Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £56,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 15 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,556 940 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.44% 12.40% 16.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.10% 13.76% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 467 2,449
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £33,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,400 £72,500
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 17,103 6,830 16,026
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 90.12% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11,521 3,813 12,798
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,175
25th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -7 821 £56,000 +1.82% 162
Yorkshire +18 532 £55,000 - 115
North East +18 203 £59,000 +4.42% 80
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 335 (21.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 303 (19.47%) Azure
3 294 (18.89%) .NET
4 271 (17.42%) AWS
5 259 (16.65%) Agile
5 259 (16.65%) Java
6 257 (16.52%) SQL
7 255 (16.39%) C#
8 250 (16.07%) JavaScript
9 215 (13.82%) CI/CD
10 203 (13.05%) DevOps
11 180 (11.57%) Microsoft
12 168 (10.80%) TypeScript
13 165 (10.60%) Python
14 156 (10.03%) React
15 154 (9.90%) Mentoring
16 139 (8.93%) Git
17 136 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
18 130 (8.35%) Serverless
19 129 (8.29%) CSS
19 129 (8.29%) Docker
20 128 (8.23%) Front End Development
20 128 (8.23%) Software Engineering
21 122 (7.84%) HTML
21 122 (7.84%) PHP
22 112 (7.20%) AngularJS
23 110 (7.07%) .NET Core
24 107 (6.88%) Microservices
25 103 (6.62%) GitHub
26 101 (6.49%) SQL Server

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 20 (1.29%) CMS
2 19 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.58%) OpenEdge
4 9 (0.58%) OpenStack
4 9 (0.58%) WordPress
5 6 (0.39%) JBoss
5 6 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.32%) Appian
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Apache
8 3 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CICS
9 2 (0.13%) Confluence
10 1 (0.064%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.064%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.064%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.03%) Shopify
1 16 (1.03%) Visualfiles
2 9 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 303 (19.47%) Azure
2 271 (17.42%) AWS
3 130 (8.35%) Serverless
4 103 (6.62%) GitHub
5 94 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
6 88 (5.66%) Amazon ECS
7 85 (5.46%) Amazon S3
8 78 (5.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 69 (4.43%) AWS Step Functions
10 65 (4.18%) Power Platform
10 65 (4.18%) SaaS
11 64 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
12 46 (2.96%) Amazon SQS
13 43 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
15 39 (2.51%) Apigee
16 38 (2.44%) Amazon ECR
17 28 (1.80%) Power Automate
18 27 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
18 27 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.25%) Internet
2 10 (0.64%) Broadband
3 3 (0.19%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) SSL
4 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.064%) DNS
5 1 (0.064%) Firewall
5 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.21%) DynamoDB
3 52 (3.34%) Power BI
4 51 (3.28%) NoSQL
5 38 (2.44%) MySQL
6 36 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (2.19%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
11 23 (1.48%) MongoDB
12 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.39%) MariaDB
15 6 (0.39%) Tableau
16 5 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.32%) Power Query
16 5 (0.32%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 139 (8.93%) Git
2 73 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 46 (2.96%) GitLab
4 34 (2.19%) SonarQube
5 32 (2.06%) Cypress.io
5 32 (2.06%) Maven
6 29 (1.86%) JIRA
7 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.45%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.39%) NUnit
10 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.32%) fastlane
11 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.26%) JUnit
11 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.19%) Selenium
12 3 (0.19%) Spock
12 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.13%) MSTest
General
1 110 (7.07%) Finance
2 97 (6.23%) Social Skills
3 55 (3.53%) Law
4 46 (2.96%) Retail
5 42 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 38 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (2.31%) Multimedia
8 33 (2.12%) Marketing
9 25 (1.61%) Banking
9 25 (1.61%) Legal
10 24 (1.54%) Games
11 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (0.64%) Advertising
13 8 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.45%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.26%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.26%) Back Office
15 4 (0.26%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.19%) Local Government
16 3 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (18.89%) .NET
2 156 (10.03%) React
3 129 (8.29%) CSS
4 122 (7.84%) HTML
5 112 (7.20%) AngularJS
6 110 (7.07%) .NET Core
7 96 (6.17%) Node.js
8 94 (6.04%) ASP.NET
9 83 (5.33%) Spring Boot
10 69 (4.43%) Vue
11 68 (4.37%) REST
12 67 (4.31%) RESTful
12 67 (4.31%) Spring
13 55 (3.53%) Laravel
14 44 (2.83%) ASP.NET Core
15 39 (2.51%) .NET Framework
16 34 (2.19%) Jest
17 32 (2.06%) Gherkin
18 26 (1.67%) Entity Framework
19 25 (1.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 61 (3.92%) Mobile App
2 43 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (2.25%) Cloud Native
5 23 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (1.48%) Product Ownership
6 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (0.96%) Legacy Code
10 12 (0.77%) Hedge funds
10 12 (0.77%) Social Media
11 9 (0.58%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.45%) NHS
13 6 (0.39%) Contactless
13 6 (0.39%) Educational Technology
13 6 (0.39%) EMV
13 6 (0.39%) Smartcard
14 5 (0.32%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.48%) Android
2 20 (1.29%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.64%) Linux
4 4 (0.26%) Windows
5 1 (0.064%) VMS
5 1 (0.064%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (21.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 259 (16.65%) Agile
3 215 (13.82%) CI/CD
4 203 (13.05%) DevOps
5 154 (9.90%) Mentoring
6 136 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (8.23%) Front End Development
7 128 (8.23%) Software Engineering
8 107 (6.88%) Microservices
9 92 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 89 (5.72%) Clean Code
11 81 (5.21%) AI
12 71 (4.56%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (3.92%) TDD
14 59 (3.79%) SDLC
14 59 (3.79%) Web Development
15 49 (3.15%) Analytics
16 48 (3.08%) Containerisation
17 47 (3.02%) User Experience
18 46 (2.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 259 (16.65%) Java
2 257 (16.52%) SQL
3 255 (16.39%) C#
4 250 (16.07%) JavaScript
5 168 (10.80%) TypeScript
6 165 (10.60%) Python
7 122 (7.84%) PHP
8 47 (3.02%) Kotlin
9 36 (2.31%) Groovy
10 30 (1.93%) Bash
11 27 (1.74%) C++
12 15 (0.96%) VB
13 9 (0.58%) PowerShell
13 9 (0.58%) Swift
14 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.32%) Bicep
18 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (4.50%) AWS Certification
2 61 (3.92%) Security Cleared
3 53 (3.41%) SC Cleared
4 37 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 32 (2.06%) Degree
8 23 (1.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.45%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.13%) HND
16 1 (0.064%) ACCA
16 1 (0.064%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.16%) QA
3 13 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.77%) TickIT
5 6 (0.39%) WCAG
6 3 (0.19%) SLA
7 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
7 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
8 1 (0.064%) GDPR
System Software
1 129 (8.29%) Docker
2 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.064%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (2.83%) Terraform
2 43 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 30 (1.93%) HP Fortify
4 9 (0.58%) Ansible
5 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.13%) cPanel
5 2 (0.13%) Kibana
5 2 (0.13%) Nagios
5 2 (0.13%) Packer
5 2 (0.13%) Plesk
5 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 180 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (1.48%) Oracle
3 20 (1.29%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.09%) Salesforce
5 11 (0.71%) Cognos
6 10 (0.64%) IBM
7 9 (0.58%) Sage
8 8 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.51%) Intapp
8 8 (0.51%) JDA
9 7 (0.45%) AppDynamics
9 7 (0.45%) Progress
9 7 (0.45%) Splunk
10 6 (0.39%) Google
10 6 (0.39%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.39%) Pega
11 5 (0.32%) UiPath
12 4 (0.26%) DevExpress
12 4 (0.26%) Facebook
12 4 (0.26%) OpenAI