Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 115 63
Rank change year-on-year +42 -52 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 141 45 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.88% 1.32% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 1.55% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 122 29 125
10th Percentile £30,000 £48,700 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £57,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +31.31% -1.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - £90,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £64,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +16.36% -4.35%

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 7,038 2,899 5,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 85.34% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,979 1,663 3,149
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +6 74 £50,000 -25.93% 9
South Yorkshire +9 46 £40,000 -33.33% 2
East Yorkshire - 14 £32,500 - 2
North Yorkshire +8 7 - - 1
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 29 (20.57%) .NET
2 19 (13.48%) C#
3 16 (11.35%) JavaScript
3 16 (11.35%) PHP
4 15 (10.64%) AWS
5 14 (9.93%) SQL
6 12 (8.51%) Agile
6 12 (8.51%) AI
6 12 (8.51%) Azure
6 12 (8.51%) Clean Code
6 12 (8.51%) MySQL
7 11 (7.80%) Data Protection
7 11 (7.80%) Secure Coding
8 10 (7.09%) MariaDB
8 10 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (6.38%) Python
9 9 (6.38%) RPG
10 8 (5.67%) Android
10 8 (5.67%) Android Development
11 7 (4.96%) Apple iOS
11 7 (4.96%) E-Commerce
11 7 (4.96%) iOS Development
11 7 (4.96%) Mobile Development
11 7 (4.96%) Sage
11 7 (4.96%) SDLC
11 7 (4.96%) Software Engineering
12 6 (4.26%) CSS
12 6 (4.26%) SQL Server
13 5 (3.55%) CI/CD
13 5 (3.55%) Collaborative Working

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.64%) AWS
2 12 (8.51%) Azure
3 3 (2.13%) SaaS
3 3 (2.13%) Serverless
4 2 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.42%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.42%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.71%) Apigee
5 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (0.71%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.71%) Broadband
1 1 (0.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.51%) MySQL
2 10 (7.09%) MariaDB
3 6 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Git
2 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) Maven
3 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (6.38%) Finance
1 9 (6.38%) Retail
2 4 (2.84%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.13%) Aerospace
4 2 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.42%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.71%) Games
5 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.71%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (20.57%) .NET
2 6 (4.26%) CSS
3 5 (3.55%) HTML
4 4 (2.84%) Blazor
4 4 (2.84%) REST
5 3 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.13%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.42%) Flutter
6 2 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (1.42%) jQuery
6 2 (1.42%) React Native
7 1 (0.71%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.71%) Android SDK
7 1 (0.71%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.71%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.71%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.71%) Jest
7 1 (0.71%) Laravel
7 1 (0.71%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (1.42%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.71%) Hackathon
3 1 (0.71%) Legacy Code
3 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.71%) Social Media
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.67%) Android
2 7 (4.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (8.51%) Agile
1 12 (8.51%) AI
1 12 (8.51%) Clean Code
2 11 (7.80%) Data Protection
2 11 (7.80%) Secure Coding
3 10 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (5.67%) Android Development
5 7 (4.96%) E-Commerce
5 7 (4.96%) iOS Development
5 7 (4.96%) Mobile Development
5 7 (4.96%) SDLC
5 7 (4.96%) Software Engineering
6 5 (3.55%) CI/CD
6 5 (3.55%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (3.55%) Computer Science
6 5 (3.55%) DevOps
7 4 (2.84%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (2.84%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (2.13%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.48%) C#
2 16 (11.35%) JavaScript
2 16 (11.35%) PHP
3 14 (9.93%) SQL
4 9 (6.38%) Python
4 9 (6.38%) RPG
5 5 (3.55%) Java
6 2 (1.42%) C
6 2 (1.42%) Dart
6 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.42%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.71%) Bash
7 1 (0.71%) C++
7 1 (0.71%) Groovy
7 1 (0.71%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.71%) Perl
7 1 (0.71%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 2 (1.42%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.71%) Degree
2 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (1.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.71%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 7 (4.96%) Sage
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.42%) IBM