Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,492 942 2,794
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.13% 12.83% 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.81% 14.29% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 468 2,443
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,300 £72,500
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 16,930 6,593 15,921
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 89.79% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,167 3,773 12,725
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,275 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -12 789 £58,750 +6.82% 158
Yorkshire +17 517 £55,000 -2.22% 112
North East +15 186 £60,000 +6.19% 76
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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.

1 316 (21.18%) Full-Stack Development
2 286 (19.17%) Azure
3 275 (18.43%) .NET
4 264 (17.69%) AWS
5 248 (16.62%) Java
6 247 (16.55%) JavaScript
7 243 (16.29%) Agile
8 240 (16.09%) C#
9 238 (15.95%) SQL
10 203 (13.61%) CI/CD
11 187 (12.53%) DevOps
12 166 (11.13%) Microsoft
13 162 (10.86%) Python
14 157 (10.52%) TypeScript
15 154 (10.32%) React
16 152 (10.19%) Mentoring
17 137 (9.18%) Git
18 134 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
19 128 (8.58%) Serverless
20 126 (8.45%) CSS
21 125 (8.38%) Software Engineering
22 124 (8.31%) Docker
23 122 (8.18%) Front End Development
24 120 (8.04%) HTML
25 112 (7.51%) PHP
26 103 (6.90%) AngularJS
27 102 (6.84%) Microservices
28 101 (6.77%) GitHub
29 99 (6.64%) .NET Core
30 96 (6.43%) SQL Server

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 19 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.21%) CMS
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.60%) OpenEdge
4 9 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.47%) WordPress
6 6 (0.40%) JBoss
6 6 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.34%) Appian
8 3 (0.20%) Apache
8 3 (0.20%) IIS
8 3 (0.20%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CICS
9 2 (0.13%) Confluence
10 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.067%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.067%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.067%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Shopify
1 16 (1.07%) Visualfiles
2 8 (0.54%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.067%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 286 (19.17%) Azure
2 264 (17.69%) AWS
3 128 (8.58%) Serverless
4 101 (6.77%) GitHub
5 92 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
6 87 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
7 83 (5.56%) Amazon S3
8 77 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 68 (4.56%) AWS Step Functions
10 63 (4.22%) Power Platform
10 63 (4.22%) SaaS
11 53 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
12 46 (3.08%) Amazon SQS
13 42 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 39 (2.61%) Apigee
14 39 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (2.55%) Amazon ECR
16 27 (1.81%) GCP
16 27 (1.81%) Power Automate
17 26 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.48%) Internet
2 10 (0.67%) Broadband
3 3 (0.20%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) SSL
4 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.067%) DNS
5 1 (0.067%) Firewall
5 1 (0.067%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.067%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 80 (5.36%) DynamoDB
3 50 (3.35%) NoSQL
3 50 (3.35%) Power BI
4 36 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (2.28%) MySQL
6 32 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
8 23 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.80%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.34%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.34%) Tableau
15 4 (0.27%) Power Query
15 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.20%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 137 (9.18%) Git
2 69 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.02%) GitLab
4 34 (2.28%) SonarQube
5 32 (2.14%) Cypress.io
5 32 (2.14%) JIRA
5 32 (2.14%) Maven
6 9 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.47%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.34%) NUnit
9 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.20%) JUnit
10 3 (0.20%) Selenium
10 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.13%) Spock
11 2 (0.13%) XCUITest
General
1 105 (7.04%) Finance
2 100 (6.70%) Social Skills
3 53 (3.55%) Law
