Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 21 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,663 923 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.63% 11.66% 16.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.28% 12.96% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 449 2,484
10th Percentile £39,542 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,200 £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 17,929 7,122 16,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 89.96% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,260 3,711 12,914
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,400 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -5 864 £55,000 - 157
Yorkshire +23 574 £55,000 -4.35% 114
North East +20 225 £59,000 +2.61% 68
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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.

1 356 (21.41%) Full-Stack Development
2 301 (18.10%) .NET
3 298 (17.92%) Azure
4 281 (16.90%) AWS
5 279 (16.78%) Java
6 265 (15.94%) Agile
7 261 (15.69%) C#
7 261 (15.69%) SQL
8 248 (14.91%) JavaScript
9 227 (13.65%) CI/CD
10 216 (12.99%) DevOps
11 181 (10.88%) TypeScript
12 176 (10.58%) Microsoft
13 168 (10.10%) Python
14 157 (9.44%) React
15 152 (9.14%) Mentoring
16 141 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
16 141 (8.48%) Software Engineering
17 138 (8.30%) Front End Development
17 138 (8.30%) Serverless
18 137 (8.24%) Git
19 136 (8.18%) Docker
20 130 (7.82%) PHP
21 126 (7.58%) CSS
22 120 (7.22%) AngularJS
23 118 (7.10%) HTML
24 114 (6.86%) Microservices
25 108 (6.49%) .NET Core
25 108 (6.49%) SQL Server
26 103 (6.19%) GitHub

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 19 (1.14%) CMS
2 16 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.54%) OpenEdge
4 9 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 9 (0.54%) WordPress
5 6 (0.36%) JBoss
6 5 (0.30%) Appian
6 5 (0.30%) IIS
7 4 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.18%) Apache
8 3 (0.18%) nginx
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.12%) CICS
9 2 (0.12%) Confluence
10 1 (0.060%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.060%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.060%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.02%) Visualfiles
2 16 (0.96%) Shopify
3 10 (0.60%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 7 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Magento
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 298 (17.92%) Azure
2 281 (16.90%) AWS
3 138 (8.30%) Serverless
4 103 (6.19%) GitHub
5 100 (6.01%) AWS Lambda
6 95 (5.71%) Amazon ECS
7 89 (5.35%) Amazon S3
8 83 (4.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 73 (4.39%) AWS Step Functions
10 69 (4.15%) SaaS
11 68 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
12 66 (3.97%) Power Platform
13 47 (2.83%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (2.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (2.41%) Apigee
15 40 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
16 39 (2.35%) Amazon ECR
17 28 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
18 27 (1.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 27 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.86%) Internet
2 10 (0.60%) Broadband
3 4 (0.24%) HTTP
4 3 (0.18%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.12%) Firewall
5 2 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.060%) DNS
6 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.11%) DynamoDB
3 53 (3.19%) Power BI
4 52 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 43 (2.59%) MySQL
6 37 (2.22%) Relational Database
7 36 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 29 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
11 23 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.54%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.42%) Tableau
17 6 (0.36%) Power Query
18 5 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
18 5 (0.30%) Star Schema
19 4 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 137 (8.24%) Git
2 79 (4.75%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.95%) GitLab
4 34 (2.04%) Cypress.io
4 34 (2.04%) Maven
4 34 (2.04%) SonarQube
5 30 (1.80%) JIRA
6 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.42%) fastlane
7 7 (0.42%) PHPUnit
8 6 (0.36%) NUnit
8 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.30%) JUnit
10 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.24%) Spock
10 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.18%) Xcode
General
1 114 (6.86%) Finance
2 97 (5.83%) Social Skills
3 57 (3.43%) Law
4 51 (3.07%) Retail
