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 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 16 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,979 1,040 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.93% 10.77% 15.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.44% 12.18% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 532 1,907
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,813 £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 £82,500 £77,500 £70,000
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 20,967 8,536 14,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 88.40% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15,274 4,577 9,825
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +6 998 £55,000 -8.33% 154
Yorkshire +23 617 £55,000 -8.33% 86
North East +21 364 £55,500 +0.91% 65
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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.

1 463 (23.40%) Full-Stack Development
2 405 (20.46%) .NET
3 359 (18.14%) Azure
3 359 (18.14%) C#
4 357 (18.04%) Agile
5 350 (17.69%) SQL
6 312 (15.77%) Java
7 296 (14.96%) Microsoft
8 284 (14.35%) CI/CD
9 280 (14.15%) TypeScript
10 278 (14.05%) JavaScript
11 275 (13.90%) AWS
12 272 (13.74%) DevOps
13 200 (10.11%) React
14 199 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
15 168 (8.49%) Software Engineering
16 163 (8.24%) Python
17 157 (7.93%) HTML
18 154 (7.78%) AI
19 153 (7.73%) AngularJS
20 150 (7.58%) CSS
21 147 (7.43%) Mentoring
22 143 (7.23%) Microservices
23 141 (7.12%) Front End Development
24 140 (7.07%) .NET Core
24 140 (7.07%) PHP
25 133 (6.72%) Docker
25 133 (6.72%) Power Platform
26 132 (6.67%) ASP.NET
27 131 (6.62%) Serverless

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 35 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.26%) CMS
3 15 (0.76%) WordPress
4 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.40%) IIS
6 6 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.20%) Appian
7 4 (0.20%) JBoss
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.10%) CICS
9 2 (0.10%) Confluence
9 2 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.051%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.051%) Elementor
2 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.66%) Visualfiles
3 12 (0.61%) Shopify
4 11 (0.56%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.10%) Magento
7 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 359 (18.14%) Azure
2 275 (13.90%) AWS
3 133 (6.72%) Power Platform
4 131 (6.62%) Serverless
5 116 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
6 100 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
7 99 (5.00%) GitHub
8 86 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
9 79 (3.99%) Amazon S3
10 68 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
10 68 (3.44%) Power Automate
11 67 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
12 60 (3.03%) PowerApps
13 59 (2.98%) AWS Step Functions
14 54 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (2.73%) SaaS
15 41 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 37 (1.87%) Amazon SQS
17 33 (1.67%) Azure AI
18 31 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.66%) Internet
2 9 (0.45%) Broadband
3 7 (0.35%) HTTP
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.051%) SSL
6 1 (0.051%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 104 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.30%) MongoDB
3 72 (3.64%) DynamoDB
4 68 (3.44%) Power BI
5 52 (2.63%) MySQL
6 46 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 29 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 25 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
9 25 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.76%) MariaDB
13 12 (0.61%) Redis
14 10 (0.51%) Tableau
15 7 (0.35%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 126 (6.37%) Git
2 70 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 38 (1.92%) GitLab
4 28 (1.41%) JIRA
5 25 (1.26%) Maven
6 22 (1.11%) Cypress.io
7 20 (1.01%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.66%) fastlane
9 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.35%) Xcode
12 6 (0.30%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.30%) Gradle
12 6 (0.30%) JUnit
12 6 (0.30%) NUnit
12 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.25%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.25%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.25%) PHPUnit
13 5 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 148 (7.48%) Finance
2 143 (7.23%) Social Skills
3 67 (3.39%) Law
4 62 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 62 (3.13%) Retail
5 61 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (2.58%) Marketing
7 32 (1.62%) Banking
7 32 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (1.31%) Games
9 24 (1.21%) Legal
10 18 (0.91%) Manufacturing
11 12 (0.61%) Advertising
11 12 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.45%) Publishing
13 8 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.35%) Retail Banking
14 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.20%) Back Office
15 4 (0.20%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (20.46%) .NET
2 200 (10.11%) React
3 157 (7.93%) HTML
4 153 (7.73%) AngularJS
5 150 (7.58%) CSS
6 140 (7.07%) .NET Core
7 132 (6.67%) ASP.NET
8 128 (6.47%) Node.js
9 104 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
10 103 (5.20%) Vue
11 102 (5.15%) RESTful
12 100 (5.05%) REST
13 81 (4.09%) Spring Boot
14 77 (3.89%) Spring
15 74 (3.74%) Laravel
16 69 (3.49%) Entity Framework
17 48 (2.43%) ASP.NET Web API
18 36 (1.82%) Blazor
19 34 (1.72%) .NET Framework
19 34 (1.72%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 83 (4.19%) Mobile App
2 62 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 46 (2.32%) Cloud Native
4 40 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (1.82%) Product Ownership
8 17 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (0.86%) Hedge funds
9 16 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
10 15 (0.76%) Social Media
11 11 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 11 (0.56%) Legacy Code
12 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.40%) Contactless
13 8 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.37%) Android
2 33 (1.67%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.76%) Linux
4 8 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (23.40%) Full-Stack Development
2 357 (18.04%) Agile
3 284 (14.35%) CI/CD
4 272 (13.74%) DevOps
5 199 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (8.49%) Software Engineering
7 154 (7.78%) AI
8 147 (7.43%) Mentoring
9 143 (7.23%) Microservices
10 141 (7.12%) Front End Development
11 119 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
12 99 (5.00%) TDD
13 98 (4.95%) Clean Code
14 83 (4.19%) Web Development
15 76 (3.84%) SDLC
16 74 (3.74%) Scrum
17 73 (3.69%) Analytics
18 70 (3.54%) Workflow
19 67 (3.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 359 (18.14%) C#
2 350 (17.69%) SQL
3 312 (15.77%) Java
4 280 (14.15%) TypeScript
5 278 (14.05%) JavaScript
6 163 (8.24%) Python
7 140 (7.07%) PHP
8 70 (3.54%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.78%) C++
10 33 (1.67%) Groovy
11 18 (0.91%) Bash
12 16 (0.81%) Swift
13 14 (0.71%) Rust
14 13 (0.66%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.66%) RPG
14 13 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.61%) VB
16 10 (0.51%) Scala
17 7 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 87 (4.40%) Security Cleared
2 83 (4.19%) SC Cleared
3 63 (3.18%) Degree
4 36 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (1.26%) AWS Certification
6 15 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 14 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.35%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.20%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.10%) HND
12 2 (0.10%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.051%) CIMA
13 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (2.48%) Accessibility
2 44 (2.22%) QA
3 19 (0.96%) WCAG
4 17 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.61%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.10%) PMO
7 2 (0.10%) SLA
8 1 (0.051%) GDPR
8 1 (0.051%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 133 (6.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.051%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 69 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.17%) Terraform
3 17 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.10%) Kibana
5 2 (0.10%) Packer
6 1 (0.051%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.051%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.051%) Nagios
6 1 (0.051%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 296 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 33 (1.67%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.21%) Google
4 22 (1.11%) ServiceNow
5 19 (0.96%) IBM
6 17 (0.86%) Dynatrace
7 16 (0.81%) Sage
8 14 (0.71%) Apple
9 12 (0.61%) Cognos
9 12 (0.61%) Splunk
10 11 (0.56%) Oracle
11 10 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.40%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.40%) Facebook
13 7 (0.35%) Adobe
13 7 (0.35%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.30%) Pega
14 6 (0.30%) Sony
14 6 (0.30%) Yahoo!