Developer Jobs in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 3 14
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 727 1,720 981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.06% 17.24% 12.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.86% 18.22% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 299 1,471 767
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +6.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,375 9,439 6,930
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.63% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 7,250 4,054
10th Percentile £26,415 £27,250 £30,041
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North West

Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Lancashire -23 333 £42,134 -15.73% 133
Manchester -20 227 £60,000 +9.09% 449
Cheshire -27 70 £47,500 -9.52% 85
Merseyside -8 66 £32,500 -35.00% 61
Cumbria -77 31 £41,000 -18.00% 2
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 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 West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 524 (72.08%) Agile
2 446 (61.35%) OOP
3 430 (59.15%) Java
4 429 (59.01%) OO
5 414 (56.95%) Docker
6 412 (56.67%) Python
7 406 (55.85%) Finance
8 404 (55.57%) Design Patterns
9 396 (54.47%) Linux
10 393 (54.06%) Line Management
11 390 (53.65%) Analytical Skills
11 390 (53.65%) Security Cleared
12 385 (52.96%) Android
13 384 (52.82%) C++
14 383 (52.68%) Android Development
15 382 (52.54%) Go
16 380 (52.27%) DV Cleared
17 379 (52.13%) Ansible
17 379 (52.13%) Cyberattack
17 379 (52.13%) VPN
17 379 (52.13%) DNS
17 379 (52.13%) Mathematics
17 379 (52.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 144 (19.81%) C#
19 122 (16.78%) .NET
20 120 (16.51%) SQL Server
20 120 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
21 114 (15.68%) JavaScript
22 106 (14.58%) SQL
23 88 (12.10%) CSS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 31 (4.26%) CMS
2 19 (2.61%) Umbraco
3 7 (0.96%) Apache
3 7 (0.96%) WordPress
4 6 (0.83%) IIS
5 4 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.28%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.10%) Magento
2 6 (0.83%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Odoo
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 86 (11.83%) Azure
2 80 (11.00%) AWS
3 30 (4.13%) Power Platform
4 21 (2.89%) SaaS
5 15 (2.06%) Serverless
6 12 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (1.51%) GCP
8 8 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.10%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.96%) GitHub
9 7 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.55%) Firebase
11 4 (0.55%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.41%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.41%) MailChimp
12 3 (0.41%) NuGet
13 2 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 379 (52.13%) DNS
1 379 (52.13%) VPN
2 19 (2.61%) Intranet
3 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.14%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (16.51%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.09%) MySQL
3 25 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.89%) Power BI
5 19 (2.61%) MongoDB
6 14 (1.93%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.10%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.96%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.41%) Data Hub
12 3 (0.41%) Event Store
12 3 (0.41%) Metadata
12 3 (0.41%) Redis
12 3 (0.41%) SQL CLR
12 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.28%) GIS
13 2 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 43 (5.91%) Git
2 10 (1.38%) Babel
2 10 (1.38%) webpack
3 4 (0.55%) Jasmine
4 3 (0.41%) GitLab
4 3 (0.41%) JIRA
4 3 (0.41%) JMeter
4 3 (0.41%) Karma Test Runner
4 3 (0.41%) NUnit
4 3 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.14%) Mockito
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.14%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 406 (55.85%) Finance
2 390 (53.65%) Analytical Skills
3 379 (52.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (9.08%) Social Skills
5 20 (2.75%) Law
6 16 (2.20%) Games
7 14 (1.93%) Retail
8 11 (1.51%) Marketing
9 9 (1.24%) Back Office
10 8 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (0.96%) Automotive
12 5 (0.69%) Legal
13 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.41%) Advertising
14 3 (0.41%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.41%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.28%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.28%) Banking
16 1 (0.14%) Electronics
16 1 (0.14%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (16.78%) .NET
2 88 (12.10%) CSS
3 82 (11.28%) HTML
4 73 (10.04%) React
5 50 (6.88%) .NET Core
6 35 (4.81%) HTML5
6 35 (4.81%) RESTful
7 30 (4.13%) .NET Framework
8 29 (3.99%) AngularJS
8 29 (3.99%) jQuery
9 26 (3.58%) Node.js
10 25 (3.44%) REST
11 23 (3.16%) ASP.NET
12 20 (2.75%) ASP.NET Web API
13 19 (2.61%) WinForms
14 16 (2.20%) Kafka
15 13 (1.79%) Entity Framework
16 12 (1.65%) Blazor
17 11 (1.51%) Vue
17 11 (1.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 379 (52.13%) Cyberattack
2 26 (3.58%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.61%) NHS
4 16 (2.20%) Mobile App
5 11 (1.51%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.38%) Data Structures
7 7 (0.96%) Product Ownership
8 5 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.55%) Blog
9 4 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.55%) Social Media
9 4 (0.55%) Sports Betting
10 3 (0.41%) Clustering
10 3 (0.41%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.41%) Motion Graphics
10 3 (0.41%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.28%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 396 (54.47%) Linux
2 385 (52.96%) Android
3 7 (0.96%) Windows
4 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (72.08%) Agile
2 446 (61.35%) OOP
3 429 (59.01%) OO
4 404 (55.57%) Design Patterns
5 393 (54.06%) Line Management
6 383 (52.68%) Android Development
7 379 (52.13%) Mathematics
8 120 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (8.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 62 (8.53%) Software Engineering
11 60 (8.25%) DevOps
12 58 (7.98%) CI/CD
13 49 (6.74%) Clean Code
14 45 (6.19%) Front End Development
15 41 (5.64%) TDD
16 39 (5.36%) Web Development
17 38 (5.23%) Microservices
18 35 (4.81%) User Experience
19 32 (4.40%) Computer Science
19 32 (4.40%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 430 (59.15%) Java
2 412 (56.67%) Python
3 384 (52.82%) C++
4 382 (52.54%) Go
5 144 (19.81%) C#
6 114 (15.68%) JavaScript
7 106 (14.58%) SQL
8 58 (7.98%) TypeScript
9 42 (5.78%) PHP
10 15 (2.06%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.14%) Dart
14 1 (0.14%) Delphi
14 1 (0.14%) Swift
14 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 390 (53.65%) Security Cleared
2 380 (52.27%) DV Cleared
3 88 (12.10%) Degree
4 27 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (0.96%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.61%) GDPR
2 19 (2.61%) WCAG
3 5 (0.69%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.69%) QA
4 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.14%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 414 (56.95%) Docker
2 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 379 (52.13%) Ansible
2 18 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.65%) Terraform
4 3 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) cPanel
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 51 (7.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.81%) Oracle
3 19 (2.61%) HP
4 7 (0.96%) Google
5 5 (0.69%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.55%) SAP
6 4 (0.55%) Splunk
7 3 (0.41%) New Relic
7 3 (0.41%) Sage
7 3 (0.41%) Twitter
7 3 (0.41%) VMware
8 2 (0.28%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe
9 1 (0.14%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.14%) IBM
9 1 (0.14%) Informatica
9 1 (0.14%) Intel
9 1 (0.14%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.14%) Zend