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 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 639 1,434 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.56% 12.87% 14.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.52% 13.67% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 506 937 872
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,619 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,492 10,489 6,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.13% 94.16% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,962 5,441 5,258
10th Percentile £26,568 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -18 334 £60,000 +14.29% 397
Yorkshire -22 235 £51,250 +2.50% 227
North East -18 72 £50,000 -4.76% 74
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, 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.

1 234 (36.62%) JavaScript
2 232 (36.31%) Azure
3 203 (31.77%) AWS
4 189 (29.58%) Agile
5 179 (28.01%) .NET
6 168 (26.29%) Mentoring
7 165 (25.82%) C#
8 154 (24.10%) CSS
9 143 (22.38%) SQL
10 141 (22.07%) HTML
11 132 (20.66%) DevOps
12 123 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
13 118 (18.47%) Microsoft
14 115 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (17.84%) CI/CD
15 114 (17.84%) Git
16 112 (17.53%) React
17 111 (17.37%) Full-Stack Development
18 108 (16.90%) Python
19 98 (15.34%) Java
20 90 (14.08%) SQL Server
21 85 (13.30%) Clean Code
22 83 (12.99%) GitHub
23 80 (12.52%) Microservices
24 78 (12.21%) Docker
25 71 (11.11%) TypeScript
26 66 (10.33%) Front End Development
27 65 (10.17%) SaaS
28 64 (10.02%) Degree
29 60 (9.39%) Roadmaps

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 11 (1.72%) CMS
2 7 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.94%) OpenStack
3 6 (0.94%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.63%) Anypoint
4 4 (0.63%) Camunda
4 4 (0.63%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.47%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.47%) WordPress
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.31%) Drupal
6 2 (0.31%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.31%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 2 (0.31%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) InVision
4 1 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (0.47%) Magento
2 3 (0.47%) Shopify
3 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Odoo
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 232 (36.31%) Azure
2 203 (31.77%) AWS
3 83 (12.99%) GitHub
4 65 (10.17%) SaaS
5 51 (7.98%) Serverless
6 33 (5.16%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.76%) GCP
9 21 (3.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 16 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.35%) Amazon ECS
11 15 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.19%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (1.56%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.41%) AWS Step Functions
15 9 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.67%) Internet
2 5 (0.78%) WPA
3 4 (0.63%) HTTP
4 3 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.31%) Intranet
5 2 (0.31%) SSH
6 1 (0.16%) AMQP
6 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.16%) DNS
6 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (14.08%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.26%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (6.10%) MySQL
4 37 (5.79%) MongoDB
5 33 (5.16%) NoSQL
6 22 (3.44%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.97%) Power BI
8 14 (2.19%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (1.72%) Redis
11 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.94%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.94%) OLAP
12 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 114 (17.84%) Git
2 35 (5.48%) JIRA
3 24 (3.76%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.66%) GitLab
5 10 (1.56%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.94%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.94%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.78%) Maven
9 4 (0.63%) JUnit
9 4 (0.63%) Postman
9 4 (0.63%) Selenium
9 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.63%) webpack
10 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.47%) Xcode
11 2 (0.31%) gulp
11 2 (0.31%) Mockito
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 138 (21.60%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.14%) Finance
3 48 (7.51%) Multimedia
4 36 (5.63%) Marketing
5 27 (4.23%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.91%) Games
7 21 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.29%) Law
8 16 (2.50%) Retail
9 12 (1.88%) Legal
10 11 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.56%) Banking
12 8 (1.25%) Electronics
13 6 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.78%) Advertising
14 5 (0.78%) Back Office
14 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.31%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (28.01%) .NET
2 154 (24.10%) CSS
3 141 (22.07%) HTML
4 112 (17.53%) React
5 55 (8.61%) .NET Core
5 55 (8.61%) Node.js
6 52 (8.14%) ASP.NET
7 51 (7.98%) RESTful
8 46 (7.20%) REST
9 39 (6.10%) AngularJS
10 38 (5.95%) Spring
11 37 (5.79%) Spring Boot
12 35 (5.48%) .NET Framework
13 30 (4.69%) Vue
14 28 (4.38%) Blazor
15 17 (2.66%) ASP.NET Core
15 17 (2.66%) CSS3
15 17 (2.66%) HTML5
15 17 (2.66%) React Native
16 16 (2.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.16%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.01%) Mobile App
3 28 (4.38%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.56%) IoT
9 9 (1.41%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.10%) Clustering
10 7 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.94%) NHS
12 4 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.47%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.47%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.47%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.47%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.47%) Online Games
13 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.66%) Android
3 16 (2.50%) Windows
4 9 (1.41%) Linux
5 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (29.58%) Agile
2 168 (26.29%) Mentoring
3 132 (20.66%) DevOps
4 123 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (17.84%) CI/CD
7 111 (17.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 85 (13.30%) Clean Code
9 80 (12.52%) Microservices
10 66 (10.33%) Front End Development
11 60 (9.39%) Roadmaps
12 58 (9.08%) Software Engineering
13 52 (8.14%) Computer Science
14 51 (7.98%) Test Automation
14 51 (7.98%) User Experience
15 50 (7.82%) Containerisation
15 50 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
16 49 (7.67%) TDD
17 43 (6.73%) OOP
18 41 (6.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 234 (36.62%) JavaScript
2 165 (25.82%) C#
3 143 (22.38%) SQL
4 108 (16.90%) Python
5 98 (15.34%) Java
6 71 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 45 (7.04%) PHP
8 23 (3.60%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.66%) C++
10 16 (2.50%) Go
11 13 (2.03%) Scala
12 11 (1.72%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.72%) Ruby
13 10 (1.56%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.25%) Delphi
14 8 (1.25%) Elixir
15 7 (1.10%) ANSI SQL
16 6 (0.94%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 64 (10.02%) Degree
2 56 (8.76%) AWS Certification
3 49 (7.67%) Azure Certification
4 48 (7.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 48 (7.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (3.91%) DBS Check
5 25 (3.91%) Security Cleared
6 24 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (3.44%) SC Cleared
8 21 (3.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.25%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) PhD
12 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.54%) QA
2 22 (3.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.47%) WCAG
4 2 (0.31%) GDPR
4 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 78 (12.21%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (6.26%) Terraform
2 36 (5.63%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.41%) Ansible
4 4 (0.63%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.47%) cPanel
5 3 (0.47%) Plesk
6 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
7 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 118 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.23%) Salesforce
3 23 (3.60%) Atlassian
3 23 (3.60%) Oracle
4 10 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.25%) JDA
6 7 (1.10%) MuleSoft
7 6 (0.94%) Google
8 5 (0.78%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.78%) Splunk
9 4 (0.63%) Adobe
9 4 (0.63%) Pega
9 4 (0.63%) WSO2
10 2 (0.31%) Dell
10 2 (0.31%) Infor
10 2 (0.31%) Informatica
10 2 (0.31%) Lotus
10 2 (0.31%) SAP
10 2 (0.31%) SnapLogic
10 2 (0.31%) Xamarin