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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 157 59
Rank change year-on-year +89 -98 +34
Permanent Senior Developer jobs 519 149 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.15% 1.63% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 1.86% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 461 124 272
10th Percentile £49,000 £55,000 £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 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £79,700 £72,500
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 adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title 22,239 8,008 12,068
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.99% 87.71% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16,182 4,450 6,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,999 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% -4.17%

Senior Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Developer job postings 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 Senior Developer jobs in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 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 Senior Developer jobs within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North West +71 261 £67,500 +3.85% 53
Yorkshire +49 152 £65,000 -7.14% 27
North East +22 106 £75,000 +15.38% 21
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Senior Developer job ads cited 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 Senior Developer job ads across the North of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#21.2%110
2.NET19.7%102
3Agile18.9%98
4CI/CD18.7%97
5Azure17.9%93
6Full-Stack Development17.5%91
6Java17.5%91
8AWS17.3%90
9DevOps13.3%69
10JavaScript12.7%66
11Mentoring12.3%64
11TypeScript12.3%64
13Problem-Solving12.1%63
14Python11.6%60
15Software Engineering11.4%59
16Continuous Improvement11.2%58
17Microsoft10.2%53
18AI10.0%52
18SQL10.0%52
20TDD9.4%49
21React9.2%48
22Front End Development8.7%45
23PHP8.5%44
24Docker7.9%41
25Test Automation7.7%40
26HTML7.5%39
27Kotlin7.1%37
28CSS6.7%35
29Technical Leadership6.4%33
30Serverless6.2%32

Senior Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Software Developer23.5%122
2Software Developer22.5%117
3Senior Full-Stack Developer11.8%61
4Senior Java Developer10.8%56
5Senior .NET Developer10.4%54
6Senior Front-End Developer6.7%35
7Senior C# Developer5.6%29
8Senior Python Developer4.4%23
9Senior React Developer3.3%17
9Senior Salesforce Developer3.3%17
11Microsoft 365 Developer3.1%16
11Senior Systems Developer3.1%16
13Senior Backend Developer2.9%15
13Senior C# Software Developer2.9%15
15Angular Developer2.3%12
15Senior C++ Developer2.3%12
17Senior Consultant2.1%11
18Senior Dynamics 365 Developer1.9%10
19.NET Developer - Fintech1.7%9
19AWS Developer1.7%9
98 Senior Developer jobs in the North of England