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 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 121 66
Rank change year-on-year +33 -55 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 123 42 151
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.74% 1.20% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.40% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 106 29 127
10th Percentile £30,000 £48,700 £33,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £57,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +36.84% -9.52%
75th Percentile £64,688 £75,000 £51,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £90,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 6,690 3,006 4,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 85.84% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,645 1,625 3,558
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +4 64 £50,000 -25.93% 10
South Yorkshire -4 43 £40,000 -33.33% 1
East Yorkshire -9 9 £35,000 -17.65% 4
North Yorkshire +15 7 - - 1
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 27 (21.95%) .NET
2 25 (20.33%) C#
3 18 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 17 (13.82%) AI
4 17 (13.82%) PHP
5 14 (11.38%) AWS
5 14 (11.38%) Python
6 12 (9.76%) Clean Code
7 11 (8.94%) Agile
7 11 (8.94%) Data Protection
7 11 (8.94%) Java
7 11 (8.94%) MySQL
7 11 (8.94%) Secure Coding
8 10 (8.13%) MariaDB
8 10 (8.13%) Software Engineering
9 9 (7.32%) Android
9 9 (7.32%) Android Development
9 9 (7.32%) Azure
9 9 (7.32%) SQL
10 7 (5.69%) Apple iOS
10 7 (5.69%) E-Commerce
10 7 (5.69%) iOS Development
10 7 (5.69%) Mobile Development
10 7 (5.69%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (4.07%) Blazor
11 5 (4.07%) Computer Science
11 5 (4.07%) SaaS
12 4 (3.25%) RPG
12 4 (3.25%) Sage
12 4 (3.25%) 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (11.38%) AWS
2 9 (7.32%) Azure
3 5 (4.07%) SaaS
4 2 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.63%) Serverless
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.81%) Apigee
5 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.81%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.63%) Broadband
2 1 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.94%) MySQL
2 10 (8.13%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
1 1 (0.81%) Git
1 1 (0.81%) GitLab
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.81%) Maven
1 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
1 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (6.50%) Retail
2 6 (4.88%) Finance
3 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
4 2 (1.63%) Games
4 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.81%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.81%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (21.95%) .NET
2 5 (4.07%) Blazor
3 3 (2.44%) CSS
4 2 (1.63%) Android SDK
4 2 (1.63%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.63%) HTML
4 2 (1.63%) jQuery
5 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.81%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.81%) Jest
5 1 (0.81%) Laravel
5 1 (0.81%) React Native
5 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.32%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.63%) Social Media
3 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.32%) Android
2 7 (5.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.82%) AI
2 12 (9.76%) Clean Code
3 11 (8.94%) Agile
3 11 (8.94%) Data Protection
3 11 (8.94%) Secure Coding
4 10 (8.13%) Software Engineering
5 9 (7.32%) Android Development
6 7 (5.69%) E-Commerce
6 7 (5.69%) iOS Development
6 7 (5.69%) Mobile Development
6 7 (5.69%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (4.07%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.25%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (2.44%) CI/CD
9 3 (2.44%) Mentoring
9 3 (2.44%) SDLC
10 2 (1.63%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (1.63%) Design Patterns
10 2 (1.63%) DevOps
10 2 (1.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.33%) C#
2 18 (14.63%) JavaScript
3 17 (13.82%) PHP
4 14 (11.38%) Python
5 11 (8.94%) Java
6 9 (7.32%) SQL
7 4 (3.25%) RPG
8 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.81%) Bash
9 1 (0.81%) C++
9 1 (0.81%) Groovy
9 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.81%) Degree
2 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 4 (3.25%) Sage
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.81%) IBM