Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,398 965 2,736
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 7.77% 13.62% 16.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.45% 15.23% 17.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 493 2,397
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,855
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,800 £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 16,548 6,338 15,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 89.47% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,695 3,816 12,628
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -14 733 £57,500 +4.55% 176
Yorkshire +13 503 £57,500 +2.22% 96
North East +9 162 £60,000 +7.62% 59
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 294 (21.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 284 (20.31%) Azure
3 271 (19.38%) AWS
4 259 (18.53%) JavaScript
5 256 (18.31%) .NET
6 237 (16.95%) Agile
7 228 (16.31%) C#
8 223 (15.95%) Java
9 219 (15.67%) SQL
10 193 (13.81%) CI/CD
11 175 (12.52%) DevOps
12 163 (11.66%) Mentoring
13 161 (11.52%) Python
14 160 (11.44%) Microsoft
15 155 (11.09%) React
16 148 (10.59%) Git
17 139 (9.94%) TypeScript
18 137 (9.80%) CSS
19 133 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
20 132 (9.44%) HTML
21 128 (9.16%) Serverless
22 126 (9.01%) Software Engineering
23 119 (8.51%) Front End Development
24 117 (8.37%) Docker
25 110 (7.87%) GitHub
26 106 (7.58%) PHP
27 97 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
28 96 (6.87%) Microservices
29 94 (6.72%) .NET Core
30 92 (6.58%) AngularJS

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 20 (1.43%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.14%) CMS
3 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.64%) OpenEdge
3 9 (0.64%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.43%) JBoss
5 5 (0.36%) Appian
5 5 (0.36%) WordPress
6 4 (0.29%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) nginx
8 2 (0.14%) CICS
8 2 (0.14%) Confluence
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.072%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.072%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.14%) Shopify
1 16 (1.14%) Visualfiles
2 7 (0.50%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 7 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.072%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 284 (20.31%) Azure
2 271 (19.38%) AWS
3 128 (9.16%) Serverless
4 110 (7.87%) GitHub
5 91 (6.51%) AWS Lambda
6 83 (5.94%) Amazon S3
7 81 (5.79%) Amazon ECS
8 74 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 68 (4.86%) AWS Step Functions
10 64 (4.58%) SaaS
11 61 (4.36%) Power Platform
12 48 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
13 47 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
14 44 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 39 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
16 37 (2.65%) Apigee
17 36 (2.58%) Amazon ECR
18 29 (2.07%) Power Automate
18 29 (2.07%) PowerApps
19 26 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.22%) Internet
2 10 (0.72%) Broadband
3 5 (0.36%) HTTP
4 4 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.14%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) SSL
6 1 (0.072%) DNS
6 1 (0.072%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.65%) DynamoDB
3 52 (3.72%) NoSQL
4 46 (3.29%) Power BI
5 37 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.22%) MySQL
7 29 (2.07%) Relational Database
8 23 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.36%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.29%) Tableau
16 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.21%) Data Vault
16 3 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 148 (10.59%) Git
2 64 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.86%) GitLab
4 34 (2.43%) SonarQube
5 32 (2.29%) JIRA
6 31 (2.22%) Maven
7 30 (2.15%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.50%) PHPUnit
10 6 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.29%) NUnit
11 4 (0.29%) Selenium
12 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.14%) JUnit
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Subversion
13 2 (0.14%) XCUITest
General
1 110 (7.87%) Social Skills
2 92 (6.58%) Finance
3 50 (3.58%) Law
4 48 (3.43%) Multimedia
5 35 (2.50%) Public Sector
5 35 (2.50%) Retail
6 29 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (1.86%) Games
