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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,919 934 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.12% 12.78% 18.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.02% 14.27% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 733 1,243
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,450
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% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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 10,650 6,543 9,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.51% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7,955 3,993 5,440
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,834 £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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,650 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 June 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 9 June 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 1,069 £55,000 -4.35% 216
Cheshire +8 334 £50,000 -14.89% 52
Merseyside +39 271 £50,000 +17.65% 36
Lancashire +11 181 £50,000 - 29
Cumbria +29 62 £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 9 June 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.

1 623 (32.46%) C#
2 615 (32.05%) JavaScript
3 598 (31.16%) .NET
4 502 (26.16%) Agile
5 465 (24.23%) Azure
6 417 (21.73%) SQL
7 416 (21.68%) Full Stack Development
8 341 (17.77%) HTML
9 321 (16.73%) CSS
10 290 (15.11%) React
11 278 (14.49%) AWS
12 274 (14.28%) Microsoft
13 264 (13.76%) SQL Server
14 247 (12.87%) AngularJS
15 246 (12.82%) DevOps
16 241 (12.56%) Social Skills
17 230 (11.99%) MVC
18 222 (11.57%) ASP.NET
19 211 (11.00%) TDD
20 210 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
21 205 (10.68%) Java
22 198 (10.32%) PHP
23 194 (10.11%) Node.js
24 189 (9.85%) Vue
25 187 (9.74%) .NET Core
26 182 (9.48%) Software Engineering
27 174 (9.07%) User Experience
28 170 (8.86%) Degree
29 166 (8.65%) REST
30 162 (8.44%) .NET Framework

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 40 (2.08%) CMS
2 33 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.62%) WordPress
4 19 (0.99%) Apache
5 17 (0.89%) IIS
6 13 (0.68%) OpenEdge
7 11 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 9 (0.47%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.31%) Drupal
9 6 (0.31%) SAS
10 5 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.26%) Confluence
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.10%) Mendix
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.052%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.052%) concrete5
13 1 (0.052%) WildFly
Applications
1 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.21%) Maya
4 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.052%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 34 (1.77%) Magento
2 22 (1.15%) NetSuite
3 20 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
6 10 (0.52%) Shopify
7 7 (0.36%) BPCS
8 6 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.10%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.052%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 465 (24.23%) Azure
2 278 (14.49%) AWS
3 135 (7.03%) Power Platform
4 118 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (4.64%) SaaS
6 81 (4.22%) Serverless
7 78 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 53 (2.76%) Azure Functions
10 50 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
11 45 (2.34%) Azure API Management
12 44 (2.29%) GitHub
13 43 (2.24%) IBM Cloud
14 42 (2.19%) Power Automate
15 31 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
16 30 (1.56%) PowerApps
17 29 (1.51%) GCP
18 20 (1.04%) Google Play
18 20 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
19 18 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.56%) Internet
2 6 (0.31%) Intranet
3 4 (0.21%) Bluetooth
3 4 (0.21%) SSL
3 4 (0.21%) VPN
4 3 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.16%) Wireless
5 2 (0.10%) Broadband
5 2 (0.10%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.052%) DNS
6 1 (0.052%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.052%) Firewall
6 1 (0.052%) HTTP
6 1 (0.052%) MQTT
6 1 (0.052%) RS-232
6 1 (0.052%) Skype
6 1 (0.052%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (13.76%) SQL Server
2 153 (7.97%) MySQL
3 116 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (4.48%) MongoDB
5 85 (4.43%) NoSQL
6 80 (4.17%) Power BI
7 73 (3.80%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
10 44 (2.29%) DB2
11 33 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 24 (1.25%) Tableau
14 22 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 16 (0.83%) Oracle Database
16 16 (0.83%) Oracle Database 11g
17 13 (0.68%) Power Query
18 11 (0.57%) Redis
19 10 (0.52%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 128 (6.67%) Git
2 43 (2.24%) Visual Studio
3 25 (1.30%) JIRA
4 22 (1.15%) PHPUnit
5 20 (1.04%) TeamCity
6 19 (0.99%) Bitbucket
6 19 (0.99%) GitLab
6 19 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 17 (0.89%) Jasmine
8 13 (0.68%) Appium
9 11 (0.57%) IntelliJ
9 11 (0.57%) JUnit
9 11 (0.57%) Karma Test Runner
9 11 (0.57%) Mockito
10 10 (0.52%) NUnit
10 10 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.42%) Gradle
12 6 (0.31%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.26%) Maven
General
1 241 (12.56%) Social Skills
2 156 (8.13%) Finance
3 86 (4.48%) Public Sector
4 65 (3.39%) Marketing
5 62 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 60 (3.13%) Law
6 60 (3.13%) Retail
7 59 (3.07%) Games
7 59 (3.07%) Legal
8 51 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
9 32 (1.67%) Advertising
10 27 (1.41%) Banking
11 24 (1.25%) Automotive
12 21 (1.09%) Health Technology
13 18 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (0.78%) Tech for Good
15 14 (0.73%) Back Office
15 14 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.42%) Military
17 7 (0.36%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 598 (31.16%) .NET
2 341 (17.77%) HTML
3 321 (16.73%) CSS
4 290 (15.11%) React
5 247 (12.87%) AngularJS
6 222 (11.57%) ASP.NET
7 194 (10.11%) Node.js
8 189 (9.85%) Vue
9 187 (9.74%) .NET Core
10 166 (8.65%) REST
11 162 (8.44%) .NET Framework
12 139 (7.24%) Laravel
13 126 (6.57%) Entity Framework
14 123 (6.41%) HTML5
15 110 (5.73%) ASP.NET MVC
16 109 (5.68%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 108 (5.63%) RESTful
18 102 (5.32%) ASP.NET Web API
18 102 (5.32%) Web Services
19 101 (5.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 84 (4.38%) Greenfield Project
2 67 (3.49%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.45%) Algorithms
3 47 (2.45%) Blockchain
4 46 (2.40%) Data Structures
4 46 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 35 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (1.15%) IoT
7 22 (1.15%) Social Network
8 19 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
9 18 (0.94%) Cloud Native
10 15 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (0.73%) NHS
11 14 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.68%) Social Media
13 12 (0.63%) PropTech
14 10 (0.52%) iSeries
14 10 (0.52%) Management Information System
14 10 (0.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (6.62%) Linux
2 100 (5.21%) Windows
3 90 (4.69%) Android
3 90 (4.69%) Apple iOS
4 17 (0.89%) Unix
5 13 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (0.21%) VMS
8 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.10%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (26.16%) Agile
2 416 (21.68%) Full Stack Development
3 246 (12.82%) DevOps
4 230 (11.99%) MVC
5 211 (11.00%) TDD
6 210 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
7 182 (9.48%) Software Engineering
8 174 (9.07%) User Experience
9 158 (8.23%) Web Development
10 149 (7.76%) Design Patterns
11 145 (7.56%) Microservices
12 124 (6.46%) Unit Testing
13 116 (6.04%) Clean Code
14 115 (5.99%) Mentoring
14 115 (5.99%) Scrum
15 111 (5.78%) OO
16 109 (5.68%) OOP
17 108 (5.63%) Front End Development
18 107 (5.58%) CI/CD
19 102 (5.32%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 623 (32.46%) C#
2 615 (32.05%) JavaScript
3 417 (21.73%) SQL
4 205 (10.68%) Java
5 198 (10.32%) PHP
6 160 (8.34%) TypeScript
7 123 (6.41%) Python
8 63 (3.28%) T-SQL
9 60 (3.13%) C++
10 32 (1.67%) VB.NET
11 24 (1.25%) Ruby
12 22 (1.15%) Kotlin
13 21 (1.09%) Go
13 21 (1.09%) PowerShell
14 19 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 19 (0.99%) Swift
15 18 (0.94%) VB
16 17 (0.89%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.83%) C
18 13 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 170 (8.86%) Degree
2 74 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (2.34%) Security Cleared
4 37 (1.93%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.42%) PhD
8 6 (0.31%) HND
8 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.16%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.052%) ACCA
12 1 (0.052%) CIMA
12 1 (0.052%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.052%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.54%) QA
2 16 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.57%) GDPR
4 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.16%) WCAG
5 2 (0.10%) HL7
6 1 (0.052%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.052%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.052%) NIST
6 1 (0.052%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 107 (5.58%) Docker
2 3 (0.16%) Firmware
2 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 67 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.14%) Terraform
3 5 (0.26%) Ansible
4 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.052%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.052%) Kiali
5 1 (0.052%) Kibana
5 1 (0.052%) Plesk
Vendors
1 274 (14.28%) Microsoft
2 56 (2.92%) IBM
3 49 (2.55%) Oracle
4 46 (2.40%) Google
5 43 (2.24%) Red Hat
6 40 (2.08%) Facebook
7 37 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.25%) Adobe
9 21 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.68%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.52%) Apple
12 9 (0.47%) Progress
12 9 (0.47%) Sony
12 9 (0.47%) Twitter
12 9 (0.47%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.31%) Actuate
13 6 (0.31%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.31%) Civica
13 6 (0.31%) Intapp
14 5 (0.26%) ESRI