Developer Job Trends 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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,009 982 1,924
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.39% 10.24% 14.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.05% 11.74% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,702 474 1,340
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,451 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,733 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% +4.56% -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 22,209 8,368 12,727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 87.29% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 16,199 4,316 7,051
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £39,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -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 8 October 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 October 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 +5 999 £55,000 -8.33% 300
Yorkshire +22 591 £55,000 -8.33% 192
North East +25 419 £60,000 +20.00% 80
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 October 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.

1 380 (18.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 368 (18.32%) .NET
3 346 (17.22%) Agile
3 346 (17.22%) C#
4 312 (15.53%) Azure
5 310 (15.43%) Microsoft
5 310 (15.43%) SQL
6 273 (13.59%) Java
7 271 (13.49%) JavaScript
8 262 (13.04%) TypeScript
9 255 (12.69%) CI/CD
10 234 (11.65%) AWS
10 234 (11.65%) DevOps
11 192 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
12 185 (9.21%) React
13 166 (8.26%) Software Engineering
14 162 (8.06%) AI
15 151 (7.52%) HTML
15 151 (7.52%) Power Platform
16 149 (7.42%) Python
17 143 (7.12%) .NET Core
18 142 (7.07%) Mentoring
19 136 (6.77%) AngularJS
19 136 (6.77%) CSS
20 133 (6.62%) Docker
20 133 (6.62%) Front End Development
21 130 (6.47%) Continuous Improvement
22 121 (6.02%) Git
23 119 (5.92%) ASP.NET
24 118 (5.87%) Microservices

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 50 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.95%) CMS
3 15 (0.75%) WordPress
4 10 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.100%) Confluence
10 2 (0.100%) OpenEdge
10 2 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.100%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.050%) CICS
11 1 (0.050%) JBoss
11 1 (0.050%) Kentico
Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.050%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.10%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.60%) Visualfiles
4 9 (0.45%) Shopify
5 8 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.100%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.100%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.100%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.100%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.050%) Magento
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 312 (15.53%) Azure
2 234 (11.65%) AWS
3 151 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 105 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (5.08%) Serverless
6 89 (4.43%) GitHub
7 79 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
8 72 (3.58%) Power Automate
9 70 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 69 (3.43%) Amazon ECS
11 67 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
12 66 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
13 65 (3.24%) PowerApps
14 48 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 48 (2.39%) AWS Step Functions
15 43 (2.14%) SaaS
16 37 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 37 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
17 36 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
18 34 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.45%) Internet
2 6 (0.30%) HTTP
3 3 (0.15%) Firewall
3 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.050%) Broadband
4 1 (0.050%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.050%) SNMP
4 1 (0.050%) SSL
4 1 (0.050%) VoIP
4 1 (0.050%) WAN
4 1 (0.050%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (5.18%) SQL Server
2 95 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 92 (4.58%) MongoDB
4 64 (3.19%) Power BI
5 54 (2.69%) DynamoDB
6 46 (2.29%) MySQL
7 39 (1.94%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.49%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
11 19 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.80%) MariaDB
14 15 (0.75%) Redis
15 14 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.35%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.35%) Tableau
17 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 121 (6.02%) Git
2 52 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 38 (1.89%) GitLab
4 18 (0.90%) JIRA
5 15 (0.75%) Maven
6 12 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.60%) fastlane
7 10 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.35%) JUnit
8 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.35%) Xcode
9 6 (0.30%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.30%) Gradle
10 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
