Developer Jobs in the North of England

Developer
England > North of England

The median Developer salary in the North of England is £52,084 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 16 4
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3,130 2,047 3,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.60% 12.69% 20.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.43% 14.21% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,693 1,396 2,638
10th Percentile £33,879 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,720
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £82,500
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 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 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Developer in the North of England

Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the North of England

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 Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +12 1,841 £52,500 -4.55% 308
Yorkshire +14 995 £50,000 -4.76% 136
North East +5 294 £50,000 -9.09% 53
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,087 (34.73%) .NET
2 1,073 (34.28%) C#
3 1,018 (32.52%) JavaScript
4 845 (27.00%) Azure
5 790 (25.24%) Agile
6 743 (23.74%) Full Stack Development
7 651 (20.80%) SQL
8 538 (17.19%) HTML
9 497 (15.88%) Microsoft
10 495 (15.81%) CSS
11 470 (15.02%) AngularJS
12 455 (14.54%) Social Skills
13 454 (14.50%) SQL Server
14 452 (14.44%) React
15 435 (13.90%) AWS
16 380 (12.14%) PHP
17 368 (11.76%) DevOps
18 366 (11.69%) .NET Core
19 365 (11.66%) MVC
20 358 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
21 354 (11.31%) ASP.NET
22 324 (10.35%) Microservices
23 323 (10.32%) Node.js
24 305 (9.74%) .NET Framework
25 297 (9.49%) TDD
26 290 (9.27%) Software Engineering
27 289 (9.23%) ASP.NET Web API
28 282 (9.01%) Degree
29 279 (8.91%) MySQL
30 275 (8.79%) Vue