7 26 (1.86%) Marketing
8 22 (1.57%) Legal
9 20 (1.43%) Banking
10 10 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (0.57%) Advertising
11 8 (0.57%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.50%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.21%) Electronics
14 3 (0.21%) Local Government
14 3 (0.21%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (18.31%) .NET
2 155 (11.09%) React
3 137 (9.80%) CSS
4 132 (9.44%) HTML
5 94 (6.72%) .NET Core
6 92 (6.58%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.15%) Node.js
8 75 (5.36%) ASP.NET
8 75 (5.36%) Spring Boot
9 60 (4.29%) REST
10 59 (4.22%) Vue
11 55 (3.93%) RESTful
12 54 (3.86%) Laravel
12 54 (3.86%) Spring
13 37 (2.65%) .NET Framework
14 34 (2.43%) Jest
15 30 (2.15%) Gherkin
16 28 (2.00%) Flask
17 26 (1.86%) ASP.NET Core
18 22 (1.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (3.72%) Mobile App
2 38 (2.72%) Cloud Native
3 35 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (1.29%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
9 14 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.00%) Legacy Code
10 12 (0.86%) Data Structures
11 11 (0.79%) Social Media
12 9 (0.64%) Hedge funds
13 7 (0.50%) NHS
14 6 (0.43%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.43%) Educational Technology
15 5 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
16 4 (0.29%) Algorithms
16 4 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
16 4 (0.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.57%) Android
2 19 (1.36%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.72%) Linux
4 6 (0.43%) Windows
5 1 (0.072%) VMS
5 1 (0.072%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (21.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 237 (16.95%) Agile
3 193 (13.81%) CI/CD
4 175 (12.52%) DevOps
5 163 (11.66%) Mentoring
6 133 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (9.01%) Software Engineering
8 119 (8.51%) Front End Development
9 97 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (6.87%) Microservices
11 78 (5.58%) Clean Code
12 67 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
13 65 (4.65%) AI
14 57 (4.08%) SDLC
15 52 (3.72%) TDD
16 50 (3.58%) Web Development
17 48 (3.43%) Containerisation
18 46 (3.29%) Design Patterns
19 45 (3.22%) Cybersecurity
20 39 (2.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 259 (18.53%) JavaScript
2 228 (16.31%) C#
3 223 (15.95%) Java
4 219 (15.67%) SQL
5 161 (11.52%) Python
6 139 (9.94%) TypeScript
7 106 (7.58%) PHP
8 43 (3.08%) Kotlin
9 31 (2.22%) Groovy
10 30 (2.15%) Bash
11 13 (0.93%) C++
11 13 (0.93%) PowerShell
12 12 (0.86%) VB
13 7 (0.50%) Swift
14 6 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.29%) Bicep
15 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.29%) Delphi
16 3 (0.21%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (6.01%) AWS Certification
2 51 (3.65%) Security Cleared
3 49 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 45 (3.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 44 (3.15%) SC Cleared
7 31 (2.22%) Degree
8 23 (1.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.14%) HND
16 1 (0.072%) ACCA
16 1 (0.072%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.50%) Accessibility
2 16 (1.14%) QA
3 11 (0.79%) TickIT
4 7 (0.50%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.29%) SLA
6 2 (0.14%) WCAG
7 1 (0.072%) GDPR
System Software
1 117 (8.37%) Docker
2 9 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.072%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (3.29%) Terraform
2 34 (2.43%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.15%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.57%) Ansible
5 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.14%) cPanel
5 2 (0.14%) Kibana
5 2 (0.14%) Nagios
5 2 (0.14%) Packer
5 2 (0.14%) Plesk
5 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.072%) Grafana
Vendors
1 160 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.93%) Oracle
3 20 (1.43%) ServiceNow
4 14 (1.00%) Salesforce
5 12 (0.86%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.72%) IBM
7 9 (0.64%) Cognos
7 9 (0.64%) Sage
8 8 (0.57%) Intapp
8 8 (0.57%) JDA
9 7 (0.50%) Progress
10 6 (0.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.43%) Pega
11 5 (0.36%) UiPath
12 4 (0.29%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.29%) Calypso
12 4 (0.29%) DevExpress
13 3 (0.21%) Databricks
13 3 (0.21%) Foundry
13 3 (0.21%) Google