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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 19 3
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,889 966 3,249
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 9.24% 11.02% 16.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.79% 12.58% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,616 482 2,786
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 £67,500 £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 19,298 7,680 18,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 87.59% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,063 3,992 13,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +9 972 £55,000 - 109
Yorkshire +28 598 £55,000 -8.33% 83
North East +20 319 £57,500 +4.55% 57
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 June 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.

1 441 (23.35%) Full-Stack Development
2 365 (19.32%) .NET
3 334 (17.68%) Azure
4 324 (17.15%) C#
5 320 (16.94%) Agile
5 320 (16.94%) SQL
6 316 (16.73%) Java
7 271 (14.35%) AWS
8 260 (13.76%) CI/CD
9 256 (13.55%) DevOps
9 256 (13.55%) JavaScript
10 245 (12.97%) Microsoft
11 240 (12.71%) TypeScript
12 182 (9.63%) React
13 174 (9.21%) Software Engineering
14 167 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
15 162 (8.58%) Python
16 153 (8.10%) AngularJS
17 147 (7.78%) Front End Development
18 143 (7.57%) AI
18 143 (7.57%) Mentoring
19 141 (7.46%) Serverless
20 137 (7.25%) .NET Core
20 137 (7.25%) PHP
21 129 (6.83%) Docker
22 126 (6.67%) Microservices
23 123 (6.51%) HTML
24 122 (6.46%) CSS
25 120 (6.35%) ASP.NET
26 114 (6.03%) 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 24 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.01%) CMS
3 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.58%) WordPress
5 9 (0.48%) OpenEdge
6 6 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.26%) Appian
7 5 (0.26%) JBoss
8 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.053%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.053%) Apache
11 1 (0.053%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.053%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.053%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.053%) Elementor
3 1 (0.053%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.90%) Visualfiles
2 13 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 13 (0.69%) Shopify
3 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.11%) Magento
6 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 334 (17.68%) Azure
2 271 (14.35%) AWS
3 141 (7.46%) Serverless
4 107 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
5 99 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (5.13%) GitHub
6 97 (5.13%) Power Platform
7 95 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
8 83 (4.39%) Amazon S3
9 77 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 69 (3.65%) AWS Step Functions
11 67 (3.55%) SaaS
12 53 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
13 50 (2.65%) Power Automate
14 43 (2.28%) 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
1 100 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 91 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (4.24%) DynamoDB
4 72 (3.81%) MongoDB
5 59 (3.12%) Power BI
6 47 (2.49%) MySQL
7 41 (2.17%) NoSQL
7 41 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 28 (1.48%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.53%) MariaDB
16 9 (0.48%) Tableau
17 8 (0.42%) RDBMS
18 7 (0.37%) Star Schema
19 5 (0.26%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 112 (5.93%) Git
2 82 (4.34%) 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
10 5 (0.26%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.26%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.26%) Selenium
10 5 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.21%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.21%) JUnit
11 4 (0.21%) Spock
General
1 143 (7.57%) Finance
2 111 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 69 (3.65%) Law
4 56 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (2.81%) Public Sector
5 53 (2.81%) Retail
6 39 (2.06%) Marketing
7 29 (1.54%) Banking
8 28 (1.48%) Games
9 26 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (1.38%) Legal
10 14 (0.74%) Manufacturing
11 13 (0.69%) Advertising
12 11 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.48%) Multimedia
14 8 (0.42%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.37%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.21%) Back Office
17 3 (0.16%) Electronics
17 3 (0.16%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (19.32%) .NET
2 182 (9.63%) React
3 153 (8.10%) AngularJS
4 137 (7.25%) .NET Core
5 123 (6.51%) HTML
6 122 (6.46%) CSS
7 120 (6.35%) ASP.NET
8 114 (6.03%) Node.js
9 104 (5.51%) Vue
10 95 (5.03%) RESTful
11 89 (4.71%) ASP.NET Core
12 85 (4.50%) Spring Boot
13 84 (4.45%) REST
14 72 (3.81%) Spring
15 68 (3.60%) Laravel
16 59 (3.12%) Entity Framework
17 41 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
18 35 (1.85%) Gherkin
19 33 (1.75%) Jest
20 32 (1.69%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.34%) Mobile App
2 57 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
3 37 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 35 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 31 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (0.90%) Hedge funds
10 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
10 16 (0.85%) Social Media
11 12 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (0.64%) Legacy Code
12 9 (0.48%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.42%) Contactless
13 8 (0.42%) Data Structures
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
1 441 (23.35%) Full-Stack Development
2 320 (16.94%) Agile
3 260 (13.76%) CI/CD
4 256 (13.55%) DevOps
5 174 (9.21%) Software Engineering
6 167 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (7.78%) Front End Development
8 143 (7.57%) AI
8 143 (7.57%) Mentoring
9 126 (6.67%) Microservices
10 102 (5.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (5.08%) Clean Code
12 89 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
12 89 (4.71%) TDD
13 74 (3.92%) Analytics
14 73 (3.86%) Web Development
15 71 (3.76%) SDLC
16 62 (3.28%) Scrum
16 62 (3.28%) Workflow
17 60 (3.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 324 (17.15%) C#
2 320 (16.94%) SQL
3 316 (16.73%) Java
4 256 (13.55%) JavaScript
5 240 (12.71%) TypeScript
6 162 (8.58%) Python
7 137 (7.25%) PHP
8 60 (3.18%) Kotlin
9 55 (2.91%) C++
10 42 (2.22%) Groovy
11 28 (1.48%) Bash
12 15 (0.79%) Swift
13 14 (0.74%) VB
14 13 (0.69%) Rust
15 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.48%) Scala
17 7 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 75 (3.97%) Security Cleared
2 68 (3.60%) SC Cleared
3 51 (2.70%) Degree
4 36 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 22 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 14 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.11%) ACCA
13 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.11%) CIMA
13 2 (0.11%) HND
14 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 32 (1.69%) QA
3 18 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.64%) 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
1 129 (6.83%) Docker
2 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.21%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (2.91%) 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
1 245 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.54%) ServiceNow
3 28 (1.48%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.01%) Oracle
5 17 (0.90%) Google
6 16 (0.85%) IBM
7 15 (0.79%) Cognos
7 15 (0.79%) Dynatrace
8 12 (0.64%) Apple
8 12 (0.64%) Sage
9 11 (0.58%) Splunk
10 8 (0.42%) AppDynamics
10 8 (0.42%) Facebook
11 7 (0.37%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.37%) Progress
12 6 (0.32%) Intapp
12 6 (0.32%) Pega
12 6 (0.32%) SAP
12 6 (0.32%) Sony
12 6 (0.32%) Yahoo!