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 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 672 1,584 1,072
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.12% 13.06% 14.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.08% 13.83% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 544 1,052 898
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,075 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,388 £75,000
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 8,316 11,455 7,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 94.47% 96.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,060 5,996 5,376
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,906
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -

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 28 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 28 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 -16 368 £60,000 +14.29% 160
Yorkshire -19 233 £52,500 +5.00% 79
North East -20 73 £50,000 -4.76% 35
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 245 (36.46%) Azure
2 237 (35.27%) JavaScript
3 210 (31.25%) AWS
4 202 (30.06%) Agile
5 192 (28.57%) .NET
6 179 (26.64%) C#
7 166 (24.70%) Mentoring
8 163 (24.26%) SQL
9 157 (23.36%) CSS
10 145 (21.58%) HTML
11 138 (20.54%) DevOps
12 130 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
13 121 (18.01%) React
14 120 (17.86%) CI/CD
14 120 (17.86%) Microsoft
15 112 (16.67%) Git
16 111 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 110 (16.37%) Full-Stack Development
18 109 (16.22%) Python
19 103 (15.33%) Java
20 96 (14.29%) SQL Server
21 92 (13.69%) Clean Code
22 82 (12.20%) Microservices
23 80 (11.90%) Docker
24 79 (11.76%) GitHub
24 79 (11.76%) TypeScript
25 76 (11.31%) Front End Development
26 72 (10.71%) Software Engineering
27 71 (10.57%) Degree
28 67 (9.97%) SaaS

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 15 (2.23%) CMS
2 7 (1.04%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.74%) WordPress
5 4 (0.60%) Anypoint
5 4 (0.60%) Camunda
5 4 (0.60%) Confluence
5 4 (0.60%) Headless CMS
5 4 (0.60%) IIS
5 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.45%) nginx
7 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.30%) Drupal
7 2 (0.30%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.30%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.15%) InVision
4 1 (0.15%) Sketch
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.60%) Magento
3 3 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.45%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.30%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.30%) 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
1 245 (36.46%) Azure
2 210 (31.25%) AWS
3 79 (11.76%) GitHub
4 67 (9.97%) SaaS
5 51 (7.59%) Serverless
6 39 (5.80%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (4.17%) GCP
9 21 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 19 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.79%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.64%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (1.19%) AWS Step Functions
17 8 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.40%) Internet
2 8 (1.19%) WPA
3 4 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.45%) HTTP
5 2 (0.30%) Intranet
5 2 (0.30%) SSH
6 1 (0.15%) AMQP
6 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 42 (6.25%) MySQL
2 42 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.72%) Relational Database
5 23 (3.42%) Power BI
6 17 (2.53%) DynamoDB
7 15 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.23%) Redis
7 15 (2.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.89%) Data Vault
10 6 (0.89%) OLAP
11 5 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database 11g
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 112 (16.67%) Git
2 36 (5.36%) JIRA
3 22 (3.27%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.68%) GitLab
5 10 (1.49%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.74%) Maven
9 5 (0.74%) Selenium
9 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.60%) Postman
10 4 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.60%) webpack
10 4 (0.60%) Xcode
11 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.45%) JUnit
12 2 (0.30%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.30%) Mockito
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
General
1 145 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 58 (8.63%) Finance
3 41 (6.10%) Multimedia
4 40 (5.95%) Marketing
5 30 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.17%) Games
7 22 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (3.13%) Law
9 17 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 17 (2.53%) Retail
10 12 (1.79%) Legal
11 10 (1.49%) Banking
11 10 (1.49%) Electronics
12 6 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.89%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.74%) Advertising
13 5 (0.74%) Back Office
13 5 (0.74%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (28.57%) .NET
2 157 (23.36%) CSS
3 145 (21.58%) HTML
4 121 (18.01%) React
5 59 (8.78%) RESTful
6 58 (8.63%) Node.js
7 57 (8.48%) .NET Core
8 54 (8.04%) ASP.NET
9 50 (7.44%) REST
10 41 (6.10%) AngularJS
11 36 (5.36%) .NET Framework
12 35 (5.21%) Spring
13 34 (5.06%) Spring Boot
14 31 (4.61%) Vue
15 29 (4.32%) Blazor
16 24 (3.57%) HTML5
17 23 (3.42%) CSS3
18 21 (3.13%) React Native
19 20 (2.98%) ASP.NET Core
20 17 (2.53%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.36%) Mobile App
2 31 (4.61%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.79%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.49%) Client/Server
7 10 (1.49%) IoT
8 8 (1.19%) Clustering
9 7 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.04%) NHS
10 6 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.60%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.60%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.60%) Online Games
11 4 (0.60%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.45%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.45%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.30%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.42%) Windows
2 22 (3.27%) Android
2 22 (3.27%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.79%) Linux
4 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (30.06%) Agile
2 166 (24.70%) Mentoring
3 138 (20.54%) DevOps
4 130 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (17.86%) CI/CD
6 111 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (16.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 92 (13.69%) Clean Code
9 82 (12.20%) Microservices
10 76 (11.31%) Front End Development
11 72 (10.71%) Software Engineering
12 60 (8.93%) User Experience
13 59 (8.78%) Computer Science
13 59 (8.78%) Roadmaps
14 53 (7.89%) Test Automation
15 52 (7.74%) TDD
16 50 (7.44%) OOP
17 46 (6.85%) AI
17 46 (6.85%) Containerisation
18 44 (6.55%) OO
Programming Languages
1 237 (35.27%) JavaScript
2 179 (26.64%) C#
3 163 (24.26%) SQL
4 109 (16.22%) Python
5 103 (15.33%) Java
6 79 (11.76%) TypeScript
7 50 (7.44%) PHP
8 23 (3.42%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.53%) C++
10 16 (2.38%) Go
11 13 (1.93%) Kotlin
11 13 (1.93%) Ruby
11 13 (1.93%) Scala
12 11 (1.64%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.19%) Delphi
13 8 (1.19%) Elixir
13 8 (1.19%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.04%) ANSI SQL
14 7 (1.04%) Swift
15 5 (0.74%) C
Qualifications
1 71 (10.57%) Degree
2 48 (7.14%) AWS Certification
3 42 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 41 (6.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 41 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.17%) Security Cleared
7 25 (3.72%) DBS Check
7 25 (3.72%) SC Cleared
8 20 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.30%) PhD
12 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.76%) QA
2 26 (3.87%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.89%) GDPR
4 3 (0.45%) WCAG
5 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.30%) SLA
6 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 80 (11.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (6.10%) Terraform
2 37 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.34%) Ansible
4 4 (0.60%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.45%) cPanel
5 3 (0.45%) Plesk
6 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.32%) Salesforce
3 22 (3.27%) Atlassian
4 21 (3.13%) Oracle
5 11 (1.64%) Google
6 10 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.04%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.04%) Splunk
8 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.60%) Adobe
9 4 (0.60%) JDA
9 4 (0.60%) Pega
9 4 (0.60%) WSO2
10 2 (0.30%) Dell
10 2 (0.30%) IBM
10 2 (0.30%) Infor
10 2 (0.30%) Informatica
10 2 (0.30%) Lotus
10 2 (0.30%) SAP
10 2 (0.30%) Xamarin