Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 September 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 18 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,991 995 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.56% 10.57% 15.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 12.09% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,705 491 1,714
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -3.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,617 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +4.36% -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 21,897 8,227 13,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 87.43% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16,004 4,475 8,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +5 999 £55,000 -8.33% 193
Yorkshire +20 594 £58,750 -2.08% 97
North East +19 398 £60,000 +20.00% 81
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 September 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.

1 439 (22.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 387 (19.44%) .NET
3 357 (17.93%) Azure
4 355 (17.83%) C#
5 350 (17.58%) Agile
6 343 (17.23%) SQL
7 301 (15.12%) Microsoft
8 291 (14.62%) Java
9 276 (13.86%) JavaScript
10 272 (13.66%) TypeScript
11 260 (13.06%) CI/CD
12 254 (12.76%) AWS
12 254 (12.76%) DevOps
13 191 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
14 189 (9.49%) React
15 163 (8.19%) Python
15 163 (8.19%) Software Engineering
16 160 (8.04%) HTML
17 152 (7.63%) CSS
18 151 (7.58%) Mentoring
19 150 (7.53%) AI
20 149 (7.48%) AngularJS
21 146 (7.33%) .NET Core
22 141 (7.08%) Front End Development
23 136 (6.83%) Microservices
24 135 (6.78%) Power Platform
25 133 (6.68%) ASP.NET
26 131 (6.58%) PHP
27 130 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
27 130 (6.53%) Docker

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 38 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.26%) CMS
3 15 (0.75%) WordPress
4 13 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.40%) IIS
7 4 (0.20%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.10%) Appian
8 2 (0.10%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) JBoss
8 2 (0.10%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.050%) Apache
9 1 (0.050%) CICS
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.050%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.050%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 15 (0.75%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.60%) Visualfiles
4 10 (0.50%) Shopify
5 9 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 4 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.050%) Magento
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 357 (17.93%) Azure
2 254 (12.76%) AWS
3 135 (6.78%) Power Platform
4 116 (5.83%) Serverless
5 113 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (4.67%) GitHub
7 88 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
8 76 (3.82%) Amazon ECS
9 72 (3.62%) Amazon S3
10 65 (3.26%) Power Automate
11 63 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
12 59 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 58 (2.91%) PowerApps
14 54 (2.71%) AWS Step Functions
14 54 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
15 51 (2.56%) SaaS
16 37 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 34 (1.71%) Amazon SQS
18 33 (1.66%) Azure AI
19 29 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.65%) Internet
2 7 (0.35%) HTTP
3 5 (0.25%) Broadband
4 3 (0.15%) Firewall
4 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.050%) SSL
6 1 (0.050%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 101 (5.07%) SQL Server
3 86 (4.32%) MongoDB
4 68 (3.42%) Power BI
5 64 (3.21%) DynamoDB
6 49 (2.46%) MySQL
7 40 (2.01%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
14 15 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
14 15 (0.75%) MariaDB
14 15 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.65%) Redis
16 10 (0.50%) Tableau
17 7 (0.35%) Data Lake
18 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (5.93%) Git
2 60 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 33 (1.66%) GitLab
4 28 (1.41%) JIRA
5 21 (1.05%) Maven
6 17 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.65%) fastlane
9 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.35%) Xcode
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
14 4 (0.20%) Claude Code
14 4 (0.20%) Spock
14 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 145 (7.28%) Social Skills
