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 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 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 1,853 937 3,364
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.28% 11.46% 17.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.84% 12.92% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,580 457 2,900
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 18,836 7,251 18,803
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 88.66% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,709 3,698 14,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +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 17 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 17 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 +9 959 £55,000 - 350
Yorkshire +23 605 £55,000 -8.33% 265
North East +20 289 £57,500 +4.55% 165
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 407 (21.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 339 (18.29%) .NET
3 319 (17.22%) Azure
4 318 (17.16%) Java
5 300 (16.19%) C#
6 293 (15.81%) SQL
7 287 (15.49%) Agile
8 282 (15.22%) AWS
9 253 (13.65%) CI/CD
10 251 (13.55%) JavaScript
11 241 (13.01%) DevOps
12 223 (12.03%) TypeScript
13 212 (11.44%) Microsoft
14 177 (9.55%) Python
15 173 (9.34%) React
16 163 (8.80%) Software Engineering
17 154 (8.31%) Mentoring
18 152 (8.20%) Front End Development
18 152 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
19 143 (7.72%) Serverless
20 141 (7.61%) AngularJS
21 137 (7.39%) PHP
22 132 (7.12%) Docker
23 129 (6.96%) AI
24 123 (6.64%) CSS
24 123 (6.64%) Microservices
25 122 (6.58%) Git
26 120 (6.48%) HTML
27 116 (6.26%) .NET Core
28 109 (5.88%) 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 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 18 (0.97%) CMS
3 12 (0.65%) WordPress
4 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) OpenEdge
6 6 (0.32%) JBoss
7 5 (0.27%) Appian
7 5 (0.27%) IIS
8 4 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.11%) Apache
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) CICS
9 2 (0.11%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.054%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.054%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.92%) 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 (0.22%) 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
1 319 (17.22%) Azure
2 282 (15.22%) AWS
3 143 (7.72%) Serverless
4 107 (5.77%) AWS Lambda
5 104 (5.61%) GitHub
6 98 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
7 88 (4.75%) Amazon S3
8 85 (4.59%) Power Platform
9 84 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (4.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 74 (3.99%) AWS Step Functions
12 70 (3.78%) SaaS
13 47 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
14 43 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 43 (2.32%) Power Automate
15 42 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
16 39 (2.10%) Amazon ECR
16 39 (2.10%) Apigee
17 37 (2.00%) PowerApps
18 36 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.19%) Internet
2 11 (0.59%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
4 2 (0.11%) SSL
5 1 (0.054%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.054%) VoIP
5 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 83 (4.48%) DynamoDB
3 61 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (3.08%) Power BI
5 47 (2.54%) NoSQL
6 46 (2.48%) MongoDB
7 43 (2.32%) MySQL
8 40 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 30 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
9 30 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 26 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.54%) MariaDB
15 9 (0.49%) Tableau
16 8 (0.43%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.32%) Power Query
17 6 (0.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 122 (6.58%) Git
2 84 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.64%) GitLab
4 33 (1.78%) Cypress.io
5 32 (1.73%) Maven
5 32 (1.73%) SonarQube
6 30 (1.62%) JIRA
7 13 (0.70%) fastlane
8 9 (0.49%) 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 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.22%) Selenium
12 4 (0.22%) Spock
12 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 133 (7.18%) Finance
2 103 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 66 (3.56%) Law
4 52 (2.81%) Public Sector
5 51 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (2.70%) Retail
7 39 (2.10%) Marketing
8 28 (1.51%) Banking
9 26 (1.40%) Games
10 25 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.35%) Legal
11 20 (1.08%) Multimedia
12 12 (0.65%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.59%) Advertising
14 9 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.38%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.38%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.22%) Back Office
16 4 (0.22%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.16%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (18.29%) .NET
2 173 (9.34%) React
3 141 (7.61%) AngularJS
4 123 (6.64%) CSS
5 120 (6.48%) HTML
6 116 (6.26%) .NET Core
7 109 (5.88%) Node.js
8 100 (5.40%) ASP.NET
9 93 (5.02%) Vue
10 87 (4.70%) Spring Boot
11 81 (4.37%) REST
12 80 (4.32%) RESTful
13 73 (3.94%) Spring
14 64 (3.45%) Laravel
15 60 (3.24%) ASP.NET Core
16 43 (2.32%) Entity Framework
17 36 (1.94%) .NET Framework
17 36 (1.94%) Gherkin
18 35 (1.89%) Jest
19 29 (1.57%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.43%) Mobile App
2 50 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
3 38 (2.05%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 29 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.86%) Hedge funds
10 14 (0.76%) Social Media
11 12 (0.65%) Legacy Code
12 8 (0.43%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.43%) Contactless
12 8 (0.43%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.43%) EMV
12 8 (0.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.43%) Smartcard
13 7 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.78%) Android
2 27 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 14 (0.76%) Linux
4 4 (0.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (21.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 287 (15.49%) Agile
3 253 (13.65%) CI/CD
4 241 (13.01%) DevOps
5 163 (8.80%) Software Engineering
6 154 (8.31%) Mentoring
7 152 (8.20%) Front End Development
7 152 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (6.96%) AI
9 123 (6.64%) Microservices
10 100 (5.40%) Clean Code
11 98 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 82 (4.43%) Business Intelligence
13 80 (4.32%) TDD
14 73 (3.94%) Web Development
15 68 (3.67%) SDLC
16 66 (3.56%) Analytics
17 60 (3.24%) Test Automation
17 60 (3.24%) User Experience
18 58 (3.13%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 318 (17.16%) Java
2 300 (16.19%) C#
3 293 (15.81%) SQL
4 251 (13.55%) JavaScript
5 223 (12.03%) TypeScript
6 177 (9.55%) Python
7 137 (7.39%) PHP
8 61 (3.29%) Kotlin
9 50 (2.70%) C++
10 43 (2.32%) Groovy
11 30 (1.62%) Bash
12 15 (0.81%) Swift
12 15 (0.81%) VB
13 12 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.49%) Rust
15 8 (0.43%) Scala
16 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 68 (3.67%) Security Cleared
2 61 (3.29%) SC Cleared
3 47 (2.54%) AWS Certification
4 46 (2.48%) Degree
5 32 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
6 22 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 17 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.38%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.22%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.11%) ACCA
14 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.11%) CIMA
14 2 (0.11%) HND
15 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (1.83%) Accessibility
2 31 (1.67%) QA
3 17 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.65%) TickIT
5 11 (0.59%) WCAG
6 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.22%) 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
1 132 (7.12%) Docker
2 9 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.21%) Terraform
3 28 (1.51%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Nagios
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
5 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 212 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.57%) ServiceNow
3 26 (1.40%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.03%) Oracle
5 15 (0.81%) Cognos
6 14 (0.76%) Dynatrace
7 13 (0.70%) Google
7 13 (0.70%) IBM
8 11 (0.59%) Splunk
9 10 (0.54%) Apple
9 10 (0.54%) Sage
10 8 (0.43%) AppDynamics
11 7 (0.38%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.38%) Intapp
11 7 (0.38%) Progress
12 6 (0.32%) Facebook
12 6 (0.32%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.32%) Pega
12 6 (0.32%) SAP
13 5 (0.27%) Zoho