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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 17 4
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,976 1,039 2,383
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.09% 10.83% 15.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.59% 12.25% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,696 535 1,944
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 20,600 8,482 14,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 88.42% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 15,018 4,577 10,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,284
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -2.99% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +7 1,001 £55,000 -6.78% 160
Yorkshire +23 618 £55,000 -8.33% 79
North East +16 357 £55,000 - 61
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 August 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.

1 465 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 405 (20.50%) .NET
3 358 (18.12%) C#
4 355 (17.97%) Agile
5 354 (17.91%) Azure
6 345 (17.46%) SQL
7 317 (16.04%) Java
8 296 (14.98%) Microsoft
9 281 (14.22%) CI/CD
10 278 (14.07%) JavaScript
11 277 (14.02%) TypeScript
12 276 (13.97%) AWS
13 270 (13.66%) DevOps
14 202 (10.22%) React
15 194 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
16 174 (8.81%) Software Engineering
17 165 (8.35%) Python
18 157 (7.95%) AI
19 153 (7.74%) AngularJS
19 153 (7.74%) HTML
20 151 (7.64%) Mentoring
21 147 (7.44%) CSS
22 146 (7.39%) Front End Development
23 142 (7.19%) .NET Core
24 139 (7.03%) PHP
25 138 (6.98%) Microservices
26 132 (6.68%) ASP.NET
26 132 (6.68%) Docker
26 132 (6.68%) Serverless
27 129 (6.53%) Power Platform

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 34 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.16%) CMS
3 15 (0.76%) WordPress
4 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.46%) IIS
6 5 (0.25%) Appian
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.20%) JBoss
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.10%) CICS
9 2 (0.10%) Confluence
9 2 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.051%) Apache
10 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.051%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.051%) Elementor
2 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (0.71%) Visualfiles
2 12 (0.61%) Shopify
3 11 (0.56%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 6 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.15%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.10%) Magento
7 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.051%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 354 (17.91%) Azure
2 276 (13.97%) AWS
3 132 (6.68%) Serverless
4 129 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 116 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
7 97 (4.91%) GitHub
8 86 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
9 79 (4.00%) Amazon S3
10 70 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
11 67 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 67 (3.39%) Power Automate
12 60 (3.04%) PowerApps
13 59 (2.99%) AWS Step Functions
14 55 (2.78%) SaaS
15 52 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
16 40 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 38 (1.92%) Amazon SQS
18 33 (1.67%) Azure AI
19 32 (1.62%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.66%) Internet
2 10 (0.51%) Broadband
3 6 (0.30%) HTTP
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) SSL
6 1 (0.051%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.16%) Azure SQL Database
2 99 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 85 (4.30%) MongoDB
4 72 (3.64%) DynamoDB
5 67 (3.39%) Power BI
6 51 (2.58%) MySQL
7 45 (2.28%) Relational Database
8 35 (1.77%) NoSQL
9 29 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
11 23 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (0.71%) MariaDB
16 10 (0.51%) Redis
16 10 (0.51%) Tableau
17 7 (0.35%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 123 (6.22%) Git
2 72 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.02%) GitLab
4 28 (1.42%) JIRA
5 27 (1.37%) Maven
6 24 (1.21%) Cypress.io
7 22 (1.11%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.66%) fastlane
9 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.35%) Xcode
12 6 (0.30%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.30%) Gradle
12 6 (0.30%) JUnit
12 6 (0.30%) NUnit
12 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.25%) PHPUnit
13 5 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 148 (7.49%) Finance
2 137 (6.93%) Social Skills
3 69 (3.49%) Law
4 65 (3.29%) Public Sector
5 61 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (3.09%) Retail
6 48 (2.43%) Marketing
7 33 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (1.62%) Banking
9 26 (1.32%) Games
9 26 (1.32%) Legal
10 20 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 12 (0.61%) Advertising
11 12 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.46%) Publishing
13 8 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.35%) Retail Banking
14 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.20%) Back Office
15 4 (0.20%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (20.50%) .NET
2 202 (10.22%) React
3 153 (7.74%) AngularJS
3 153 (7.74%) HTML
4 147 (7.44%) CSS
5 142 (7.19%) .NET Core
6 132 (6.68%) ASP.NET
7 125 (6.33%) Node.js
8 104 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
9 103 (5.21%) Vue
10 102 (5.16%) RESTful
11 95 (4.81%) REST
12 80 (4.05%) Spring Boot
13 74 (3.74%) Spring
14 72 (3.64%) Laravel
15 69 (3.49%) Entity Framework
16 48 (2.43%) ASP.NET Web API
17 36 (1.82%) Blazor
18 34 (1.72%) .NET Framework
18 34 (1.72%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 83 (4.20%) Mobile App
2 61 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
3 46 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 40 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 17 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (0.86%) Hedge funds
9 16 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.81%) Social Media
10 11 (0.56%) Data Structures
10 11 (0.56%) Legacy Code
11 9 (0.46%) Algorithms
11 9 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.40%) Contactless
12 8 (0.40%) EMV
12 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.33%) Android
2 32 (1.62%) Apple iOS
3 13 (0.66%) Linux
4 7 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 355 (17.97%) Agile
3 281 (14.22%) CI/CD
4 270 (13.66%) DevOps
5 194 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
6 174 (8.81%) Software Engineering
7 157 (7.95%) AI
8 151 (7.64%) Mentoring
9 146 (7.39%) Front End Development
10 138 (6.98%) Microservices
11 117 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (5.01%) TDD
13 98 (4.96%) Business Intelligence
14 96 (4.86%) Clean Code
15 83 (4.20%) Web Development
16 77 (3.90%) SDLC
17 73 (3.69%) Analytics
18 71 (3.59%) Scrum
19 68 (3.44%) Workflow
20 67 (3.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 358 (18.12%) C#
2 345 (17.46%) SQL
3 317 (16.04%) Java
4 278 (14.07%) JavaScript
5 277 (14.02%) TypeScript
6 165 (8.35%) Python
7 139 (7.03%) PHP
8 64 (3.24%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.78%) C++
10 35 (1.77%) Groovy
11 20 (1.01%) Bash
12 16 (0.81%) Swift
13 14 (0.71%) Rust
14 13 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 12 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.61%) VB
16 10 (0.51%) RPG
16 10 (0.51%) Scala
17 7 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 85 (4.30%) Security Cleared
2 81 (4.10%) SC Cleared
3 62 (3.14%) Degree
4 36 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.37%) AWS Certification
6 15 (0.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 15 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.35%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.20%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.10%) HND
12 2 (0.10%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.051%) ACCA
13 1 (0.051%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (2.48%) Accessibility
2 42 (2.13%) QA
3 19 (0.96%) WCAG
4 16 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.61%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.10%) PMO
7 2 (0.10%) SLA
8 1 (0.051%) GDPR
8 1 (0.051%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 132 (6.68%) Docker
2 4 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 67 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.13%) Terraform
3 19 (0.96%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.10%) Kibana
5 2 (0.10%) Packer
6 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.051%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.051%) Nagios
6 1 (0.051%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 296 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 33 (1.67%) ServiceNow
3 31 (1.57%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.16%) Google
5 19 (0.96%) IBM
6 17 (0.86%) Dynatrace
7 15 (0.76%) Sage
8 14 (0.71%) Apple
9 13 (0.66%) Oracle
10 12 (0.61%) Cognos
10 12 (0.61%) Splunk
11 9 (0.46%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.40%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.40%) Facebook
13 7 (0.35%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.30%) Pega
14 6 (0.30%) Sony
14 6 (0.30%) Yahoo!
15 5 (0.25%) SAP