Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £59,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -23 +1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 650 1,706 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.70% 13.85% 14.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.59% 14.59% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,167 953
10th Percentile £31,225 £35,000 £36,254
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,562 11,690 7,513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.20% 94.89% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,021 6,137 5,688
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,289
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +0.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,760 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 -18 356 £60,000 +14.29% 468
Yorkshire -25 225 £55,000 +10.00% 146
North East -23 71 £50,000 -4.76% 65
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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.

1 219 (33.69%) Azure
2 216 (33.23%) JavaScript
3 198 (30.46%) AWS
4 194 (29.85%) Agile
5 177 (27.23%) .NET
6 165 (25.38%) C#
7 161 (24.77%) SQL
8 144 (22.15%) Mentoring
9 137 (21.08%) DevOps
10 136 (20.92%) CSS
11 127 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
12 125 (19.23%) HTML
13 114 (17.54%) CI/CD
14 109 (16.77%) React
15 107 (16.46%) Java
16 106 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 104 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
18 102 (15.69%) Microsoft
19 96 (14.77%) Git
20 95 (14.62%) Python
21 92 (14.15%) Clean Code
22 85 (13.08%) SQL Server
23 83 (12.77%) Microservices
24 77 (11.85%) TypeScript
25 75 (11.54%) Front End Development
26 74 (11.38%) Docker
27 70 (10.77%) Software Engineering
28 67 (10.31%) Degree
28 67 (10.31%) SaaS
29 64 (9.85%) GitHub

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 12 (1.85%) CMS
2 5 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (0.77%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.62%) Anypoint
3 4 (0.62%) Camunda
3 4 (0.62%) Confluence
3 4 (0.62%) Headless CMS
3 4 (0.62%) IIS
3 4 (0.62%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.62%) WordPress
4 3 (0.46%) nginx
4 3 (0.46%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.31%) Drupal
5 2 (0.31%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.31%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Strapi
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.46%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.15%) InVision
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Sketch
5 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.62%) Magento
3 3 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.46%) Shopify
4 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Odoo
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 219 (33.69%) Azure
2 198 (30.46%) AWS
3 67 (10.31%) SaaS
4 64 (9.85%) GitHub
5 48 (7.38%) Serverless
6 44 (6.77%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (4.00%) GCP
9 20 (3.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 18 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (2.00%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.85%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
18 7 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.08%) Internet
2 8 (1.23%) WPA
3 4 (0.62%) HTTP
3 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.31%) SSH
5 1 (0.15%) AMQP
5 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.15%) Broadband
5 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (13.08%) SQL Server
2 46 (7.08%) MongoDB
3 41 (6.31%) MySQL
4 39 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (4.62%) NoSQL
6 28 (4.31%) Power BI
6 28 (4.31%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (2.46%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.31%) Redis
9 15 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.92%) OLAP
13 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.77%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 96 (14.77%) Git
2 34 (5.23%) JIRA
3 19 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.31%) GitLab
5 8 (1.23%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.62%) Postman
9 4 (0.62%) Selenium
9 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.62%) webpack
9 4 (0.62%) Xcode
10 3 (0.46%) JUnit
10 3 (0.46%) Maven
11 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.31%) Grunt
11 2 (0.31%) gulp
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 147 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 55 (8.46%) Finance
3 37 (5.69%) Marketing
4 32 (4.92%) Games
5 31 (4.77%) Multimedia
6 29 (4.46%) Public Sector
7 27 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.38%) Law
9 18 (2.77%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.77%) Retail
10 10 (1.54%) Electronics
10 10 (1.54%) Legal
11 8 (1.23%) Banking
12 6 (0.92%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.77%) Back Office
14 4 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (27.23%) .NET
2 136 (20.92%) CSS
3 125 (19.23%) HTML
4 109 (16.77%) React
5 61 (9.38%) RESTful
6 56 (8.62%) Node.js
7 51 (7.85%) REST
8 46 (7.08%) .NET Core
9 44 (6.77%) ASP.NET
10 36 (5.54%) AngularJS
11 34 (5.23%) Spring
11 34 (5.23%) Spring Boot
12 30 (4.62%) Vue
13 28 (4.31%) Blazor
14 27 (4.15%) .NET Framework
15 25 (3.85%) HTML5
16 23 (3.54%) CSS3
17 21 (3.23%) React Native
18 18 (2.77%) Web Services
19 17 (2.62%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.54%) Mobile App
2 28 (4.31%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 10 (1.54%) IoT
9 9 (1.38%) Clustering
10 7 (1.08%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.77%) NHS
12 4 (0.62%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.62%) Online Games
12 4 (0.62%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.46%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.46%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.31%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.69%) Windows
2 22 (3.38%) Android
2 22 (3.38%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (29.85%) Agile
2 144 (22.15%) Mentoring
3 137 (21.08%) DevOps
4 127 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (17.54%) CI/CD
6 106 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 104 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 92 (14.15%) Clean Code
9 83 (12.77%) Microservices
10 75 (11.54%) Front End Development
11 70 (10.77%) Software Engineering
12 59 (9.08%) User Experience
13 58 (8.92%) Roadmaps
14 57 (8.77%) Computer Science
14 57 (8.77%) TDD
14 57 (8.77%) Test Automation
15 53 (8.15%) OOP
16 45 (6.92%) OO
17 44 (6.77%) AI
18 42 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 216 (33.23%) JavaScript
2 165 (25.38%) C#
3 161 (24.77%) SQL
4 107 (16.46%) Java
5 95 (14.62%) Python
6 77 (11.85%) TypeScript
7 46 (7.08%) PHP
8 22 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.62%) C++
10 16 (2.46%) Go
11 14 (2.15%) Ruby
12 13 (2.00%) Kotlin
12 13 (2.00%) Scala
13 11 (1.69%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.23%) Elixir
14 8 (1.23%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.08%) Delphi
15 7 (1.08%) Swift
16 6 (0.92%) C
17 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 67 (10.31%) Degree
2 34 (5.23%) AWS Certification
2 34 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (4.92%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 31 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (4.62%) Security Cleared
6 28 (4.31%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.38%) DBS Check
8 18 (2.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.62%) PhD
10 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.08%) QA
2 23 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.92%) GDPR
4 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.15%) SLA
5 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 74 (11.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 41 (6.31%) Terraform
2 38 (5.85%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.23%) Ansible
4 4 (0.62%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.15%) cPanel
5 1 (0.15%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) Plesk
5 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.31%) Salesforce
3 19 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 18 (2.77%) Oracle
5 11 (1.69%) Google
6 10 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.54%) Splunk
7 7 (1.08%) MuleSoft
8 5 (0.77%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.62%) Adobe
9 4 (0.62%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.62%) IBM
9 4 (0.62%) Moogsoft
9 4 (0.62%) PayPal
9 4 (0.62%) Pega
9 4 (0.62%) WSO2
10 3 (0.46%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.46%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.31%) Infor
11 2 (0.31%) SnapLogic