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 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,019 980 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.39% 10.36% 14.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.01% 11.86% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 486 1,414
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,800 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,100 £62,733 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.20% +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 22,401 8,261 12,951
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 87.29% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,323 4,277 7,331
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.62%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 29 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 29 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 +5 1,005 £55,000 -8.33% 277
Yorkshire +23 597 £57,500 -4.17% 160
North East +22 417 £60,000 +20.00% 66
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 408 (20.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 380 (18.82%) .NET
3 356 (17.63%) C#
4 352 (17.43%) Agile
5 339 (16.79%) Azure
6 327 (16.20%) SQL
7 316 (15.65%) Microsoft
8 288 (14.26%) Java
9 274 (13.57%) JavaScript
10 268 (13.27%) TypeScript
11 258 (12.78%) CI/CD
12 249 (12.33%) DevOps
13 241 (11.94%) AWS
14 192 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
15 191 (9.46%) React
16 167 (8.27%) Software Engineering
17 157 (7.78%) AI
18 155 (7.68%) Python
19 151 (7.48%) HTML
20 150 (7.43%) Power Platform
21 149 (7.38%) .NET Core
22 144 (7.13%) AngularJS
23 142 (7.03%) Mentoring
24 139 (6.88%) CSS
25 138 (6.84%) Front End Development
26 132 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
27 130 (6.44%) Docker
28 129 (6.39%) ASP.NET
29 125 (6.19%) Microservices
30 124 (6.14%) Git

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 45 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.14%) CMS
3 15 (0.74%) WordPress
4 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.15%) Apache
9 2 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.099%) Confluence
9 2 (0.099%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.099%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.099%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.099%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.050%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.050%) WildFly
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 13 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.59%) 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
1 339 (16.79%) Azure
2 241 (11.94%) AWS
3 150 (7.43%) Power Platform
4 110 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
5 107 (5.30%) Serverless
6 91 (4.51%) GitHub
7 83 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
8 72 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
9 70 (3.47%) Amazon S3
9 70 (3.47%) Power Automate
10 67 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
11 65 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
12 63 (3.12%) PowerApps
13 51 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
14 47 (2.33%) AWS Step Functions
15 45 (2.23%) SaaS
16 37 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
18 34 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
19 33 (1.63%) 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
1 106 (5.25%) SQL Server
2 97 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 89 (4.41%) MongoDB
4 69 (3.42%) Power BI
5 55 (2.72%) DynamoDB
6 49 (2.43%) MySQL
7 44 (2.18%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
14 17 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
15 16 (0.79%) MariaDB
16 15 (0.74%) Redis
16 15 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 8 (0.40%) Tableau
18 7 (0.35%) Data Lake
19 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 124 (6.14%) Git
2 57 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 36 (1.78%) GitLab
4 26 (1.29%) JIRA
5 16 (0.79%) Maven
6 12 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.59%) fastlane
6 12 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.35%) JUnit
8 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.35%) Xcode
9 6 (0.30%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.30%) Gradle
10 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
11 4 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.20%) Spock
11 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 154 (7.63%) Social Skills
2 125 (6.19%) Finance
3 93 (4.61%) Public Sector
4 73 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (2.92%) Retail
6 55 (2.72%) Law
6 55 (2.72%) Marketing
7 36 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (1.24%) Banking
9 24 (1.19%) Legal
10 23 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 19 (0.94%) Games
12 12 (0.59%) Aerospace
13 10 (0.50%) Publishing
14 9 (0.45%) Advertising
14 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.30%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.15%) Back Office
16 3 (0.15%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (18.82%) .NET
2 191 (9.46%) React
3 151 (7.48%) HTML
4 149 (7.38%) .NET Core
5 144 (7.13%) AngularJS
6 139 (6.88%) CSS
7 129 (6.39%) ASP.NET
8 114 (5.65%) Node.js
9 108 (5.35%) REST
10 100 (4.95%) ASP.NET Core
11 90 (4.46%) RESTful
12 85 (4.21%) Vue
13 79 (3.91%) Spring
14 73 (3.62%) Spring Boot
15 68 (3.37%) Entity Framework
16 63 (3.12%) Laravel
17 45 (2.23%) ASP.NET Web API
18 42 (2.08%) Middleware
18 42 (2.08%) Terraform
19 36 (1.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.47%) Mobile App
2 62 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
3 58 (2.87%) Cloud Native
4 39 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (1.93%) Product Ownership
5 35 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (0.84%) Hedge funds
8 10 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (0.50%) Online Gambling
9 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
9 9 (0.45%) Data Structures
9 9 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.40%) Contactless
10 8 (0.40%) EMV
10 8 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.83%) Android
2 24 (1.19%) Apple iOS
3 17 (0.84%) Linux
4 9 (0.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.099%) Unix
6 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (20.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 352 (17.43%) Agile
3 258 (12.78%) CI/CD
4 249 (12.33%) DevOps
5 192 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (8.27%) Software Engineering
7 157 (7.78%) AI
8 142 (7.03%) Mentoring
9 138 (6.84%) Front End Development
10 132 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 125 (6.19%) Microservices
12 104 (5.15%) Business Intelligence
13 101 (5.00%) TDD
14 83 (4.11%) Collaborative Working
15 79 (3.91%) Technical Leadership
16 78 (3.86%) Clean Code
17 75 (3.71%) Web Development
18 73 (3.62%) Test Automation
19 69 (3.42%) Scrum
19 69 (3.42%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 356 (17.63%) C#
2 327 (16.20%) SQL
3 288 (14.26%) Java
4 274 (13.57%) JavaScript
5 268 (13.27%) TypeScript
6 155 (7.68%) Python
7 116 (5.75%) PHP
8 66 (3.27%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.72%) C++
10 23 (1.14%) Groovy
11 20 (0.99%) Apex Code
12 19 (0.94%) RPG
13 16 (0.79%) Rust
14 15 (0.74%) VB
15 13 (0.64%) T-SQL
16 12 (0.59%) C
16 12 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.59%) Go
17 10 (0.50%) Scala
17 10 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 95 (4.71%) Security Cleared
2 85 (4.21%) SC Cleared
3 68 (3.37%) Degree
4 35 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (0.64%) AWS Certification
5 13 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (0.50%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.25%) 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
10 2 (0.099%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.050%) ACCA
11 1 (0.050%) CIMA
11 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (2.87%) Accessibility
2 50 (2.48%) QA
3 25 (1.24%) WCAG
4 21 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.59%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.099%) 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
1 130 (6.44%) Docker
2 6 (0.30%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 77 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.45%) Ansible
3 7 (0.35%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.20%) Packer
5 3 (0.15%) Kibana
6 2 (0.099%) Argo
6 2 (0.099%) Grafana
6 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.099%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.050%) logstash
7 1 (0.050%) Nagios
7 1 (0.050%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 316 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.18%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.19%) ServiceNow
4 22 (1.09%) Google
5 20 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 19 (0.94%) Sage
7 17 (0.84%) IBM
8 13 (0.64%) Apple
8 13 (0.64%) Splunk
9 12 (0.59%) Adobe
10 11 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.45%) HP
12 8 (0.40%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.40%) Cognos
12 8 (0.40%) Oracle
13 7 (0.35%) Facebook
13 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.30%) Confluent
14 6 (0.30%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.30%) YouTube