Developer Jobs in the North West

Developer
England > North West

The median Developer salary in the North West is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,708 983 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.32% 12.59% 19.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.30% 14.09% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 773 1,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +16.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.84% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,331 6,977 9,071
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 89.39% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,175 4,060 5,414
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Developer in the North West

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North West

Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +9 946 £55,000 -4.35% 199
Cheshire +13 292 £52,500 -10.64% 55
Merseyside +29 231 £48,750 +14.71% 38
Lancashire +14 175 £50,000 - 29
Cumbria +31 60 £50,000 +25.00% 6
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 574 (33.61%) JavaScript
2 571 (33.43%) C#
3 544 (31.85%) .NET
4 480 (28.10%) Agile
5 438 (25.64%) Azure
6 395 (23.13%) SQL
7 387 (22.66%) Full Stack Development
8 324 (18.97%) HTML
9 304 (17.80%) CSS
10 279 (16.33%) React
11 264 (15.46%) Microsoft
12 257 (15.05%) SQL Server
13 254 (14.87%) AWS
14 247 (14.46%) Social Skills
15 241 (14.11%) AngularJS
16 231 (13.52%) DevOps
17 222 (13.00%) MVC
18 217 (12.70%) ASP.NET
19 204 (11.94%) TDD
20 191 (11.18%) Java
20 191 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
21 187 (10.95%) Node.js
22 186 (10.89%) PHP
23 184 (10.77%) Vue
24 183 (10.71%) Degree
25 180 (10.54%) .NET Core
26 163 (9.54%) Software Engineering
26 163 (9.54%) REST
27 157 (9.19%) User Experience
28 154 (9.02%) Web Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 41 (2.40%) CMS
2 29 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.58%) WordPress
4 18 (1.05%) Apache
5 17 (1.00%) IIS
6 13 (0.76%) OpenEdge
7 8 (0.47%) Apache Solr
7 8 (0.47%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.41%) Confluence
9 6 (0.35%) SAS
10 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.18%) Drupal
13 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.12%) Mendix
13 2 (0.12%) nginx
13 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.059%) concrete5
14 1 (0.059%) Jetty
14 1 (0.059%) Kentico
Applications
1 17 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.41%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.23%) Maya
4 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.29%) NetSuite
2 21 (1.23%) Magento
3 18 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.76%) Shopify
5 12 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.41%) BPCS
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.059%) Demantra
11 1 (0.059%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle ASCP
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 438 (25.64%) Azure
2 254 (14.87%) AWS
3 125 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 114 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (4.86%) Serverless
6 80 (4.68%) SaaS
7 66 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 53 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
10 52 (3.04%) Azure Functions
11 47 (2.75%) Azure API Management
11 47 (2.75%) GitHub
12 43 (2.52%) IBM Cloud
13 42 (2.46%) Power Automate
14 30 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
15 29 (1.70%) PowerApps
16 28 (1.64%) GCP
17 19 (1.11%) Google Play
18 17 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
19 13 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.58%) Internet
2 6 (0.35%) Intranet
3 4 (0.23%) Bluetooth
3 4 (0.23%) Wireless
4 3 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.12%) Broadband
5 2 (0.12%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.059%) DNS
6 1 (0.059%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.059%) Firewall
6 1 (0.059%) HTTP
6 1 (0.059%) MQTT
6 1 (0.059%) RS-232
6 1 (0.059%) Skype
6 1 (0.059%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.059%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (15.05%) SQL Server
2 141 (8.26%) MySQL
3 116 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
4 83 (4.86%) MongoDB
5 81 (4.74%) NoSQL
6 79 (4.63%) Power BI
7 69 (4.04%) Relational Database
8 51 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 49 (2.87%) Tableau
10 44 (2.58%) DB2
11 42 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
12 33 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 16 (0.94%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.94%) Oracle Database 11g
17 12 (0.70%) Power Query
18 11 (0.64%) Redis
19 9 (0.53%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 125 (7.32%) Git
2 43 (2.52%) Visual Studio
3 26 (1.52%) JIRA
4 22 (1.29%) PHPUnit
5 21 (1.23%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.17%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.17%) GitLab
6 20 (1.17%) Jenkins
7 19 (1.11%) Jasmine
8 13 (0.76%) IntelliJ
8 13 (0.76%) JUnit
8 13 (0.76%) Mockito
9 12 (0.70%) Appium
10 11 (0.64%) Karma Test Runner
11 10 (0.59%) Gradle
11 10 (0.59%) NUnit
11 10 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.35%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 247 (14.46%) Social Skills
2 151 (8.84%) Finance
3 83 (4.86%) Public Sector
4 61 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 60 (3.51%) Marketing
6 54 (3.16%) Games
7 52 (3.04%) Law
8 49 (2.87%) Retail
9 37 (2.17%) Legal
10 34 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (1.64%) Advertising
11 28 (1.64%) Banking
12 20 (1.17%) Automotive
13 17 (1.00%) Health Technology
14 15 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (0.64%) Tech for Good
15 11 (0.64%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.59%) Back Office
17 8 (0.47%) Military
18 7 (0.41%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 544 (31.85%) .NET
2 324 (18.97%) HTML
3 304 (17.80%) CSS
4 279 (16.33%) React
5 241 (14.11%) AngularJS
6 217 (12.70%) ASP.NET
7 187 (10.95%) Node.js
8 184 (10.77%) Vue
9 180 (10.54%) .NET Core
10 163 (9.54%) REST
11 144 (8.43%) .NET Framework
12 137 (8.02%) Laravel
13 116 (6.79%) HTML5
14 114 (6.67%) Entity Framework
15 109 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
16 107 (6.26%) RESTful
17 105 (6.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 99 (5.80%) jQuery
19 95 (5.56%) Web Services
20 93 (5.44%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
2 51 (2.99%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.75%) Algorithms
4 46 (2.69%) Data Structures
5 45 (2.63%) Blockchain
6 43 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 38 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 38 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
9 20 (1.17%) IoT
10 17 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.00%) Social Network
11 14 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.76%) NHS
13 12 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.70%) PropTech
14 11 (0.64%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.59%) iSeries
15 10 (0.59%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.32%) Linux
2 98 (5.74%) Windows
3 81 (4.74%) Android
4 79 (4.63%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.00%) Unix
6 13 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.23%) VMS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (28.10%) Agile
2 387 (22.66%) Full Stack Development
3 231 (13.52%) DevOps
4 222 (13.00%) MVC
5 204 (11.94%) TDD
6 191 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 163 (9.54%) Software Engineering
8 157 (9.19%) User Experience
9 154 (9.02%) Web Development
10 144 (8.43%) Design Patterns
11 139 (8.14%) Microservices
12 125 (7.32%) Unit Testing
13 116 (6.79%) Mentoring
14 112 (6.56%) Clean Code
15 111 (6.50%) Scrum
16 110 (6.44%) Front End Development
17 109 (6.38%) OOP
18 107 (6.26%) OO
19 99 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
19 99 (5.80%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 574 (33.61%) JavaScript
2 571 (33.43%) C#
3 395 (23.13%) SQL
4 191 (11.18%) Java
5 186 (10.89%) PHP
6 152 (8.90%) TypeScript
7 112 (6.56%) Python
8 62 (3.63%) T-SQL
9 51 (2.99%) C++
10 32 (1.87%) VB.NET
11 21 (1.23%) Ruby
12 20 (1.17%) Go
12 20 (1.17%) PowerShell
13 19 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 18 (1.05%) Kotlin
14 18 (1.05%) VB
15 17 (1.00%) PL/SQL
16 16 (0.94%) C
17 15 (0.88%) Swift
18 13 (0.76%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 183 (10.71%) Degree
2 65 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (2.46%) Security Cleared
4 37 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.47%) PhD
8 6 (0.35%) HND
9 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.18%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.12%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.059%) ACCA
13 1 (0.059%) CIMA
13 1 (0.059%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.059%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.81%) QA
2 16 (0.94%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.64%) GDPR
4 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.18%) WCAG
5 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 1 (0.059%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.059%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.059%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (6.32%) Docker
2 3 (0.18%) Firmware
3 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.58%) Terraform
3 6 (0.35%) Ansible
4 1 (0.059%) Grafana
4 1 (0.059%) Kiali
4 1 (0.059%) Kibana
4 1 (0.059%) Plesk
Vendors
1 264 (15.46%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.28%) IBM
3 48 (2.81%) Oracle
4 45 (2.63%) Google
5 43 (2.52%) Red Hat
6 39 (2.28%) Facebook
7 23 (1.35%) Adobe
8 20 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.00%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.76%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.59%) Apple
12 9 (0.53%) Progress
12 9 (0.53%) Sony
12 9 (0.53%) Yahoo!
13 8 (0.47%) Twitter
14 6 (0.35%) Actuate
14 6 (0.35%) Civica
15 5 (0.29%) ESRI
15 5 (0.29%) PayPal
15 5 (0.29%) Sitecore