2 135 (6.78%) Finance
3 73 (3.67%) Public Sector
4 63 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (3.11%) Law
5 62 (3.11%) Retail
6 55 (2.76%) Marketing
7 31 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (1.51%) Banking
9 23 (1.16%) Games
10 22 (1.10%) Legal
11 16 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 12 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.55%) Advertising
14 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.45%) Publishing
15 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
16 6 (0.30%) Retail Banking
17 4 (0.20%) Multimedia
17 4 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (19.44%) .NET
2 189 (9.49%) React
3 160 (8.04%) HTML
4 152 (7.63%) CSS
5 149 (7.48%) AngularJS
6 146 (7.33%) .NET Core
7 133 (6.68%) ASP.NET
8 118 (5.93%) Node.js
9 104 (5.22%) ASP.NET Core
10 99 (4.97%) REST
10 99 (4.97%) Vue
11 98 (4.92%) RESTful
12 78 (3.92%) Spring
13 77 (3.87%) Spring Boot
14 69 (3.47%) Entity Framework
14 69 (3.47%) Laravel
15 48 (2.41%) ASP.NET Web API
16 41 (2.06%) Terraform
17 34 (1.71%) LINQ
18 33 (1.66%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 78 (3.92%) Mobile App
2 64 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
3 50 (2.51%) Cloud Native
4 39 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (1.76%) Product Ownership
7 18 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (0.90%) Hedge funds
8 13 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 11 (0.55%) Data Structures
9 11 (0.55%) Social Media
10 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.40%) Contactless
11 8 (0.40%) EMV
11 8 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (0.40%) Online Gambling
11 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.16%) Android
2 30 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 16 (0.80%) Linux
4 8 (0.40%) Windows
5 1 (0.050%) Unix
5 1 (0.050%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (22.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 350 (17.58%) Agile
3 260 (13.06%) CI/CD
4 254 (12.76%) DevOps
5 191 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (8.19%) Software Engineering
7 151 (7.58%) Mentoring
8 150 (7.53%) AI
9 141 (7.08%) Front End Development
10 136 (6.83%) Microservices
11 130 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
13 101 (5.07%) TDD
14 88 (4.42%) Clean Code
15 79 (3.97%) Web Development
16 73 (3.67%) Technical Leadership
17 69 (3.47%) Analytics
17 69 (3.47%) Collaborative Working
18 68 (3.42%) Scrum
19 67 (3.37%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 355 (17.83%) C#
2 343 (17.23%) SQL
3 291 (14.62%) Java
4 276 (13.86%) JavaScript
5 272 (13.66%) TypeScript
6 163 (8.19%) Python
7 131 (6.58%) PHP
8 60 (3.01%) Kotlin
9 56 (2.81%) C++
10 28 (1.41%) Groovy
11 18 (0.90%) Apex Code
12 16 (0.80%) RPG
13 15 (0.75%) Rust
14 13 (0.65%) Bash
14 13 (0.65%) Swift
15 12 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.60%) VB
16 11 (0.55%) C
16 11 (0.55%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 90 (4.52%) Security Cleared
2 84 (4.22%) SC Cleared
3 67 (3.37%) Degree
4 35 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 14 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 11 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.20%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.10%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.050%) ACCA
14 1 (0.050%) CIMA
14 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (2.81%) Accessibility
2 46 (2.31%) QA
3 25 (1.26%) WCAG
4 18 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.60%) TickIT
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.10%) PMO
8 1 (0.050%) GDPR
8 1 (0.050%) GRC
8 1 (0.050%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 130 (6.53%) Docker
2 4 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 72 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.60%) HP Fortify
3 9 (0.45%) Ansible
4 2 (0.10%) Kibana
4 2 (0.10%) Packer
4 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.050%) Nagios
Vendors
1 301 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.16%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.21%) Google
4 23 (1.16%) ServiceNow
5 18 (0.90%) IBM
6 17 (0.85%) Dynatrace
6 17 (0.85%) Sage
7 14 (0.70%) Apple
8 12 (0.60%) Adobe
8 12 (0.60%) Splunk
9 10 (0.50%) Cognos
9 10 (0.50%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.40%) AppDynamics
10 8 (0.40%) Facebook
11 7 (0.35%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.35%) Oracle
12 6 (0.30%) Sony
12 6 (0.30%) Yahoo!
13 5 (0.25%) SAP