Pyramid Job Trends in the North of England

Pyramid
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Pyramid skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 284 270
Rank change year-on-year +24 -14 +156
Permanent jobs citing Pyramid 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.010% 0.021% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.094% 0.12% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,326 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -
England median annual salary £60,326 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.19% +13.04% -14.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

Pyramid falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,063 1,601 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.12% 16.93% 25.31%
Number of salaries quoted 866 962 1,516
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,313 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +3.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

Pyramid
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Pyramid relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Pyramid job vacancy trend in the North of England

Pyramid
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Pyramid.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Pyramid

Pyramid
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 Pyramid within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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 - 1 £60,326 -
Pyramid
England

Pyramid
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines