Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £55,100 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,089 596 2,424
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.53% 8.92% 16.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.29% 9.65% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 872 482 2,152
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,619 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 13,132 6,175 14,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.43% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,259 3,686 11,437
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £68,333 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £85,000 £79,760
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 19 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 19 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 -9 543 £60,000 +14.29% 192
Yorkshire +15 422 £53,750 +7.50% 125
North East +15 124 £56,850 +3.36% 70
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 276 (25.34%) JavaScript
2 268 (24.61%) Azure
3 255 (23.42%) AWS
4 237 (21.76%) .NET
5 214 (19.65%) Agile
6 212 (19.47%) Full-Stack Development
7 202 (18.55%) C#
8 189 (17.36%) CI/CD
9 173 (15.89%) SQL
10 172 (15.79%) Mentoring
11 163 (14.97%) Java
12 152 (13.96%) Git
13 151 (13.87%) CSS
14 148 (13.59%) DevOps
15 146 (13.41%) HTML
16 145 (13.31%) React
17 138 (12.67%) Microsoft
18 134 (12.30%) Python
19 127 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
20 116 (10.65%) Docker
21 114 (10.47%) Software Engineering
22 110 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
22 110 (10.10%) Serverless
23 106 (9.73%) GitHub
24 104 (9.55%) TypeScript
25 102 (9.37%) Front End Development
26 90 (8.26%) AWS Certification
27 88 (8.08%) Microservices
28 87 (7.99%) .NET Core
29 85 (7.81%) 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 (1.47%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.29%) CMS
3 12 (1.10%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.64%) OpenEdge
5 6 (0.55%) JBoss
6 5 (0.46%) WordPress
7 4 (0.37%) Appian
7 4 (0.37%) Confluence
7 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.28%) Apache
8 3 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.28%) nginx
9 2 (0.18%) CICS
9 2 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.092%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.092%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.19%) Visualfiles
2 11 (1.01%) Shopify
3 7 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.18%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.092%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.092%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.092%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 268 (24.61%) Azure
2 255 (23.42%) AWS
3 110 (10.10%) Serverless
4 106 (9.73%) GitHub
5 62 (5.69%) Amazon ECS
5 62 (5.69%) AWS Lambda
6 61 (5.60%) Amazon S3
7 60 (5.51%) SaaS
8 52 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 51 (4.68%) AWS Step Functions
10 43 (3.95%) Power Platform
11 36 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
12 34 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 26 (2.39%) Apigee
15 25 (2.30%) Amazon ECR
15 25 (2.30%) GCP
16 23 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (1.93%) Power Automate
18 20 (1.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (5.33%) Internet
2 10 (0.92%) Broadband
3 5 (0.46%) HTTP
4 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.18%) Intranet
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.092%) DNS
6 1 (0.092%) SSH
6 1 (0.092%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 54 (4.96%) DynamoDB
3 44 (4.04%) NoSQL
4 41 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.66%) MySQL
7 26 (2.39%) Power BI
8 16 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.37%) Data Vault
13 4 (0.37%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.28%) DB2
14 3 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.28%) Redis
14 3 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 152 (13.96%) Git
2 55 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.12%) GitLab
3 34 (3.12%) JIRA
4 26 (2.39%) Cypress.io
5 25 (2.30%) SonarQube
6 24 (2.20%) Maven
7 7 (0.64%) PHPUnit
8 4 (0.37%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.37%) Selenium
8 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.18%) JUnit
10 2 (0.18%) NUnit
10 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.18%) Subversion
10 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.18%) XCUITest
General
1 120 (11.02%) Social Skills
2 77 (7.07%) Finance
3 60 (5.51%) Multimedia
4 39 (3.58%) Law
5 36 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 30 (2.75%) Games
7 23 (2.11%) Marketing
8 21 (1.93%) Legal
9 18 (1.65%) Retail
10 13 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (1.10%) Banking
12 10 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.64%) Advertising
13 7 (0.64%) Electronics
14 4 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.28%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.28%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.28%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (21.76%) .NET
2 151 (13.87%) CSS
3 146 (13.41%) HTML
4 145 (13.31%) React
5 87 (7.99%) .NET Core
6 73 (6.70%) AngularJS
7 70 (6.43%) Node.js
8 67 (6.15%) ASP.NET
9 63 (5.79%) Spring Boot
10 51 (4.68%) RESTful
10 51 (4.68%) Vue
11 46 (4.22%) REST
12 44 (4.04%) Spring
13 39 (3.58%) Laravel
14 33 (3.03%) .NET Framework
15 31 (2.85%) Jest
16 27 (2.48%) Flask
17 26 (2.39%) ASP.NET Core
18 25 (2.30%) Blazor
19 24 (2.20%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 43 (3.95%) Mobile App
2 31 (2.85%) Cloud Native
3 29 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (1.84%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.19%) Legacy Code
8 11 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (0.92%) Social Media
10 8 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.55%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.55%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.55%) NHS
12 5 (0.46%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.37%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.28%) Hedge funds
14 3 (0.28%) IoT
14 3 (0.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.93%) Android
2 18 (1.65%) Apple iOS
3 9 (0.83%) Linux
4 6 (0.55%) Windows
5 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (19.65%) Agile
2 212 (19.47%) Full-Stack Development
3 189 (17.36%) CI/CD
4 172 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 148 (13.59%) DevOps
6 127 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (10.47%) Software Engineering
8 110 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (9.37%) Front End Development
10 88 (8.08%) Microservices
11 73 (6.70%) Clean Code
12 61 (5.60%) AI
13 57 (5.23%) Cybersecurity
14 56 (5.14%) Containerisation
15 49 (4.50%) SDLC
16 48 (4.41%) Design Patterns
17 47 (4.32%) TDD
18 45 (4.13%) User Experience
19 43 (3.95%) Business Intelligence
20 41 (3.76%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 276 (25.34%) JavaScript
2 202 (18.55%) C#
3 173 (15.89%) SQL
4 163 (14.97%) Java
5 134 (12.30%) Python
6 104 (9.55%) TypeScript
7 79 (7.25%) PHP
8 35 (3.21%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.20%) Bash
11 23 (2.11%) Groovy
12 7 (0.64%) C++
13 6 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.55%) Swift
13 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.46%) ANSI SQL
14 5 (0.46%) Delphi
15 4 (0.37%) VB
15 4 (0.37%) XAML
16 3 (0.28%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 90 (8.26%) AWS Certification
2 61 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 58 (5.33%) Azure Certification
4 57 (5.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 40 (3.67%) Degree
6 23 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 17 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 17 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (1.47%) AWS Certified Developer
9 15 (1.38%) Security Cleared
10 13 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.92%) SC Cleared
12 7 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.18%) HND
15 1 (0.092%) ACCA
15 1 (0.092%) CIMA
15 1 (0.092%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.092%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.84%) Accessibility
2 15 (1.38%) QA
3 4 (0.37%) SLA
4 3 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 116 (10.65%) Docker
2 7 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (4.13%) Terraform
2 35 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.20%) HP Fortify
4 10 (0.92%) Ansible
5 3 (0.28%) cPanel
5 3 (0.28%) Plesk
6 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.18%) Nagios
6 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.092%) Grafana
Vendors
1 138 (12.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.66%) Atlassian
2 29 (2.66%) Oracle
3 18 (1.65%) ServiceNow
4 12 (1.10%) Salesforce
5 8 (0.73%) Intapp
5 8 (0.73%) JDA
5 8 (0.73%) Pega
6 7 (0.64%) Progress
7 6 (0.55%) Cognos
7 6 (0.55%) IBM
8 5 (0.46%) UiPath
8 5 (0.46%) WSO2
9 4 (0.37%) Calypso
9 4 (0.37%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.37%) Sage
10 3 (0.28%) Foundry
10 3 (0.28%) Splunk
11 2 (0.18%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.18%) New Relic