Programmer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Programmer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Programmer salary in West Yorkshire is £36,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 148 216
Rank change year-on-year +57 +68 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 5 7 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.43% 0.23% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.24% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £31,175 £30,000 £51,833
25th Percentile £32,938 £30,625 £54,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £40,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -37.53% +73.05%
75th Percentile £41,438 - £71,652
90th Percentile £43,725 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.75% -20.00% +32.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,066 2,879 4,875
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 96.09% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 647 2,118 2,349
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £37,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,851 £72,647
90th Percentile £97,528 £83,750 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £49,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year - -9.81% +9.76%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in West Yorkshire

Programmer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programmer in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Programmer in West Yorkshire

Programmer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bradford +21 3 - - 1
Leeds +49 2 £36,750 +13.08% 3
Programmer
Yorkshire

Programmer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Programmer 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Programmer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Physics
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (20.00%) C++

Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (20.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (20.00%) Physics
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA