CIMA
12 2 (0.10%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.10%) HND
12 2 (0.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.26%) Accessibility
2 35 (1.84%) QA
3 18 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.73%) WCAG
5 12 (0.63%) TickIT
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.10%) PMO
7 2 (0.10%) SLA
8 1 (0.052%) GDPR
8 1 (0.052%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 131 (6.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.05%) Terraform
3 23 (1.21%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.10%) Kibana
5 2 (0.10%) Packer
6 1 (0.052%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.052%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.052%) Nagios
6 1 (0.052%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 269 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 32 (1.68%) ServiceNow
3 28 (1.47%) Salesforce
4 21 (1.10%) Google
5 18 (0.94%) IBM
6 16 (0.84%) Oracle
7 15 (0.79%) Cognos
7 15 (0.79%) Dynatrace
8 13 (0.68%) Apple
9 12 (0.63%) Sage
9 12 (0.63%) Splunk
10 8 (0.42%) AppDynamics
10 8 (0.42%) Facebook
10 8 (0.42%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.31%) Pega
12 6 (0.31%) SAP
12 6 (0.31%) Sony
12 6 (0.31%) Yahoo!
13 5 (0.26%) Zoho