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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 3
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,878 948 3,408
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.30% 11.23% 17.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.86% 12.76% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,605 465 2,937
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 19,056 7,430 18,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 88.00% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,899 3,799 14,566
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -8.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +9 966 £55,000 - 128
Yorkshire +29 605 £55,000 -8.33% 78
North East +17 307 £57,500 +4.55% 59
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 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.

1 423 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 350 (18.64%) .NET
3 321 (17.09%) Azure
4 320 (17.04%) Java
5 311 (16.56%) C#
6 307 (16.35%) SQL
7 302 (16.08%) Agile
8 274 (14.59%) AWS
9 255 (13.58%) CI/CD
10 251 (13.37%) JavaScript
11 248 (13.21%) DevOps
12 229 (12.19%) TypeScript
13 226 (12.03%) Microsoft
14 177 (9.42%) React
15 169 (9.00%) Python
16 168 (8.95%) Software Engineering
17 160 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
18 149 (7.93%) Front End Development
19 148 (7.88%) Mentoring
20 146 (7.77%) AngularJS
21 141 (7.51%) Serverless
22 137 (7.29%) PHP
23 136 (7.24%) AI
24 128 (6.82%) Docker
25 126 (6.71%) .NET Core
26 122 (6.50%) Microservices
27 121 (6.44%) CSS
28 120 (6.39%) HTML
29 118 (6.28%) Git
30 114 (6.07%) Node.js

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 22 (1.17%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) CMS
3 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.64%) WordPress
4 9 (0.48%) OpenEdge
5 6 (0.32%) IIS
6 5 (0.27%) Appian
6 5 (0.27%) JBoss
7 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) CICS
10 1 (0.053%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.053%) Apache
10 1 (0.053%) nginx
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.053%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.91%) Visualfiles
2 15 (0.80%) Shopify
3 13 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 8 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.11%) Magento
6 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 321 (17.09%) Azure
2 274 (14.59%) AWS
3 141 (7.51%) Serverless
4 106 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
5 100 (5.32%) GitHub
6 98 (5.22%) Amazon ECS
7 91 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (4.85%) Power Platform
8 86 (4.58%) Amazon S3
9 79 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 71 (3.78%) AWS Step Functions
11 68 (3.62%) SaaS
12 50 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (2.45%) Power Automate
14 41 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 41 (2.18%) Amazon SQS
15 40 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
15 40 (2.13%) PowerApps
16 37 (1.97%) Amazon ECR
16 37 (1.97%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.96%) Internet
2 11 (0.59%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.053%) SSL
5 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.053%) VoIP
5 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.27%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.31%) DynamoDB
3 74 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (3.14%) MongoDB
5 58 (3.09%) Power BI
6 44 (2.34%) MySQL
7 43 (2.29%) NoSQL
8 42 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 30 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
9 30 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.53%) MariaDB
15 9 (0.48%) Tableau
16 8 (0.43%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
18 6 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (6.28%) Git
2 83 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 47 (2.50%) GitLab
4 31 (1.65%) Cypress.io
4 31 (1.65%) JIRA
5 30 (1.60%) Maven
5 30 (1.60%) SonarQube
6 13 (0.69%) fastlane
7 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.37%) Xcode
9 6 (0.32%) Gradle
9 6 (0.32%) NUnit
9 6 (0.32%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.27%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.27%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.21%) JUnit
11 4 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 138 (7.35%) Finance
2 108 (5.75%) Social Skills
3 68 (3.62%) Law
4 54 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (2.88%) Public Sector
5 52 (2.77%) Retail
6 40 (2.13%) Marketing
7 28 (1.49%) Banking
8 27 (1.44%) Games
9 26 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (1.38%) Legal
10 15 (0.80%) Multimedia
11 13 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 12 (0.64%) Advertising
13 10 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.43%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.21%) Back Office
16 4 (0.21%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.16%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 350 (18.64%) .NET
2 177 (9.42%) React
3 146 (7.77%) AngularJS
4 126 (6.71%) .NET Core
5 121 (6.44%) CSS
6 120 (6.39%) HTML
7 114 (6.07%) Node.js
8 108 (5.75%) ASP.NET
9 98 (5.22%) Vue
10 85 (4.53%) REST
10 85 (4.53%) Spring Boot
11 84 (4.47%) RESTful
12 73 (3.89%) ASP.NET Core
13 72 (3.83%) Spring
14 65 (3.46%) Laravel
15 51 (2.72%) Entity Framework
16 35 (1.86%) Gherkin
17 34 (1.81%) .NET Framework
17 34 (1.81%) ASP.NET Web API
18 32 (1.70%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.37%) Mobile App
2 53 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.97%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.85%) Hedge funds
10 15 (0.80%) Social Media
11 12 (0.64%) Legacy Code
12 10 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.43%) Contactless
14 8 (0.43%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.43%) EMV
14 8 (0.43%) Smartcard
15 7 (0.37%) IoT
15 7 (0.37%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.81%) Android
2 27 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.80%) Linux
4 5 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 302 (16.08%) Agile
3 255 (13.58%) CI/CD
4 248 (13.21%) DevOps
5 168 (8.95%) Software Engineering
6 160 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
7 149 (7.93%) Front End Development
8 148 (7.88%) Mentoring
9 136 (7.24%) AI
10 122 (6.50%) Microservices
11 98 (5.22%) Clean Code
11 98 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (4.58%) Business Intelligence
12 86 (4.58%) TDD
13 74 (3.94%) Web Development
14 70 (3.73%) Analytics
14 70 (3.73%) SDLC
15 62 (3.30%) Scrum
16 61 (3.25%) Workflow
17 60 (3.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 320 (17.04%) Java
2 311 (16.56%) C#
3 307 (16.35%) SQL
4 251 (13.37%) JavaScript
5 229 (12.19%) TypeScript
6 169 (9.00%) Python
7 137 (7.29%) PHP
8 61 (3.25%) Kotlin
9 54 (2.88%) C++
10 42 (2.24%) Groovy
11 28 (1.49%) Bash
12 15 (0.80%) Swift
12 15 (0.80%) VB
13 12 (0.64%) Rust
13 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.43%) Scala
17 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 74 (3.94%) Security Cleared
2 67 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 49 (2.61%) Degree
4 40 (2.13%) AWS Certification
5 35 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 12 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.11%) ACCA
14 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.11%) CIMA
14 2 (0.11%) HND
15 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 32 (1.70%) QA
3 18 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.64%) TickIT
5 11 (0.59%) WCAG
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.11%) PMO
7 2 (0.11%) SLA
8 1 (0.053%) GDPR
8 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 128 (6.82%) Docker
2 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.08%) Terraform
3 26 (1.38%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
6 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.053%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.053%) Nagios
6 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 226 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.54%) ServiceNow
3 27 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.01%) Oracle
5 15 (0.80%) Cognos
5 15 (0.80%) Google
5 15 (0.80%) IBM
6 14 (0.75%) Dynatrace
7 11 (0.59%) Apple
7 11 (0.59%) Sage
8 10 (0.53%) Splunk
9 8 (0.43%) AppDynamics
10 7 (0.37%) Facebook
10 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.37%) Intapp
10 7 (0.37%) Progress
11 6 (0.32%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.32%) Pega
11 6 (0.32%) SAP
12 5 (0.27%) Zoho