Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 107 119
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 60 42 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.80% 1.34% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 1.39% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 48 38 47
10th Percentile - £40,875 £37,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.38% +4.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,438 £56,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 3,071 3,028 3,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 96.49% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,835 1,226 2,563
10th Percentile £26,600 £29,288 £27,800
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

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 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 2026. 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 -12 37 £40,000 -19.19% 7
South Yorkshire +18 17 £30,500 -46.96% 3
East Yorkshire -2 3 £30,500 -28.24% 1
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, 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 37 (61.67%) Python
2 36 (60.00%) AWS
2 36 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 33 (55.00%) Azure
4 32 (53.33%) Mentoring
5 31 (51.67%) CSS
6 30 (50.00%) HTML
7 29 (48.33%) Git
7 29 (48.33%) Microsoft
8 28 (46.67%) Internet
9 27 (45.00%) AWS Certification
9 27 (45.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 27 (45.00%) Azure Certification
9 27 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (45.00%) GitHub
9 27 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (20.00%) C#
11 11 (18.33%) Agile
12 10 (16.67%) SaaS
13 9 (15.00%) Clean Code
13 9 (15.00%) Java
14 8 (13.33%) .NET
14 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (13.33%) Software Engineering
14 8 (13.33%) SQL
14 8 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
15 7 (11.67%) AI
15 7 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (10.00%) Business Strategy
16 6 (10.00%) Code Quality

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 (3.33%) CMS
1 2 (3.33%) Drupal
1 2 (3.33%) EPiServer
1 2 (3.33%) HCL Notes
1 2 (3.33%) IIS
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 36 (60.00%) AWS
2 33 (55.00%) Azure
3 27 (45.00%) GitHub
4 10 (16.67%) SaaS
5 4 (6.67%) GCP
6 2 (3.33%) Figma
6 2 (3.33%) npm
7 1 (1.67%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (46.67%) Internet
2 1 (1.67%) AMQP
2 1 (1.67%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) MongoDB
1 5 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.67%) MySQL
3 2 (3.33%) Metadata
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.67%) ClickHouse
4 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.67%) Redis
4 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (48.33%) Git
2 2 (3.33%) Grunt
2 2 (3.33%) gulp
2 2 (3.33%) webpack
General
1 27 (45.00%) Multimedia
2 6 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (6.67%) Marketing
3 4 (6.67%) Retail
3 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.00%) Legal
4 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Law
5 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (51.67%) CSS
2 30 (50.00%) HTML
3 8 (13.33%) .NET
4 6 (10.00%) RESTful
5 3 (5.00%) Micronaut
5 3 (5.00%) Node.js
5 3 (5.00%) React
5 3 (5.00%) Redux
5 3 (5.00%) Spring
5 3 (5.00%) Spring Boot
6 2 (3.33%) ASP.NET
6 2 (3.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (3.33%) CSS3
6 2 (3.33%) HTML5
6 2 (3.33%) Sass
6 2 (3.33%) WCF
7 1 (1.67%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.67%) Bootstrap
7 1 (1.67%) Django
7 1 (1.67%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (3.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (53.33%) Mentoring
2 27 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (18.33%) Agile
4 9 (15.00%) Clean Code
5 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 8 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (11.67%) AI
6 7 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (10.00%) Code Quality
7 6 (10.00%) Containerisation
7 6 (10.00%) Front End Development
8 5 (8.33%) CI/CD
8 5 (8.33%) Microservices
8 5 (8.33%) OOP
9 4 (6.67%) E-Commerce
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (6.67%) TDD
9 4 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 37 (61.67%) Python
2 36 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (20.00%) C#
4 9 (15.00%) Java
5 8 (13.33%) SQL
6 5 (8.33%) C++
7 3 (5.00%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.33%) C
8 2 (3.33%) Kotlin
8 2 (3.33%) PHP
8 2 (3.33%) Scala
8 2 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.67%) Go
Qualifications
1 27 (45.00%) AWS Certification
1 27 (45.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 27 (45.00%) Azure Certification
1 27 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (48.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.33%) Lotus
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle