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 17 October 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 27 6
Rank change year-on-year +18 -21 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,041 678 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.46% 7.43% 14.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.17% 8.46% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 473 1,266
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 22,256 8,014 12,161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 87.86% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 16,226 4,367 6,556
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 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £54,793 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.68% -4.71% -4.17%

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 17 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 17 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 +12 1,008 £55,000 -8.33% 219
Yorkshire +23 598 £55,000 -8.33% 151
North East +23 435 £61,250 +22.50% 86
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1.NET19.1%389
2Full-Stack Development18.4%376
3C#18.1%370
4Agile17.7%362
5Microsoft16.4%335
6Azure16.1%328
7SQL15.8%322
8JavaScript13.3%272
9Java13.1%268
10CI/CD13.1%267
11TypeScript12.7%259
12DevOps11.9%243
13AWS11.4%233
14Problem-Solving9.9%203
15React9.1%185
16AI8.6%175
16Software Engineering8.6%175
18Power Platform8.0%163
19HTML7.7%157
19Python7.7%157
21.NET Core7.3%149
22CSS7.0%142
22Mentoring7.0%142
24Continuous Improvement6.9%141
25AngularJS6.7%137
26Docker6.6%134
27Front End Development6.4%131
28ASP.NET6.1%125
29Microservices5.9%120
30Git5.8%119

Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Developer24.7%505
2Software Developer21.3%434
3.NET Developer12.7%259
4Full-Stack Developer9.7%198
5Java Developer9.0%184
6Lead Developer6.4%130
7Senior Software Developer6.0%122
8Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)4.9%100
9C# Developer3.8%78
10Python Developer3.2%66
11Microsoft 365 Developer3.0%62
12Senior Java Developer2.8%57
13Senior .NET Developer2.6%53
14Systems Developer2.4%50
15Senior Full-Stack Developer2.4%49
16Dynamics 365 Developer2.1%43
17Junior Developer2.1%42
17React Developer2.1%42
19C++ Developer2.0%41
19Salesforce Developer2.0%41
447 Developer jobs in the North of England