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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 17 3
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,946 1,038 2,482
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.10% 10.91% 15.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.59% 12.33% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,672 540 2,062
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,225
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 20,302 8,419 14,874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 88.47% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,769 4,540 10,701
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +8 996 £55,000 -6.78% 138
Yorkshire +21 608 £55,000 -8.33% 77
North East +17 342 £55,000 - 66
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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.

1 468 (24.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 395 (20.30%) .NET
3 351 (18.04%) Azure
4 349 (17.93%) C#
5 348 (17.88%) Agile
6 337 (17.32%) SQL
7 316 (16.24%) Java
8 284 (14.59%) Microsoft
9 279 (14.34%) AWS
10 274 (14.08%) CI/CD
10 274 (14.08%) JavaScript
11 272 (13.98%) TypeScript
12 262 (13.46%) DevOps
13 205 (10.53%) React
14 190 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
15 177 (9.10%) Software Engineering
16 166 (8.53%) Python
17 156 (8.02%) AI
18 153 (7.86%) AngularJS
19 151 (7.76%) Mentoring
20 146 (7.50%) HTML
21 145 (7.45%) Front End Development
22 141 (7.25%) CSS
23 140 (7.19%) Microservices
24 138 (7.09%) PHP
25 136 (6.99%) .NET Core
26 132 (6.78%) Serverless
27 129 (6.63%) Docker
28 128 (6.58%) ASP.NET
29 124 (6.37%) 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 33 (1.70%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.13%) CMS
3 13 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.67%) WordPress
4 8 (0.41%) IIS
5 5 (0.26%) Appian
5 5 (0.26%) JBoss
6 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.21%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.10%) Apache
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.10%) CICS
8 2 (0.10%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
8 2 (0.10%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.051%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.051%) Elementor
3 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (0.92%) Visualfiles
2 14 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.62%) Shopify
4 11 (0.57%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 6 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.10%) Magento
8 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 351 (18.04%) Azure
2 279 (14.34%) AWS
3 132 (6.78%) Serverless
4 124 (6.37%) Power Platform
5 111 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
7 96 (4.93%) GitHub
8 86 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
9 77 (3.96%) Amazon S3
10 68 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
11 67 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 64 (3.29%) Power Automate
13 59 (3.03%) AWS Step Functions
13 59 (3.03%) PowerApps
14 57 (2.93%) SaaS
15 48 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 38 (1.95%) Amazon SQS
18 32 (1.64%) Amazon ECR
18 32 (1.64%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.67%) Internet
2 11 (0.57%) Broadband
3 5 (0.26%) HTTP
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.10%) SSL
5 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
2 94 (4.83%) SQL Server
3 83 (4.27%) MongoDB
4 72 (3.70%) DynamoDB
5 69 (3.55%) Power BI
6 54 (2.77%) MySQL
7 43 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 36 (1.85%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 29 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 14 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.72%) MariaDB
15 10 (0.51%) Redis
15 10 (0.51%) Tableau
16 8 (0.41%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (6.06%) Git
2 74 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 41 (2.11%) GitLab
4 30 (1.54%) JIRA
5 28 (1.44%) Maven
6 25 (1.28%) Cypress.io
7 23 (1.18%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.67%) fastlane
9 9 (0.46%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.36%) Xcode
11 6 (0.31%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.31%) Gradle
11 6 (0.31%) JUnit
11 6 (0.31%) NUnit
11 6 (0.31%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.26%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.26%) Selenium
12 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 147 (7.55%) Finance
2 132 (6.78%) Social Skills
3 73 (3.75%) Law
4 60 (3.08%) Retail
