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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 17 3
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2,867 2,114 3,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.42% 12.28% 20.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.30% 13.74% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 1,454 2,691
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,175 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +6.56% +10.91%

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 16,575 15,385 17,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 8,143 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £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 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 9 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 9 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 1,704 £52,500 -4.55% 291
Yorkshire +15 907 £50,000 -4.76% 133
North East +6 256 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 998 (34.81%) .NET
2 991 (34.57%) C#
3 971 (33.87%) JavaScript
4 790 (27.55%) Azure
5 765 (26.68%) Agile
6 697 (24.31%) Full Stack Development
7 631 (22.01%) SQL
8 525 (18.31%) HTML
9 483 (16.85%) CSS
10 482 (16.81%) Microsoft
11 453 (15.80%) Social Skills
12 449 (15.66%) AngularJS
13 446 (15.56%) SQL Server
14 435 (15.17%) React
15 407 (14.20%) AWS
16 368 (12.84%) PHP
17 359 (12.52%) MVC
18 354 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
19 351 (12.24%) .NET Core
20 349 (12.17%) ASP.NET
21 339 (11.82%) DevOps
22 318 (11.09%) Node.js
23 308 (10.74%) Microservices
24 292 (10.18%) TDD
25 291 (10.15%) Degree
26 287 (10.01%) .NET Framework
27 277 (9.66%) ASP.NET Web API
28 272 (9.49%) Software Engineering
29 269 (9.38%) Vue
30 265 (9.24%) 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 62 (2.16%) WordPress
2 59 (2.06%) CMS
3 57 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 34 (1.19%) Umbraco
5 29 (1.01%) IIS
6 27 (0.94%) Apache
7 16 (0.56%) OpenEdge
8 14 (0.49%) Confluence
9 8 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 8 (0.28%) SAS
10 6 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.21%) nginx
11 5 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.14%) Drupal
12 4 (0.14%) Mendix
12 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.070%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 12 (0.42%) 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 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (1.53%) Shopify
2 36 (1.26%) Magento
3 33 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (0.80%) NetSuite
5 15 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.31%) 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 (0.070%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.070%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.070%) SAP MII
11 2 (0.070%) SystmOne
12 1 (0.035%) Demantra
12 1 (0.035%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 1 (0.035%) Oracle ASCP
12 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
12 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 790 (27.55%) Azure
2 407 (14.20%) AWS
3 228 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 171 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
5 130 (4.53%) Serverless
6 123 (4.29%) SaaS
7 111 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
8 84 (2.93%) Power Automate
9 76 (2.65%) PowerApps
10 67 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
11 61 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 60 (2.09%) GitHub
13 59 (2.06%) Azure Functions
14 47 (1.64%) Azure API Management
15 43 (1.50%) IBM Cloud
16 42 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
17 38 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
18 35 (1.22%) GCP
19 30 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.92%) 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%) Mobile Broadband
5 7 (0.24%) HTTP
6 6 (0.21%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.14%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.14%) Firewall
7 4 (0.14%) MQTT
7 4 (0.14%) SSL
8 3 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.070%) FTP
9 2 (0.070%) RS-232
10 1 (0.035%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.035%) Skype
10 1 (0.035%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 446 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 265 (9.24%) MySQL
3 155 (5.41%) Power BI
4 153 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
5 113 (3.94%) Relational Database
6 107 (3.73%) MongoDB
7 95 (3.31%) NoSQL
8 80 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 71 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
10 50 (1.74%) Tableau
11 45 (1.57%) DB2
11 45 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
12 44 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
13 40 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 35 (1.22%) Power Query
15 29 (1.01%) DynamoDB
16 24 (0.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 24 (0.84%) Redis
17 23 (0.80%) Oracle Database
17 23 (0.80%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 237 (8.27%) Git
2 57 (1.99%) Visual Studio
3 51 (1.78%) JIRA
4 33 (1.15%) Bitbucket
5 26 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 26 (0.91%) TeamCity
6 25 (0.87%) GitLab
7 24 (0.84%) Jasmine
8 23 (0.80%) PHPUnit
9 16 (0.56%) Karma Test Runner
10 15 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (0.49%) Gradle
11 14 (0.49%) JUnit
11 14 (0.49%) Mockito
12 13 (0.45%) IntelliJ
12 13 (0.45%) Xcode
13 12 (0.42%) Appium
14 10 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.35%) NUnit
15 9 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 453 (15.80%) Social Skills
2 230 (8.02%) Finance
3 149 (5.20%) Public Sector
4 124 (4.33%) Law
5 117 (4.08%) Retail
6 112 (3.91%) Marketing
7 101 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
8 100 (3.49%) Games
9 83 (2.90%) Manufacturing
10 44 (1.53%) Legal
11 41 (1.43%) Banking
12 40 (1.40%) Advertising
13 35 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 34 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (1.08%) Tech for Good
16 29 (1.01%) Automotive
16 29 (1.01%) Health Technology
17 23 (0.80%) Telecoms
18 19 (0.66%) Aerospace
19 13 (0.45%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 998 (34.81%) .NET
2 525 (18.31%) HTML
3 483 (16.85%) CSS
4 449 (15.66%) AngularJS
5 435 (15.17%) React
6 351 (12.24%) .NET Core
7 349 (12.17%) ASP.NET
8 318 (11.09%) Node.js
9 287 (10.01%) .NET Framework
10 277 (9.66%) ASP.NET Web API
11 269 (9.38%) Vue
12 245 (8.55%) RESTful
13 240 (8.37%) Laravel
14 232 (8.09%) Entity Framework
15 216 (7.53%) REST
16 196 (6.84%) ASP.NET MVC
17 157 (5.48%) HTML5
18 152 (5.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 151 (5.27%) jQuery
20 138 (4.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 153 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
2 81 (2.83%) Mobile App
3 57 (1.99%) Data Structures
4 50 (1.74%) Algorithms
5 47 (1.64%) Blockchain
6 44 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (1.53%) Product Ownership
7 43 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 38 (1.33%) IoT
9 34 (1.19%) NHS
10 32 (1.12%) Management Information System
11 29 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 26 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (0.91%) Social Media
13 24 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
14 22 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.66%) Animation
16 18 (0.63%) iPhone
17 17 (0.59%) Social Network
18 16 (0.56%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 167 (5.82%) Linux
2 121 (4.22%) Windows
3 98 (3.42%) Android
4 95 (3.31%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.73%) Unix
6 16 (0.56%) 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 (0.070%) AIX
10 2 (0.070%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.070%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (26.68%) Agile
2 697 (24.31%) Full Stack Development
3 359 (12.52%) MVC
4 354 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 339 (11.82%) DevOps
6 308 (10.74%) Microservices
7 292 (10.18%) TDD
8 272 (9.49%) Software Engineering
9 250 (8.72%) Web Development
10 229 (7.99%) User Experience
11 205 (7.15%) Mentoring
12 204 (7.12%) Business Intelligence
13 178 (6.21%) Front End Development
14 174 (6.07%) Design Patterns
15 170 (5.93%) CI/CD
16 169 (5.89%) Scrum
17 168 (5.86%) Unit Testing
18 160 (5.58%) OO
19 157 (5.48%) Computer Science
20 150 (5.23%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 991 (34.57%) C#
2 971 (33.87%) JavaScript
3 631 (22.01%) SQL
4 368 (12.84%) PHP
5 259 (9.03%) Java
6 255 (8.89%) TypeScript
7 164 (5.72%) Python
8 98 (3.42%) T-SQL
9 61 (2.13%) C++
10 58 (2.02%) VB.NET
11 34 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 31 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 30 (1.05%) Swift
14 29 (1.01%) Kotlin
15 28 (0.98%) Ruby
16 27 (0.94%) VB
17 24 (0.84%) PL/SQL
18 22 (0.77%) Go
19 21 (0.73%) Delphi
20 18 (0.63%) C
Qualifications
1 291 (10.15%) Degree
2 120 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 74 (2.58%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.30%) SC Cleared
5 22 (0.77%) DBS Check
6 20 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.28%) PhD
11 7 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.21%) HND
12 6 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.14%) CIPD
14 2 (0.070%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.070%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 2 (0.070%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.070%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.070%) Numerate Degree
15 1 (0.035%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.10%) QA
2 27 (0.94%) GDPR
3 22 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.24%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.10%) WCAG
7 2 (0.070%) HL7
7 2 (0.070%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.035%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.035%) NIST
8 1 (0.035%) WAI
System Software
1 179 (6.24%) 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 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.035%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.035%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 109 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 71 (2.48%) Terraform
3 5 (0.17%) Ansible
4 4 (0.14%) Rancher
5 2 (0.070%) Grafana
5 2 (0.070%) Kibana
6 1 (0.035%) Istio
6 1 (0.035%) Kiali
6 1 (0.035%) Oozie
6 1 (0.035%) Plesk
6 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 482 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 80 (2.79%) Oracle
3 79 (2.76%) Google
4 57 (1.99%) IBM
5 47 (1.64%) Facebook
6 43 (1.50%) Red Hat
7 32 (1.12%) Adobe
8 27 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 23 (0.80%) MuleSoft
10 21 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 20 (0.70%) Apple
12 14 (0.49%) Progress
12 14 (0.49%) Sony
12 14 (0.49%) Yahoo!
13 12 (0.42%) SAP
14 10 (0.35%) Cadence
14 10 (0.35%) F5
15 9 (0.31%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.31%) Synopsys
15 9 (0.31%) Xamarin