Developer Job Trends in Stockport

Developer
Manchester > Stockport

The median Developer salary in Stockport is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 4 22 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 6.90% 21.78% 26.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.90% 25.58% 31.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 15
10th Percentile £40,500 £46,375 £38,400
25th Percentile £43,125 £48,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £56,500 £64,750 -
Manchester median annual salary £62,500 £55,625 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% +1.14% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 58 86 61
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 85.15% 84.72%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 48
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £25,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +40.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £47,500 £63,750 £50,625
90th Percentile £57,000 £65,000 £67,500
Manchester median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.27% -7.60% +8.23%

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
Salary Histogram in Stockport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Stockport over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Stockport

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) Svelte

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 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Svelte
2 1 (25.00%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft