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 £69,305 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 163 56
Rank change year-on-year +96 -107 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 503 155 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.10% 1.66% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 1.91% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 453 129 303
10th Percentile £49,000 £53,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,692 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.44% +7.22% -8.77%

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 22,328 8,126 12,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 87.03% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16,250 4,341 7,582
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +77 267 £70,000 +7.69% 63
Yorkshire +41 143 £62,500 -3.85% 24
North East +10 93 £70,000 +7.69% 22
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 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.

1 102 (20.28%) AWS
2 97 (19.28%) Azure
3 95 (18.89%) Java
4 94 (18.69%) C#
5 91 (18.09%) Agile
6 83 (16.50%) CI/CD
7 79 (15.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 75 (14.91%) .NET
9 70 (13.92%) DevOps
10 65 (12.92%) TypeScript
11 63 (12.52%) Mentoring
12 62 (12.33%) JavaScript
13 58 (11.53%) Microsoft
13 58 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
14 57 (11.33%) SQL
15 51 (10.14%) PHP
16 50 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (9.74%) Software Engineering
18 43 (8.55%) React
19 42 (8.35%) AI
19 42 (8.35%) Front End Development
20 41 (8.15%) TDD
21 39 (7.75%) Python
22 36 (7.16%) HTML
22 36 (7.16%) Serverless
23 35 (6.96%) Docker
24 34 (6.76%) GitHub
24 34 (6.76%) REST
25 33 (6.56%) CSS
25 33 (6.56%) Laravel

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 12 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.99%) CMS
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.60%) IIS
4 3 (0.60%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.60%) WordPress
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Kentico
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 102 (20.28%) AWS
2 97 (19.28%) Azure
3 36 (7.16%) Serverless
4 34 (6.76%) GitHub
5 29 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.57%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (5.57%) Power Platform
7 21 (4.17%) Amazon S3
8 19 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (3.58%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (2.98%) AWS Step Functions
12 13 (2.58%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.39%) Boomi
13 12 (2.39%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.19%) GCP
15 10 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (1.99%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.80%) HTTP
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.17%) MySQL
2 19 (3.78%) DynamoDB
3 15 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.78%) Power BI
4 14 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.19%) MariaDB
6 7 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.80%) Redis
8 3 (0.60%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.40%) GIS
9 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 21 (4.17%) Git
2 14 (2.78%) JIRA
3 13 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.39%) GitLab
5 5 (0.99%) Maven
6 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.80%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.60%) Ant
7 3 (0.60%) Postman
7 3 (0.60%) Selenium
7 3 (0.60%) Storybook
7 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.40%) fastlane
8 2 (0.40%) Gradle
8 2 (0.40%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.40%) JUnit
8 2 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.40%) Xcode
8 2 (0.40%) YouTrack
General
1 40 (7.95%) Social Skills
2 29 (5.77%) Finance
3 28 (5.57%) Public Sector
4 27 (5.37%) Retail
5 24 (4.77%) Banking
6 22 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.98%) Marketing
8 9 (1.79%) Legal
9 8 (1.59%) Publishing
10 7 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.60%) Back Office
12 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.60%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.40%) Law
13 2 (0.40%) Police
14 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.20%) Games
14 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (14.91%) .NET
2 43 (8.55%) React
3 36 (7.16%) HTML
4 34 (6.76%) REST
5 33 (6.56%) CSS
5 33 (6.56%) Laravel
6 32 (6.36%) AngularJS
6 32 (6.36%) Node.js
6 32 (6.36%) Spring
7 30 (5.96%) Spring Boot
8 21 (4.17%) Middleware
9 20 (3.98%) .NET Core
10 19 (3.78%) RESTful
11 18 (3.58%) SOAP
12 16 (3.18%) Terraform
12 16 (3.18%) XML
13 15 (2.98%) EDI
13 15 (2.98%) JSON
13 15 (2.98%) React Native
14 12 (2.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.17%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.38%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (1.99%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.59%) Online Gambling
6 5 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.80%) Derivative
8 3 (0.60%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.60%) IoT
8 3 (0.60%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.40%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.40%) CMDB
9 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.40%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.19%) Android
2 10 (1.99%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.19%) Linux
4 4 (0.80%) Windows
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.09%) Agile
2 83 (16.50%) CI/CD
3 79 (15.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 70 (13.92%) DevOps
5 63 (12.52%) Mentoring
6 58 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (9.74%) Software Engineering
9 42 (8.35%) AI
9 42 (8.35%) Front End Development
10 41 (8.15%) TDD
11 32 (6.36%) Microservices
12 29 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
12 29 (5.77%) Roadmaps
13 28 (5.57%) Technical Leadership
13 28 (5.57%) Test Automation
14 27 (5.37%) Clean Code
15 24 (4.77%) API Development
16 23 (4.57%) API Integration
16 23 (4.57%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 95 (18.89%) Java
2 94 (18.69%) C#
3 65 (12.92%) TypeScript
4 62 (12.33%) JavaScript
5 57 (11.33%) SQL
6 51 (10.14%) PHP
7 39 (7.75%) Python
8 22 (4.37%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.39%) C++
10 7 (1.39%) Apex Code
10 7 (1.39%) Go
11 5 (0.99%) C
12 4 (0.80%) SOQL
12 4 (0.80%) Swift
13 3 (0.60%) DataWeave
13 3 (0.60%) Groovy
13 3 (0.60%) Ruby
13 3 (0.60%) Rust
13 3 (0.60%) Scala
13 3 (0.60%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 21 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 21 (4.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (1.79%) Degree
4 6 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.58%) Accessibility
2 15 (2.98%) WCAG
3 12 (2.39%) QA
3 12 (2.39%) TickIT
4 6 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.20%) GRC
5 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (6.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.40%) Packer
2 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.20%) logstash
3 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.57%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.79%) Splunk
4 7 (1.39%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 4 (0.80%) NEC
6 4 (0.80%) Sage
7 3 (0.60%) Adobe
7 3 (0.60%) Apple
7 3 (0.60%) Google
7 3 (0.60%) MuleSoft
7 3 (0.60%) webMethods
8 2 (0.40%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle
9 1 (0.20%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.20%) Cognos
9 1 (0.20%) IBM
9 1 (0.20%) New Relic
9 1 (0.20%) Pega
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore