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 6 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
6 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 1,881 935 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.10% 12.81% 18.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.00% 14.32% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 732 1,246
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
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 £83,625 £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 10,449 6,528 9,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.44% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,816 3,979 5,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,688 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,255 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +0.43% +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 6 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 6 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 1,049 £55,000 -4.35% 211
Cheshire +11 327 £50,000 -14.89% 49
Merseyside +31 266 £50,000 +17.65% 31
Lancashire +10 175 £50,000 - 30
Cumbria +28 62 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 619 (32.91%) C#
2 609 (32.38%) JavaScript
3 594 (31.58%) .NET
4 500 (26.58%) Agile
5 464 (24.67%) Azure
6 415 (22.06%) SQL
7 409 (21.74%) Full Stack Development
8 340 (18.08%) HTML
9 320 (17.01%) CSS
10 290 (15.42%) React
11 278 (14.78%) AWS
12 274 (14.57%) Microsoft
13 263 (13.98%) SQL Server
14 247 (13.13%) AngularJS
14 247 (13.13%) DevOps
15 242 (12.87%) Social Skills
16 230 (12.23%) MVC
17 223 (11.86%) ASP.NET
18 210 (11.16%) TDD
19 205 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
20 202 (10.74%) Java
21 196 (10.42%) PHP
22 192 (10.21%) Node.js
23 187 (9.94%) .NET Core
23 187 (9.94%) Vue
24 180 (9.57%) Software Engineering
25 171 (9.09%) User Experience
26 170 (9.04%) Degree
27 165 (8.77%) REST
28 161 (8.56%) .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 (2.13%) CMS
2 33 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.65%) WordPress
4 19 (1.01%) Apache
5 17 (0.90%) IIS
6 13 (0.69%) OpenEdge
7 11 (0.58%) Umbraco
8 9 (0.48%) Apache Solr
9 6 (0.32%) Drupal
9 6 (0.32%) SAS
10 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.27%) Confluence
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.11%) Mendix
12 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.053%) concrete5
13 1 (0.053%) Kentico
13 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.37%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.21%) Maya
4 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 32 (1.70%) Magento
2 22 (1.17%) NetSuite
3 20 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
6 10 (0.53%) Shopify
7 7 (0.37%) BPCS
8 6 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.053%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 1 (0.053%) Sage 200
11 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 464 (24.67%) Azure
2 278 (14.78%) AWS
3 132 (7.02%) Power Platform
4 118 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (4.73%) SaaS
6 82 (4.36%) Serverless
7 75 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 53 (2.82%) Azure Functions
10 51 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
11 46 (2.45%) Azure API Management
12 44 (2.34%) GitHub
13 43 (2.29%) IBM Cloud
14 42 (2.23%) Power Automate
15 31 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
16 30 (1.59%) PowerApps
17 29 (1.54%) GCP
18 20 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
19 19 (1.01%) Google Play
20 18 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.59%) Internet
2 6 (0.32%) 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 (0.11%) Broadband
5 2 (0.11%) Mobile Broadband
5 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.053%) DNS
6 1 (0.053%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.053%) Firewall
6 1 (0.053%) HTTP
6 1 (0.053%) MQTT
6 1 (0.053%) RS-232
6 1 (0.053%) Skype
6 1 (0.053%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 153 (8.13%) MySQL
3 117 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (4.57%) MongoDB
5 85 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 80 (4.25%) Power BI
7 72 (3.83%) Relational Database
8 53 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
10 44 (2.34%) DB2
11 33 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 27 (1.44%) Tableau
13 22 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (0.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 16 (0.85%) Oracle Database
15 16 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
16 13 (0.69%) Power Query
17 11 (0.58%) Redis
18 10 (0.53%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 129 (6.86%) Git
2 43 (2.29%) Visual Studio
3 25 (1.33%) JIRA
4 22 (1.17%) PHPUnit
5 20 (1.06%) GitLab
5 20 (1.06%) TeamCity
6 19 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 17 (0.90%) Jasmine
8 13 (0.69%) Appium
9 11 (0.58%) IntelliJ
9 11 (0.58%) JUnit
9 11 (0.58%) Karma Test Runner
9 11 (0.58%) Mockito
10 10 (0.53%) NUnit
10 10 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.43%) Gradle