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 66 (2.11%) WordPress
2 65 (2.08%) CMS
3 59 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 36 (1.15%) Umbraco
5 29 (0.93%) IIS
6 28 (0.89%) Apache
7 16 (0.51%) OpenEdge
8 13 (0.42%) Confluence
9 9 (0.29%) Apache Solr
10 8 (0.26%) SAS
11 6 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.19%) Drupal
11 6 (0.19%) nginx
12 5 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 4 (0.13%) Mendix
13 4 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.064%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 1 (0.032%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.38%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.13%) Maya
7 4 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.13%) Sketch
8 3 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.032%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 47 (1.50%) Magento
2 40 (1.28%) Shopify
3 38 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 12 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
7 9 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
8 7 (0.22%) BPCS
9 5 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.096%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.064%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.064%) SAP MII
11 2 (0.064%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.032%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.032%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 845 (27.00%) Azure
2 435 (13.90%) AWS
3 229 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 182 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
5 130 (4.15%) SaaS
6 127 (4.06%) Serverless
7 125 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
8 86 (2.75%) Power Automate
9 78 (2.49%) PowerApps
10 67 (2.14%) Azure Service Bus
11 63 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 62 (1.98%) GitHub
13 59 (1.88%) Azure Functions
14 46 (1.47%) Azure API Management
15 44 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
16 43 (1.37%) IBM Cloud
17 41 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
18 38 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
19 36 (1.15%) GCP
20 28 (0.89%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.88%) Internet
2 13 (0.42%) Broadband
2 13 (0.42%) Wireless
3 9 (0.29%) DNS
3 9 (0.29%) Intranet
4 8 (0.26%) HTTP
4 8 (0.26%) Mobile Broadband
5 6 (0.19%) SSL
5 6 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
6 4 (0.13%) Firewall
6 4 (0.13%) MQTT
7 3 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.064%) FTP
8 2 (0.064%) RS-232
8 2 (0.064%) VPN
9 1 (0.032%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.032%) Skype
9 1 (0.032%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 454 (14.50%) SQL Server
2 279 (8.91%) MySQL
3 152 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
4 149 (4.76%) Power BI
5 111 (3.55%) MongoDB
5 111 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 100 (3.19%) NoSQL
7 79 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 72 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
9 47 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
10 44 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 44 (1.41%) DB2
11 38 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 35 (1.12%) Power Query
12 35 (1.12%) Tableau
13 29 (0.93%) DynamoDB
14 25 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 24 (0.77%) Redis
16 23 (0.73%) Oracle Database
16 23 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 241 (7.70%) Git
2 58 (1.85%) Visual Studio
3 47 (1.50%) JIRA
4 32 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 26 (0.83%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.80%) GitLab
7 24 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 23 (0.73%) PHPUnit
9 21 (0.67%) Jasmine
10 16 (0.51%) Karma Test Runner
11 15 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (0.45%) Xcode
13 12 (0.38%) Appium
13 12 (0.38%) Gradle
13 12 (0.38%) JUnit
13 12 (0.38%) Mockito
14 11 (0.35%) IntelliJ
15 10 (0.32%) gulp
15 10 (0.32%) NUnit
16 9 (0.29%) CircleCI
General
1 455 (14.54%) Social Skills
2 237 (7.57%) Finance
3 153 (4.89%) Public Sector
4 134 (4.28%) Retail
5 126 (4.03%) Law
6 124 (3.96%) Marketing
7 109 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
8 108 (3.45%) Games
9 84 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 64 (2.04%) Legal
11 42 (1.34%) Advertising
12 41 (1.31%) Banking
13 38 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (1.21%) Tech for Good
14 37 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 36 (1.15%) Automotive
16 30 (0.96%) Health Technology
17 23 (0.73%) Telecoms
18 19 (0.61%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.48%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,087 (34.73%) .NET
2 538 (17.19%) HTML
3 495 (15.81%) CSS
4 470 (15.02%) AngularJS
5 452 (14.44%) React
6 366 (11.69%) .NET Core
7 354 (11.31%) ASP.NET
8 323 (10.32%) Node.js
9 305 (9.74%) .NET Framework
10 289 (9.23%) ASP.NET Web API
11 275 (8.79%) Vue
12 259 (8.27%) RESTful
13 243 (7.76%) Entity Framework
14 241 (7.70%) Laravel
15 222 (7.09%) REST
16 199 (6.36%) ASP.NET MVC
17 163 (5.21%) HTML5
18 156 (4.98%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 153 (4.89%) jQuery
20 140 (4.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 155 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
2 92 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 57 (1.82%) Data Structures
4 51 (1.63%) Product Ownership
5 50 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 47 (1.50%) Blockchain
7 43 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.25%) IoT
10 38 (1.21%) NHS
11 32 (1.02%) Social Media
12 30 (0.96%) Cloud Native
13 29 (0.93%) Management Information System
14 28 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (0.64%) Animation
16 20 (0.64%) Social Network
17 19 (0.61%) Public Cloud
17 19 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
18 17 (0.54%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 168 (5.37%) Linux
2 121 (3.87%) Windows
3 106 (3.39%) Apple iOS
4 103 (3.29%) Android
5 21 (0.67%) Unix
6 16 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.29%) VMS
8 9 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.064%) AIX
10 2 (0.064%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.032%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 790 (25.24%) Agile
2 743 (23.74%) Full Stack Development
3 368 (11.76%) DevOps
4 365 (11.66%) MVC
5 358 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
6 324 (10.35%) Microservices
7 297 (9.49%) TDD
8 290 (9.27%) Software Engineering
9 254 (8.12%) Web Development
10 244 (7.80%) User Experience
11 209 (6.68%) Mentoring
12 202 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
13 187 (5.97%) Front End Development
14 186 (5.94%) CI/CD
15 177 (5.65%) Design Patterns
16 171 (5.46%) Scrum
16 171 (5.46%) Unit Testing
17 163 (5.21%) Computer Science
18 162 (5.18%) OO
19 157 (5.02%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1,073 (34.28%) C#
2 1,018 (32.52%) JavaScript
3 651 (20.80%) SQL
4 380 (12.14%) PHP
5 271 (8.66%) TypeScript
6 268 (8.56%) Java
7 174 (5.56%) Python
8 98 (3.13%) T-SQL
9 69 (2.20%) C++
10 60 (1.92%) VB.NET
11 35 (1.12%) Swift
12 34 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 33 (1.05%) Kotlin
14 32 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 32 (1.02%) Ruby
15 29 (0.93%) Scala
16 27 (0.86%) VB
17 25 (0.80%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.67%) Delphi
18 21 (0.67%) Go
Qualifications
1 282 (9.01%) Degree
2 125 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (2.52%) Security Cleared
4 68 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 25 (0.80%) DBS Check
6 20 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.26%) PhD
11 6 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.19%) CIPD
11 6 (0.19%) HND
11 6 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.096%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.064%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.064%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.064%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.064%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.032%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (2.91%) QA
2 26 (0.83%) GDPR
3 23 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.19%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.096%) WCAG
7 2 (0.064%) HL7
7 2 (0.064%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.032%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.032%) NIST
8 1 (0.032%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 180 (5.75%) Docker
2 9 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.096%) Firmware
4 3 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.032%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 114 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 73 (2.33%) Terraform
3 6 (0.19%) Ansible
4 4 (0.13%) Rancher
5 2 (0.064%) Kibana
5 2 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.032%) Grafana
6 1 (0.032%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.032%) Istio
6 1 (0.032%) Kiali
6 1 (0.032%) Oozie
6 1 (0.032%) Plesk
6 1 (0.032%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 497 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.65%) Oracle
3 79 (2.52%) Google
4 57 (1.82%) IBM
5 48 (1.53%) Facebook
6 45 (1.44%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 34 (1.09%) Adobe
9 23 (0.73%) MuleSoft
10 20 (0.64%) Apple
10 20 (0.64%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.45%) Progress
11 14 (0.45%) Sony
11 14 (0.45%) Yahoo!
12 13 (0.42%) SAP
13 11 (0.35%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.32%) Cadence
14 10 (0.32%) F5
14 10 (0.32%) WooCommerce
15 9 (0.29%) Twitter