Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 95 137
Rank change year-on-year -7 +42 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 53 82 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.54% 1.99% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 2.09% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 45 78 41
10th Percentile - £34,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 £55,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £60,375 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,014 3,916 3,026
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.74% 94.84% 97.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,765 1,846 2,264
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,538
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Yorkshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 November 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
West Yorkshire -3 36 £65,000 +31.31% 9
South Yorkshire +2 15 £30,500 -34.05% 2
East Yorkshire -4 1 - - 1
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 35 (66.04%) AWS
2 32 (60.38%) Mentoring
3 31 (58.49%) Azure
4 29 (54.72%) JavaScript
5 24 (45.28%) Python
6 22 (41.51%) CSS
6 22 (41.51%) Microsoft
7 21 (39.62%) HTML
8 18 (33.96%) Git
9 17 (32.08%) Clean Code
9 17 (32.08%) Internet
10 16 (30.19%) AWS Certification
10 16 (30.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 16 (30.19%) Azure Certification
10 16 (30.19%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (30.19%) GitHub
10 16 (30.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (30.19%) SQL
11 15 (28.30%) SaaS
12 13 (24.53%) Java
12 13 (24.53%) MongoDB
12 13 (24.53%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (18.87%) Node.js
14 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
14 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
15 9 (16.98%) Agile
15 9 (16.98%) QA
15 9 (16.98%) RESTful
15 9 (16.98%) Technical Leadership

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.77%) CMS
1 2 (3.77%) Drupal
1 2 (3.77%) EPiServer
1 2 (3.77%) HCL Notes
1 2 (3.77%) IIS
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.77%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 35 (66.04%) AWS
2 31 (58.49%) Azure
3 16 (30.19%) GitHub
4 15 (28.30%) SaaS
5 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 2 (3.77%) Figma
6 2 (3.77%) npm
7 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (32.08%) Internet
2 1 (1.89%) AMQP
2 1 (1.89%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.53%) MongoDB
1 13 (24.53%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (15.09%) NoSQL
3 5 (9.43%) MySQL
4 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.77%) Metadata
5 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.89%) ClickHouse
6 1 (1.89%) Redis
6 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (33.96%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Grunt
2 2 (3.77%) gulp
2 2 (3.77%) webpack
3 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (30.19%) Multimedia
2 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Finance
3 5 (9.43%) Marketing
3 5 (9.43%) Retail
4 3 (5.66%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.66%) Legal
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Law
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (41.51%) CSS
2 21 (39.62%) HTML
3 10 (18.87%) Node.js
4 9 (16.98%) RESTful
5 7 (13.21%) .NET
6 3 (5.66%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.66%) CSS3
6 3 (5.66%) HTML5
6 3 (5.66%) Micronaut
6 3 (5.66%) React
6 3 (5.66%) Redux
6 3 (5.66%) Spring
6 3 (5.66%) Spring Boot
7 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (3.77%) Bootstrap
7 2 (3.77%) Sass
7 2 (3.77%) WCF
8 1 (1.89%) Django
8 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.77%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (60.38%) Mentoring
2 17 (32.08%) Clean Code
3 16 (30.19%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (16.98%) Agile
5 9 (16.98%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
7 7 (13.21%) Containerisation
7 7 (13.21%) Microservices
7 7 (13.21%) Roadmaps
7 7 (13.21%) Security Testing
7 7 (13.21%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.32%) Code Quality
8 6 (11.32%) Front End Development
8 6 (11.32%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (11.32%) Software Engineering
9 5 (9.43%) Analytics
9 5 (9.43%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 29 (54.72%) JavaScript
2 24 (45.28%) Python
3 16 (30.19%) SQL
4 13 (24.53%) Java
5 8 (15.09%) C#
6 4 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 3 (5.66%) C++
8 2 (3.77%) Kotlin
8 2 (3.77%) Scala
8 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.89%) Go
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) AWS Certification
1 16 (30.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 16 (30.19%) Azure Certification
1 16 (30.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (41.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Lotus
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle