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 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 117 122
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 53 32 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.43% 1.14% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.19% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 45 29 65
10th Percentile - £40,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.38% +4.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,750 £63,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% 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 3,409 2,690 4,201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 96.21% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,136 3,427
10th Percentile £27,800 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,443 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,250 £66,714
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -15 31 £35,250 -28.79% 7
South Yorkshire +4 14 £30,500 -53.96% 2
East Yorkshire -2 4 £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 2 February 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 34 (64.15%) JavaScript
1 34 (64.15%) Python
2 33 (62.26%) AWS
3 30 (56.60%) Azure
3 30 (56.60%) CSS
4 29 (54.72%) HTML
4 29 (54.72%) Internet
4 29 (54.72%) Mentoring
5 28 (52.83%) AWS Certification
5 28 (52.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 28 (52.83%) Azure Certification
5 28 (52.83%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (52.83%) Git
5 28 (52.83%) GitHub
5 28 (52.83%) Microsoft
5 28 (52.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (22.64%) C#
7 8 (15.09%) .NET
7 8 (15.09%) Java
7 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
8 6 (11.32%) Agile
9 5 (9.43%) AI
9 5 (9.43%) OOP
9 5 (9.43%) SaaS
10 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.55%) Front End Development
10 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (7.55%) SQL
11 3 (5.66%) C++
11 3 (5.66%) Clean Code

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 33 (62.26%) AWS
2 30 (56.60%) Azure
3 28 (52.83%) GitHub
4 5 (9.43%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (54.72%) Internet
2 1 (1.89%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) ClickHouse
1 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.89%) Redis
1 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (52.83%) Git
General
1 28 (52.83%) Multimedia
2 6 (11.32%) Finance
3 3 (5.66%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.77%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (56.60%) CSS
2 29 (54.72%) HTML
3 8 (15.09%) .NET
4 3 (5.66%) Micronaut
5 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.89%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.89%) Django
5 1 (1.89%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.89%) Flask
5 1 (1.89%) jQuery
5 1 (1.89%) Kafka
5 1 (1.89%) Next.js
5 1 (1.89%) React
5 1 (1.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
1 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Mentoring
2 28 (52.83%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
4 6 (11.32%) Agile
5 5 (9.43%) AI
5 5 (9.43%) OOP
6 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
6 4 (7.55%) Front End Development
6 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (5.66%) Clean Code
7 3 (5.66%) DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) Fintech
7 3 (5.66%) Logistics
7 3 (5.66%) OO
8 2 (3.77%) Code Quality
8 2 (3.77%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (3.77%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.89%) Data Pipeline
9 1 (1.89%) Design Patterns
9 1 (1.89%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (64.15%) JavaScript
1 34 (64.15%) Python
2 12 (22.64%) C#
3 8 (15.09%) Java
4 4 (7.55%) SQL
5 3 (5.66%) C++
6 2 (3.77%) C
6 2 (3.77%) PHP
7 1 (1.89%) Go
Qualifications
1 28 (52.83%) AWS Certification
1 28 (52.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 28 (52.83%) Azure Certification
1 28 (52.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (52.83%) Microsoft