Developer Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Developer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Developer salary in South Yorkshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 13 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 107 57 182
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 6.66% 9.31% 15.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.23% 10.20% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 97 55 142
10th Percentile £39,000 £30,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,479 559 1,066
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 91.34% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 393 757
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Developer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Developer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in South Yorkshire

Developer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Sheffield -10 52 £56,250 +0.90% 7
Doncaster +2 36 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Barnsley - 13 £40,000 - 2
Rotherham -5 6 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Developer
Yorkshire

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 40 (37.38%) PHP
2 30 (28.04%) Laravel
3 25 (23.36%) .NET
4 22 (20.56%) C#
5 21 (19.63%) JavaScript
6 15 (14.02%) Agile
7 14 (13.08%) Azure
8 13 (12.15%) MySQL
9 12 (11.21%) SQL
10 9 (8.41%) Blazor
10 9 (8.41%) Clean Code
11 8 (7.48%) AWS
11 8 (7.48%) DevOps
11 8 (7.48%) Microsoft
12 7 (6.54%) CSS
12 7 (6.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 7 (6.54%) Git
12 7 (6.54%) React
12 7 (6.54%) RESTful
13 6 (5.61%) .NET Core
13 6 (5.61%) ASP.NET
13 6 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (5.61%) Data Protection
13 6 (5.61%) Front End Development
13 6 (5.61%) HTML
13 6 (5.61%) MariaDB
13 6 (5.61%) Secure Coding
13 6 (5.61%) Vue
14 5 (4.67%) AI
14 5 (4.67%) ASP.NET Core

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.87%) WordPress
2 1 (0.93%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.08%) Azure
2 8 (7.48%) AWS
3 6 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.74%) Azure AI
4 4 (3.74%) Google Play
4 4 (3.74%) SaaS
5 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.87%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.93%) GCP
6 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.15%) MySQL
2 6 (5.61%) MariaDB
3 4 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.74%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.87%) Metadata
4 2 (1.87%) phpMyAdmin
4 2 (1.87%) Power BI
4 2 (1.87%) Power Query
4 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.93%) OLAP
5 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Git
2 4 (3.74%) PHPUnit
3 2 (1.87%) JIRA
3 2 (1.87%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (7.48%) Finance
2 5 (4.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.74%) Retail
4 3 (2.80%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.87%) Law
5 2 (1.87%) Marketing
6 1 (0.93%) Automotive
6 1 (0.93%) Games
6 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (28.04%) Laravel
2 25 (23.36%) .NET
3 9 (8.41%) Blazor
4 7 (6.54%) CSS
4 7 (6.54%) React
4 7 (6.54%) RESTful
5 6 (5.61%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.61%) ASP.NET
5 6 (5.61%) HTML
5 6 (5.61%) Vue
6 5 (4.67%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (4.67%) REST
7 4 (3.74%) ML.NET
8 3 (2.80%) Node.js
8 3 (2.80%) SOAP
9 2 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (1.87%) JSON
10 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.93%) Bootstrap
10 1 (0.93%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.74%) iPhone
3 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.93%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Android
2 1 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.02%) Agile
2 9 (8.41%) Clean Code
3 8 (7.48%) DevOps
4 7 (6.54%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (5.61%) Data Protection
5 6 (5.61%) Front End Development
5 6 (5.61%) Secure Coding
6 5 (4.67%) AI
6 5 (4.67%) Machine Learning
6 5 (4.67%) Web Development
7 4 (3.74%) Computer Science
7 4 (3.74%) Containerisation
7 4 (3.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (3.74%) Microservices
7 4 (3.74%) Multithreading
7 4 (3.74%) MVC
7 4 (3.74%) OO
7 4 (3.74%) User Experience
8 3 (2.80%) CI/CD
8 3 (2.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (37.38%) PHP
2 22 (20.56%) C#
3 21 (19.63%) JavaScript
4 12 (11.21%) SQL
5 3 (2.80%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.87%) Python
6 2 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.93%) C++
7 1 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (3.74%) Degree
2 1 (0.93%) ACCA
2 1 (0.93%) CIMA
2 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 8 (7.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.74%) Google
3 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.87%) Cognos
4 2 (1.87%) IBM
4 2 (1.87%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.93%) SAP