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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 3
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,875 955 3,265
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.27% 11.23% 16.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.82% 12.78% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 472 2,802
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,375 £71,250
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 19,087 7,474 18,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 87.86% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,920 3,825 14,083
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +9 972 £55,000 - 127
Yorkshire +29 593 £55,000 -8.33% 97
North East +16 310 £57,500 +4.55% 58
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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.

1 423 (22.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 352 (18.77%) .NET
3 326 (17.39%) Azure
4 317 (16.91%) Java
5 311 (16.59%) C#
6 307 (16.37%) SQL
7 305 (16.27%) Agile
8 274 (14.61%) AWS
9 257 (13.71%) CI/CD
10 250 (13.33%) JavaScript
11 249 (13.28%) DevOps
12 234 (12.48%) Microsoft
13 229 (12.21%) TypeScript
14 175 (9.33%) React
15 171 (9.12%) Software Engineering
16 167 (8.91%) Python
17 163 (8.69%) Problem-Solving
18 148 (7.89%) Mentoring
19 145 (7.73%) AngularJS
19 145 (7.73%) Front End Development
20 141 (7.52%) Serverless
21 138 (7.36%) AI
22 135 (7.20%) PHP
23 127 (6.77%) Docker
24 126 (6.72%) .NET Core
25 123 (6.56%) Microservices
26 122 (6.51%) CSS
26 122 (6.51%) HTML
27 117 (6.24%) Git
28 111 (5.92%) 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 23 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) CMS
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.53%) WordPress
5 9 (0.48%) OpenEdge
6 6 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.27%) Appian
7 5 (0.27%) JBoss
8 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.053%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.053%) Apache
11 1 (0.053%) nginx
11 1 (0.053%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.053%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.053%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.91%) Visualfiles
2 14 (0.75%) Shopify
3 13 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 326 (17.39%) Azure
2 274 (14.61%) AWS
3 141 (7.52%) Serverless
4 107 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
5 100 (5.33%) GitHub
6 95 (5.07%) Amazon ECS
6 95 (5.07%) Power Platform
7 93 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (4.43%) Amazon S3
9 77 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 69 (3.68%) AWS Step Functions
11 67 (3.57%) SaaS
12 53 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
13 49 (2.61%) Power Automate
14 42 (2.24%) PowerApps
15 41 (2.19%) Amazon SQS
16 40 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
17 39 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 37 (1.97%) Amazon ECR
18 37 (1.97%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.96%) Internet
2 11 (0.59%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.053%) SSL
5 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.053%) VoIP
5 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.27%) DynamoDB
3 76 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 59 (3.15%) MongoDB
5 58 (3.09%) Power BI
6 46 (2.45%) MySQL
7 41 (2.19%) NoSQL
7 41 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 28 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.53%) MariaDB
16 9 (0.48%) Tableau
17 8 (0.43%) RDBMS
18 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
19 5 (0.27%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 117 (6.24%) Git
2 82 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 47 (2.51%) GitLab
4 31 (1.65%) Cypress.io
4 31 (1.65%) JIRA
5 30 (1.60%) Maven
5 30 (1.60%) SonarQube
6 13 (0.69%) fastlane
7 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.37%) Xcode
9 6 (0.32%) Gradle
9 6 (0.32%) NUnit
9 6 (0.32%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.27%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.27%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.27%) Selenium
10 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.21%) JUnit
11 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 141 (7.52%) Finance
2 108 (5.76%) Social Skills
3 69 (3.68%) Law
4 55 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (2.77%) Public Sector
5 52 (2.77%) Retail
6 39 (2.08%) Marketing
7 28 (1.49%) Banking
8 27 (1.44%) Games
9 26 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (1.39%) Legal
10 14 (0.75%) Manufacturing
10 14 (0.75%) Multimedia
11 12 (0.64%) Advertising
12 10 (0.53%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.21%) Back Office
16 3 (0.16%) Electronics
16 3 (0.16%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (18.77%) .NET
2 175 (9.33%) React
3 145 (7.73%) AngularJS
4 126 (6.72%) .NET Core
5 122 (6.51%) CSS
5 122 (6.51%) HTML
6 111 (5.92%) Node.js
7 109 (5.81%) ASP.NET
8 97 (5.17%) Vue
9 86 (4.59%) RESTful
10 85 (4.53%) Spring Boot
11 84 (4.48%) REST
12 74 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
13 72 (3.84%) Spring
14 67 (3.57%) Laravel
15 51 (2.72%) Entity Framework
16 35 (1.87%) Gherkin
17 34 (1.81%) .NET Framework
17 34 (1.81%) ASP.NET Web API
18 33 (1.76%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.37%) Mobile App
2 53 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.97%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 30 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (0.91%) Hedge funds
10 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (0.80%) Social Media
12 12 (0.64%) Legacy Code
13 11 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.43%) Contactless
15 8 (0.43%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.43%) EMV
15 8 (0.43%) Smartcard
16 7 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.81%) Android
2 27 (1.44%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.80%) Linux
4 6 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (22.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 305 (16.27%) Agile
3 257 (13.71%) CI/CD
4 249 (13.28%) DevOps
5 171 (9.12%) Software Engineering
6 163 (8.69%) Problem-Solving
7 148 (7.89%) Mentoring
8 145 (7.73%) Front End Development
9 138 (7.36%) AI
10 123 (6.56%) Microservices
11 100 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 96 (5.12%) Clean Code
13 87 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
13 87 (4.64%) TDD
14 73 (3.89%) Web Development
15 72 (3.84%) Analytics
16 70 (3.73%) SDLC
17 62 (3.31%) Workflow
18 61 (3.25%) Scrum
19 60 (3.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 317 (16.91%) Java
2 311 (16.59%) C#
3 307 (16.37%) SQL
4 250 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 229 (12.21%) TypeScript
6 167 (8.91%) Python
7 135 (7.20%) PHP
8 60 (3.20%) Kotlin
9 54 (2.88%) C++
10 42 (2.24%) Groovy
11 28 (1.49%) Bash
12 15 (0.80%) Swift
12 15 (0.80%) VB
13 12 (0.64%) Rust
13 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.48%) Scala
15 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (3.89%) Security Cleared
2 66 (3.52%) SC Cleared
3 50 (2.67%) Degree
4 40 (2.13%) AWS Certification
5 36 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
7 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 12 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.11%) ACCA
14 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.11%) CIMA
14 2 (0.11%) HND
15 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.87%) Accessibility
2 32 (1.71%) QA
3 18 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.64%) TickIT
5 11 (0.59%) WCAG
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.11%) PMO
7 2 (0.11%) SLA
8 1 (0.053%) GDPR
8 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (6.77%) Docker
2 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.08%) Terraform
3 26 (1.39%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
6 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.053%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.053%) Nagios
6 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 234 (12.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.55%) ServiceNow
3 27 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.01%) Oracle
5 16 (0.85%) IBM
6 15 (0.80%) Cognos
6 15 (0.80%) Dynatrace
6 15 (0.80%) Google
7 12 (0.64%) Sage
8 11 (0.59%) Apple
8 11 (0.59%) Splunk
9 8 (0.43%) AppDynamics
10 7 (0.37%) Facebook
10 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.37%) Progress
11 6 (0.32%) Intapp
11 6 (0.32%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.32%) Pega
11 6 (0.32%) SAP
12 5 (0.27%) UiPath