5 47 (2.83%) Public Sector
6 45 (2.71%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (1.92%) Marketing
7 32 (1.92%) Multimedia
8 27 (1.62%) Banking
9 25 (1.50%) Games
10 24 (1.44%) Legal
11 19 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.48%) Advertising
12 8 (0.48%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.42%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.30%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.30%) Back Office
15 4 (0.24%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.18%) Local Government
17 2 (0.12%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (18.10%) .NET
2 157 (9.44%) React
3 126 (7.58%) CSS
4 120 (7.22%) AngularJS
5 118 (7.10%) HTML
6 108 (6.49%) .NET Core
7 101 (6.07%) Node.js
8 89 (5.35%) ASP.NET
9 86 (5.17%) Spring Boot
10 74 (4.45%) Vue
11 73 (4.39%) REST
12 71 (4.27%) Spring
13 69 (4.15%) RESTful
14 56 (3.37%) Laravel
15 41 (2.47%) ASP.NET Core
16 37 (2.22%) .NET Framework
17 35 (2.10%) Jest
18 34 (2.04%) Gherkin
19 28 (1.68%) Entity Framework
20 26 (1.56%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 68 (4.09%) Mobile App
2 44 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (2.10%) Cloud Native
5 24 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (1.44%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
7 16 (0.96%) Hedge funds
8 15 (0.90%) Legacy Code
9 12 (0.72%) Social Media
10 9 (0.54%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.42%) Contactless
12 7 (0.42%) EMV
12 7 (0.42%) Smartcard
13 6 (0.36%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.36%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.56%) Android
2 22 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.60%) Linux
4 6 (0.36%) Windows
5 1 (0.060%) VMS
5 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (21.41%) Full-Stack Development
2 265 (15.94%) Agile
3 227 (13.65%) CI/CD
4 216 (12.99%) DevOps
5 152 (9.14%) Mentoring
6 141 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (8.48%) Software Engineering
7 138 (8.30%) Front End Development
8 114 (6.86%) Microservices
9 95 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 94 (5.65%) Clean Code
11 87 (5.23%) AI
12 73 (4.39%) Business Intelligence
13 66 (3.97%) TDD
14 65 (3.91%) SDLC
15 64 (3.85%) Web Development
16 51 (3.07%) Analytics
16 51 (3.07%) User Experience
17 50 (3.01%) Scrum
18 49 (2.95%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 279 (16.78%) Java
2 261 (15.69%) C#
2 261 (15.69%) SQL
3 248 (14.91%) JavaScript
4 181 (10.88%) TypeScript
5 168 (10.10%) Python
6 130 (7.82%) PHP
7 51 (3.07%) Kotlin
8 40 (2.41%) Groovy
9 35 (2.10%) C++
10 31 (1.86%) Bash
11 16 (0.96%) VB
12 10 (0.60%) Swift
12 10 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.54%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.36%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.30%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.30%) Bicep
16 4 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (4.03%) AWS Certification
2 62 (3.73%) Security Cleared
3 55 (3.31%) SC Cleared
4 33 (1.98%) Degree
4 33 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 29 (1.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 23 (1.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 23 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
13 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.12%) HND
14 1 (0.060%) ACCA
14 1 (0.060%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.38%) Accessibility
2 19 (1.14%) QA
3 15 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.72%) TickIT
5 6 (0.36%) WCAG
6 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 7816
7 2 (0.12%) SLA
8 1 (0.060%) GDPR
System Software
1 136 (8.18%) Docker
2 9 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.060%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 45 (2.71%) Kubernetes
1 45 (2.71%) Terraform
2 30 (1.80%) HP Fortify
3 9 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.12%) Kibana
4 2 (0.12%) Nagios
4 2 (0.12%) Packer
4 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 176 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 26 (1.56%) ServiceNow
3 22 (1.32%) Oracle
4 19 (1.14%) Salesforce
5 12 (0.72%) Cognos
6 10 (0.60%) IBM
7 9 (0.54%) Sage
7 9 (0.54%) Splunk
8 8 (0.48%) AppDynamics
8 8 (0.48%) Intapp
8 8 (0.48%) JDA
9 7 (0.42%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.42%) Google
9 7 (0.42%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.42%) Progress
10 6 (0.36%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.36%) Pega
11 5 (0.30%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.30%) SAP
11 5 (0.30%) UiPath