11 4 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.20%) Spock
11 4 (0.20%) Storybook
12 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
General
1 154 (7.67%) Social Skills
2 117 (5.82%) Finance
3 96 (4.78%) Public Sector
4 67 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (2.74%) Law
6 52 (2.59%) Retail
7 50 (2.49%) Marketing
8 37 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (1.39%) Legal
10 24 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.10%) Banking
12 19 (0.95%) Games
13 12 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.50%) Publishing
15 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.40%) Advertising
17 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
18 5 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
19 2 (0.100%) Documentation Skills
19 2 (0.100%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (18.32%) .NET
2 185 (9.21%) React
3 151 (7.52%) HTML
4 143 (7.12%) .NET Core
5 136 (6.77%) AngularJS
5 136 (6.77%) CSS
6 119 (5.92%) ASP.NET
7 110 (5.48%) Node.js
8 98 (4.88%) ASP.NET Core
8 98 (4.88%) REST
9 84 (4.18%) RESTful
10 80 (3.98%) Vue
11 73 (3.63%) Spring
12 67 (3.33%) Spring Boot
13 66 (3.29%) Entity Framework
14 57 (2.84%) Laravel
15 46 (2.29%) ASP.NET Web API
16 42 (2.09%) Middleware
17 37 (1.84%) Terraform
18 34 (1.69%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.48%) Mobile App
2 60 (2.99%) Cloud Native
2 60 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
3 38 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
5 33 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (1.24%) Online Gambling
8 24 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (0.75%) Hedge funds
10 12 (0.60%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.40%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.40%) Contactless
13 8 (0.40%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.40%) EMV
13 8 (0.40%) Mainframe
13 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.89%) Android
2 23 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.75%) Linux
4 9 (0.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.100%) Unix
6 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (18.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 346 (17.22%) Agile
3 255 (12.69%) CI/CD
4 234 (11.65%) DevOps
5 192 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (8.26%) Software Engineering
7 162 (8.06%) AI
8 142 (7.07%) Mentoring
9 133 (6.62%) Front End Development
10 130 (6.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (5.87%) Microservices
12 100 (4.98%) Business Intelligence
12 100 (4.98%) TDD
13 82 (4.08%) Collaborative Working
14 80 (3.98%) Technical Leadership
15 78 (3.88%) Clean Code
16 73 (3.63%) Web Development
17 72 (3.58%) Test Automation
18 71 (3.53%) Workflow
19 66 (3.29%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 346 (17.22%) C#
2 310 (15.43%) SQL
3 273 (13.59%) Java
4 271 (13.49%) JavaScript
5 262 (13.04%) TypeScript
6 149 (7.42%) Python
7 110 (5.48%) PHP
8 71 (3.53%) Kotlin
9 54 (2.69%) C++
10 21 (1.05%) Groovy
11 20 (1.00%) RPG
12 19 (0.95%) Apex Code
13 16 (0.80%) Rust
14 14 (0.70%) VB
15 13 (0.65%) Go
15 13 (0.65%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.60%) C
17 11 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.50%) Scala
18 10 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (4.28%) Security Cleared
2 76 (3.78%) SC Cleared
3 68 (3.38%) Degree
4 36 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 11 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.15%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.100%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.100%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.050%) ACCA
12 1 (0.050%) CIMA
12 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.050%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.04%) Accessibility
2 49 (2.44%) QA
3 25 (1.24%) WCAG
4 21 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.35%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.100%) PMO
8 1 (0.050%) GRC
8 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 133 (6.62%) Docker
2 6 (0.30%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.050%) Firmware
3 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 76 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.35%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.20%) Ansible
4 2 (0.100%) Argo
4 2 (0.100%) Grafana
4 2 (0.100%) Packer
4 2 (0.100%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.100%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.050%) Kibana
5 1 (0.050%) logstash
5 1 (0.050%) Nagios
5 1 (0.050%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 310 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.14%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.19%) ServiceNow
4 22 (1.10%) Google
5 20 (1.00%) Dynatrace
6 17 (0.85%) Sage
7 13 (0.65%) Apple
7 13 (0.65%) IBM
7 13 (0.65%) OpenAI
7 13 (0.65%) Splunk
8 12 (0.60%) Adobe
9 9 (0.45%) HP
10 8 (0.40%) Cognos
10 8 (0.40%) SAP
11 7 (0.35%) Facebook
11 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.30%) Confluent
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle
12 6 (0.30%) YouTube
13 5 (0.25%) Sony