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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 21 5
Rank change year-on-year +12 -16 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,717 886 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.72% 11.46% 16.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.36% 12.78% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,456 408 2,578
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 18,335 6,931 16,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 89.64% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,647 3,429 13,200
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% +3.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 27 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 27 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 -3 891 £55,000 - 142
Yorkshire +21 582 £55,000 -8.33% 94
North East +24 244 £57,500 +1.77% 60
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 370 (21.55%) Full-Stack Development
2 308 (17.94%) .NET
3 305 (17.76%) Azure
4 291 (16.95%) Java
5 283 (16.48%) AWS
6 274 (15.96%) Agile
7 267 (15.55%) SQL
8 266 (15.49%) C#
9 260 (15.14%) JavaScript
10 240 (13.98%) CI/CD
11 221 (12.87%) DevOps
12 195 (11.36%) TypeScript
13 184 (10.72%) Microsoft
14 172 (10.02%) Python
15 163 (9.49%) React
16 155 (9.03%) Mentoring
17 151 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
18 146 (8.50%) Serverless
19 145 (8.44%) Front End Development
19 145 (8.44%) Software Engineering
20 136 (7.92%) Docker
20 136 (7.92%) Git
21 130 (7.57%) PHP
22 129 (7.51%) CSS
23 125 (7.28%) AngularJS
24 120 (6.99%) HTML
25 119 (6.93%) Microservices
26 112 (6.52%) SQL Server
27 111 (6.46%) .NET Core
28 104 (6.06%) 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 21 (1.22%) CMS
2 17 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.70%) WordPress
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.52%) OpenEdge
5 9 (0.52%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.35%) JBoss
7 5 (0.29%) Appian
7 5 (0.29%) IIS
8 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) Apache
9 3 (0.17%) Confluence
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.058%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.058%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.058%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.05%) Visualfiles
2 16 (0.93%) Shopify
3 10 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.12%) Magento
7 2 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 305 (17.76%) Azure
2 283 (16.48%) AWS
3 146 (8.50%) Serverless
4 103 (6.00%) GitHub
5 102 (5.94%) AWS Lambda
6 95 (5.53%) Amazon ECS
7 89 (5.18%) Amazon S3
8 84 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 73 (4.25%) AWS Step Functions
9 73 (4.25%) Power Platform
10 72 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (4.02%) SaaS
12 49 (2.85%) Amazon SQS
13 44 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 44 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
14 40 (2.33%) Apigee
15 39 (2.27%) Amazon ECR
16 33 (1.92%) Power Automate
17 29 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
18 28 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.63%) Internet
2 11 (0.64%) Broadband
3 4 (0.23%) HTTP
4 3 (0.17%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.12%) Firewall
5 2 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.058%) VoIP
6 1 (0.058%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.89%) DynamoDB
3 55 (3.20%) Power BI
4 51 (2.97%) NoSQL
5 44 (2.56%) MySQL
6 38 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (2.21%) Relational Database
7 35 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (1.46%) MongoDB
11 16 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.58%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.47%) Tableau
16 6 (0.35%) Power Query
16 6 (0.35%) Star Schema
17 5 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 136 (7.92%) Git
2 80 (4.66%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.85%) GitLab
4 34 (1.98%) Cypress.io
5 33 (1.92%) JIRA
5 33 (1.92%) Maven
5 33 (1.92%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.47%) fastlane
8 7 (0.41%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.35%) NUnit
9 6 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.29%) JUnit
11 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.23%) Spock
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.17%) Android Studio
12 3 (0.17%) Crashlytics
12 3 (0.17%) Gradle
General
1 117 (6.81%) Finance
2 107 (6.23%) Social Skills
3 62 (3.61%) Law
4 52 (3.03%) Retail
5 48 (2.80%) Public Sector
6 47 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (2.21%) Marketing
8 29 (1.69%) Multimedia
9 27 (1.57%) Banking
10 26 (1.51%) Games
11 25 (1.46%) Legal
12 19 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.47%) Advertising
13 8 (0.47%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.41%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.23%) Back Office
15 4 (0.23%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.23%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.17%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (17.94%) .NET
2 163 (9.49%) React
3 129 (7.51%) CSS
4 125 (7.28%) AngularJS
5 120 (6.99%) HTML
6 111 (6.46%) .NET Core
7 104 (6.06%) Node.js
8 90 (5.24%) ASP.NET
9 87 (5.07%) Spring Boot
10 79 (4.60%) REST
11 78 (4.54%) Vue
12 72 (4.19%) Spring
13 69 (4.02%) RESTful
14 57 (3.32%) Laravel
15 42 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
16 38 (2.21%) .NET Framework
17 35 (2.04%) Gherkin
17 35 (2.04%) Jest
18 32 (1.86%) Entity Framework
19 27 (1.57%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 71 (4.14%) Mobile App
2 45 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
3 38 (2.21%) Cloud Native
4 37 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (1.46%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (0.99%) Hedge funds
8 16 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
9 13 (0.76%) Legacy Code
10 12 (0.70%) Social Media
11 9 (0.52%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.47%) Contactless
12 8 (0.47%) EMV
12 8 (0.47%) Smartcard
13 7 (0.41%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.41%) IoT
13 7 (0.41%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.35%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (1.69%) Android
2 24 (1.40%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.58%) Linux
4 5 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (21.55%) Full-Stack Development
2 274 (15.96%) Agile
3 240 (13.98%) CI/CD
4 221 (12.87%) DevOps
5 155 (9.03%) Mentoring
6 151 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
7 145 (8.44%) Front End Development
7 145 (8.44%) Software Engineering
8 119 (6.93%) Microservices
9 98 (5.71%) Clean Code
9 98 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 94 (5.47%) AI
11 76 (4.43%) Business Intelligence
12 70 (4.08%) TDD
13 69 (4.02%) SDLC
14 67 (3.90%) Web Development
15 56 (3.26%) Test Automation
16 54 (3.15%) Analytics
16 54 (3.15%) Scrum
16 54 (3.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 291 (16.95%) Java
2 267 (15.55%) SQL
3 266 (15.49%) C#
4 260 (15.14%) JavaScript
5 195 (11.36%) TypeScript
6 172 (10.02%) Python
7 130 (7.57%) PHP
8 54 (3.15%) Kotlin
9 42 (2.45%) Groovy
10 41 (2.39%) C++
11 31 (1.81%) Bash
12 16 (0.93%) VB
13 12 (0.70%) Swift
14 11 (0.64%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.52%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.47%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.41%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.29%) Bicep
18 5 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 64 (3.73%) Security Cleared
2 62 (3.61%) AWS Certification
3 57 (3.32%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.21%) Degree
5 31 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (1.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.41%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.12%) HND
15 1 (0.058%) ACCA
15 1 (0.058%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (1.46%) Accessibility
1 25 (1.46%) QA
2 16 (0.93%) Data Quality
3 12 (0.70%) TickIT
4 6 (0.35%) WCAG
5 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 2 (0.12%) PMO
6 2 (0.12%) SLA
7 1 (0.058%) GDPR
System Software
1 136 (7.92%) Docker
2 9 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.058%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.56%) Terraform
3 29 (1.69%) HP Fortify
4 8 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.12%) Kibana
5 2 (0.12%) Nagios
5 2 (0.12%) Packer
5 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 184 (10.72%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.57%) ServiceNow
3 23 (1.34%) Oracle
3 23 (1.34%) Salesforce
4 12 (0.70%) Cognos
5 10 (0.58%) IBM
5 10 (0.58%) Splunk
6 9 (0.52%) Sage
7 8 (0.47%) AppDynamics
7 8 (0.47%) Intapp
8 7 (0.41%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.41%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.41%) Google
8 7 (0.41%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.41%) Progress
9 6 (0.35%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.35%) Pega
10 5 (0.29%) Apple
10 5 (0.29%) SAP
10 5 (0.29%) UiPath