Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £56,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 5
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,562 928 2,802
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.46% 12.14% 16.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.12% 13.46% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 456 2,449
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,500 £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 17,125 6,897 15,996
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 90.24% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,566 3,728 12,771
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 13 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 13 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 -5 823 £55,000 - 159
Yorkshire +18 535 £55,000 -2.22% 121
North East +18 204 £59,000 +4.42% 78
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 337 (21.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 297 (19.01%) Azure
3 293 (18.76%) .NET
4 267 (17.09%) AWS
5 263 (16.84%) Java
6 260 (16.65%) Agile
7 256 (16.39%) C#
8 254 (16.26%) SQL
9 248 (15.88%) JavaScript
10 216 (13.83%) CI/CD
11 204 (13.06%) DevOps
12 176 (11.27%) Microsoft
13 171 (10.95%) TypeScript
14 159 (10.18%) Python
15 155 (9.92%) React
16 151 (9.67%) Mentoring
17 136 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
18 135 (8.64%) Git
19 130 (8.32%) Docker
19 130 (8.32%) Serverless
20 129 (8.26%) Software Engineering
21 128 (8.19%) Front End Development
22 126 (8.07%) CSS
23 123 (7.87%) PHP
24 119 (7.62%) HTML
25 114 (7.30%) AngularJS
26 109 (6.98%) .NET Core
27 108 (6.91%) Microservices
28 100 (6.40%) SQL Server
29 99 (6.34%) 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 20 (1.28%) CMS
2 18 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.58%) OpenEdge
4 9 (0.58%) OpenStack
4 9 (0.58%) WordPress
5 6 (0.38%) JBoss
5 6 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.32%) Appian
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Apache
8 3 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.13%) CICS
9 2 (0.13%) Confluence
10 1 (0.064%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.064%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.064%) WildFly
Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.02%) Shopify
1 16 (1.02%) Visualfiles
2 9 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) Magento
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 297 (19.01%) Azure
2 267 (17.09%) AWS
3 130 (8.32%) Serverless
4 99 (6.34%) GitHub
5 94 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
6 89 (5.70%) Amazon ECS
7 85 (5.44%) Amazon S3
8 78 (4.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 69 (4.42%) AWS Step Functions
10 66 (4.23%) SaaS
11 65 (4.16%) Power Platform
12 63 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
13 45 (2.88%) Amazon SQS
14 42 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 41 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
16 39 (2.50%) Apigee
17 38 (2.43%) Amazon ECR
18 28 (1.79%) Power Automate
19 27 (1.73%) GCP
19 27 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.05%) Internet
2 10 (0.64%) Broadband
3 3 (0.19%) HTTP
4 2 (0.13%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.13%) Intranet
4 2 (0.13%) SSL
4 2 (0.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.064%) DNS
5 1 (0.064%) Firewall
5 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.19%) DynamoDB
3 52 (3.33%) Power BI
4 50 (3.20%) NoSQL
5 38 (2.43%) MySQL
6 35 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (2.18%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 25 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
10 23 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.38%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.38%) Tableau
15 5 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.32%) Power Query
15 5 (0.32%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 135 (8.64%) Git
2 74 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 47 (3.01%) GitLab
4 34 (2.18%) Maven
4 34 (2.18%) SonarQube
5 33 (2.11%) Cypress.io
6 29 (1.86%) JIRA
7 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.45%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.38%) NUnit
10 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.32%) fastlane
10 5 (0.32%) JUnit
11 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.26%) Spock
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.19%) Selenium
13 2 (0.13%) MSTest
General
1 110 (7.04%) Finance
2 97 (6.21%) Social Skills
3 55 (3.52%) Law
4 48 (3.07%) Retail
5 43 (2.75%) Public Sector
6 40 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (2.11%) Multimedia
8 32 (2.05%) Marketing
9 25 (1.60%) Banking
9 25 (1.60%) Legal
10 24 (1.54%) Games
11 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.51%) Advertising
12 8 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.45%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.26%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.26%) Back Office
14 4 (0.26%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.19%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (18.76%) .NET
2 155 (9.92%) React
3 126 (8.07%) CSS
4 119 (7.62%) HTML
5 114 (7.30%) AngularJS
6 109 (6.98%) .NET Core
7 96 (6.15%) Node.js
8 93 (5.95%) ASP.NET
9 84 (5.38%) Spring Boot
10 69 (4.42%) Spring
10 69 (4.42%) Vue
11 68 (4.35%) REST
12 66 (4.23%) RESTful
13 55 (3.52%) Laravel
14 43 (2.75%) ASP.NET Core
15 39 (2.50%) .NET Framework
16 35 (2.24%) Jest
17 32 (2.05%) Gherkin
18 26 (1.66%) Entity Framework
19 25 (1.60%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 62 (3.97%) Mobile App
2 45 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 23 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (1.34%) Product Ownership
7 21 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 15 (0.96%) Legacy Code
10 12 (0.77%) Hedge funds
10 12 (0.77%) Social Media
11 9 (0.58%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.45%) NHS
13 6 (0.38%) Contactless
13 6 (0.38%) Educational Technology
13 6 (0.38%) EMV
13 6 (0.38%) Smartcard
14 5 (0.32%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.47%) Android
2 20 (1.28%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.64%) Linux
4 4 (0.26%) Windows
5 1 (0.064%) VMS
5 1 (0.064%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (21.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 260 (16.65%) Agile
3 216 (13.83%) CI/CD
4 204 (13.06%) DevOps
5 151 (9.67%) Mentoring
6 136 (8.71%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (8.26%) Software Engineering
8 128 (8.19%) Front End Development
9 108 (6.91%) Microservices
10 92 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (5.76%) Clean Code
12 83 (5.31%) AI
13 71 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
14 61 (3.91%) TDD
15 60 (3.84%) SDLC
16 59 (3.78%) Web Development
17 48 (3.07%) Analytics
17 48 (3.07%) User Experience
18 47 (3.01%) Containerisation
18 47 (3.01%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 263 (16.84%) Java
2 256 (16.39%) C#
3 254 (16.26%) SQL
4 248 (15.88%) JavaScript
5 171 (10.95%) TypeScript
6 159 (10.18%) Python
7 123 (7.87%) PHP
8 47 (3.01%) Kotlin
9 38 (2.43%) Groovy
10 31 (1.98%) Bash
11 28 (1.79%) C++
12 16 (1.02%) VB
13 9 (0.58%) PowerShell
13 9 (0.58%) Swift
14 8 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.32%) Bicep
17 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 67 (4.29%) AWS Certification
2 61 (3.91%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.46%) SC Cleared
4 34 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (2.05%) Degree
6 31 (1.98%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.45%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.13%) HND
16 1 (0.064%) ACCA
16 1 (0.064%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.34%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.15%) QA
3 13 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.77%) TickIT
5 6 (0.38%) WCAG
6 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 2 (0.13%) SLA
7 1 (0.064%) GDPR
System Software
1 130 (8.32%) Docker
2 9 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.064%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (2.75%) Kubernetes
1 43 (2.75%) Terraform
2 30 (1.92%) HP Fortify
3 9 (0.58%) Ansible
4 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.13%) cPanel
4 2 (0.13%) Kibana
4 2 (0.13%) Nagios
4 2 (0.13%) Packer
4 2 (0.13%) Plesk
4 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 176 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.41%) Oracle
3 20 (1.28%) ServiceNow
4 17 (1.09%) Salesforce
5 11 (0.70%) Cognos
6 10 (0.64%) IBM
7 9 (0.58%) Sage
8 8 (0.51%) AppDynamics
8 8 (0.51%) Intapp
8 8 (0.51%) JDA
8 8 (0.51%) Splunk
9 7 (0.45%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.45%) Progress
10 6 (0.38%) Google
10 6 (0.38%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.38%) Pega
11 5 (0.32%) UiPath
12 4 (0.26%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.26%) Facebook
12 4 (0.26%) OpenAI