Senior Developer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Senior Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Senior Developer salary in West Yorkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 45 76
Rank change year-on-year -25 +31 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 35 100 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.33% 4.41% 3.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 4.60% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 23 48 62
10th Percentile £56,000 £42,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £78,125 £62,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,577 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 1,372 2,174 2,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 95.94% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 772 1,358 1,679
10th Percentile £28,275 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in West Yorkshire

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in West Yorkshire

Senior Developer
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 Senior Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Leeds -12 32 £67,500 +22.73% 13
Bradford -5 3 £53,500 - 3
Senior Developer
Yorkshire

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Senior 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Agile
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
3 8 (22.86%) DevOps
3 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
3 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
4 7 (20.00%) Serverless
4 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.00%) SDLC
4 7 (20.00%) C#
4 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (17.14%) Java
5 6 (17.14%) SOA
5 6 (17.14%) ServiceNow
5 6 (17.14%) Azure
5 6 (17.14%) React
5 6 (17.14%) Kotlin
5 6 (17.14%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (14.29%) Scala
6 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (14.29%) Oracle BPM
6 5 (14.29%) TypeScript
6 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 5 (14.29%) Python
6 5 (14.29%) SQL
6 5 (14.29%) .NET

Senior Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (11.43%) Confluence
3 2 (5.71%) HCL Notes
3 2 (5.71%) IIS
3 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.86%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (2.86%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) AWS
2 7 (20.00%) Serverless
3 6 (17.14%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (17.14%) Azure
4 4 (11.43%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (11.43%) GitHub
5 3 (8.57%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.86%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.86%) Datadog
7 1 (2.86%) GCP
7 1 (2.86%) npm
7 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.57%) DynamoDB
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database 11g
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.86%) MySQL
4 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) Mockito
2 1 (2.86%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Legal
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Finance
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) React
2 5 (14.29%) .NET
3 3 (8.57%) ASP.NET
3 3 (8.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (8.57%) CSS
3 3 (8.57%) Flutter
3 3 (8.57%) HTML
3 3 (8.57%) Middleware
3 3 (8.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (8.57%) REST
3 3 (8.57%) RESTful
3 3 (8.57%) SOAP
3 3 (8.57%) WCF
3 3 (8.57%) Web Services
4 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.71%) Node.js
4 2 (5.71%) Spring
4 2 (5.71%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.86%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) CMDB
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.86%) iPad
3 1 (2.86%) iPhone
3 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Agile
2 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
2 8 (22.86%) DevOps
3 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) SDLC
4 6 (17.14%) SOA
4 6 (17.14%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) Code Quality
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (11.43%) Microservices
6 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.43%) TDD
6 4 (11.43%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (11.43%) Thought Leadership
7 3 (8.57%) API Integration
7 3 (8.57%) Data Design
7 3 (8.57%) iOS Development
7 3 (8.57%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) C#
1 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.14%) Java
2 6 (17.14%) Kotlin
3 5 (14.29%) Python
3 5 (14.29%) Scala
3 5 (14.29%) SQL
3 5 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 3 (8.57%) C++
5 2 (5.71%) Go
5 2 (5.71%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) ServiceNow
2 5 (14.29%) Oracle
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.71%) Lotus
5 1 (2.86%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.86%) Sparx
5 1 (2.86%) Splunk
5 1 (2.86%) Workday