Developer Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Developer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Developer salary in Tyne and Wear is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 51 165 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 11.06% 12.37% 15.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.54% 12.81% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 45 147 77
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +20.88%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £72,500
North East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 442 1,288 755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 96.55% 81.53%
Number of salaries quoted 308 1,077 460
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £38,641
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,772 £75,000
North East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Tyne and Wear

Developer
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 45 £57,500 +21.05% 57
Sunderland -9 2 £80,000 +33.33% 15
North Shields +2 1 £45,000 -
Wallsend - 1 - -
Gateshead - 1 £52,500 - 2
Developer
North East

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 24 (47.06%) C#
2 22 (43.14%) .NET
2 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (33.33%) React
4 16 (31.37%) TypeScript
5 15 (29.41%) Azure
5 15 (29.41%) JavaScript
5 15 (29.41%) Agile
6 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
6 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
7 13 (25.49%) SQL
7 13 (25.49%) Finance
7 13 (25.49%) Degree
7 13 (25.49%) Computer Science
8 12 (23.53%) SQL Server
8 12 (23.53%) Java
9 11 (21.57%) Front End Development
10 10 (19.61%) Advertising
11 9 (17.65%) OOP
11 9 (17.65%) CSS
11 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
12 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
12 8 (15.69%) Fintech
12 8 (15.69%) Full-Stack Development
12 8 (15.69%) ASP.NET
13 7 (13.73%) Python
13 7 (13.73%) Law
13 7 (13.73%) AWS
13 7 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (11.76%) Analytics

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.96%) CMS
1 1 (1.96%) Kentico
1 1 (1.96%) OpenEdge
1 1 (1.96%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
3 7 (13.73%) AWS
4 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.92%) Serverless
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.96%) Bitrise
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.96%) Firebase
6 1 (1.96%) GitHub
6 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.76%) MySQL
3 4 (7.84%) Power BI
4 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Git
1 1 (1.96%) Jasmine
1 1 (1.96%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (1.96%) Protractor
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 10 (19.61%) Advertising
3 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 7 (13.73%) Law
5 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.92%) Automotive
6 2 (3.92%) Electronics
6 2 (3.92%) Games
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
6 2 (3.92%) Retail
7 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.96%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (43.14%) .NET
2 17 (33.33%) React
3 9 (17.65%) CSS
4 8 (15.69%) ASP.NET
5 6 (11.76%) .NET Core
6 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (9.80%) HTML
6 5 (9.80%) WebSockets
7 4 (7.84%) jQuery
7 4 (7.84%) Node.js
8 3 (5.88%) Next.js
8 3 (5.88%) SignalR
8 3 (5.88%) Vue
9 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.92%) Blazor
9 2 (3.92%) Jest
9 2 (3.92%) REST
9 2 (3.92%) RESTful
9 2 (3.92%) Spring
9 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Hedge funds
2 4 (7.84%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.84%) Client/Server
2 4 (7.84%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.92%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Android
1 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (29.41%) Agile
3 14 (27.45%) Software Engineering
4 13 (25.49%) Computer Science
5 11 (21.57%) Front End Development
6 9 (17.65%) OOP
7 8 (15.69%) Fintech
7 8 (15.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (11.76%) Analytics
9 6 (11.76%) Design Patterns
9 6 (11.76%) OO
10 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
10 5 (9.80%) Microservices
10 5 (9.80%) MVC
10 5 (9.80%) SDLC
10 5 (9.80%) User Experience
11 4 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (7.84%) Unit Testing
11 4 (7.84%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (47.06%) C#
2 16 (31.37%) TypeScript
3 15 (29.41%) JavaScript
4 13 (25.49%) SQL
5 12 (23.53%) Java
6 7 (13.73%) Python
7 5 (9.80%) C++
7 5 (9.80%) PHP
8 4 (7.84%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.96%) Swift
9 1 (1.96%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Ansible
1 3 (5.88%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) Telerik