Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,033 647 2,372
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.38% 9.35% 16.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.15% 10.07% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 832 494 2,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,525
25th Percentile £46,055 £40,620 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -10.77%

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 12,668 6,422 13,832
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.78% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,895 3,606 11,251
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -10 518 £60,000 +14.29% 222
Yorkshire +14 403 £52,500 +5.00% 125
North East +7 112 £58,750 +11.90% 65
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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.

1 278 (26.91%) JavaScript
2 263 (25.46%) Azure
3 257 (24.88%) AWS
4 224 (21.68%) .NET
5 209 (20.23%) Agile
6 194 (18.78%) C#
7 192 (18.59%) Full-Stack Development
8 182 (17.62%) CI/CD
9 171 (16.55%) Mentoring
10 163 (15.78%) SQL
11 156 (15.10%) Java
12 155 (15.00%) CSS
13 153 (14.81%) Git
14 150 (14.52%) HTML
15 146 (14.13%) DevOps
16 145 (14.04%) React
17 134 (12.97%) Microsoft
18 131 (12.68%) Python
19 123 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
20 115 (11.13%) Docker
21 112 (10.84%) GitHub
22 108 (10.45%) Software Engineering
23 107 (10.36%) Serverless
24 105 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
25 102 (9.87%) TypeScript
26 100 (9.68%) Front End Development
27 90 (8.71%) AWS Certification
28 85 (8.23%) .NET Core
29 83 (8.03%) Microservices
29 83 (8.03%) SQL Server

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 16 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.26%) CMS
3 11 (1.06%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.68%) OpenEdge
5 5 (0.48%) JBoss
5 5 (0.48%) WordPress
6 4 (0.39%) Confluence
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) Appian
7 3 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.29%) nginx
7 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.19%) CICS
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.097%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.26%) Visualfiles
2 11 (1.06%) Shopify
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Magento
5 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.097%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.097%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 263 (25.46%) Azure
2 257 (24.88%) AWS
3 112 (10.84%) GitHub
4 107 (10.36%) Serverless
5 62 (6.00%) SaaS
6 60 (5.81%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (5.71%) Amazon ECS
7 59 (5.71%) Amazon S3
8 51 (4.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 49 (4.74%) AWS Step Functions
10 40 (3.87%) Power Platform
11 35 (3.39%) Amazon SQS
12 34 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (2.90%) GCP
14 26 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (2.32%) Apigee
16 23 (2.23%) Amazon ECR
17 19 (1.84%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (5.71%) Internet
2 6 (0.58%) Broadband
3 5 (0.48%) HTTP
4 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.19%) Intranet
5 2 (0.19%) SSH
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.097%) DNS
6 1 (0.097%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.03%) SQL Server
2 52 (5.03%) DynamoDB
3 46 (4.45%) NoSQL
4 38 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (3.29%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.71%) MySQL
7 22 (2.13%) Power BI
8 16 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.87%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.58%) Redis
12 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.39%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.39%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.29%) DB2
14 3 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.19%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 153 (14.81%) Git
2 55 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.39%) JIRA
4 33 (3.19%) GitLab
5 27 (2.61%) Cypress.io
6 24 (2.32%) Maven
6 24 (2.32%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.68%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.48%) Selenium
9 4 (0.39%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.29%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.29%) JUnit
11 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.19%) Subversion
12 1 (0.097%) Protractor
12 1 (0.097%) XCUITest
General
1 121 (11.71%) Social Skills
2 72 (6.97%) Finance
3 61 (5.91%) Multimedia
4 36 (3.48%) Law
5 34 (3.29%) Public Sector
6 28 (2.71%) Games
7 25 (2.42%) Marketing
8 21 (2.03%) Legal
9 16 (1.55%) Retail
10 13 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (1.16%) Banking
12 10 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.68%) Advertising
13 7 (0.68%) Electronics
14 6 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.39%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.29%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.29%) Local Government
16 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (21.68%) .NET
2 155 (15.00%) CSS
3 150 (14.52%) HTML
4 145 (14.04%) React
5 85 (8.23%) .NET Core
6 73 (7.07%) AngularJS
7 68 (6.58%) Node.js
8 63 (6.10%) ASP.NET
9 60 (5.81%) Spring Boot
10 51 (4.94%) Vue
11 47 (4.55%) REST
12 46 (4.45%) RESTful
13 42 (4.07%) Spring
14 36 (3.48%) Laravel
15 32 (3.10%) Jest
16 29 (2.81%) .NET Framework
17 25 (2.42%) Flask
18 24 (2.32%) Blazor
19 23 (2.23%) Gherkin
20 22 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.97%) Mobile App
2 32 (3.10%) Cloud Native
3 28 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 8 (0.77%) Client/Server
10 7 (0.68%) AI Agents
10 7 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.58%) NHS
11 6 (0.58%) Social Media
12 5 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.39%) IoT
14 3 (0.29%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.29%) Hedge funds
14 3 (0.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.65%) Android
2 13 (1.26%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.97%) Linux
4 6 (0.58%) Windows
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.097%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (20.23%) Agile
2 192 (18.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 182 (17.62%) CI/CD
4 171 (16.55%) Mentoring
5 146 (14.13%) DevOps
6 123 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (10.45%) Software Engineering
8 105 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 100 (9.68%) Front End Development
10 83 (8.03%) Microservices
11 67 (6.49%) Clean Code
12 58 (5.61%) Containerisation
12 58 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
13 53 (5.13%) AI
14 48 (4.65%) TDD
15 45 (4.36%) SDLC
16 42 (4.07%) User Experience
17 41 (3.97%) Design Patterns
18 40 (3.87%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (3.87%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 278 (26.91%) JavaScript
2 194 (18.78%) C#
3 163 (15.78%) SQL
4 156 (15.10%) Java
5 131 (12.68%) Python
6 102 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 73 (7.07%) PHP
8 31 (3.00%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.71%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.23%) Bash
11 22 (2.13%) Groovy
12 7 (0.68%) C++
13 6 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.48%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.48%) Delphi
14 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.39%) Swift
15 4 (0.39%) VB
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
16 3 (0.29%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 90 (8.71%) AWS Certification
2 62 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (5.81%) Azure Certification
4 58 (5.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 42 (4.07%) Degree
6 23 (2.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 18 (1.74%) Security Cleared
8 16 (1.55%) AWS Certified Developer
8 16 (1.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 16 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.36%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.26%) SC Cleared
11 8 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.19%) HND
14 1 (0.097%) ACCA
14 1 (0.097%) CIMA
14 1 (0.097%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.097%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.84%) Accessibility
2 15 (1.45%) QA
3 4 (0.39%) SLA
4 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 115 (11.13%) Docker
2 7 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (4.16%) Terraform
2 34 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.23%) HP Fortify
4 9 (0.87%) Ansible
5 3 (0.29%) cPanel
5 3 (0.29%) Plesk
6 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.19%) Nagios
6 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.097%) Grafana
Vendors
1 134 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.81%) Atlassian
2 29 (2.81%) Oracle
3 18 (1.74%) ServiceNow
4 15 (1.45%) Salesforce
5 8 (0.77%) Intapp
5 8 (0.77%) JDA
6 7 (0.68%) Pega
6 7 (0.68%) Progress
7 5 (0.48%) Cognos
7 5 (0.48%) Google
7 5 (0.48%) IBM
7 5 (0.48%) UiPath
8 4 (0.39%) Calypso
8 4 (0.39%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.39%) WSO2
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe
9 3 (0.29%) Foundry
9 3 (0.29%) Sage
9 3 (0.29%) Splunk