12 6 (0.32%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.27%) Maven
General
1 242 (12.87%) Social Skills
2 156 (8.29%) Finance
3 86 (4.57%) Public Sector
4 65 (3.46%) Marketing
5 62 (3.30%) Manufacturing
6 60 (3.19%) Retail
7 59 (3.14%) Games
8 58 (3.08%) Law
9 57 (3.03%) Legal
10 47 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (1.65%) Advertising
12 27 (1.44%) Banking
13 24 (1.28%) Automotive
14 20 (1.06%) Health Technology
15 17 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (0.80%) Tech for Good
17 14 (0.74%) Telecoms
18 13 (0.69%) Back Office
19 8 (0.43%) Military
20 7 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 594 (31.58%) .NET
2 340 (18.08%) HTML
3 320 (17.01%) CSS
4 290 (15.42%) React
5 247 (13.13%) AngularJS
6 223 (11.86%) ASP.NET
7 192 (10.21%) Node.js
8 187 (9.94%) .NET Core
8 187 (9.94%) Vue
9 165 (8.77%) REST
10 161 (8.56%) .NET Framework
11 138 (7.34%) Laravel
12 124 (6.59%) Entity Framework
13 122 (6.49%) HTML5
14 110 (5.85%) ASP.NET MVC
15 109 (5.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 108 (5.74%) RESTful
17 101 (5.37%) jQuery
18 100 (5.32%) ASP.NET Web API
18 100 (5.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
2 63 (3.35%) Mobile App
3 47 (2.50%) Algorithms
3 47 (2.50%) Blockchain
4 46 (2.45%) Data Structures
5 45 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 43 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.17%) IoT
9 21 (1.12%) Social Network
10 19 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
11 18 (0.96%) Cloud Native
12 15 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (0.74%) NHS
13 14 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.64%) PropTech
14 12 (0.64%) Social Media
15 11 (0.58%) Management Information System
15 11 (0.58%) Private Cloud
16 10 (0.53%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 127 (6.75%) Linux
2 99 (5.26%) Windows
3 87 (4.63%) Android
4 85 (4.52%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.90%) Unix
6 13 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.21%) VMS
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (26.58%) Agile
2 409 (21.74%) Full Stack Development
3 247 (13.13%) DevOps
4 230 (12.23%) MVC
5 210 (11.16%) TDD
6 205 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
7 180 (9.57%) Software Engineering
8 171 (9.09%) User Experience
9 155 (8.24%) Web Development
10 148 (7.87%) Design Patterns
11 144 (7.66%) Microservices
12 124 (6.59%) Unit Testing
13 115 (6.11%) Mentoring
13 115 (6.11%) Scrum
14 114 (6.06%) Clean Code
15 109 (5.79%) OO
16 108 (5.74%) CI/CD
16 108 (5.74%) Front End Development
16 108 (5.74%) OOP
17 102 (5.42%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 619 (32.91%) C#
2 609 (32.38%) JavaScript
3 415 (22.06%) SQL
4 202 (10.74%) Java
5 196 (10.42%) PHP
6 160 (8.51%) TypeScript
7 122 (6.49%) Python
8 63 (3.35%) T-SQL
9 57 (3.03%) C++
10 32 (1.70%) VB.NET
11 24 (1.28%) Ruby
12 22 (1.17%) Kotlin
13 21 (1.12%) Go
13 21 (1.12%) PowerShell
14 19 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 18 (0.96%) Swift
15 18 (0.96%) VB
16 17 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.85%) C
18 13 (0.69%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 170 (9.04%) Degree
2 71 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (2.39%) Security Cleared
4 37 (1.97%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.96%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.48%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.43%) PhD
8 6 (0.32%) HND
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.16%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.053%) ACCA
12 1 (0.053%) CIMA
12 1 (0.053%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.053%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (3.62%) QA
2 16 (0.85%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.58%) GDPR
4 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.16%) WCAG
5 2 (0.11%) HL7
6 1 (0.053%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.053%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.053%) NIST
6 1 (0.053%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 109 (5.79%) Docker
2 3 (0.16%) Firmware
2 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.053%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 69 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.23%) Terraform
3 5 (0.27%) Ansible
4 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.053%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.053%) Kiali
5 1 (0.053%) Kibana
5 1 (0.053%) Plesk
Vendors
1 274 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 56 (2.98%) IBM
3 50 (2.66%) Oracle
4 45 (2.39%) Google
5 43 (2.29%) Red Hat
6 40 (2.13%) Facebook
7 34 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.22%) Adobe
9 21 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.48%) Apple
11 9 (0.48%) Progress
11 9 (0.48%) Sony
11 9 (0.48%) Twitter
11 9 (0.48%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.32%) Actuate
12 6 (0.32%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.32%) Civica
12 6 (0.32%) Intapp
13 5 (0.27%) ESRI