Software Developer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Developer salary in West Yorkshire is £47,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 186 78
Rank change year-on-year +98 -108 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 63 43 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.94% 0.94% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.01% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 56 41 69
10th Percentile £26,250 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +35.29% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,750 £70,000 £53,500
90th Percentile £56,875 £71,250 £57,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £53,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.63% +26.47% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,114 4,248 4,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.84% 92.77% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,242 2,196 3,111
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £40,000 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +0.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,620 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Leeds +46 54 £45,000 -28.00% 11
Halifax - 3 £50,000 -
Huddersfield - 3 £52,500 -
Bradford - 1 £45,000 - 2
Software Developer
Yorkshire

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 38 (60.32%) C#
2 36 (57.14%) .NET
3 23 (36.51%) .NET Core
4 22 (34.92%) SQL
4 22 (34.92%) Azure
5 18 (28.57%) DevOps
6 16 (25.40%) Software Engineering
6 16 (25.40%) Full Stack Development
7 14 (22.22%) Microservices
8 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
8 13 (20.63%) CI/CD
9 12 (19.05%) Law
9 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
9 12 (19.05%) AngularJS
10 11 (17.46%) React
11 10 (15.87%) RESTful
12 9 (14.29%) Public Cloud
12 9 (14.29%) Docker
12 9 (14.29%) GitHub
12 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (14.29%) Containerisation
12 9 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (14.29%) Public Sector
12 9 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
12 9 (14.29%) Kubernetes
12 9 (14.29%) CircleCI
13 8 (12.70%) HTML
13 8 (12.70%) SDLC

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 1 (1.59%) Confluence
1 1 (1.59%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure
2 9 (14.29%) GitHub
2 9 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.35%) BigCommerce
4 4 (6.35%) OCI
5 3 (4.76%) Contentful
6 1 (1.59%) AWS
6 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.76%) MySQL
3 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (14.29%) CircleCI
2 2 (3.17%) Git
2 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.59%) JIRA
3 1 (1.59%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (19.05%) Law
2 9 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 9 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.76%) Marketing
5 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Finance
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Games
7 1 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (57.14%) .NET
2 23 (36.51%) .NET Core
3 12 (19.05%) AngularJS
4 11 (17.46%) React
5 10 (15.87%) RESTful
6 8 (12.70%) HTML
7 6 (9.52%) CSS
8 5 (7.94%) JSON
8 5 (7.94%) REST
9 4 (6.35%) .NET Framework
9 4 (6.35%) ASP.NET
9 4 (6.35%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (4.76%) Entity Framework
10 3 (4.76%) Laravel
10 3 (4.76%) XML
11 2 (3.17%) ODBC
12 1 (1.59%) Ajax
12 1 (1.59%) Node.js
12 1 (1.59%) STL
12 1 (1.59%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 4 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.35%) NHS
3 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.57%) DevOps
2 16 (25.40%) Full Stack Development
2 16 (25.40%) Software Engineering
3 14 (22.22%) Microservices
4 13 (20.63%) CI/CD
5 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
6 9 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 9 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
6 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.70%) SDLC
8 6 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (9.52%) TDD
9 5 (7.94%) E-Commerce
9 5 (7.94%) MVC
10 4 (6.35%) Code Quality
10 4 (6.35%) Mathematics
11 3 (4.76%) Functional Testing
11 3 (4.76%) Non-Functional Testing
11 3 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 38 (60.32%) C#
2 22 (34.92%) SQL
3 7 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.35%) Java
4 4 (6.35%) PHP
4 4 (6.35%) T-SQL
4 4 (6.35%) VB.NET
5 3 (4.76%) Python
6 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.17%) VB
7 1 (1.59%) C++
7 1 (1.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (6.35%) CIPD
1 4 (6.35%) DBS Check
1 4 (6.35%) Degree
2 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Docker
2 4 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) Oracle
3 2 (3.17%) Quadient