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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 143 75
Rank change year-on-year +65 -68 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 416 139 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.24% 1.89% 3.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 2.11% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 365 117 416
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,565
25th Percentile £58,500 £51,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -13.33%

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 17,145 6,599 15,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 89.77% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 11,138 3,822 12,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +68 229 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Yorkshire +21 141 £65,000 +8.33% 22
North East +3 46 £63,750 -8.27% 14
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 80 (19.23%) AWS
1 80 (19.23%) Azure
2 79 (18.99%) Full-Stack Development
3 68 (16.35%) Agile
3 68 (16.35%) CI/CD
4 67 (16.11%) .NET
5 65 (15.63%) Java
6 64 (15.38%) JavaScript
7 62 (14.90%) C#
8 60 (14.42%) SQL
9 59 (14.18%) DevOps
10 46 (11.06%) PHP
11 43 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (9.86%) Microsoft
13 40 (9.62%) Mentoring
14 39 (9.38%) TypeScript
15 36 (8.65%) React
16 35 (8.41%) Software Engineering
17 33 (7.93%) Serverless
18 32 (7.69%) Git
19 30 (7.21%) Front End Development
20 29 (6.97%) Node.js
21 27 (6.49%) GitHub
22 26 (6.25%) .NET Core
23 25 (6.01%) REST
23 25 (6.01%) Spring
23 25 (6.01%) Spring Boot
23 25 (6.01%) TDD
24 24 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
25 23 (5.53%) AWS Lambda

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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.72%) CMS
3 2 (0.48%) IIS
3 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.48%) WordPress
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.40%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.72%) Shopify
3 2 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.23%) AWS
1 80 (19.23%) Azure
2 33 (7.93%) Serverless
3 27 (6.49%) GitHub
4 23 (5.53%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
6 20 (4.81%) Amazon S3
7 17 (4.09%) Power Platform
8 16 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.61%) GCP
10 14 (3.37%) AWS Step Functions
10 14 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (3.37%) SaaS
11 12 (2.88%) Boomi
12 10 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.92%) Amazon ECR
13 8 (1.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 8 (1.92%) Apigee
14 6 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) HTTP
1 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.24%) Broadband
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.33%) DynamoDB
1 18 (4.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (4.09%) NoSQL
3 16 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.37%) Power BI
5 11 (2.64%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.40%) MySQL
7 8 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.72%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.24%) GIS
12 1 (0.24%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 32 (7.69%) Git
2 14 (3.37%) JIRA
3 12 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.20%) GitLab
4 5 (1.20%) PHPUnit
5 4 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.48%) Maven
6 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.48%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.24%) fastlane
7 1 (0.24%) JUnit
7 1 (0.24%) NUnit
7 1 (0.24%) Spock
General
1 29 (6.97%) Social Skills
2 26 (6.25%) Marketing
3 24 (5.77%) Finance
3 24 (5.77%) Retail
4 16 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.13%) Banking
6 10 (2.40%) Law
7 9 (2.16%) Legal
8 6 (1.44%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.44%) Retail Banking
9 3 (0.72%) Back Office
9 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.48%) Games
10 2 (0.48%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (16.11%) .NET
2 36 (8.65%) React
3 29 (6.97%) Node.js
4 26 (6.25%) .NET Core
5 25 (6.01%) REST
5 25 (6.01%) Spring
5 25 (6.01%) Spring Boot
6 23 (5.53%) CSS
7 22 (5.29%) Laravel
8 20 (4.81%) AngularJS
9 19 (4.57%) HTML
10 17 (4.09%) ASP.NET
11 14 (3.37%) Vue
12 13 (3.13%) JSON
12 13 (3.13%) Middleware
12 13 (3.13%) SOAP
12 13 (3.13%) XML
13 12 (2.88%) EDI
14 10 (2.40%) RESTful
15 7 (1.68%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.85%) Cloud Native
1 16 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
2 15 (3.61%) Mobile App
3 9 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.68%) NHS
6 6 (1.44%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.20%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.20%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.72%) IoT
9 2 (0.48%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.48%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.48%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.24%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.24%) Lidar
10 1 (0.24%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.24%) Sports Betting
10 1 (0.24%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.40%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.20%) Android
3 2 (0.48%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.99%) Full-Stack Development
2 68 (16.35%) Agile
2 68 (16.35%) CI/CD
3 59 (14.18%) DevOps
4 43 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (9.62%) Mentoring
6 35 (8.41%) Software Engineering
7 30 (7.21%) Front End Development
8 25 (6.01%) TDD
9 24 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (5.05%) Clean Code
10 21 (5.05%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (5.05%) Microservices
11 20 (4.81%) B2B
11 20 (4.81%) Test Automation
12 19 (4.57%) Roadmaps
13 16 (3.85%) API Integration
14 15 (3.61%) Release Management
15 14 (3.37%) CRM
15 14 (3.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.63%) Java
2 64 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 62 (14.90%) C#
4 60 (14.42%) SQL
5 46 (11.06%) PHP
6 39 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 21 (5.05%) Python
8 13 (3.13%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.68%) Swift
10 6 (1.44%) C++
11 3 (0.72%) Groovy
12 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.48%) Bash
12 2 (0.48%) Bicep
12 2 (0.48%) SOQL
13 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.24%) Scala
13 1 (0.24%) SOSL
13 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (4.09%) SC Cleared
1 17 (4.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.20%) DBS Check
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
4 3 (0.72%) Degree
5 2 (0.48%) HND
6 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.88%) TickIT
2 4 (0.96%) QA
3 2 (0.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (5.53%) Docker
2 9 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.40%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) cPanel
3 2 (0.48%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.48%) Plesk
Vendors
1 41 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 8 (1.92%) Intapp
4 2 (0.48%) Cognos
4 2 (0.48%) IBM
5 1 (0.24%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.24%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.24%) DevExpress
5 1 (0.24%) Google
5 1 (0.24%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle
5 1 (0.24%) Pega
5 1 (0.24%) Splunk