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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 17 4
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,906 2,104 3,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.44% 12.46% 20.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.31% 13.91% 21.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 1,442 2,689
10th Percentile £33,600 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,000
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 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £83,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +7.44% +10.00%

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 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £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 £69,000 £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%

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 20 May 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 20 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 +11 1,720 £52,500 -4.55% 341
Yorkshire +14 924 £50,000 -4.76% 185
North East +6 262 £50,000 -9.09% 70
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 of England region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 1,016 (34.96%) .NET
2 1,011 (34.79%) C#
3 987 (33.96%) JavaScript
4 805 (27.70%) Azure
5 765 (26.32%) Agile
6 711 (24.47%) Full Stack Development
7 626 (21.54%) SQL
8 531 (18.27%) HTML
9 490 (16.86%) CSS
10 487 (16.76%) Microsoft
11 457 (15.73%) AngularJS
12 449 (15.45%) SQL Server
12 449 (15.45%) Social Skills
13 441 (15.18%) React
14 413 (14.21%) AWS
15 371 (12.77%) PHP
16 363 (12.49%) MVC
17 358 (12.32%) .NET Core
18 355 (12.22%) DevOps
19 350 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
19 350 (12.04%) ASP.NET
20 321 (11.05%) Node.js
21 318 (10.94%) Microservices
22 294 (10.12%) .NET Framework
23 291 (10.01%) TDD
24 287 (9.88%) Degree
25 279 (9.60%) ASP.NET Web API
26 277 (9.53%) Software Engineering
27 273 (9.39%) Vue
28 266 (9.15%) MySQL

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 63 (2.17%) CMS
2 62 (2.13%) WordPress
3 57 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 34 (1.17%) Umbraco
5 29 (1.00%) IIS
6 27 (0.93%) Apache
7 16 (0.55%) Confluence
7 16 (0.55%) OpenEdge
8 8 (0.28%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.28%) SAS
9 6 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.21%) nginx
10 5 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.14%) Drupal
11 4 (0.14%) Mendix
11 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.069%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 12 (0.41%) Photoshop
5 6 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.14%) Maya
7 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.10%) Sketch
9 2 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.069%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (1.51%) Shopify
2 37 (1.27%) Magento
3 33 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (0.79%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 10 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 7 (0.24%) BPCS
9 5 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.10%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.069%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.069%) SAP MII
11 2 (0.069%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.034%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (0.034%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.034%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 805 (27.70%) Azure
2 413 (14.21%) AWS
3 226 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 177 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
5 129 (4.44%) Serverless
6 119 (4.09%) SaaS
7 113 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
8 84 (2.89%) Power Automate
9 75 (2.58%) PowerApps
10 68 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
11 61 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
12 60 (2.06%) GitHub
13 59 (2.03%) Azure Functions
14 47 (1.62%) Azure API Management
15 43 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
15 43 (1.48%) IBM Cloud
16 37 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 36 (1.24%) GCP
18 30 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
19 29 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.93%) Internet
2 13 (0.45%) Broadband
2 13 (0.45%) Wireless
3 9 (0.31%) DNS
3 9 (0.31%) Intranet
4 8 (0.28%) HTTP
4 8 (0.28%) Mobile Broadband
5 6 (0.21%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.14%) Bluetooth
6 4 (0.14%) Firewall
6 4 (0.14%) MQTT
6 4 (0.14%) SSL
7 3 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.069%) FTP
8 2 (0.069%) RS-232
9 1 (0.034%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.034%) Skype
9 1 (0.034%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 449 (15.45%) SQL Server
2 266 (9.15%) MySQL
3 152 (5.23%) PostgreSQL
4 151 (5.20%) Power BI
5 112 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 109 (3.75%) MongoDB
7 97 (3.34%) NoSQL
8 78 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 70 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
10 46 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
11 45 (1.55%) DB2
12 44 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 44 (1.51%) Tableau
13 37 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 34 (1.17%) Power Query
15 28 (0.96%) DynamoDB
16 24 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 24 (0.83%) Redis
17 23 (0.79%) Oracle Database
17 23 (0.79%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 239 (8.22%) Git
2 58 (2.00%) Visual Studio
3 52 (1.79%) JIRA
4 32 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 28 (0.96%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.86%) GitLab
6 25 (0.86%) TeamCity
7 23 (0.79%) Jasmine
7 23 (0.79%) PHPUnit
8 16 (0.55%) Karma Test Runner
9 15 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
10 13 (0.45%) Gradle
10 13 (0.45%) JUnit
10 13 (0.45%) Mockito
10 13 (0.45%) Xcode
11 12 (0.41%) Appium
11 12 (0.41%) IntelliJ
12 10 (0.34%) gulp
12 10 (0.34%) NUnit
13 9 (0.31%) Cypress.io
General
1 449 (15.45%) Social Skills
2 229 (7.88%) Finance
3 151 (5.20%) Public Sector
4 123 (4.23%) Law
5 122 (4.20%) Retail
6 116 (3.99%) Marketing
7 103 (3.54%) Games
8 100 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
9 82 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 47 (1.62%) Legal
11 41 (1.41%) Advertising
12 40 (1.38%) Banking
13 36 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 35 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (1.14%) Automotive
15 33 (1.14%) Tech for Good
16 29 (1.00%) Health Technology
17 23 (0.79%) Telecoms
18 19 (0.65%) Aerospace
19 13 (0.45%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,016 (34.96%) .NET
2 531 (18.27%) HTML
3 490 (16.86%) CSS
4 457 (15.73%) AngularJS
5 441 (15.18%) React
6 358 (12.32%) .NET Core
7 350 (12.04%) ASP.NET
8 321 (11.05%) Node.js
9 294 (10.12%) .NET Framework
10 279 (9.60%) ASP.NET Web API
11 273 (9.39%) Vue
12 251 (8.64%) RESTful
13 241 (8.29%) Laravel
14 237 (8.16%) Entity Framework
15 219 (7.54%) REST
16 199 (6.85%) ASP.NET MVC
17 158 (5.44%) HTML5
18 154 (5.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 153 (5.26%) jQuery
20 134 (4.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 155 (5.33%) Greenfield Project
2 85 (2.92%) Mobile App
3 57 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 50 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 47 (1.62%) Blockchain
6 46 (1.58%) Product Ownership
7 43 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 43 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 38 (1.31%) IoT
9 37 (1.27%) NHS
10 31 (1.07%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.03%) Cloud Native
12 27 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (0.93%) Social Media
13 24 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
15 19 (0.65%) Animation
16 18 (0.62%) iPhone
16 18 (0.62%) Social Network
17 17 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 166 (5.71%) Linux
2 121 (4.16%) Windows
3 98 (3.37%) Android
4 97 (3.34%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.69%) Unix
6 16 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.31%) VMS
8 9 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.069%) AIX
10 2 (0.069%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.069%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (26.32%) Agile
2 711 (24.47%) Full Stack Development
3 363 (12.49%) MVC
4 355 (12.22%) DevOps
5 350 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
6 318 (10.94%) Microservices
7 291 (10.01%) TDD
8 277 (9.53%) Software Engineering
9 252 (8.67%) Web Development
10 236 (8.12%) User Experience
11 204 (7.02%) Mentoring
12 200 (6.88%) Business Intelligence
13 183 (6.30%) Front End Development
14 175 (6.02%) CI/CD
15 173 (5.95%) Design Patterns
16 171 (5.88%) Unit Testing
17 165 (5.68%) Scrum
18 161 (5.54%) OO
19 159 (5.47%) Computer Science
20 147 (5.06%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 1,011 (34.79%) C#
2 987 (33.96%) JavaScript
3 626 (21.54%) SQL
4 371 (12.77%) PHP
5 260 (8.95%) TypeScript
6 259 (8.91%) Java
7 164 (5.64%) Python
8 97 (3.34%) T-SQL
9 63 (2.17%) C++
10 59 (2.03%) VB.NET
11 34 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 30 (1.03%) PowerShell
12 30 (1.03%) Ruby
12 30 (1.03%) Swift
13 29 (1.00%) Kotlin
14 27 (0.93%) VB
15 23 (0.79%) PL/SQL
16 22 (0.76%) Go
17 21 (0.72%) Delphi
18 18 (0.62%) C
Qualifications
1 287 (9.88%) Degree
2 122 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (2.62%) Security Cleared
4 68 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 25 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 20 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.28%) PhD
11 7 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.21%) CIPD
12 6 (0.21%) HND
12 6 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.069%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.069%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.069%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.069%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.069%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.034%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.13%) QA
2 26 (0.89%) GDPR
3 23 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.24%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.10%) WCAG
7 2 (0.069%) HL7
7 2 (0.069%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.034%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.034%) NIST
8 1 (0.034%) WAI
System Software
1 179 (6.16%) Docker
2 8 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.069%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.034%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.034%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 112 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 73 (2.51%) Terraform
3 6 (0.21%) Ansible
4 4 (0.14%) Rancher
5 2 (0.069%) Kibana
6 1 (0.034%) Grafana
6 1 (0.034%) Istio
6 1 (0.034%) Kiali
6 1 (0.034%) Oozie
6 1 (0.034%) Plesk
6 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 487 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 80 (2.75%) Oracle
3 79 (2.72%) Google
4 57 (1.96%) IBM
5 47 (1.62%) Facebook
6 43 (1.48%) Red Hat
7 32 (1.10%) Adobe
8 28 (0.96%) ServiceNow
9 23 (0.79%) MuleSoft
10 20 (0.69%) Apple
10 20 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.48%) Progress
11 14 (0.48%) Sony
11 14 (0.48%) Yahoo!
12 12 (0.41%) SAP
13 10 (0.34%) Cadence
13 10 (0.34%) F5
13 10 (0.34%) Sitecore
14 9 (0.31%) Synopsys
14 9 (0.31%) Xamarin