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 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 169 71
Rank change year-on-year +95 -98 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 445 134 499
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.38% 1.74% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.93% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 391 114 414
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £43,491
25th Percentile £57,500 £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 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,875
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 17,391 6,938 16,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 90.29% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11,775 3,722 12,798
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £39,736 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

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 15 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 15 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 +97 241 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Yorkshire +38 155 £65,000 +13.04% 29
North East 0 49 £60,000 -13.67% 12
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 91 (20.45%) AWS
2 85 (19.10%) Azure
3 83 (18.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 77 (17.30%) CI/CD
5 74 (16.63%) Agile
5 74 (16.63%) Java
6 70 (15.73%) JavaScript
7 68 (15.28%) C#
8 67 (15.06%) .NET
8 67 (15.06%) DevOps
9 61 (13.71%) SQL
10 50 (11.24%) PHP
11 45 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (9.89%) Mentoring
13 42 (9.44%) TypeScript
14 40 (8.99%) Microsoft
15 37 (8.31%) Software Engineering
16 36 (8.09%) React
16 36 (8.09%) Serverless
17 34 (7.64%) Git
18 32 (7.19%) Front End Development
19 29 (6.52%) Node.js
19 29 (6.52%) Spring
19 29 (6.52%) TDD
20 28 (6.29%) Clean Code
20 28 (6.29%) Docker
20 28 (6.29%) GitHub
20 28 (6.29%) REST
20 28 (6.29%) Spring Boot
21 27 (6.07%) .NET Core

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 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.90%) IIS
3 3 (0.67%) CMS
4 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.45%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.25%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.67%) Shopify
3 2 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 91 (20.45%) AWS
2 85 (19.10%) Azure
3 36 (8.09%) Serverless
4 28 (6.29%) GitHub
5 24 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
6 23 (5.17%) Amazon ECS
7 21 (4.72%) Amazon S3
7 21 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (3.82%) Power Platform
9 15 (3.37%) AWS Step Functions
9 15 (3.37%) GCP
10 14 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (3.15%) SaaS
11 12 (2.70%) Boomi
12 10 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.80%) Amazon ECR
13 8 (1.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 8 (1.80%) Apigee
14 7 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.45%) HTTP
1 2 (0.45%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) Broadband
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.27%) DynamoDB
2 18 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (3.60%) NoSQL
4 15 (3.37%) MySQL
5 14 (3.15%) Power BI
6 13 (2.92%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (1.35%) MariaDB
8 6 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.22%) GIS
11 1 (0.22%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (7.64%) Git
2 15 (3.37%) Jenkins
2 15 (3.37%) JIRA
3 9 (2.02%) GitLab
4 5 (1.12%) PHPUnit
5 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.67%) fastlane
6 3 (0.67%) Maven
7 2 (0.45%) JUnit
7 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.45%) Spock
7 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.45%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.22%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.22%) Gradle
8 1 (0.22%) NUnit
8 1 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 30 (6.74%) Social Skills
2 25 (5.62%) Finance
2 25 (5.62%) Retail
3 24 (5.39%) Marketing
4 19 (4.27%) Banking
5 17 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.25%) Law
7 9 (2.02%) Legal
8 8 (1.80%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.35%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.90%) Back Office
10 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.67%) Games
12 2 (0.45%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.06%) .NET
2 36 (8.09%) React
3 29 (6.52%) Node.js
3 29 (6.52%) Spring
4 28 (6.29%) REST
4 28 (6.29%) Spring Boot
5 27 (6.07%) .NET Core
6 24 (5.39%) CSS
7 23 (5.17%) AngularJS
7 23 (5.17%) Laravel
8 20 (4.49%) HTML
9 19 (4.27%) ASP.NET
10 16 (3.60%) Middleware
11 15 (3.37%) JSON
12 14 (3.15%) SOAP
12 14 (3.15%) Vue
13 13 (2.92%) XML
14 12 (2.70%) EDI
14 12 (2.70%) RESTful
15 9 (2.02%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.04%) Mobile App
2 16 (3.60%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.60%) Enterprise Cloud
3 10 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.57%) NHS
7 6 (1.35%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.12%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.12%) Hedge funds
8 5 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.67%) IoT
10 2 (0.45%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.45%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.22%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.22%) EPoS
11 1 (0.22%) Social Media
11 1 (0.22%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.47%) Apple iOS
2 6 (1.35%) Android
3 2 (0.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (18.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 77 (17.30%) CI/CD
3 74 (16.63%) Agile
4 67 (15.06%) DevOps
5 45 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (9.89%) Mentoring
7 37 (8.31%) Software Engineering
8 32 (7.19%) Front End Development
9 29 (6.52%) TDD
10 28 (6.29%) Clean Code
11 27 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (5.17%) Test Automation
13 21 (4.72%) Collaborative Working
13 21 (4.72%) Microservices
14 20 (4.49%) API Integration
14 20 (4.49%) B2B
14 20 (4.49%) Roadmaps
15 16 (3.60%) API Development
15 16 (3.60%) Release Management
16 15 (3.37%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.63%) Java
2 70 (15.73%) JavaScript
3 68 (15.28%) C#
4 61 (13.71%) SQL
5 50 (11.24%) PHP
6 42 (9.44%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.94%) Python
8 14 (3.15%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.80%) Swift
10 7 (1.57%) C++
11 5 (1.12%) Groovy
12 3 (0.67%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.67%) Bash
12 3 (0.67%) SOQL
13 2 (0.45%) Bicep
13 2 (0.45%) SOSL
14 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.22%) R
14 1 (0.22%) Scala
14 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (4.04%) SC Cleared
1 18 (4.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
3 4 (0.90%) Degree
4 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.45%) HND
6 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.70%) TickIT
2 5 (1.12%) QA
3 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.45%) SLA
3 2 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (6.29%) Docker
2 9 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.70%) Terraform
3 2 (0.45%) cPanel
3 2 (0.45%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.45%) Plesk
Vendors
1 40 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.15%) Salesforce
3 8 (1.80%) Intapp
4 4 (0.90%) Splunk
5 2 (0.45%) AppDynamics
5 2 (0.45%) Cognos
5 2 (0.45%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.45%) Google
5 2 (0.45%) IBM
6 1 (0.22%) Apple
6 1 (0.22%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.22%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle
6 1 (0.22%) Pega