Developer Jobs in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,030 2,961 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.80% 15.76% 12.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.02% 16.56% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 535 2,481 1,279
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,423 17,885 12,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 95.17% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,093 13,124 7,796
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,187 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,136
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,563
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Developer 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 13 July 2025.

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 13 July 2025. 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 -18 755 £57,500 +6.48% 373
Yorkshire -33 214 £60,000 +20.00% 228
North East -13 61 £55,000 - 75
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 593 (57.57%) Agile
2 477 (46.31%) Java
3 460 (44.66%) OOP
3 460 (44.66%) Docker
4 454 (44.08%) Finance
5 451 (43.79%) Python
6 437 (42.43%) OO
7 436 (42.33%) Design Patterns
8 417 (40.49%) Linux
8 417 (40.49%) Security Cleared
9 411 (39.90%) Analytical Skills
10 407 (39.51%) C++
11 404 (39.22%) Line Management
12 403 (39.13%) Android
13 396 (38.45%) Android Development
13 396 (38.45%) Mathematics
14 394 (38.25%) Go
15 393 (38.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 390 (37.86%) Ansible
17 388 (37.67%) DV Cleared
17 388 (37.67%) VPN
17 388 (37.67%) DNS
17 388 (37.67%) Cyberattack
18 223 (21.65%) SQL
19 213 (20.68%) Azure
20 196 (19.03%) C#
21 195 (18.93%) .NET
22 192 (18.64%) JavaScript
23 164 (15.92%) SQL Server
24 147 (14.27%) AWS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (2.04%) CMS
2 20 (1.94%) Confluence
3 12 (1.17%) Umbraco
4 9 (0.87%) IIS
5 8 (0.78%) Apache
6 7 (0.68%) WordPress
7 6 (0.58%) nginx
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.39%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.097%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.097%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.097%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.097%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.49%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.097%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.097%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (0.87%) Magento
2 5 (0.49%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.19%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.097%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.097%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.097%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 213 (20.68%) Azure
2 147 (14.27%) AWS
3 57 (5.53%) Power Platform
4 56 (5.44%) SaaS
5 46 (4.47%) Serverless
6 35 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (3.01%) GitHub
8 29 (2.82%) GCP
9 27 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 17 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (0.68%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.68%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.68%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 388 (37.67%) DNS
1 388 (37.67%) VPN
2 13 (1.26%) Intranet
3 8 (0.78%) Broadband
3 8 (0.78%) WPA
4 6 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.49%) Internet
6 4 (0.39%) 5G
7 3 (0.29%) HTTP
8 1 (0.097%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (15.92%) SQL Server
2 70 (6.80%) MySQL
3 50 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (4.56%) MongoDB
5 41 (3.98%) Power BI
6 34 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 27 (2.62%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.94%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.46%) Redis
10 13 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.07%) RDBMS
12 10 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.49%) GIS
14 5 (0.49%) OLAP
14 5 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
14 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (5.92%) Git
2 25 (2.43%) JIRA
3 9 (0.87%) GitLab
4 7 (0.68%) Jasmine
5 6 (0.58%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (0.49%) Selenium
6 5 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.29%) Android Studio
8 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.29%) JMeter
8 3 (0.29%) Maven
8 3 (0.29%) Mocha
8 3 (0.29%) NUnit
8 3 (0.29%) webpack
9 2 (0.19%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.19%) JUnit
9 2 (0.19%) Mockito
