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 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -13 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,006 992 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.45% 10.57% 15.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.04% 12.13% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,718 490 1,557
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £85,000 £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 22,199 8,178 13,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 87.15% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16,144 4,384 7,948
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,438 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £59,853 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.82% - -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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +4 1,004 £55,000 -8.33% 318
Yorkshire +23 600 £57,500 -4.17% 162
North East +20 402 £60,000 +20.00% 111
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 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.

1 431 (21.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 383 (19.09%) .NET
3 363 (18.10%) C#
4 348 (17.35%) Agile
4 348 (17.35%) Azure
5 341 (17.00%) SQL
6 302 (15.05%) Microsoft
7 294 (14.66%) Java
8 280 (13.96%) JavaScript
9 279 (13.91%) TypeScript
10 261 (13.01%) CI/CD
11 256 (12.76%) AWS
12 255 (12.71%) DevOps
13 194 (9.67%) React
14 191 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
15 166 (8.28%) Python
16 164 (8.18%) Software Engineering
17 159 (7.93%) HTML
18 154 (7.68%) AI
19 152 (7.58%) AngularJS
20 150 (7.48%) CSS
21 148 (7.38%) .NET Core
22 147 (7.33%) Mentoring
23 143 (7.13%) Power Platform
24 142 (7.08%) Front End Development
25 135 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
26 134 (6.68%) Docker
27 132 (6.58%) Microservices
28 131 (6.53%) ASP.NET
29 125 (6.23%) PHP

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 44 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.20%) CMS
3 15 (0.75%) WordPress
4 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.100%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.100%) Confluence
9 2 (0.100%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.100%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.050%) Apache
10 1 (0.050%) CICS
10 1 (0.050%) JBoss
10 1 (0.050%) Kentico
10 1 (0.050%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 18 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.60%) Visualfiles
4 10 (0.50%) Shopify
5 9 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
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
1 348 (17.35%) Azure
2 256 (12.76%) AWS
3 143 (7.13%) Power Platform
4 120 (5.98%) Serverless
5 112 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (4.64%) AWS Lambda
6 93 (4.64%) GitHub
7 79 (3.94%) Amazon ECS
8 76 (3.79%) Amazon S3
9 70 (3.49%) Power Automate
10 64 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
11 63 (3.14%) PowerApps
12 62 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
13 61 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
14 56 (2.79%) AWS Step Functions
15 49 (2.44%) SaaS
16 41 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
18 34 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
19 33 (1.65%) 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
1 102 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 100 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 86 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 70 (3.49%) Power BI
5 67 (3.34%) DynamoDB
6 50 (2.49%) MySQL
7 41 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 35 (1.74%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
11 23 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
12 22 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
14 16 (0.80%) MariaDB
15 15 (0.75%) Redis
15 15 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 9 (0.45%) Tableau
17 7 (0.35%) Data Lake
18 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 120 (5.98%) Git
2 60 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 35 (1.74%) GitLab
4 28 (1.40%) JIRA
5 21 (1.05%) Maven
6 17 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 12 (0.60%) fastlane
9 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.35%) JUnit
10 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.35%) Xcode
11 6 (0.30%) Gradle
12 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.25%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
13 4 (0.20%) NUnit
13 4 (0.20%) Spock
13 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 153 (7.63%) Social Skills
2 133 (6.63%) Finance
3 78 (3.89%) Public Sector
4 69 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (3.14%) Retail
6 58 (2.89%) Law
7 55 (2.74%) Marketing
8 31 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (1.40%) Banking
10 22 (1.10%) Legal
10 22 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 19 (0.95%) Games
12 12 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.55%) Advertising
14 10 (0.50%) Publishing
15 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.30%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.20%) Retail Banking
18 3 (0.15%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 383 (19.09%) .NET
2 194 (9.67%) React
3 159 (7.93%) HTML
4 152 (7.58%) AngularJS
5 150 (7.48%) CSS
6 148 (7.38%) .NET Core
7 131 (6.53%) ASP.NET
8 119 (5.93%) Node.js
9 102 (5.08%) ASP.NET Core
10 101 (5.03%) REST
11 97 (4.84%) Vue
12 93 (4.64%) RESTful
13 79 (3.94%) Spring
14 78 (3.89%) Spring Boot
15 66 (3.29%) Entity Framework
15 66 (3.29%) Laravel
16 46 (2.29%) ASP.NET Web API
17 42 (2.09%) Terraform
18 36 (1.79%) Middleware
19 34 (1.69%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.54%) Mobile App
2 62 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
3 56 (2.79%) Cloud Native
4 40 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
7 19 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 18 (0.90%) Hedge funds
9 11 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (0.50%) Data Structures
10 10 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (0.50%) Online Gambling
11 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
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
13 7 (0.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.89%) Android
2 26 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 17 (0.85%) Linux
4 10 (0.50%) Windows
5 2 (0.100%) Unix
6 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (21.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 348 (17.35%) Agile
3 261 (13.01%) CI/CD
4 255 (12.71%) DevOps
5 191 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (8.18%) Software Engineering
7 154 (7.68%) AI
8 147 (7.33%) Mentoring
9 142 (7.08%) Front End Development
10 135 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 132 (6.58%) Microservices
12 105 (5.23%) Business Intelligence
13 102 (5.08%) TDD
14 83 (4.14%) Clean Code
15 77 (3.84%) Web Development
16 75 (3.74%) Collaborative Working
17 72 (3.59%) Technical Leadership
18 70 (3.49%) Test Automation
19 69 (3.44%) Analytics
20 68 (3.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 363 (18.10%) C#
2 341 (17.00%) SQL
3 294 (14.66%) Java
4 280 (13.96%) JavaScript
5 279 (13.91%) TypeScript
6 166 (8.28%) Python
7 125 (6.23%) PHP
8 62 (3.09%) Kotlin
9 57 (2.84%) C++
10 28 (1.40%) Groovy
11 19 (0.95%) Apex Code
12 18 (0.90%) RPG
13 16 (0.80%) Rust
14 13 (0.65%) Bash
14 13 (0.65%) VB
15 12 (0.60%) C
15 12 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 11 (0.55%) Swift
17 10 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 94 (4.69%) Security Cleared
2 85 (4.24%) SC Cleared
3 71 (3.54%) Degree
4 38 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (0.80%) AWS Certification
6 15 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 11 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.15%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.100%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.100%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.050%) ACCA
11 1 (0.050%) CIMA
11 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (2.74%) Accessibility
2 46 (2.29%) QA
3 25 (1.25%) WCAG
4 19 (0.95%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.60%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.100%) PMO
8 1 (0.050%) GDPR
8 1 (0.050%) GRC
8 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 134 (6.68%) Docker
2 5 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 72 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.60%) HP Fortify
3 9 (0.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.15%) Kibana
4 3 (0.15%) Packer
5 2 (0.100%) Grafana
5 2 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.050%) logstash
6 1 (0.050%) Nagios
6 1 (0.050%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.050%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 302 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.19%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.20%) ServiceNow
4 23 (1.15%) Google
5 19 (0.95%) Sage
6 18 (0.90%) Dynatrace
7 17 (0.85%) IBM
8 14 (0.70%) Apple
9 13 (0.65%) Splunk
10 12 (0.60%) Adobe
11 11 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.45%) Cognos
13 8 (0.40%) AppDynamics
13 8 (0.40%) Facebook
14 7 (0.35%) HubSpot
14 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.35%) Oracle
15 6 (0.30%) HP
15 6 (0.30%) Sony
15 6 (0.30%) Yahoo!