Developer Jobs 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 21 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 5 17
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 949 2,906 2,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.11% 16.44% 12.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.84% 17.30% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 473 2,505 1,442
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,084 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -5.30% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +7.44%

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 10,739 16,793 15,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.99% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 12,972 8,107
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,025 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Developer 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 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 21 May 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 -20 722 £55,000 +4.76% 659
Yorkshire -28 176 £57,500 +15.00% 240
North East -24 51 £57,500 +15.00% 144
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 596 (62.80%) Agile
2 475 (50.05%) OOP
3 468 (49.32%) Java
4 456 (48.05%) OO
4 456 (48.05%) Docker
5 446 (47.00%) Python
6 441 (46.47%) Finance
7 429 (45.21%) Design Patterns
8 412 (43.41%) Security Cleared
9 411 (43.31%) Linux
10 407 (42.89%) Analytical Skills
11 402 (42.36%) Line Management
12 400 (42.15%) C++
13 397 (41.83%) Android
14 395 (41.62%) Android Development
15 394 (41.52%) Go
15 394 (41.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 393 (41.41%) Ansible
16 393 (41.41%) Mathematics
17 389 (40.99%) DV Cleared
18 388 (40.89%) VPN
18 388 (40.89%) DNS
18 388 (40.89%) Cyberattack
19 208 (21.92%) C#
20 194 (20.44%) JavaScript
21 191 (20.13%) SQL
22 190 (20.02%) SQL Server
23 185 (19.49%) Azure
24 184 (19.39%) .NET
25 176 (18.55%) Problem-Solving

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (3.58%) CMS
2 20 (2.11%) Umbraco
3 18 (1.90%) Confluence
4 8 (0.84%) WordPress
5 7 (0.74%) Apache
5 7 (0.74%) IIS
6 6 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.53%) nginx
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Kentico
10 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 18 (1.90%) Magento
2 10 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.74%) Shopify
5 4 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.21%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.11%) Odoo
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 185 (19.49%) Azure
2 116 (12.22%) AWS
3 48 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 35 (3.69%) Serverless
5 32 (3.37%) GitHub
5 32 (3.37%) SaaS
6 27 (2.85%) GCP
7 25 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.79%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.69%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.95%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 8 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (0.74%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (0.53%) Azure Functions
15 5 (0.53%) Azure Stack
15 5 (0.53%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 388 (40.89%) DNS
1 388 (40.89%) VPN
2 21 (2.21%) Intranet
3 10 (1.05%) Internet
4 8 (0.84%) Broadband
5 4 (0.42%) 5G
5 4 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.32%) HTTP
7 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.11%) RTP
7 1 (0.11%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (20.02%) SQL Server
2 70 (7.38%) MySQL
3 37 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (3.27%) Power BI
5 28 (2.95%) MongoDB
6 25 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 19 (2.00%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.16%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.95%) RDBMS
9 9 (0.95%) Redis
9 9 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (0.53%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.53%) Tableau
12 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.42%) OLAP
12 4 (0.42%) Power Query
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 57 (6.01%) Git
2 22 (2.32%) JIRA
3 11 (1.16%) webpack
4 10 (1.05%) Babel
5 9 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (0.74%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.63%) GitLab
7 6 (0.63%) Jasmine
8 5 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
9 4 (0.42%) Selenium
10 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.32%) JMeter
10 3 (0.32%) NUnit
11 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.21%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.21%) JDeveloper
11 2 (0.21%) JUnit
11 2 (0.21%) Maven
11 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 441 (46.47%) Finance
2 407 (42.89%) Analytical Skills
3 394 (41.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 120 (12.64%) Social Skills
5 33 (3.48%) Law
6 26 (2.74%) Marketing
7 24 (2.53%) Retail
8 17 (1.79%) Games
9 14 (1.48%) Back Office
10 13 (1.37%) Advertising
11 12 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.95%) Legal
12 9 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.95%) Public Sector
13 7 (0.74%) Automotive
14 4 (0.42%) Banking
15 3 (0.32%) Electronics
15 3 (0.32%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (0.32%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.32%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (19.39%) .NET
2 133 (14.01%) CSS
3 125 (13.17%) React
4 120 (12.64%) HTML
5 72 (7.59%) .NET Core
6 53 (5.58%) ASP.NET
7 48 (5.06%) REST
8 47 (4.95%) AngularJS
9 46 (4.85%) .NET Framework
9 46 (4.85%) RESTful
10 42 (4.43%) HTML5
10 42 (4.43%) jQuery
11 38 (4.00%) Node.js
12 31 (3.27%) Vue
13 25 (2.63%) ASP.NET Web API
13 25 (2.63%) WinForms
14 21 (2.21%) Entity Framework
15 20 (2.11%) Web Services
16 18 (1.90%) XML
17 17 (1.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 388 (40.89%) Cyberattack
2 30 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.53%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.11%) NHS
5 16 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.48%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.37%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.05%) CMDB
9 9 (0.95%) Algorithms
10 8 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.63%) Hedge funds
11 6 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (0.53%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.53%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.42%) Blog
13 4 (0.42%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.42%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 411 (43.31%) Linux
2 397 (41.83%) Android
3 12 (1.26%) Windows
4 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (62.80%) Agile
2 475 (50.05%) OOP
3 456 (48.05%) OO
4 429 (45.21%) Design Patterns
5 402 (42.36%) Line Management
6 395 (41.62%) Android Development
7 393 (41.41%) Mathematics
8 176 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (10.96%) DevOps
10 96 (10.12%) CI/CD
11 92 (9.69%) Full-Stack Development
12 84 (8.85%) Software Engineering
13 67 (7.06%) User Experience
14 64 (6.74%) Web Development
15 63 (6.64%) Front End Development
16 61 (6.43%) Microservices
17 57 (6.01%) Clean Code
18 52 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
19 51 (5.37%) Computer Science
20 47 (4.95%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 468 (49.32%) Java
2 446 (47.00%) Python
3 400 (42.15%) C++
4 394 (41.52%) Go
5 208 (21.92%) C#
6 194 (20.44%) JavaScript
7 191 (20.13%) SQL
8 90 (9.48%) TypeScript
9 70 (7.38%) PHP
10 51 (5.37%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.84%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.74%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.53%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.42%) Bash
14 4 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.32%) Groovy
15 3 (0.32%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.21%) C
16 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 412 (43.41%) Security Cleared
2 389 (40.99%) DV Cleared
3 113 (11.91%) Degree
4 36 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.69%) DBS Check
6 17 (1.79%) SC Cleared
7 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.42%) ACCA
8 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.42%) CIMA
9 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.21%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.74%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.00%) GDPR
2 19 (2.00%) WCAG
3 13 (1.37%) QA
4 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.11%) GRC
6 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 456 (48.05%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 393 (41.41%) Ansible
2 32 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.53%) Terraform
4 4 (0.42%) HAProxy
4 4 (0.42%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.32%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) cPanel
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
6 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 113 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.79%) Oracle
3 19 (2.00%) HP
4 13 (1.37%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.26%) New Relic
6 11 (1.16%) Adobe
7 8 (0.84%) Google
7 8 (0.84%) SAP
8 6 (0.63%) IBM
8 6 (0.63%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.63%) Splunk
9 4 (0.42%) Cognos
10 3 (0.32%) Sage
10 3 (0.32%) Twitter
10 3 (0.32%) VMware
11 2 (0.21%) ANSYS
11 2 (0.21%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.21%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.21%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.11%) Moogsoft