4 43 (2.88%) Retail
5 39 (2.61%) Multimedia
6 38 (2.55%) Public Sector
7 34 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (2.01%) Marketing
9 24 (1.61%) Banking
9 24 (1.61%) Legal
10 22 (1.47%) Games
11 13 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.60%) Advertising
13 8 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.47%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.27%) Back Office
15 4 (0.27%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.20%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.20%) Local Government
16 3 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (18.43%) .NET
2 154 (10.32%) React
3 126 (8.45%) CSS
4 120 (8.04%) HTML
5 103 (6.90%) AngularJS
6 99 (6.64%) .NET Core
7 92 (6.17%) Node.js
8 82 (5.50%) ASP.NET
9 81 (5.43%) Spring Boot
10 65 (4.36%) REST
11 64 (4.29%) Spring
12 63 (4.22%) Vue
13 57 (3.82%) RESTful
14 54 (3.62%) Laravel
15 38 (2.55%) .NET Framework
16 34 (2.28%) Jest
17 32 (2.14%) ASP.NET Core
17 32 (2.14%) Gherkin
18 26 (1.74%) Flask
19 24 (1.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (3.55%) Mobile App
2 38 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (2.28%) Cloud Native
5 23 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.21%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (1.01%) Legacy Code
10 12 (0.80%) Hedge funds
11 11 (0.74%) Social Media
12 10 (0.67%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.47%) NHS
14 6 (0.40%) Educational Technology
14 6 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
15 5 (0.34%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.34%) Contactless
15 5 (0.34%) IoT
15 5 (0.34%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.34%) Android
2 17 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.67%) Linux
4 4 (0.27%) Windows
5 1 (0.067%) VMS
5 1 (0.067%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (21.18%) Full-Stack Development
2 243 (16.29%) Agile
3 203 (13.61%) CI/CD
4 187 (12.53%) DevOps
5 152 (10.19%) Mentoring
6 134 (8.98%) Problem-Solving
7 125 (8.38%) Software Engineering
8 122 (8.18%) Front End Development
9 102 (6.84%) Microservices
10 94 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 81 (5.43%) Clean Code
12 76 (5.09%) AI
13 68 (4.56%) Business Intelligence
14 59 (3.95%) SDLC
15 55 (3.69%) Web Development
16 53 (3.55%) TDD
17 47 (3.15%) Containerisation
18 41 (2.75%) E-Commerce
19 40 (2.68%) Analytics
20 39 (2.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 248 (16.62%) Java
2 247 (16.55%) JavaScript
3 240 (16.09%) C#
4 238 (15.95%) SQL
5 162 (10.86%) Python
6 157 (10.52%) TypeScript
7 112 (7.51%) PHP
8 44 (2.95%) Kotlin
9 35 (2.35%) Groovy
10 30 (2.01%) Bash
11 25 (1.68%) C++
12 14 (0.94%) VB
13 12 (0.80%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.47%) Swift
14 7 (0.47%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.34%) Bicep
17 4 (0.27%) Scala
18 3 (0.20%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 73 (4.89%) AWS Certification
2 59 (3.95%) Security Cleared
3 51 (3.42%) SC Cleared
4 40 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 33 (2.21%) Degree
8 23 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.47%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.20%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.13%) HND
16 1 (0.067%) ACCA
16 1 (0.067%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.07%) Accessibility
1 16 (1.07%) QA
2 12 (0.80%) TickIT
3 11 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.20%) SLA
5 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
5 2 (0.13%) WCAG
6 1 (0.067%) GDPR
System Software
1 124 (8.31%) Docker
2 9 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.067%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (2.95%) Terraform
2 40 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.01%) HP Fortify
4 9 (0.60%) Ansible
5 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.13%) cPanel
5 2 (0.13%) Kibana
5 2 (0.13%) Nagios
5 2 (0.13%) Packer
5 2 (0.13%) Plesk
5 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 166 (11.13%) Microsoft
2 25 (1.68%) Oracle
3 20 (1.34%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.14%) Salesforce
5 11 (0.74%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.67%) Cognos
6 10 (0.67%) IBM
7 9 (0.60%) Sage
8 8 (0.54%) Intapp
8 8 (0.54%) JDA
9 7 (0.47%) Progress
10 6 (0.40%) AppDynamics
10 6 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.40%) Pega
11 5 (0.34%) Splunk
11 5 (0.34%) UiPath
12 4 (0.27%) Calypso
12 4 (0.27%) DevExpress
13 3 (0.20%) Foundry
13 3 (0.20%) Google