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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 19 3
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,890 1,010 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.16% 11.00% 16.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.68% 12.48% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 520 2,593
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
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 19,524 8,093 17,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 88.13% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,218 4,311 13,393
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year +2.68% +6.67% -12.50%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +9 966 £55,000 -4.35% 156
Yorkshire +24 602 £55,000 -8.33% 99
North East +19 322 £55,000 +2.33% 69
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 July 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.

1 456 (24.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 371 (19.63%) .NET
3 338 (17.88%) Azure
4 332 (17.57%) Agile
5 330 (17.46%) SQL
6 328 (17.35%) C#
7 320 (16.93%) Java
8 274 (14.50%) AWS
9 263 (13.92%) Microsoft
10 261 (13.81%) CI/CD
11 259 (13.70%) DevOps
12 256 (13.54%) JavaScript
13 251 (13.28%) TypeScript
14 191 (10.11%) React
15 178 (9.42%) Software Engineering
16 173 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
17 160 (8.47%) Python
18 156 (8.25%) AngularJS
19 145 (7.67%) Front End Development
20 144 (7.62%) AI
20 144 (7.62%) Mentoring
21 140 (7.41%) Serverless
22 138 (7.30%) .NET Core
23 134 (7.09%) Microservices
23 134 (7.09%) PHP
24 131 (6.93%) Docker
25 125 (6.61%) HTML
26 124 (6.56%) CSS
27 123 (6.51%) ASP.NET
28 115 (6.08%) Node.js

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 25 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) CMS
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.58%) WordPress
5 6 (0.32%) IIS
5 6 (0.32%) OpenEdge
6 5 (0.26%) Appian
6 5 (0.26%) JBoss
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) CICS
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.053%) Apache
10 1 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.053%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.053%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.053%) Elementor
2 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (0.95%) Visualfiles
2 13 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.58%) Shopify
5 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 338 (17.88%) Azure
2 274 (14.50%) AWS
3 140 (7.41%) Serverless
4 106 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
4 106 (5.61%) Power Platform
5 104 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (5.19%) GitHub
7 93 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
8 82 (4.34%) Amazon S3
9 76 (4.02%) AWS CloudFormation
10 68 (3.60%) AWS Step Functions
11 63 (3.33%) SaaS
12 58 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
13 52 (2.75%) Power Automate
14 47 (2.49%) PowerApps
15 41 (2.17%) Amazon SQS
15 41 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 37 (1.96%) Amazon ECR
17 37 (1.96%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.79%) Internet
2 11 (0.58%) Broadband
3 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.053%) SSL
5 1 (0.053%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.053%) VoIP
5 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 92 (4.87%) SQL Server
3 81 (4.29%) MongoDB
4 79 (4.18%) DynamoDB
5 64 (3.39%) Power BI
6 49 (2.59%) MySQL
7 41 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 39 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.58%) MariaDB
16 11 (0.58%) Tableau
17 8 (0.42%) RDBMS
18 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
19 6 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 109 (5.77%) Git
2 80 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 47 (2.49%) GitLab
4 31 (1.64%) Cypress.io
4 31 (1.64%) JIRA
5 30 (1.59%) Maven
5 30 (1.59%) SonarQube
6 13 (0.69%) fastlane
7 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.37%) Xcode
9 6 (0.32%) Gradle
9 6 (0.32%) NUnit
9 6 (0.32%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.26%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.26%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.26%) Selenium
11 4 (0.21%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.21%) Spock
11 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 147 (7.78%) Finance
2 116 (6.14%) Social Skills
3 73 (3.86%) Law
4 57 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (2.96%) Retail
6 51 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.06%) Marketing
8 30 (1.59%) Banking
9 27 (1.43%) Games
9 27 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.32%) Legal
11 16 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 14 (0.74%) Advertising
13 12 (0.63%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.42%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.32%) Multimedia
17 4 (0.21%) Back Office
17 4 (0.21%) Tech for Good
18 2 (0.11%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 371 (19.63%) .NET
2 191 (10.11%) React
3 156 (8.25%) AngularJS
4 138 (7.30%) .NET Core
5 125 (6.61%) HTML
6 124 (6.56%) CSS
7 123 (6.51%) ASP.NET
8 115 (6.08%) Node.js
9 109 (5.77%) Vue
10 100 (5.29%) ASP.NET Core
11 98 (5.19%) RESTful
12 86 (4.55%) Spring Boot
13 82 (4.34%) REST
14 73 (3.86%) Spring
15 70 (3.70%) Laravel
16 65 (3.44%) Entity Framework
17 46 (2.43%) ASP.NET Web API
18 35 (1.85%) Gherkin
19 34 (1.80%) Blazor
19 34 (1.80%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.18%) Mobile App
2 61 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 38 (2.01%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 30 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (0.90%) Hedge funds
9 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 16 (0.85%) Social Media
10 15 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (0.63%) Legacy Code
12 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.48%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.42%) Contactless
13 8 (0.42%) EMV
13 8 (0.42%) Smartcard
13 8 (0.42%) Social Network
14 7 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.85%) Android
2 27 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.79%) Linux
4 6 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (24.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 332 (17.57%) Agile
3 261 (13.81%) CI/CD
4 259 (13.70%) DevOps
5 178 (9.42%) Software Engineering
6 173 (9.15%) Problem-Solving
7 145 (7.67%) Front End Development
8 144 (7.62%) AI
8 144 (7.62%) Mentoring
9 134 (7.09%) Microservices
10 103 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 95 (5.03%) Business Intelligence
11 95 (5.03%) TDD
12 93 (4.92%) Clean Code
13 75 (3.97%) Analytics
14 71 (3.76%) Web Development
15 70 (3.70%) SDLC
16 64 (3.39%) Workflow
17 62 (3.28%) Scrum
17 62 (3.28%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 330 (17.46%) SQL
2 328 (17.35%) C#
3 320 (16.93%) Java
4 256 (13.54%) JavaScript
5 251 (13.28%) TypeScript
6 160 (8.47%) Python
7 134 (7.09%) PHP
8 59 (3.12%) Kotlin
9 53 (2.80%) C++
10 42 (2.22%) Groovy
11 28 (1.48%) Bash
12 15 (0.79%) Swift
13 13 (0.69%) Rust
13 13 (0.69%) VB
14 12 (0.63%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.53%) Scala
16 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 76 (4.02%) Security Cleared
2 69 (3.65%) SC Cleared
3 53 (2.80%) Degree
4 36 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 22 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.11%) ACCA
14 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.11%) CIMA
14 2 (0.11%) HND
15 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 33 (1.75%) QA
3 18 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.63%) TickIT
5 11 (0.58%) WCAG
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.11%) PMO
7 2 (0.11%) SLA
8 1 (0.053%) GDPR
8 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 131 (6.93%) Docker
2 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (3.07%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.06%) Terraform
3 26 (1.38%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.11%) Kibana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
6 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.053%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.053%) Nagios
6 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 263 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.64%) ServiceNow
3 29 (1.53%) Salesforce
4 18 (0.95%) Google
5 17 (0.90%) IBM
5 17 (0.90%) Oracle
6 15 (0.79%) Cognos
6 15 (0.79%) Dynatrace
7 12 (0.63%) Apple
7 12 (0.63%) Sage
8 11 (0.58%) Splunk
9 8 (0.42%) AppDynamics
9 8 (0.42%) Facebook
10 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.37%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.32%) Pega
11 6 (0.32%) SAP
11 6 (0.32%) Sony
11 6 (0.32%) Yahoo!
12 5 (0.26%) Zoho