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 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 167 62
Rank change year-on-year +109 -105 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 511 135 642
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 1.64% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 1.85% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 452 118 523
10th Percentile £49,000 £44,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £75,000
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 18,880 7,292 18,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 88.48% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13,736 3,716 14,572
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £82,751 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +97 259 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Yorkshire +66 179 £62,500 +4.17% 5
North East +12 73 £70,000 -3.45% 5
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 108 (21.14%) AWS
2 96 (18.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (17.81%) Azure
4 85 (16.63%) Java
5 84 (16.44%) CI/CD
6 78 (15.26%) Agile
7 77 (15.07%) .NET
8 76 (14.87%) DevOps
9 73 (14.29%) JavaScript
10 71 (13.89%) C#
11 65 (12.72%) SQL
12 56 (10.96%) PHP
13 50 (9.78%) TypeScript
14 49 (9.59%) Mentoring
14 49 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (9.20%) Software Engineering
16 43 (8.41%) Microsoft
16 43 (8.41%) Serverless
17 37 (7.24%) React
18 34 (6.65%) Front End Development
18 34 (6.65%) GitHub
19 33 (6.46%) AI
19 33 (6.46%) TDD
20 32 (6.26%) AWS Lambda
20 32 (6.26%) Git
21 31 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
21 31 (6.07%) Spring
22 30 (5.87%) Clean Code
22 30 (5.87%) Docker
22 30 (5.87%) Node.js

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 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.98%) IIS
2 5 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.39%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
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 (1.76%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.59%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 3 (0.59%) Shopify
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.14%) AWS
2 91 (17.81%) Azure
3 43 (8.41%) Serverless
4 34 (6.65%) GitHub
5 32 (6.26%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (5.28%) Amazon ECS
6 27 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.70%) Amazon S3
8 22 (4.31%) Power Platform
9 18 (3.52%) AWS Step Functions
10 17 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.74%) GCP
12 13 (2.54%) SaaS
13 12 (2.35%) Boomi
14 10 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.57%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 8 (1.57%) Apigee
15 8 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.59%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) Broadband
3 1 (0.20%) HTTP
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.31%) MySQL
2 21 (4.11%) DynamoDB
3 18 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (3.33%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.94%) Power BI
5 15 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.54%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.96%) MariaDB
8 8 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.78%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.39%) GIS
13 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.20%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 32 (6.26%) Git
2 17 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.94%) JIRA
4 10 (1.96%) GitLab
5 5 (0.98%) PHPUnit
6 4 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.59%) fastlane
7 3 (0.59%) Maven
8 2 (0.39%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.39%) Gradle
8 2 (0.39%) JUnit
8 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.39%) Spock
8 2 (0.39%) Xcode
8 2 (0.39%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.20%) Jasmine
General
1 32 (6.26%) Social Skills
2 28 (5.48%) Finance
3 21 (4.11%) Banking
3 21 (4.11%) Marketing
3 21 (4.11%) Retail
4 19 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (1.96%) Law
5 10 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 8 (1.57%) Legal
7 6 (1.17%) Retail Banking
8 4 (0.78%) Back Office
8 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.59%) Games
10 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Police
11 1 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.07%) .NET
2 37 (7.24%) React
3 31 (6.07%) Spring
4 30 (5.87%) Node.js
4 30 (5.87%) Spring Boot
5 29 (5.68%) Laravel
6 27 (5.28%) REST
7 26 (5.09%) AngularJS
8 21 (4.11%) .NET Core
9 20 (3.91%) CSS
10 19 (3.72%) HTML
11 18 (3.52%) Middleware
12 17 (3.33%) ASP.NET
13 16 (3.13%) JSON
13 16 (3.13%) Vue
14 15 (2.94%) SOAP
15 14 (2.74%) RESTful
16 13 (2.54%) XML
17 12 (2.35%) EDI
18 10 (1.96%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.11%) Mobile App
2 20 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.17%) Legacy Code
8 5 (0.98%) Educational Technology
8 5 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.98%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.59%) IoT
11 2 (0.39%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.39%) CMDB
11 2 (0.39%) Derivative
11 2 (0.39%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.39%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.15%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.17%) Android
3 5 (0.98%) Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (18.79%) Full-Stack Development
2 84 (16.44%) CI/CD
3 78 (15.26%) Agile
4 76 (14.87%) DevOps
5 49 (9.59%) Mentoring
5 49 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (9.20%) Software Engineering
7 34 (6.65%) Front End Development
8 33 (6.46%) AI
8 33 (6.46%) TDD
9 31 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (5.87%) Clean Code
11 28 (5.48%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.09%) Test Automation
13 25 (4.89%) Microservices
14 21 (4.11%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (3.52%) API Integration
15 18 (3.52%) Scrum
15 18 (3.52%) SDLC
15 18 (3.52%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.63%) Java
2 73 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 71 (13.89%) C#
4 65 (12.72%) SQL
5 56 (10.96%) PHP
6 50 (9.78%) TypeScript
7 30 (5.87%) Python
8 16 (3.13%) Kotlin
9 11 (2.15%) C++
10 8 (1.57%) Swift
11 5 (0.98%) Groovy
12 4 (0.78%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.78%) SOQL
13 3 (0.59%) Bash
13 3 (0.59%) Ruby
13 3 (0.59%) Rust
13 3 (0.59%) Scala
13 3 (0.59%) SOSL
14 2 (0.39%) Bicep
14 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (4.11%) SC Cleared
1 21 (4.11%) Security Cleared
2 12 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (1.17%) Degree
4 5 (0.98%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.39%) HND
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.35%) TickIT
2 8 (1.57%) QA
3 5 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.39%) SLA
5 2 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (5.87%) Docker
2 9 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.94%) Terraform
3 2 (0.39%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 43 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 7 (1.37%) Intapp
3 7 (1.37%) ServiceNow
3 7 (1.37%) Splunk
4 4 (0.78%) Dynatrace
5 3 (0.59%) Cognos
5 3 (0.59%) IBM
6 2 (0.39%) AppDynamics
6 2 (0.39%) Google
7 1 (0.20%) Apple
7 1 (0.20%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.20%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle
7 1 (0.20%) Pega