5 59 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (2.93%) Public Sector
7 44 (2.26%) Marketing
8 33 (1.70%) Banking
9 32 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (1.34%) Games
10 26 (1.34%) Legal
11 19 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 13 (0.67%) Advertising
13 12 (0.62%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.41%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.41%) Publishing
15 7 (0.36%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.31%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.21%) Back Office
17 4 (0.21%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 395 (20.30%) .NET
2 205 (10.53%) React
3 153 (7.86%) AngularJS
4 146 (7.50%) HTML
5 141 (7.25%) CSS
6 136 (6.99%) .NET Core
7 128 (6.58%) ASP.NET
8 124 (6.37%) Node.js
9 107 (5.50%) Vue
10 103 (5.29%) ASP.NET Core
11 99 (5.09%) RESTful
12 89 (4.57%) REST
13 82 (4.21%) Spring Boot
14 75 (3.85%) Spring
15 73 (3.75%) Laravel
16 68 (3.49%) Entity Framework
17 47 (2.42%) ASP.NET Web API
18 34 (1.75%) LINQ
19 33 (1.70%) .NET Framework
19 33 (1.70%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.11%) Mobile App
2 59 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 42 (2.16%) Cloud Native
4 40 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (1.64%) Product Ownership
8 17 (0.87%) Social Media
9 16 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (0.82%) Hedge funds
10 11 (0.57%) Legacy Code
10 11 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (0.51%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.46%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.41%) Contactless
13 8 (0.41%) EMV
13 8 (0.41%) Smartcard
14 7 (0.36%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.31%) Android
2 31 (1.59%) Apple iOS
3 13 (0.67%) Linux
4 7 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (24.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 348 (17.88%) Agile
3 274 (14.08%) CI/CD
4 262 (13.46%) DevOps
5 190 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 177 (9.10%) Software Engineering
7 156 (8.02%) AI
8 151 (7.76%) Mentoring
9 145 (7.45%) Front End Development
10 140 (7.19%) Microservices
11 117 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 100 (5.14%) TDD
13 98 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
14 95 (4.88%) Clean Code
15 80 (4.11%) Web Development
16 78 (4.01%) SDLC
17 72 (3.70%) Analytics
18 71 (3.65%) Scrum
19 66 (3.39%) Workflow
20 65 (3.34%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 349 (17.93%) C#
2 337 (17.32%) SQL
3 316 (16.24%) Java
4 274 (14.08%) JavaScript
5 272 (13.98%) TypeScript
6 166 (8.53%) Python
7 138 (7.09%) PHP
8 59 (3.03%) Kotlin
9 54 (2.77%) C++
10 36 (1.85%) Groovy
11 21 (1.08%) Bash
12 16 (0.82%) Swift
13 14 (0.72%) Rust
14 12 (0.62%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.62%) VB
15 11 (0.57%) Apex Code
15 11 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.51%) Scala
17 7 (0.36%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 82 (4.21%) Security Cleared
2 78 (4.01%) SC Cleared
3 59 (3.03%) Degree
4 36 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.39%) AWS Certification
6 16 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 16 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.10%) HND
13 2 (0.10%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.051%) ACCA
14 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.42%) Accessibility
2 39 (2.00%) QA
3 18 (0.92%) Data Quality
3 18 (0.92%) WCAG
4 12 (0.62%) TickIT
5 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 2 (0.10%) PMO
6 2 (0.10%) SLA
7 1 (0.051%) GDPR
7 1 (0.051%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 129 (6.63%) Docker
2 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.11%) Terraform
3 20 (1.03%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.41%) Ansible
5 2 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.10%) Kibana
5 2 (0.10%) Nagios
5 2 (0.10%) Packer
5 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.051%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 284 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 32 (1.64%) ServiceNow
3 30 (1.54%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.18%) Google
5 18 (0.92%) IBM
6 16 (0.82%) Dynatrace
7 14 (0.72%) Apple
7 14 (0.72%) Oracle
8 13 (0.67%) Sage
8 13 (0.67%) Splunk
9 12 (0.62%) Cognos
10 9 (0.46%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.41%) AppDynamics
11 8 (0.41%) Facebook
12 7 (0.36%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.31%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.31%) Pega
13 6 (0.31%) Sony
13 6 (0.31%) Yahoo!
14 5 (0.26%) SAP