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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,985 1,037 2,339
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.67% 10.91% 15.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.20% 12.41% 16.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 526 1,774
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 21,570 8,359 14,125
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 87.91% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 4,598 9,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,928 £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 1 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 1 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 +3 991 £55,000 -8.33% 195
Yorkshire +20 604 £60,000 - 95
North East +18 390 £60,000 +14.29% 92
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 441 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
2 391 (19.70%) .NET
3 358 (18.04%) Azure
4 356 (17.93%) C#
5 352 (17.73%) SQL
6 350 (17.63%) Agile
7 296 (14.91%) Microsoft
8 293 (14.76%) Java
9 275 (13.85%) JavaScript
10 273 (13.75%) TypeScript
11 263 (13.25%) CI/CD
12 257 (12.95%) DevOps
13 256 (12.90%) AWS
14 192 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
15 190 (9.57%) React
16 163 (8.21%) Python
16 163 (8.21%) Software Engineering
17 159 (8.01%) HTML
18 152 (7.66%) CSS
19 149 (7.51%) AngularJS
20 148 (7.46%) AI
20 148 (7.46%) Mentoring
21 143 (7.20%) .NET Core
21 143 (7.20%) Front End Development
22 137 (6.90%) Microservices
23 134 (6.75%) PHP
24 133 (6.70%) ASP.NET
25 132 (6.65%) Power Platform
26 129 (6.50%) Docker
27 123 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement

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 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.31%) CMS
3 15 (0.76%) 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%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.10%) Appian
9 2 (0.10%) CICS
9 2 (0.10%) Confluence
9 2 (0.10%) JBoss
9 2 (0.10%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.050%) Apache
10 1 (0.050%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.050%) PegaRULES
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 14 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.65%) Visualfiles
3 12 (0.60%) NetSuite
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%) 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
9 1 (0.050%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 358 (18.04%) Azure
2 256 (12.90%) AWS
3 132 (6.65%) Power Platform
4 116 (5.84%) Serverless
5 115 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (4.69%) GitHub
7 88 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
8 76 (3.83%) Amazon ECS
9 71 (3.58%) Amazon S3
10 66 (3.32%) Power Automate
11 64 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
12 59 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
13 58 (2.92%) PowerApps
14 54 (2.72%) AWS Step Functions
14 54 (2.72%) SaaS
15 52 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
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 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
2 103 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 85 (4.28%) MongoDB
4 67 (3.38%) Power BI
5 64 (3.22%) DynamoDB
6 49 (2.47%) MySQL
7 43 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.51%) NoSQL
9 27 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
14 17 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (0.76%) MariaDB
16 12 (0.60%) Redis
17 10 (0.50%) Tableau
18 7 (0.35%) RDBMS
19 6 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 120 (6.05%) Git
2 62 (3.12%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.61%) GitLab
4 27 (1.36%) JIRA
5 20 (1.01%) Maven
6 17 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.76%) 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%) 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
14 4 (0.20%) Claude Code
14 4 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 142 (7.15%) Social Skills
2 138 (6.95%) Finance
3 69 (3.48%) Public Sector
4 66 (3.32%) Law
5 62 (3.12%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (3.07%) Retail
7 54 (2.72%) Marketing
8 30 (1.51%) Banking
8 30 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (1.16%) Games
9 23 (1.16%) Legal
10 15 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 12 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 11 (0.55%) Advertising
13 9 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 9 (0.45%) Publishing
14 7 (0.35%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.30%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.20%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 391 (19.70%) .NET
2 190 (9.57%) React
3 159 (8.01%) HTML
4 152 (7.66%) CSS
5 149 (7.51%) AngularJS
6 143 (7.20%) .NET Core
7 133 (6.70%) ASP.NET
8 122 (6.15%) Node.js
9 104 (5.24%) ASP.NET Core
10 101 (5.09%) REST
10 101 (5.09%) RESTful
11 97 (4.89%) Vue
12 76 (3.83%) Spring
13 75 (3.78%) Spring Boot
14 70 (3.53%) Laravel
15 69 (3.48%) Entity Framework
16 48 (2.42%) ASP.NET Web API
17 41 (2.07%) Terraform
18 34 (1.71%) Blazor
18 34 (1.71%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 78 (3.93%) Mobile App
2 62 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
3 50 (2.52%) Cloud Native
4 39 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 18 (0.91%) Hedge funds
9 17 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (0.55%) Data Structures
11 11 (0.55%) Social Media
12 9 (0.45%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.40%) Contactless
13 8 (0.40%) EMV
13 8 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (0.40%) Legacy Code
13 8 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.40%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.17%) Android
2 30 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.76%) Linux
4 8 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
2 350 (17.63%) Agile
3 263 (13.25%) CI/CD
4 257 (12.95%) DevOps
5 192 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (8.21%) Software Engineering
7 148 (7.46%) AI
7 148 (7.46%) Mentoring
8 143 (7.20%) Front End Development
9 137 (6.90%) Microservices
10 123 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 101 (5.09%) Business Intelligence
12 100 (5.04%) TDD
13 88 (4.43%) Clean Code
14 81 (4.08%) Web Development
15 71 (3.58%) Scrum
15 71 (3.58%) Technical Leadership
16 70 (3.53%) Analytics
17 67 (3.38%) Test Automation
17 67 (3.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 356 (17.93%) C#
2 352 (17.73%) SQL
3 293 (14.76%) Java
4 275 (13.85%) JavaScript
5 273 (13.75%) TypeScript
6 163 (8.21%) Python
7 134 (6.75%) PHP
8 59 (2.97%) Kotlin
9 56 (2.82%) C++
10 28 (1.41%) Groovy
11 16 (0.81%) Apex Code
12 15 (0.76%) RPG
12 15 (0.76%) Rust
13 13 (0.65%) Bash
13 13 (0.65%) Swift
14 12 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.60%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.60%) VB
15 10 (0.50%) Scala
16 8 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 88 (4.43%) Security Cleared
2 82 (4.13%) SC Cleared
3 66 (3.32%) Degree
4 35 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 13 (0.65%) 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%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.050%) ACCA
14 1 (0.050%) CIMA
14 1 (0.050%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (2.77%) Accessibility
2 46 (2.32%) QA
3 25 (1.26%) WCAG
4 18 (0.91%) 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
1 129 (6.50%) Docker
2 4 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 71 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.60%) HP Fortify
3 9 (0.45%) Ansible
4 2 (0.10%) Kibana
4 2 (0.10%) Packer
5 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.050%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.050%) Nagios
5 1 (0.050%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 296 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 39 (1.96%) Salesforce
3 24 (1.21%) Google
4 22 (1.11%) ServiceNow
5 19 (0.96%) Sage
6 17 (0.86%) Dynatrace
6 17 (0.86%) IBM
7 14 (0.71%) 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
10 8 (0.40%) Oracle
11 7 (0.35%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.35%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.30%) Pega
12 6 (0.30%) Sony
12 6 (0.30%) Yahoo!