Senior Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Developer
England > North of England

The median Senior Developer salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 167 61
Rank change year-on-year +104 -106 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 492 165 576
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.36% 1.75% 3.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.99% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 440 145 456
10th Percentile £49,000 £48,688 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,500 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,163
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -10.34%

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 19,732 8,311 16,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 88.25% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,386 4,463 12,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £79,158
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +79 259 £65,000 +4.00% 24
Yorkshire +52 161 £62,500 +2.04% 9
North East -1 72 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 116 (23.58%) AWS
2 96 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (18.50%) Azure
4 88 (17.89%) Java
5 87 (17.68%) CI/CD
6 81 (16.46%) Agile
7 79 (16.06%) DevOps
8 75 (15.24%) C#
9 73 (14.84%) .NET
10 69 (14.02%) JavaScript
11 61 (12.40%) SQL
12 60 (12.20%) PHP
13 56 (11.38%) TypeScript
14 55 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
15 51 (10.37%) Mentoring
15 51 (10.37%) Software Engineering
16 49 (9.96%) Microsoft
17 41 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (8.33%) Serverless
18 39 (7.93%) AI
19 37 (7.52%) React
20 36 (7.32%) GitHub
20 36 (7.32%) Laravel
21 35 (7.11%) Python
22 33 (6.71%) AWS Lambda
22 33 (6.71%) TDD
23 32 (6.50%) Clean Code
24 29 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
24 29 (5.89%) Docker
24 29 (5.89%) Git

Senior 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 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.81%) IIS
3 2 (0.41%) Anypoint
3 2 (0.41%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.41%) CMS
3 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.61%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 116 (23.58%) AWS
2 91 (18.50%) Azure
3 41 (8.33%) Serverless
4 36 (7.32%) GitHub
5 33 (6.71%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.49%) Power Platform
8 22 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
9 21 (4.27%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.25%) GCP
11 15 (3.05%) AWS Step Functions
12 14 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (2.44%) Boomi
14 12 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (2.24%) Power Automate
16 10 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (2.03%) PowerApps
17 9 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.61%) Firewall
1 3 (0.61%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.41%) HTTP
2 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.08%) MySQL
2 20 (4.07%) DynamoDB
3 18 (3.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (3.46%) Relational Database
5 16 (3.25%) Power BI
6 10 (2.03%) MariaDB
6 10 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.03%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.81%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) GIS
12 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.20%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 29 (5.89%) Git
2 15 (3.05%) Jenkins
2 15 (3.05%) JIRA
3 9 (1.83%) GitLab
4 5 (1.02%) PHPUnit
5 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.61%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.61%) fastlane
6 3 (0.61%) Maven
6 3 (0.61%) Postman
6 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Gradle
7 2 (0.41%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.41%) JUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.41%) Spock
7 2 (0.41%) Xcode
7 2 (0.41%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.41%) YouTrack
General
1 36 (7.32%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.30%) Finance
3 21 (4.27%) Banking
4 20 (4.07%) Retail
5 19 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.46%) Marketing
7 13 (2.64%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.24%) Law
9 8 (1.63%) Legal
10 6 (1.22%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.81%) Back Office
13 3 (0.61%) Publishing
14 2 (0.41%) Games
14 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.41%) Police
15 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Legal Technology
15 1 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (14.84%) .NET
2 37 (7.52%) React
3 36 (7.32%) Laravel
4 29 (5.89%) Spring
5 28 (5.69%) Node.js
5 28 (5.69%) Spring Boot
6 26 (5.28%) AngularJS
7 25 (5.08%) REST
8 22 (4.47%) CSS
8 22 (4.47%) HTML
9 18 (3.66%) Middleware
9 18 (3.66%) Vue
10 16 (3.25%) .NET Core
10 16 (3.25%) JSON
10 16 (3.25%) RESTful
11 15 (3.05%) SOAP
12 14 (2.85%) EDI
12 14 (2.85%) XML
13 12 (2.44%) ASP.NET
14 10 (2.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.07%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.25%) Enterprise Cloud
2 16 (3.25%) Mobile App
3 9 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.22%) Legacy Code
6 5 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.81%) Derivative
7 4 (0.81%) Educational Technology
7 4 (0.81%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.61%) IoT
8 3 (0.61%) NHS
9 2 (0.41%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.41%) CMDB
9 2 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.41%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.24%) Apple iOS
2 8 (1.63%) Android
3 6 (1.22%) Linux
4 2 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
2 87 (17.68%) CI/CD
3 81 (16.46%) Agile
4 79 (16.06%) DevOps
5 55 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (10.37%) Mentoring
6 51 (10.37%) Software Engineering
7 41 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (7.93%) AI
9 33 (6.71%) TDD
10 32 (6.50%) Clean Code
11 29 (5.89%) Microservices
11 29 (5.89%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.28%) Test Automation
13 25 (5.08%) Front End Development
14 24 (4.88%) Collaborative Working
15 20 (4.07%) B2B
15 20 (4.07%) Scrum
16 19 (3.86%) SDLC
16 19 (3.86%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 88 (17.89%) Java
2 75 (15.24%) C#
3 69 (14.02%) JavaScript
4 61 (12.40%) SQL
5 60 (12.20%) PHP
6 56 (11.38%) TypeScript
7 35 (7.11%) Python
8 16 (3.25%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.44%) C++
10 8 (1.63%) Swift
11 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.81%) Groovy
11 4 (0.81%) SOQL
12 3 (0.61%) Ruby
12 3 (0.61%) Rust
12 3 (0.61%) Scala
12 3 (0.61%) SOSL
13 2 (0.41%) Bicep
13 2 (0.41%) DataWeave
13 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (4.88%) SC Cleared
1 24 (4.88%) Security Cleared
2 15 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (1.22%) Degree
4 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.41%) HND
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.44%) TickIT
2 10 (2.03%) QA
3 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.02%) WCAG
5 3 (0.61%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (5.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 49 (9.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.85%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.83%) Splunk
4 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.02%) Dynatrace
6 3 (0.61%) Cognos
6 3 (0.61%) Google
6 3 (0.61%) IBM
7 2 (0.41%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.41%) Apple
7 2 (0.41%) Intapp
7 2 (0.41%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.41%) webMethods
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe
8 1 (0.20%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.20%) NEC
8 1 (0.20%) New Relic
8 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle
8 1 (0.20%) Pega