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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 20 3
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,748 933 3,001
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.77% 11.89% 16.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.40% 13.25% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,491 449 2,628
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,050 £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 18,588 7,043 16,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 89.77% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,865 3,519 13,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%

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 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 30 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 -4 903 £55,000 - 133
Yorkshire +23 589 £55,000 -8.33% 83
North East +17 256 £57,500 +4.55% 44
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 375 (21.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 313 (17.91%) .NET
3 307 (17.56%) Azure
4 294 (16.82%) Java
5 284 (16.25%) AWS
6 277 (15.85%) Agile
7 275 (15.73%) C#
8 272 (15.56%) SQL
9 262 (14.99%) JavaScript
10 242 (13.84%) CI/CD
11 228 (13.04%) DevOps
12 203 (11.61%) TypeScript
13 189 (10.81%) Microsoft
14 172 (9.84%) Python
15 165 (9.44%) React
16 161 (9.21%) Mentoring
17 151 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
17 151 (8.64%) Software Engineering
18 148 (8.47%) Front End Development
19 145 (8.30%) Serverless
20 135 (7.72%) Git
20 135 (7.72%) PHP
21 134 (7.67%) Docker
22 132 (7.55%) CSS
23 126 (7.21%) AngularJS
24 122 (6.98%) HTML
25 118 (6.75%) Microservices
26 110 (6.29%) .NET Core
26 110 (6.29%) SQL Server
27 104 (5.95%) GitHub

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 (1.14%) CMS
2 18 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.69%) WordPress
4 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.51%) OpenEdge
6 7 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.34%) JBoss
8 5 (0.29%) Appian
8 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.17%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) Confluence
10 3 (0.17%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
12 1 (0.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.057%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.057%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.057%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.03%) Visualfiles
2 16 (0.92%) Shopify
3 11 (0.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 307 (17.56%) Azure
2 284 (16.25%) AWS
3 145 (8.30%) Serverless
4 104 (5.95%) GitHub
5 102 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
6 96 (5.49%) Amazon ECS
7 86 (4.92%) Amazon S3
8 83 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 77 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
10 75 (4.29%) Power Platform
11 73 (4.18%) AWS Step Functions
11 73 (4.18%) SaaS
12 46 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
13 45 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
14 43 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (2.29%) Apigee
16 39 (2.23%) Amazon ECR
17 35 (2.00%) Power Automate
18 29 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
18 29 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.54%) Internet
2 11 (0.63%) Broadband
3 4 (0.23%) HTTP
4 3 (0.17%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.11%) Firewall
5 2 (0.11%) SSL
6 1 (0.057%) VoIP
6 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 83 (4.75%) DynamoDB
3 56 (3.20%) Power BI
4 49 (2.80%) NoSQL
5 46 (2.63%) MySQL
6 41 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (2.23%) Relational Database
8 32 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 28 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
10 28 (1.60%) MongoDB
11 17 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.57%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.46%) Tableau
15 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.34%) Power Query
15 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 135 (7.72%) Git
2 81 (4.63%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.80%) GitLab
4 34 (1.95%) Cypress.io
4 34 (1.95%) JIRA
5 33 (1.89%) Maven
5 33 (1.89%) SonarQube
6 10 (0.57%) fastlane
7 9 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.40%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.34%) NUnit
9 6 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.23%) Android Studio
10 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.23%) Gradle
10 4 (0.23%) JUnit
10 4 (0.23%) Spock
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.23%) Xcode
General
1 123 (7.04%) Finance
2 106 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 62 (3.55%) Law
4 53 (3.03%) Retail
5 49 (2.80%) Public Sector
6 48 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (2.23%) Marketing
8 28 (1.60%) Banking
8 28 (1.60%) Multimedia
9 26 (1.49%) Games
10 25 (1.43%) Legal
11 21 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.51%) Advertising
12 9 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.46%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.40%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.23%) Back Office
15 4 (0.23%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.23%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.17%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (17.91%) .NET
2 165 (9.44%) React
3 132 (7.55%) CSS
4 126 (7.21%) AngularJS
5 122 (6.98%) HTML
6 110 (6.29%) .NET Core
7 104 (5.95%) Node.js
8 89 (5.09%) ASP.NET
9 85 (4.86%) Spring Boot
10 80 (4.58%) REST
11 79 (4.52%) Vue
12 69 (3.95%) RESTful
12 69 (3.95%) Spring
13 58 (3.32%) Laravel
14 43 (2.46%) ASP.NET Core
15 36 (2.06%) .NET Framework
16 35 (2.00%) Gherkin
16 35 (2.00%) Jest
17 33 (1.89%) Entity Framework
18 28 (1.60%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 45 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (2.06%) Cloud Native
4 35 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 26 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (0.97%) Hedge funds
10 16 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
11 13 (0.74%) Legacy Code
12 12 (0.69%) Social Media
13 9 (0.51%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.46%) Contactless
14 8 (0.46%) EMV
14 8 (0.46%) Smartcard
15 7 (0.40%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.40%) IoT
16 6 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.77%) Android
2 25 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 12 (0.69%) Linux
4 5 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (21.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 277 (15.85%) Agile
3 242 (13.84%) CI/CD
4 228 (13.04%) DevOps
5 161 (9.21%) Mentoring
6 151 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (8.64%) Software Engineering
7 148 (8.47%) Front End Development
8 118 (6.75%) Microservices
9 102 (5.84%) AI
10 99 (5.66%) Clean Code
11 97 (5.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 80 (4.58%) Business Intelligence
13 73 (4.18%) TDD
14 67 (3.83%) SDLC
15 66 (3.78%) Web Development
16 59 (3.38%) Test Automation
16 59 (3.38%) User Experience
17 58 (3.32%) Analytics
18 55 (3.15%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 294 (16.82%) Java
2 275 (15.73%) C#
3 272 (15.56%) SQL
4 262 (14.99%) JavaScript
5 203 (11.61%) TypeScript
6 172 (9.84%) Python
7 135 (7.72%) PHP
8 57 (3.26%) Kotlin
9 43 (2.46%) C++
10 42 (2.40%) Groovy
11 31 (1.77%) Bash
12 16 (0.92%) VB
13 13 (0.74%) Swift
14 12 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.57%) PowerShell
16 9 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.46%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.40%) PL/SQL
19 5 (0.29%) Bicep
19 5 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (3.66%) Security Cleared
2 59 (3.38%) AWS Certification
3 57 (3.26%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.17%) Degree
5 30 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 25 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (1.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (0.40%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.11%) HND
15 1 (0.057%) ACCA
15 1 (0.057%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (1.54%) Accessibility
1 27 (1.54%) QA
2 17 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 12 (0.69%) TickIT
4 8 (0.46%) WCAG
5 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 2 (0.11%) PMO
6 2 (0.11%) SLA
7 1 (0.057%) GDPR
7 1 (0.057%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 134 (7.67%) Docker
2 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.057%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 45 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.46%) Terraform
3 29 (1.66%) HP Fortify
4 9 (0.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Nagios
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
5 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 189 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.54%) ServiceNow
3 24 (1.37%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.32%) Oracle
5 13 (0.74%) Cognos
6 11 (0.63%) IBM
7 10 (0.57%) Splunk
8 9 (0.51%) Dynatrace
8 9 (0.51%) Google
8 9 (0.51%) Sage
9 8 (0.46%) AppDynamics
9 8 (0.46%) Intapp
10 7 (0.40%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.40%) Progress
11 6 (0.34%) Apple
11 6 (0.34%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.34%) Pega
12 5 (0.29%) SAP
12 5 (0.29%) UiPath