Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 74 128
Rank change year-on-year -35 +54 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 51 128 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.54% 2.59% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 2.74% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 35 116 63
10th Percentile £31,450 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £73,125 £52,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £60,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £63,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.35% +4.55%

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 2,842 4,676 3,525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.63% 94.68% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 2,575 2,639
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,703 £38,250 £38,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer 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 20 September 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 20 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
West Yorkshire -13 31 £67,500 +36.36% 11
South Yorkshire +5 14 £60,000 +29.73% 6
North Yorkshire -33 1 - - 2
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 24 (47.06%) Azure
2 23 (45.10%) AWS
3 21 (41.18%) Java
4 20 (39.22%) Python
4 20 (39.22%) Mentoring
5 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
6 17 (33.33%) Agile
7 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
7 16 (31.37%) SQL
7 16 (31.37%) Clean Code
8 15 (29.41%) Docker
9 14 (27.45%) SaaS
10 13 (25.49%) MongoDB
10 13 (25.49%) Finance
10 13 (25.49%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (23.53%) C#
11 12 (23.53%) C++
11 12 (23.53%) .NET
12 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
12 11 (21.57%) OOP
12 11 (21.57%) OO
12 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
13 10 (19.61%) Line Management
13 10 (19.61%) Design Patterns
13 10 (19.61%) Node.js
13 10 (19.61%) Go
13 10 (19.61%) RESTful
14 9 (17.65%) Android
14 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (3.92%) CMS
1 2 (3.92%) Drupal
1 2 (3.92%) EPiServer
1 2 (3.92%) HCL Notes
1 2 (3.92%) IIS
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.92%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.96%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 24 (47.06%) Azure
2 23 (45.10%) AWS
3 14 (27.45%) SaaS
4 5 (9.80%) GCP
5 4 (7.84%) GitHub
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.92%) Figma
6 2 (3.92%) npm
6 2 (3.92%) Serverless
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.96%) Azure WebJobs
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) DNS
1 9 (17.65%) VPN
2 4 (7.84%) Internet
3 1 (1.96%) AMQP
3 1 (1.96%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (25.49%) MongoDB
1 13 (25.49%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (15.69%) NoSQL
3 5 (9.80%) MySQL
3 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.92%) Metadata
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.96%) ClickHouse
5 1 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Git
2 2 (3.92%) Grunt
2 2 (3.92%) gulp
2 2 (3.92%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.92%) webpack
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (13.73%) Social Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Marketing
5 5 (9.80%) Retail
6 4 (7.84%) Legal
6 4 (7.84%) Multimedia
7 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.92%) Law
7 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.96%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.53%) .NET
2 10 (19.61%) Node.js
2 10 (19.61%) RESTful
3 9 (17.65%) CSS
3 9 (17.65%) HTML
4 5 (9.80%) .NET Core
4 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET
5 4 (7.84%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (7.84%) CSS3
5 4 (7.84%) HTML5
6 3 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.88%) React
6 3 (5.88%) Redux
6 3 (5.88%) Spring
6 3 (5.88%) Spring Boot
6 3 (5.88%) WCF
7 2 (3.92%) Bootstrap
7 2 (3.92%) Sass
7 2 (3.92%) SOAP
7 2 (3.92%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Cyberattack
2 5 (9.80%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.84%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.92%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.65%) Android
1 9 (17.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Mentoring
2 17 (33.33%) Agile
3 16 (31.37%) Clean Code
4 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (21.57%) OO
4 11 (21.57%) OOP
5 10 (19.61%) Design Patterns
5 10 (19.61%) Line Management
6 9 (17.65%) Android Development
6 9 (17.65%) Mathematics
6 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
6 9 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 9 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
7 7 (13.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 7 (13.73%) Microservices
7 7 (13.73%) Security Testing
7 7 (13.73%) Technology Roadmap
8 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) Java
2 20 (39.22%) Python
3 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
3 16 (31.37%) SQL
4 12 (23.53%) C#
4 12 (23.53%) C++
5 10 (19.61%) Go
6 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.92%) C
7 2 (3.92%) Kotlin
7 2 (3.92%) Scala
7 2 (3.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) AWS Certification
3 4 (7.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (29.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Ansible
2 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Lotus
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle
2 2 (3.92%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.96%) MuleSoft