Developer Job Trends in Stockport

Developer
Manchester > Stockport

The median Developer salary in Stockport is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2 7 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 3.85% 10.45% 25.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 11.11% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 14
10th Percentile - £45,625 £45,725
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £59,375
90th Percentile - - £61,750
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -1.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stockport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stockport. 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 Stockport with a recognized job title 44 63 83
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.62% 94.03% 87.37%
Number of salaries quoted 34 22 38
10th Percentile £30,725 £30,000 £32,825
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,375 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -23.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £62,188 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,125 £63,125 £70,250
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Stockport

Developer
Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stockport.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stockport

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 Stockport region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes