Developer Jobs in Stockport

Developer
Manchester > Stockport

The median Developer salary in Stockport is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 10 23 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 14.71% 20.18% 7.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.63% 21.30% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,300 £37,200
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,950 £59,750 £55,750
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

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 64 108 97
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 94.74% 68.31%
Number of salaries quoted 25 68 52
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,225 £25,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +22.70% -14.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £52,632
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £53,029
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Stockport

Developer
Salary Trend in Stockport

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Stockport.

Salary trend for Developer in Stockport

Developer
Salary Histogram in Stockport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Stockport over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Stockport

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stockport

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 Stockport region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Web Development
4 3 (30.00%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (20.00%) CSS
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (20.00%) WinForms
5 2 (20.00%) Bootstrap
5 2 (20.00%) Windows
5 2 (20.00%) RESTful
5 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (10.00%) REST
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) GitHub
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (10.00%) SaaS
6 1 (10.00%) HTML5
6 1 (10.00%) Life Science

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GitHub
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) Babel
2 1 (10.00%) Subversion
2 1 (10.00%) webpack
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) RESTful
1 2 (20.00%) WinForms
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
2 1 (10.00%) jQuery
2 1 (10.00%) React
2 1 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) Servlets
2 1 (10.00%) Spring
2 1 (10.00%) Symfony
2 1 (10.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Web Development
3 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) API Development
4 1 (10.00%) API Integration
4 1 (10.00%) B2B
4 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
3 2 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Sage
2 1 (10.00%) SAP