Developer Jobs in Sunderland

Developer
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The median Developer salary in Sunderland is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 5 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1 42 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sunderland 2.04% 25.45% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 26.42% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 38 2
10th Percentile - £45,000 £29,775
25th Percentile - £50,000 £31,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +67.83% -10.63%
75th Percentile - £64,375 £40,188
90th Percentile - £72,500 £42,325
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sunderland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sunderland. 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 Sunderland with a recognized job title 48 159 39
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.96% 96.36% 60.94%
Number of salaries quoted 20 132 29
10th Percentile £25,087 £33,313 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,647 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.45% +37.50% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,450 £70,980
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £47,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.52% -9.05% +16.67%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Sunderland

Developer
Salary Trend in Sunderland

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

Salary trend for Developer in Sunderland

Developer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sunderland

For the 6 months to 18 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 Sunderland region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sunderland 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 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#