Software Developer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in West Yorkshire is £47,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 197 65
Rank change year-on-year +87 -132 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 45 43 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.51% 0.82% 4.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.88% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 38 41 83
10th Percentile £30,625 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +43.75% -4.73%
75th Percentile £52,063 £67,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £61,125 £71,250 £57,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.91% +43.75% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,864 4,871 4,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.08% 93.24% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,107 2,355 3,169
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,625 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £82,100
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £54,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.72% +9.76% +5.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software 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 Software Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +42 37 £45,000 -21.74% 3
Halifax - 3 £50,000 -
Huddersfield - 3 £52,500 -
Software Developer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 27 (60.00%) C#
2 25 (55.56%) .NET
3 20 (44.44%) SQL
4 19 (42.22%) .NET Core
5 17 (37.78%) Azure
6 16 (35.56%) DevOps
7 13 (28.89%) Software Engineering
8 12 (26.67%) Law
9 11 (24.44%) Full Stack Development
10 10 (22.22%) Microservices
10 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
11 9 (20.00%) CI/CD
12 8 (17.78%) Mentoring
13 7 (15.56%) RESTful
13 7 (15.56%) SDLC
14 6 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (13.33%) CircleCI
14 6 (13.33%) Kubernetes
14 6 (13.33%) React
14 6 (13.33%) Public Cloud
14 6 (13.33%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
14 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
14 6 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 6 (13.33%) GitHub
14 6 (13.33%) Docker
14 6 (13.33%) AngularJS
14 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (13.33%) HTML

Software 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 1 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (37.78%) Azure
2 6 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (13.33%) GitHub
2 6 (13.33%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (8.89%) BigCommerce
3 4 (8.89%) OCI
4 3 (6.67%) Contentful
5 1 (2.22%) AWS
5 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.67%) MySQL
3 2 (4.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) CircleCI
2 2 (4.44%) Git
2 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.22%) JIRA
3 1 (2.22%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (26.67%) Law
2 6 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Banking
7 1 (2.22%) Finance
7 1 (2.22%) Games
7 1 (2.22%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (55.56%) .NET
2 19 (42.22%) .NET Core
3 7 (15.56%) RESTful
4 6 (13.33%) AngularJS
4 6 (13.33%) HTML
4 6 (13.33%) React
5 5 (11.11%) CSS
5 5 (11.11%) REST
6 4 (8.89%) .NET Framework
6 4 (8.89%) JSON
7 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET
7 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (6.67%) Entity Framework
7 3 (6.67%) Laravel
8 2 (4.44%) ODBC
8 2 (4.44%) XML
9 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (2.22%) GTK
9 1 (2.22%) Node.js
9 1 (2.22%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (13.33%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.89%) NHS
3 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.67%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) DevOps
2 13 (28.89%) Software Engineering
3 11 (24.44%) Full Stack Development
4 10 (22.22%) Microservices
5 9 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (17.78%) Mentoring
7 7 (15.56%) SDLC
8 6 (13.33%) Containerisation
8 6 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
8 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (11.11%) E-Commerce
9 5 (11.11%) TDD
10 4 (8.89%) Code Quality
10 4 (8.89%) Mathematics
10 4 (8.89%) MVC
11 3 (6.67%) Business Continuity
11 3 (6.67%) Data Modelling
11 3 (6.67%) Functional Testing
11 3 (6.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) C#
2 20 (44.44%) SQL
3 5 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.89%) Java
4 4 (8.89%) PHP
5 3 (6.67%) Python
5 3 (6.67%) T-SQL
5 3 (6.67%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.44%) VB
7 1 (2.22%) C++
7 1 (2.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) CIPD
1 4 (8.89%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Docker
2 4 (8.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle
2 2 (4.44%) Quadient