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 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 58 118
Rank change year-on-year -103 +60 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 156 480 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.66% 3.41% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 3.59% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 130 314 206
10th Percentile £53,625 £48,750 £48,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £52,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -10.34% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,184 13,389 8,259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 95.01% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 7,970 6,278
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 -79 104 £65,000 +8.33% 37
Yorkshire -62 45 £65,000 +8.33% 28
North East -34 9 £65,000 +20.93% 8
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 59 (37.82%) Agile
2 40 (25.64%) DevOps
3 39 (25.00%) AWS
4 38 (24.36%) Mentoring
5 37 (23.72%) .NET
6 34 (21.79%) C#
7 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (20.51%) CI/CD
8 31 (19.87%) Java
9 29 (18.59%) React
10 28 (17.95%) Social Skills
10 28 (17.95%) Test Automation
11 27 (17.31%) Azure
11 27 (17.31%) JavaScript
12 26 (16.67%) SQL
12 26 (16.67%) TypeScript
13 24 (15.38%) Roadmaps
14 23 (14.74%) Docker
14 23 (14.74%) Serverless
14 23 (14.74%) TDD
15 22 (14.10%) Python
16 21 (13.46%) SQL Server
16 21 (13.46%) Software Engineering
17 20 (12.82%) Finance
18 19 (12.18%) SDLC
18 19 (12.18%) AWS Lambda
18 19 (12.18%) Clean Code
19 18 (11.54%) Kubernetes
19 18 (11.54%) Salesforce
19 18 (11.54%) Marketing

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (2.56%) Confluence
3 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (1.28%) HCL Notes
4 2 (1.28%) IIS
4 2 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
5 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.28%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (1.28%) Magento
2 2 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.64%) Odoo
3 1 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.00%) AWS
2 27 (17.31%) Azure
3 23 (14.74%) Serverless
4 19 (12.18%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (9.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 14 (8.97%) SaaS
7 8 (5.13%) GitHub
8 6 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.56%) GCP
10 3 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.92%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.92%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.28%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.28%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.28%) HTTP
1 2 (1.28%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.97%) DynamoDB
3 8 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.21%) Power BI
4 5 (3.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.56%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.56%) GIS
5 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.92%) Data Hub
6 3 (1.92%) Metadata
6 3 (1.92%) MySQL
6 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.92%) SQL CLR
7 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (8.33%) Git
2 7 (4.49%) JIRA
3 2 (1.28%) NUnit
4 1 (0.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.64%) JUnit
4 1 (0.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.64%) Mocha
4 1 (0.64%) Mockito
4 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.64%) Selenium
4 1 (0.64%) Sinon.JS
4 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.82%) Finance
3 18 (11.54%) Marketing
4 11 (7.05%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.41%) Games
6 9 (5.77%) Back Office
7 8 (5.13%) Retail
8 5 (3.21%) Legal
9 3 (1.92%) Law
10 2 (1.28%) Banking
10 2 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.28%) Publishing
11 1 (0.64%) Cantonese Language
11 1 (0.64%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (23.72%) .NET
2 29 (18.59%) React
3 16 (10.26%) .NET Core
4 15 (9.62%) RESTful
5 12 (7.69%) AngularJS
6 11 (7.05%) ASP.NET
7 10 (6.41%) CSS
7 10 (6.41%) HTML
8 9 (5.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (5.77%) Blazor
8 9 (5.77%) REST
9 8 (5.13%) .NET Framework
9 8 (5.13%) Amazon Corretto
9 8 (5.13%) Node.js
9 8 (5.13%) Spring
9 8 (5.13%) Spring Boot
9 8 (5.13%) Web Services
10 7 (4.49%) Entity Framework
11 6 (3.85%) Kafka
12 5 (3.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.13%) e-Learning
1 8 (5.13%) Mobile App
2 5 (3.21%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.21%) IoT
2 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (1.92%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.92%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.92%) CMDB
4 3 (1.92%) Hedge funds
4 3 (1.92%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.28%) iPad
5 2 (1.28%) iPhone
6 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.64%) Life Science
6 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.21%) Android
3 4 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.82%) Agile
2 40 (25.64%) DevOps
3 38 (24.36%) Mentoring
4 32 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.95%) Test Automation
6 24 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 23 (14.74%) TDD
8 21 (13.46%) Software Engineering
9 19 (12.18%) Clean Code
9 19 (12.18%) SDLC
10 18 (11.54%) Process Improvement
11 17 (10.90%) User Experience
12 16 (10.26%) Business Analysis
12 16 (10.26%) Microservices
12 16 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
13 13 (8.33%) Front End Development
13 13 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
13 13 (8.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.79%) C#
2 31 (19.87%) Java
3 27 (17.31%) JavaScript
4 26 (16.67%) SQL
4 26 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 22 (14.10%) Python
6 8 (5.13%) Kotlin
6 8 (5.13%) Ruby
7 7 (4.49%) Go
8 6 (3.85%) PHP
9 5 (3.21%) Elixir
9 5 (3.21%) Scala
9 5 (3.21%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.92%) C++
10 3 (1.92%) Swift
11 2 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.64%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 15 (9.62%) DBS Check
2 11 (7.05%) Degree
3 7 (4.49%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.49%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.13%) QA
2 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (14.74%) Docker
2 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.97%) Terraform
3 3 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (11.54%) Salesforce
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.85%) Oracle
5 5 (3.21%) Splunk
6 4 (2.56%) AppDynamics
6 4 (2.56%) IBM
6 4 (2.56%) Moogsoft
7 3 (1.92%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.92%) Google
7 3 (1.92%) VMware
8 2 (1.28%) Infor
8 2 (1.28%) Lotus
9 1 (0.64%) Adobe
9 1 (0.64%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.64%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.64%) New Relic
9 1 (0.64%) PayPal
9 1 (0.64%) Sparx
9 1 (0.64%) Workday