Software Developer Jobs in the North of England

Software Developer
England > North of England

The median Software Developer salary in the North of England is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 238 76
Rank change year-on-year +113 -162 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 382 221 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.16% 1.31% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 1.47% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 321 159 308
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.22% +11.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,750 £62,875
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,773 15,070 17,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 89.52% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,974 8,056 10,901
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,577 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the North of England

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the North of England

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the North of England

Software Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
North West +87 218 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Yorkshire +92 126 £48,500 -15.65% 31
North East +11 38 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 231 (60.47%) C#
2 201 (52.62%) .NET
3 115 (30.10%) SQL
4 99 (25.92%) Agile
5 94 (24.61%) JavaScript
6 91 (23.82%) Azure
7 85 (22.25%) Full Stack Development
8 72 (18.85%) Software Engineering
9 68 (17.80%) .NET Core
10 65 (17.02%) DevOps
11 61 (15.97%) Java
12 59 (15.45%) Social Skills
13 57 (14.92%) AngularJS
14 54 (14.14%) .NET Framework
15 51 (13.35%) RESTful
16 50 (13.09%) SQL Server
17 49 (12.83%) ASP.NET
17 49 (12.83%) CSS
18 47 (12.30%) Degree
18 47 (12.30%) Docker
19 45 (11.78%) React
19 45 (11.78%) HTML
20 44 (11.52%) AWS
20 44 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
21 43 (11.26%) Mentoring
21 43 (11.26%) MySQL
22 42 (10.99%) TDD
23 40 (10.47%) Kubernetes
24 39 (10.21%) Microservices
25 37 (9.69%) Node.js

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (1.57%) Confluence
2 5 (1.31%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.05%) IIS
3 4 (1.05%) Mendix
3 4 (1.05%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) BPCS
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 91 (23.82%) Azure
2 44 (11.52%) AWS
3 32 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (6.02%) GitHub
5 20 (5.24%) Serverless
6 10 (2.62%) SaaS
7 7 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.31%) NuGet
10 4 (1.05%) BigCommerce
10 4 (1.05%) OCI
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.79%) Contentful
11 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.52%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.31%) Wireless
2 3 (0.79%) Internet
3 2 (0.52%) HTTP
3 2 (0.52%) RS-232
3 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (13.09%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.26%) MySQL
3 25 (6.54%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.54%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.62%) Redis
5 8 (2.09%) GIS
6 6 (1.57%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (1.31%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.79%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.52%) Power BI
10 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 30 (7.85%) Git
2 16 (4.19%) Visual Studio
3 14 (3.66%) JIRA
4 11 (2.88%) TeamCity
5 10 (2.62%) Bitbucket
6 9 (2.36%) PHPUnit
7 8 (2.09%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.83%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.31%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.31%) JetBrains Rider
9 5 (1.31%) Maven
9 5 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (1.05%) Gradle
10 4 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.52%) GDB
11 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.26%) GitLab
12 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 59 (15.45%) Social Skills
2 24 (6.28%) Public Sector
3 22 (5.76%) Finance
3 22 (5.76%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.14%) Law
5 9 (2.36%) Marketing
6 8 (2.09%) Games
6 8 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.83%) Legal
7 7 (1.83%) Retail
8 5 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.05%) Banking
9 4 (1.05%) Electronics
9 4 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.05%) Tech for Good
10 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (52.62%) .NET
2 68 (17.80%) .NET Core
3 57 (14.92%) AngularJS
4 54 (14.14%) .NET Framework
5 51 (13.35%) RESTful
6 49 (12.83%) ASP.NET
6 49 (12.83%) CSS
7 45 (11.78%) HTML
7 45 (11.78%) React
8 37 (9.69%) Node.js
9 35 (9.16%) REST
10 34 (8.90%) Vue
11 30 (7.85%) Entity Framework
12 20 (5.24%) ASP.NET Web API
12 20 (5.24%) Laravel
13 15 (3.93%) ASP.NET MVC
13 15 (3.93%) WPF
14 13 (3.40%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (3.40%) JSON
15 12 (3.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.62%) Cloud Native
1 10 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
1 10 (2.62%) Podcast
1 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
2 9 (2.36%) NHS
3 7 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (1.83%) iSeries
3 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.57%) Client/Server
4 6 (1.57%) Life Science
5 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.79%) Blog
7 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.79%) Tandem
8 2 (0.52%) e-Health
8 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.52%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.38%) Linux
2 19 (4.97%) Windows
3 13 (3.40%) Unix
4 2 (0.52%) AIX
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (25.92%) Agile
2 85 (22.25%) Full Stack Development
3 72 (18.85%) Software Engineering
4 65 (17.02%) DevOps
5 44 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (11.26%) Mentoring
7 42 (10.99%) TDD
8 39 (10.21%) Microservices
9 37 (9.69%) Design Patterns
10 36 (9.42%) MVC
11 34 (8.90%) CI/CD
12 32 (8.38%) Unit Testing
13 30 (7.85%) SDLC
14 26 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (6.28%) Clean Code
16 22 (5.76%) OO
17 21 (5.50%) Computer Science
17 21 (5.50%) Front End Development
17 21 (5.50%) Test Automation
18 20 (5.24%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 231 (60.47%) C#
2 115 (30.10%) SQL
3 94 (24.61%) JavaScript
4 61 (15.97%) Java
5 34 (8.90%) Python
6 18 (4.71%) C++
7 17 (4.45%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.93%) PHP
8 15 (3.93%) VB.NET
9 14 (3.66%) Ruby
10 11 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 9 (2.36%) Go
12 8 (2.09%) Perl
13 7 (1.83%) RPG
13 7 (1.83%) RPG IV
13 7 (1.83%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.31%) C
14 5 (1.31%) COBOL
14 5 (1.31%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 4 (1.05%) XAML
Qualifications
1 47 (12.30%) Degree
2 10 (2.62%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.09%) AWS Certification
5 7 (1.83%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.05%) CIPD
6 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.52%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.36%) QA
2 7 (1.83%) GDPR
3 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 47 (12.30%) Docker
2 4 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (10.47%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.14%) Terraform
3 2 (0.52%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kiali
4 1 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.45%) Oracle
3 12 (3.14%) Facebook
4 9 (2.36%) IBM
5 8 (2.09%) Google
6 5 (1.31%) ESRI
6 5 (1.31%) Micro Focus
7 3 (0.79%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.52%) Northgate
8 2 (0.52%) Peregrine
8 2 (0.52%) Quadient
8 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.52%) Twitter
8 2 (0.52%) YouTube
9 1 (0.26%) Sitecore