RAD Job Trends in the North of England

Rapid Application Development (RAD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring RAD 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 245 273 270
Rank change year-on-year +28 -3 +132
Permanent jobs citing RAD 16 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.14% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.15% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 16 13 1
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -33.33% +53.85%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -26.67% +36.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

RAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

RAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

RAD job vacancy trend in the North of England

RAD
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

RAD
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 RAD 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 +29 16 £52,500 +5.00% 4
RAD
England

RAD
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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 8 (50.00%) Lead
2 8 (50.00%) Lead Developer
2 8 (50.00%) Lead Software Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Senior
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Software Developer
4 3 (18.75%) .NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) .NET Software Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C# Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 16 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 16 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (18.75%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C#
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft