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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,012 988 1,994
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.35% 10.32% 14.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.98% 11.82% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,718 489 1,401
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,350 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £82,500 £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 22,397 8,356 12,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 87.27% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16,328 4,302 7,304
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,675
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 2 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 2 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 +3 1,003 £55,000 -8.33% 325
Yorkshire +23 593 £57,500 -4.17% 198
North East +23 416 £60,000 +20.00% 88
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 397 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 373 (18.54%) .NET
3 351 (17.45%) C#
4 350 (17.40%) Agile
5 328 (16.30%) Azure
6 316 (15.71%) SQL
7 314 (15.61%) Microsoft
8 278 (13.82%) Java
9 274 (13.62%) JavaScript
10 267 (13.27%) TypeScript
11 253 (12.57%) CI/CD
12 239 (11.88%) DevOps
13 236 (11.73%) AWS
14 192 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
15 190 (9.44%) React
16 167 (8.30%) Software Engineering
17 160 (7.95%) AI
18 153 (7.60%) Python
19 150 (7.46%) HTML
19 150 (7.46%) Power Platform
20 148 (7.36%) .NET Core
21 144 (7.16%) Mentoring
22 139 (6.91%) Front End Development
23 138 (6.86%) AngularJS
24 137 (6.81%) CSS
25 131 (6.51%) Docker
26 130 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
27 127 (6.31%) ASP.NET
28 120 (5.96%) Git
29 118 (5.86%) 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 46 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.14%) CMS
3 15 (0.75%) WordPress
4 12 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
8 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.099%) Confluence
10 2 (0.099%) OpenEdge
10 2 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.099%) 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%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.050%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 21 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.60%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 8 (0.40%) Shopify
5 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.099%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.050%) Magento
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 328 (16.30%) Azure
2 236 (11.73%) AWS
3 150 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 108 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
5 101 (5.02%) Serverless
6 92 (4.57%) GitHub
7 79 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
8 70 (3.48%) Power Automate
9 68 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
9 68 (3.38%) Amazon S3
10 66 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
11 65 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
12 63 (3.13%) PowerApps
13 50 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
14 47 (2.34%) AWS Step Functions
15 42 (2.09%) SaaS
16 36 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 36 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
17 34 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
18 33 (1.64%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.45%) Internet
2 7 (0.35%) 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
1 108 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 95 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 91 (4.52%) MongoDB
4 67 (3.33%) Power BI
5 54 (2.68%) DynamoDB
6 47 (2.34%) MySQL
7 40 (1.99%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.34%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
11 23 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (0.80%) MariaDB
15 15 (0.75%) Redis
16 14 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.35%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.35%) Tableau
18 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 120 (5.96%) Git
2 54 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 37 (1.84%) GitLab
4 22 (1.09%) JIRA
5 16 (0.80%) Maven
6 12 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.60%) fastlane
7 10 (0.50%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.35%) JUnit
9 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.35%) Xcode
10 6 (0.30%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.30%) Gradle
11 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
12 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.20%) Spock
12 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 154 (7.65%) Social Skills
2 124 (6.16%) Finance
3 92 (4.57%) Public Sector
4 73 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (2.83%) Retail
6 55 (2.73%) Law
7 54 (2.68%) Marketing
8 36 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (1.24%) Legal
10 24 (1.19%) Banking
11 23 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 19 (0.94%) Games
13 12 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.50%) Publishing
15 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.40%) Advertising
17 6 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.30%) Tech for Good
18 2 (0.099%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.099%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (18.54%) .NET
2 190 (9.44%) React
3 150 (7.46%) HTML
4 148 (7.36%) .NET Core
5 138 (6.86%) AngularJS
6 137 (6.81%) CSS
7 127 (6.31%) ASP.NET
8 112 (5.57%) Node.js
9 101 (5.02%) REST
10 98 (4.87%) ASP.NET Core
11 85 (4.22%) RESTful
12 82 (4.08%) Vue
13 76 (3.78%) Spring
14 70 (3.48%) Spring Boot
15 66 (3.28%) Entity Framework
16 62 (3.08%) Laravel
17 44 (2.19%) ASP.NET Web API
18 41 (2.04%) Middleware
19 39 (1.94%) Terraform
20 34 (1.69%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.38%) Mobile App
2 62 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
3 59 (2.93%) Cloud Native
4 38 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (0.80%) Hedge funds
9 16 (0.80%) Online Gambling
10 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
10 9 (0.45%) Data Structures
10 9 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (0.45%) Onboarding
11 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.40%) Contactless
11 8 (0.40%) EMV
11 8 (0.40%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.79%) Android
2 23 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.75%) Linux
4 9 (0.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.099%) Unix
6 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 350 (17.40%) Agile
3 253 (12.57%) CI/CD
4 239 (11.88%) DevOps
5 192 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (8.30%) Software Engineering
7 160 (7.95%) AI
8 144 (7.16%) Mentoring
9 139 (6.91%) Front End Development
10 130 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (5.86%) Microservices
12 102 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
13 96 (4.77%) TDD
14 84 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
15 78 (3.88%) Technical Leadership
16 75 (3.73%) Web Development
17 74 (3.68%) Clean Code
18 70 (3.48%) Test Automation
19 69 (3.43%) Workflow
20 68 (3.38%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 351 (17.45%) C#
2 316 (15.71%) SQL
3 278 (13.82%) Java
4 274 (13.62%) JavaScript
5 267 (13.27%) TypeScript
6 153 (7.60%) Python
7 114 (5.67%) PHP
8 66 (3.28%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.73%) C++
10 21 (1.04%) Groovy
11 20 (0.99%) Apex Code
12 19 (0.94%) RPG
13 16 (0.80%) Rust
14 15 (0.75%) VB
15 13 (0.65%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.60%) C
16 12 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.60%) Go
17 10 (0.50%) Scala
17 10 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 92 (4.57%) Security Cleared
2 82 (4.08%) SC Cleared
3 68 (3.38%) Degree
4 35 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 12 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.15%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.099%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.050%) ACCA
11 1 (0.050%) CIMA
11 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.050%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (2.98%) Accessibility
2 47 (2.34%) QA
3 25 (1.24%) WCAG
4 21 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.55%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.099%) PMO
8 1 (0.050%) GRC
8 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 131 (6.51%) Docker
2 6 (0.30%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.35%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.20%) Ansible
4 2 (0.099%) Argo
4 2 (0.099%) Grafana
4 2 (0.099%) Packer
4 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.099%) 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
1 314 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.19%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.19%) ServiceNow
4 22 (1.09%) Google
5 20 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 19 (0.94%) 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
11 7 (0.35%) Facebook
11 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.30%) Confluent
12 6 (0.30%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle
12 6 (0.30%) YouTube
13 5 (0.25%) Sony