9 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 454 (44.08%) Finance
2 411 (39.90%) Analytical Skills
3 393 (38.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 125 (12.14%) Social Skills
5 29 (2.82%) Law
6 27 (2.62%) Games
7 24 (2.33%) Retail
8 22 (2.14%) Marketing
9 17 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.55%) Back Office
11 15 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.17%) Legal
13 8 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.58%) Advertising
14 6 (0.58%) Automotive
15 5 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
16 4 (0.39%) Electronics
17 3 (0.29%) Banking
18 2 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.19%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (18.93%) .NET
2 111 (10.78%) CSS
3 101 (9.81%) React
4 98 (9.51%) HTML
5 72 (6.99%) .NET Core
6 57 (5.53%) ASP.NET
7 56 (5.44%) Node.js
8 51 (4.95%) REST
9 46 (4.47%) RESTful
10 39 (3.79%) AngularJS
11 38 (3.69%) .NET Framework
12 33 (3.20%) HTML5
12 33 (3.20%) jQuery
13 27 (2.62%) WinForms
14 26 (2.52%) ASP.NET Web API
15 24 (2.33%) Kafka
15 24 (2.33%) Web Services
16 23 (2.23%) Blazor
17 21 (2.04%) Vue
18 18 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 388 (37.67%) Cyberattack
2 28 (2.72%) Mobile App
3 20 (1.94%) Product Ownership
4 19 (1.84%) Cloud Native
5 16 (1.55%) NHS
6 13 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.17%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (0.97%) CMDB
9 9 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (0.87%) e-Learning
10 7 (0.68%) Client/Server
10 7 (0.68%) Hedge funds
11 6 (0.58%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.58%) Blog
11 6 (0.58%) Clustering
11 6 (0.58%) Social Media
12 5 (0.49%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 417 (40.49%) Linux
2 403 (39.13%) Android
3 27 (2.62%) Windows
4 11 (1.07%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (57.57%) Agile
2 460 (44.66%) OOP
3 437 (42.43%) OO
4 436 (42.33%) Design Patterns
5 404 (39.22%) Line Management
6 396 (38.45%) Android Development
6 396 (38.45%) Mathematics
7 134 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (12.14%) DevOps
9 110 (10.68%) CI/CD
10 105 (10.19%) Full-Stack Development
11 78 (7.57%) Microservices
12 74 (7.18%) Clean Code
13 72 (6.99%) Software Engineering
14 67 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (6.50%) Front End Development
14 67 (6.50%) Mentoring
15 63 (6.12%) User Experience
16 59 (5.73%) TDD
17 54 (5.24%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 477 (46.31%) Java
2 451 (43.79%) Python
3 407 (39.51%) C++
4 394 (38.25%) Go
5 223 (21.65%) SQL
6 196 (19.03%) C#
7 192 (18.64%) JavaScript
8 95 (9.22%) TypeScript
9 66 (6.41%) PHP
10 53 (5.15%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.07%) Kotlin
11 11 (1.07%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.68%) C
12 7 (0.68%) Ruby
13 6 (0.58%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.49%) Swift
15 4 (0.39%) Bash
15 4 (0.39%) Delphi
15 4 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 417 (40.49%) Security Cleared
2 388 (37.67%) DV Cleared
3 82 (7.96%) Degree
4 45 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (3.69%) DBS Check
6 28 (2.72%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.39%) ACCA
7 4 (0.39%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.39%) CIMA
7 4 (0.39%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.29%) PhD
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.097%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.23%) Accessibility
2 22 (2.14%) QA
3 15 (1.46%) GDPR
4 11 (1.07%) WCAG
5 6 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.097%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.097%) GRC
System Software
1 460 (44.66%) Docker
2 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 390 (37.86%) Ansible
2 38 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.52%) Terraform
4 4 (0.39%) HAProxy
4 4 (0.39%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.097%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 120 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.04%) ServiceNow
3 13 (1.26%) Splunk
4 12 (1.17%) Google
5 11 (1.07%) HP
6 10 (0.97%) Oracle
6 10 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.78%) IBM
8 7 (0.68%) New Relic
9 6 (0.58%) SAP
10 5 (0.49%) Adobe
11 4 (0.39%) Cognos
11 4 (0.39%) PayPal
12 3 (0.29%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.29%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.29%) Moogsoft
12 3 (0.29%) VMware
13 2 (0.19%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.19%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.19%) OpenAI