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 £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 169 59
Rank change year-on-year +98 -110 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 496 151 450
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.06% 1.57% 3.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.80% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 446 125 287
10th Percentile £49,000 £54,050 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 22,394 8,380 12,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 87.34% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 16,270 4,320 7,070
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £39,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,775 £78,525
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +70 260 £70,000 +7.69% 71
Yorkshire +42 139 £62,500 -3.85% 40
North East +18 97 £70,000 +7.69% 25
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 96 (19.35%) C#
2 95 (19.15%) AWS
3 93 (18.75%) Java
4 91 (18.35%) Agile
5 90 (18.15%) Azure
6 85 (17.14%) CI/CD
7 77 (15.52%) .NET
7 77 (15.52%) Full-Stack Development
8 63 (12.70%) Mentoring
9 62 (12.50%) DevOps
9 62 (12.50%) TypeScript
10 61 (12.30%) JavaScript
11 56 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (10.69%) Microsoft
12 53 (10.69%) SQL
13 52 (10.48%) Software Engineering
14 50 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 49 (9.88%) PHP
16 45 (9.07%) AI
17 44 (8.87%) Front End Development
18 43 (8.67%) React
19 42 (8.47%) Python
20 41 (8.27%) TDD
21 36 (7.26%) Docker
21 36 (7.26%) HTML
22 34 (6.85%) Serverless
23 33 (6.65%) CSS
24 32 (6.45%) Microservices
25 31 (6.25%) GitHub
25 31 (6.25%) 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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.01%) CMS
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.60%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (0.60%) IIS
3 3 (0.60%) Umbraco
3 3 (0.60%) WordPress
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.20%) Kentico
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 95 (19.15%) AWS
2 90 (18.15%) Azure
3 34 (6.85%) Serverless
4 31 (6.25%) GitHub
5 26 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
6 25 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.84%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.83%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
11 15 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.82%) AWS Step Functions
13 13 (2.62%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.42%) PowerApps
15 10 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (2.02%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
17 8 (1.61%) Boomi
17 8 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) HTTP
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
2 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.23%) MySQL
2 17 (3.43%) DynamoDB
3 15 (3.02%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.82%) Relational Database
5 11 (2.22%) MariaDB
6 10 (2.02%) Power BI
7 9 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.81%) Redis
11 3 (0.60%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.40%) GIS
12 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.20%) Chroma
13 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.44%) Git
2 12 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.02%) JIRA
4 8 (1.61%) GitLab
5 5 (1.01%) Maven
6 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.81%) 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 37 (7.46%) Social Skills
2 32 (6.45%) Public Sector
3 27 (5.44%) Finance
4 21 (4.23%) Retail
5 20 (4.03%) Banking
6 19 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.23%) Marketing
8 8 (1.61%) Legal
8 8 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.61%) Publishing
9 6 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.40%) Back Office
10 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.40%) Law
10 2 (0.40%) Police
10 2 (0.40%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.20%) Games
11 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (15.52%) .NET
2 43 (8.67%) React
3 36 (7.26%) HTML
4 33 (6.65%) CSS
5 31 (6.25%) Laravel
5 31 (6.25%) REST
6 30 (6.05%) AngularJS
7 29 (5.85%) Node.js
7 29 (5.85%) Spring
8 27 (5.44%) Spring Boot
9 21 (4.23%) .NET Core
10 19 (3.83%) RESTful
11 17 (3.43%) Middleware
12 16 (3.23%) React Native
12 16 (3.23%) Terraform
13 14 (2.82%) SOAP
14 12 (2.42%) Swagger
14 12 (2.42%) XML
15 11 (2.22%) ASP.NET
15 11 (2.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.04%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.43%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (2.02%) Online Gambling
4 10 (2.02%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.81%) Derivative
8 3 (0.60%) IoT
8 3 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.40%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.40%) CMDB
9 2 (0.40%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.40%) Legacy Code
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 10 (2.02%) Android
2 9 (1.81%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.21%) Linux
4 4 (0.81%) Windows
5 2 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.35%) Agile
2 85 (17.14%) CI/CD
3 77 (15.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 63 (12.70%) Mentoring
5 62 (12.50%) DevOps
6 56 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (10.48%) Software Engineering
8 50 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (9.07%) AI
10 44 (8.87%) Front End Development
11 41 (8.27%) TDD
12 32 (6.45%) Microservices
13 29 (5.85%) Clean Code
13 29 (5.85%) Test Automation
14 28 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
15 25 (5.04%) Collaborative Working
15 25 (5.04%) Roadmaps
16 23 (4.64%) API Development
16 23 (4.64%) Scrum
17 22 (4.44%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 96 (19.35%) C#
2 93 (18.75%) Java
3 62 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 61 (12.30%) JavaScript
5 53 (10.69%) SQL
6 49 (9.88%) PHP
7 42 (8.47%) Python
8 28 (5.65%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.42%) C++
10 9 (1.81%) Go
11 7 (1.41%) Apex Code
12 5 (1.01%) C
13 4 (0.81%) SOQL
14 3 (0.60%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.60%) Groovy
14 3 (0.60%) Rust
14 3 (0.60%) Scala
14 3 (0.60%) SOSL
14 3 (0.60%) Swift
14 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (3.63%) SC Cleared
1 18 (3.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (2.02%) Degree
3 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.60%) AWS Certification
4 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.63%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.02%) WCAG
3 14 (2.82%) QA
4 8 (1.61%) TickIT
5 6 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (7.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.64%) 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 53 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.44%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.81%) Splunk
4 7 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.01%) Dynatrace
6 4 (0.81%) NEC
6 4 (0.81%) 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%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle
9 1 (0.20%) Cognos
9 1 (0.20%) IBM
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.20%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.20%) YouTube