Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 122 94
Rank change year-on-year +24 -28 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 109 25 141
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.65% 0.95% 2.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.04% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 87 11 119
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +4.21% -17.39%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +16.82% -6.96%

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 6,207 2,402 5,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 90.88% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,143 1,194 4,424
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +1.53% -7.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +17 58 £40,000 -22.33% 9
South Yorkshire -4 36 £40,000 -33.33% 5
North Yorkshire -4 7 - - 1
East Yorkshire -22 6 £30,250 -28.82%
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 31 (28.44%) JavaScript
2 28 (25.69%) C#
3 27 (24.77%) Python
4 24 (22.02%) AWS
5 23 (21.10%) .NET
6 17 (15.60%) AI
6 17 (15.60%) PHP
7 16 (14.68%) Azure
8 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
9 14 (12.84%) Agile
10 13 (11.93%) CSS
10 13 (11.93%) Mentoring
11 12 (11.01%) AWS Certification
11 12 (11.01%) Clean Code
11 12 (11.01%) HTML
11 12 (11.01%) Java
11 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
12 11 (10.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (10.09%) Azure Certification
12 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (10.09%) Data Protection
12 11 (10.09%) Git
12 11 (10.09%) GitHub
12 11 (10.09%) Internet
12 11 (10.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (10.09%) MySQL
12 11 (10.09%) Secure Coding
13 10 (9.17%) MariaDB
14 9 (8.26%) Android
14 9 (8.26%) Android Development

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:

Cloud Services
1 24 (22.02%) AWS
2 16 (14.68%) Azure
3 11 (10.09%) GitHub
4 7 (6.42%) SaaS
5 2 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.83%) Serverless
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.92%) Apigee
6 1 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.09%) Internet
2 2 (1.83%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.09%) MySQL
2 10 (9.17%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.92%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (10.09%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.92%) GitLab
2 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.92%) Maven
2 1 (0.92%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (10.09%) Multimedia
2 5 (4.59%) Finance
3 4 (3.67%) Retail
4 3 (2.75%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.83%) Games
5 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.92%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (21.10%) .NET
2 13 (11.93%) CSS
3 12 (11.01%) HTML
4 5 (4.59%) Blazor
5 2 (1.83%) Android SDK
5 2 (1.83%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.83%) jQuery
6 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.92%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.92%) Jest
6 1 (0.92%) Laravel
6 1 (0.92%) React Native
6 1 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.26%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.83%) Social Media
3 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.26%) Android
2 7 (6.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.60%) AI
2 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
3 14 (12.84%) Agile
4 13 (11.93%) Mentoring
5 12 (11.01%) Clean Code
6 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.09%) Data Protection
6 11 (10.09%) Secure Coding
7 9 (8.26%) Android Development
8 7 (6.42%) E-Commerce
8 7 (6.42%) iOS Development
8 7 (6.42%) Mobile Development
9 5 (4.59%) Computer Science
10 4 (3.67%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (2.75%) CI/CD
11 3 (2.75%) Collaborative Culture
12 2 (1.83%) Design Patterns
12 2 (1.83%) Observability
12 2 (1.83%) SDLC
12 2 (1.83%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.44%) JavaScript
2 28 (25.69%) C#
3 27 (24.77%) Python
4 17 (15.60%) PHP
5 12 (11.01%) Java
6 8 (7.34%) SQL
7 3 (2.75%) C++
8 2 (1.83%) C
8 2 (1.83%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.92%) Bash
9 1 (0.92%) Groovy
9 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.01%) AWS Certification
2 11 (10.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 11 (10.09%) Azure Certification
2 11 (10.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.92%) Degree
3 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.75%) Sage