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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -18 -5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 759 1,009 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.09% 11.12% 17.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% 11.82% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 595 597 1,292
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -2.42% -5.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 9,493 8,534 8,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 94.06% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,527 4,016 6,544
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,875 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,344 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 -14 377 £57,500 +9.52% 183
Yorkshire 0 285 £50,000 - 126
North East -2 99 £59,000 +12.38% 57
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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.

1 276 (36.36%) Azure
2 255 (33.60%) JavaScript
3 236 (31.09%) AWS
4 202 (26.61%) Agile
5 198 (26.09%) .NET
6 180 (23.72%) C#
7 177 (23.32%) Mentoring
8 167 (22.00%) CSS
9 155 (20.42%) HTML
10 148 (19.50%) SQL
11 147 (19.37%) Git
12 146 (19.24%) CI/CD
13 142 (18.71%) DevOps
14 134 (17.65%) Python
14 134 (17.65%) React
15 131 (17.26%) Microsoft
16 129 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
17 118 (15.55%) Full-Stack Development
18 115 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
19 104 (13.70%) Docker
20 103 (13.57%) GitHub
21 100 (13.18%) Java
22 95 (12.52%) SQL Server
23 82 (10.80%) AWS Certification
24 81 (10.67%) .NET Core
24 81 (10.67%) Microservices
25 78 (10.28%) Front End Development
25 78 (10.28%) Serverless
25 78 (10.28%) TypeScript
26 74 (9.75%) ASP.NET

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 14 (1.84%) CMS
2 11 (1.45%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
4 6 (0.79%) WordPress
5 4 (0.53%) Camunda
5 4 (0.53%) nginx
6 3 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.40%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 3 (0.40%) OpenEdge
7 2 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.26%) Drupal
7 2 (0.26%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.40%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.13%) InVision
4 1 (0.13%) Sketch
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) Shopify
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Odoo
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 276 (36.36%) Azure
2 236 (31.09%) AWS
3 103 (13.57%) GitHub
4 78 (10.28%) Serverless
5 60 (7.91%) SaaS
6 38 (5.01%) Amazon S3
7 34 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
7 34 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
7 34 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (4.48%) Power Platform
8 29 (3.82%) AWS Step Functions
9 28 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (3.56%) GCP
11 26 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (2.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 19 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (1.71%) Amazon EventBridge
17 12 (1.58%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.30%) Internet
2 5 (0.66%) HTTP
3 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.26%) Intranet
4 2 (0.26%) SSH
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.13%) DNS
5 1 (0.13%) MQTT
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.52%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.40%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (5.27%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.48%) MySQL
5 30 (3.95%) DynamoDB
6 24 (3.16%) Relational Database
7 23 (3.03%) MongoDB
8 18 (2.37%) Power BI
9 12 (1.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 11 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.19%) Redis
12 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.79%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.66%) OLAP
13 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 147 (19.37%) Git
2 41 (5.40%) Jenkins
3 34 (4.48%) JIRA
4 25 (3.29%) GitLab
5 18 (2.37%) SonarQube
6 15 (1.98%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.71%) Maven
8 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.40%) JUnit
10 3 (0.40%) Postman
10 3 (0.40%) Selenium
10 3 (0.40%) webpack
10 3 (0.40%) Xcode
11 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.26%) Grunt
11 2 (0.26%) gulp
11 2 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 135 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 65 (8.56%) Multimedia
3 42 (5.53%) Finance
4 41 (5.40%) Marketing
5 32 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.29%) Games
7 21 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (2.24%) Retail
9 16 (2.11%) Law
10 13 (1.71%) Legal
11 10 (1.32%) Banking
11 10 (1.32%) Electronics
12 6 (0.79%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.66%) Advertising
13 5 (0.66%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.40%) Local Government
15 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (26.09%) .NET
2 167 (22.00%) CSS
3 155 (20.42%) HTML
4 134 (17.65%) React
5 81 (10.67%) .NET Core
6 74 (9.75%) ASP.NET
7 54 (7.11%) REST
7 54 (7.11%) RESTful
8 53 (6.98%) Node.js
9 50 (6.59%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.93%) Spring Boot
11 40 (5.27%) .NET Framework
11 40 (5.27%) Spring
12 35 (4.61%) Vue
13 28 (3.69%) Blazor
14 24 (3.16%) ASP.NET Core
15 23 (3.03%) Flask
16 22 (2.90%) Laravel
17 21 (2.77%) Jest
18 18 (2.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.87%) Mobile App
2 33 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (1.58%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.32%) IoT
8 9 (1.19%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.79%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.79%) Legacy Code
9 6 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (0.66%) Clustering
10 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.53%) NHS
12 3 (0.40%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.40%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.40%) Sports Betting
13 2 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.11%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.71%) Android
3 11 (1.45%) Windows
4 7 (0.92%) Linux
5 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (26.61%) Agile
2 177 (23.32%) Mentoring
3 146 (19.24%) CI/CD
4 142 (18.71%) DevOps
5 129 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (15.55%) Full-Stack Development
7 115 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (10.67%) Microservices
9 78 (10.28%) Front End Development
10 74 (9.75%) Clean Code
11 67 (8.83%) Software Engineering
12 62 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (7.38%) Containerisation
14 47 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
14 47 (6.19%) Roadmaps
14 47 (6.19%) TDD
14 47 (6.19%) Test Automation
15 46 (6.06%) User Experience
16 44 (5.80%) AI
17 43 (5.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 255 (33.60%) JavaScript
2 180 (23.72%) C#
3 148 (19.50%) SQL
4 134 (17.65%) Python
5 100 (13.18%) Java
6 78 (10.28%) TypeScript
7 60 (7.91%) PHP
8 26 (3.43%) PowerShell
9 15 (1.98%) Go
10 14 (1.84%) C++
11 12 (1.58%) Kotlin
11 12 (1.58%) Scala
12 10 (1.32%) Bash
12 10 (1.32%) Groovy
13 9 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.05%) Elixir
14 8 (1.05%) Ruby
15 7 (0.92%) ANSI SQL
16 5 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.66%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 82 (10.80%) AWS Certification
2 63 (8.30%) Azure Certification
3 62 (8.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 62 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (6.59%) Degree
5 24 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 23 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 20 (2.64%) Security Cleared
8 17 (2.24%) SC Cleared
9 13 (1.71%) AWS Certified Developer
9 13 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.29%) QA
2 21 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.40%) WCAG
4 2 (0.26%) GDPR
4 2 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 104 (13.70%) Docker
2 7 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (5.80%) Terraform
2 38 (5.01%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.45%) HP Fortify
4 10 (1.32%) Ansible
5 3 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.40%) cPanel
5 3 (0.40%) Plesk
6 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Nagios
7 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 131 (17.26%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.69%) Salesforce
3 26 (3.43%) Atlassian
4 25 (3.29%) Oracle
5 8 (1.05%) JDA
6 6 (0.79%) Google
6 6 (0.79%) Intapp
6 6 (0.79%) MuleSoft
7 5 (0.66%) Adobe
7 5 (0.66%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.66%) UiPath
8 4 (0.53%) Pega
8 4 (0.53%) WSO2
9 3 (0.40%) Foundry
9 3 (0.40%) Progress
9 3 (0.40%) Splunk
10 2 (0.26%) Dell
10 2 (0.26%) Lotus
10 2 (0.26%) Peregrine
10 2 (0.26%) SAP