Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 19 6
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,019 881 1,837
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.40% 9.34% 14.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 10.71% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,694 468 1,276
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,813 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -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 22,220 8,227 12,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 87.25% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16,180 4,348 6,678
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.70% -5.79%

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 October 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 October 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 +5 993 £55,000 -8.33% 238
Yorkshire +24 597 £55,000 -8.33% 155
North East +24 429 £60,000 +20.00% 85
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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.

1 374 (18.52%) .NET
2 371 (18.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 356 (17.63%) C#
4 352 (17.43%) Agile
5 320 (15.85%) Microsoft
6 312 (15.45%) Azure
7 307 (15.21%) SQL
8 273 (13.52%) JavaScript
9 271 (13.42%) Java
10 259 (12.83%) TypeScript
11 258 (12.78%) CI/CD
12 235 (11.64%) DevOps
13 232 (11.49%) AWS
14 195 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
15 182 (9.01%) React
16 172 (8.52%) Software Engineering
17 170 (8.42%) AI
18 159 (7.88%) Power Platform
19 156 (7.73%) Python
20 155 (7.68%) HTML
21 141 (6.98%) .NET Core
22 139 (6.88%) CSS
22 139 (6.88%) Mentoring
23 135 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
24 134 (6.64%) AngularJS
24 134 (6.64%) Docker
25 133 (6.59%) Front End Development
26 121 (5.99%) Git
27 120 (5.94%) Microservices
28 118 (5.84%) ASP.NET

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 57 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.94%) CMS
3 16 (0.79%) WordPress
4 12 (0.59%) BizTalk Server
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
6 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.099%) Confluence
10 2 (0.099%) OpenEdge
10 2 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.099%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.050%) CICS
11 1 (0.050%) JBoss
11 1 (0.050%) Kentico
Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.050%) Elementor
2 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (1.14%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.50%) Visualfiles
4 8 (0.40%) Shopify
5 7 (0.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 6 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.099%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 1 (0.050%) Magento
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.050%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 312 (15.45%) Azure
2 232 (11.49%) AWS
3 159 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 107 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (4.95%) Serverless
6 88 (4.36%) GitHub
7 77 (3.81%) Power Automate
8 76 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
8 76 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
9 70 (3.47%) PowerApps
10 69 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 68 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
12 67 (3.32%) Amazon ECS
13 47 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 46 (2.28%) AWS Step Functions
15 44 (2.18%) SaaS
16 42 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
17 37 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
18 36 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 36 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.45%) Internet
2 6 (0.30%) 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 94 (4.66%) MongoDB
4 66 (3.27%) Power BI
5 52 (2.58%) DynamoDB
6 46 (2.28%) MySQL
7 43 (2.13%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.54%) NoSQL
9 28 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 24 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 19 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 19 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.79%) MariaDB
14 15 (0.74%) Redis
15 14 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.40%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.35%) Power Query
17 7 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 121 (5.99%) Git
2 53 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 39 (1.93%) GitLab
4 15 (0.74%) Maven
5 14 (0.69%) JIRA
6 12 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.59%) fastlane
7 10 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 10 (0.50%) Visual Studio
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%) Gatling
11 4 (0.20%) Spock
11 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 159 (7.88%) Social Skills
2 119 (5.89%) Finance
3 99 (4.90%) Public Sector
4 67 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (2.58%) Law
6 49 (2.43%) Marketing
6 49 (2.43%) Retail
7 39 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (1.68%) Legal
9 28 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.04%) Banking
10 21 (1.04%) Games
11 12 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 11 (0.54%) Publishing
13 10 (0.50%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.40%) Advertising
15 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.15%) Back Office
17 3 (0.15%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (18.52%) .NET
2 182 (9.01%) React
3 155 (7.68%) HTML
4 141 (6.98%) .NET Core
5 139 (6.88%) CSS
6 134 (6.64%) AngularJS
7 118 (5.84%) ASP.NET
8 109 (5.40%) Node.js
9 99 (4.90%) ASP.NET Core
10 97 (4.80%) REST
11 86 (4.26%) RESTful
12 79 (3.91%) Vue
13 72 (3.57%) Spring
14 67 (3.32%) Spring Boot
15 64 (3.17%) Entity Framework
16 55 (2.72%) Laravel
17 46 (2.28%) Middleware
18 45 (2.23%) ASP.NET Web API
19 36 (1.78%) Terraform
20 34 (1.68%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 69 (3.42%) Mobile App
2 63 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
3 59 (2.92%) Cloud Native
4 38 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 31 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (1.44%) Online Gambling
9 25 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (0.64%) Hedge funds
10 13 (0.64%) Onboarding
11 10 (0.50%) Data Structures
11 10 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (0.45%) Mainframe
13 8 (0.40%) Contactless
13 8 (0.40%) EMV
13 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
14 6 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.98%) Android
2 23 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.74%) Linux
4 9 (0.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.099%) Unix
6 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (18.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 352 (17.43%) Agile
3 258 (12.78%) CI/CD
4 235 (11.64%) DevOps
5 195 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
6 172 (8.52%) Software Engineering
7 170 (8.42%) AI
8 139 (6.88%) Mentoring
9 135 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 133 (6.59%) Front End Development
11 120 (5.94%) Microservices
12 102 (5.05%) Business Intelligence
12 102 (5.05%) TDD
13 84 (4.16%) Collaborative Working
14 82 (4.06%) Technical Leadership
15 76 (3.76%) Clean Code
15 76 (3.76%) Test Automation
16 73 (3.62%) Web Development
16 73 (3.62%) Workflow
17 65 (3.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 356 (17.63%) C#
2 307 (15.21%) SQL
3 273 (13.52%) JavaScript
4 271 (13.42%) Java
5 259 (12.83%) TypeScript
6 156 (7.73%) Python
7 105 (5.20%) PHP
8 73 (3.62%) Kotlin
9 53 (2.63%) C++
10 21 (1.04%) Groovy
11 20 (0.99%) RPG
12 19 (0.94%) Apex Code
13 17 (0.84%) Rust
14 14 (0.69%) Go
14 14 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.59%) C
15 12 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.54%) VB
17 10 (0.50%) Scala
17 10 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 85 (4.21%) Security Cleared
2 76 (3.76%) SC Cleared
3 68 (3.37%) Degree
4 37 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (0.69%) AWS Certification
6 12 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.15%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.099%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.050%) ACCA
12 1 (0.050%) CIMA
12 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.050%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.22%) Accessibility
2 51 (2.53%) QA
3 25 (1.24%) WCAG
4 24 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.25%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.099%) PMO
8 1 (0.050%) GRC
8 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 134 (6.64%) Docker
2 7 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.099%) Firmware
4 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 76 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.35%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.20%) Ansible
4 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.099%) Argo
5 2 (0.099%) Grafana
5 2 (0.099%) Packer
5 2 (0.099%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.050%) Kibana
6 1 (0.050%) logstash
6 1 (0.050%) Nagios
6 1 (0.050%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 320 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 42 (2.08%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.19%) ServiceNow
4 22 (1.09%) Google
5 20 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 16 (0.79%) Sage
7 13 (0.64%) Apple
7 13 (0.64%) IBM
7 13 (0.64%) OpenAI
7 13 (0.64%) Splunk
8 12 (0.59%) Adobe
9 10 (0.50%) SAP
10 9 (0.45%) HP
11 7 (0.35%) Cognos
11 7 (0.35%) Facebook
11 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.30%) Confluent
12 6 (0.30%) YouTube
13 5 (0.25%) Oracle
13 5 (0.25%) Zoho