Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Developer salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 432 298 947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.94% 14.89% 30.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.90% 15.94% 31.51%
Number of salaries quoted 391 250 743
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,800 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,556 1,870 3,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.41% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 1,427 2,328
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Birmingham

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Birmingham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 134 (31.02%) JavaScript
2 126 (29.17%) C#
3 119 (27.55%) Azure
4 118 (27.31%) Agile
5 114 (26.39%) .NET
6 104 (24.07%) SQL
7 94 (21.76%) HTML
8 92 (21.30%) Microsoft
9 88 (20.37%) Full Stack Development
10 72 (16.67%) CSS
11 71 (16.44%) Social Skills
12 61 (14.12%) TypeScript
13 58 (13.43%) User Experience
14 57 (13.19%) DevOps
15 54 (12.50%) AngularJS
16 52 (12.04%) React
16 52 (12.04%) Power Platform
17 51 (11.81%) Software Engineering
18 44 (10.19%) Git
19 43 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
20 41 (9.49%) Java
20 41 (9.49%) Mentoring
20 41 (9.49%) Front End Development
21 40 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
22 39 (9.03%) Finance
22 39 (9.03%) AWS
23 38 (8.80%) Scrum
23 38 (8.80%) Vue
24 37 (8.56%) SQL Server
25 36 (8.33%) CI/CD

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 23 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.78%) OpenEdge
3 9 (2.08%) IIS
3 9 (2.08%) WordPress
4 8 (1.85%) Appian
5 7 (1.62%) nginx
6 5 (1.16%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.93%) CMS
8 2 (0.46%) Apache
8 2 (0.46%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.23%) Mendix
9 1 (0.23%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.31%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (3.47%) Shopify
2 12 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.69%) Magento
4 2 (0.46%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.23%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 119 (27.55%) Azure
2 52 (12.04%) Power Platform
3 39 (9.03%) AWS
4 29 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (3.94%) SaaS
7 15 (3.47%) PowerApps
8 13 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (3.01%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.55%) GCP
10 10 (2.31%) Serverless
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.16%) GitHub
11 5 (1.16%) npm
12 4 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.16%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.69%) DNS
2 3 (0.69%) Firewall
2 3 (0.69%) SSL
3 2 (0.46%) 4G
3 2 (0.46%) 5G
3 2 (0.46%) AMQP
3 2 (0.46%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.46%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.79%) Power BI
3 17 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.24%) MySQL
6 12 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.16%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.16%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.16%) Tableau
9 4 (0.93%) InterSystems Cache
9 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.46%) GIS
11 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 44 (10.19%) Git
2 18 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 15 (3.47%) JIRA
4 13 (3.01%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.08%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.85%) Selenium
7 6 (1.39%) GitLab
8 5 (1.16%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.16%) Karma Test Runner
8 5 (1.16%) webpack
9 4 (0.93%) JUnit
10 3 (0.69%) gulp
10 3 (0.69%) JMeter
11 2 (0.46%) GCC
11 2 (0.46%) Maven
11 2 (0.46%) Postman
11 2 (0.46%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.23%) Mercurial
12 1 (0.23%) Moq
General
1 71 (16.44%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.03%) Finance
3 17 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.47%) Retail
5 14 (3.24%) Automotive
6 13 (3.01%) Games
6 13 (3.01%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.01%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.78%) Law
8 8 (1.85%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.85%) Marketing
9 6 (1.39%) Advertising
9 6 (1.39%) Legal
10 5 (1.16%) Digital Healthcare
11 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.69%) Banking
13 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.46%) iGaming
13 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (26.39%) .NET
2 94 (21.76%) HTML
3 72 (16.67%) CSS
4 54 (12.50%) AngularJS
5 52 (12.04%) React
6 38 (8.80%) Vue
7 34 (7.87%) .NET Core
7 34 (7.87%) jQuery
8 30 (6.94%) ASP.NET
9 29 (6.71%) Node.js
9 29 (6.71%) RESTful
10 26 (6.02%) Web Services
11 24 (5.56%) .NET Framework
11 24 (5.56%) REST
12 22 (5.09%) Laravel
12 22 (5.09%) Sass
13 18 (4.17%) JSON
14 17 (3.94%) Entity Framework
15 16 (3.70%) XML
16 15 (3.47%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.32%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.55%) AS400
3 11 (2.55%) iSeries
3 11 (2.55%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.31%) Low-Code
5 9 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.39%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.16%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.93%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.69%) NHS
11 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.46%) Digital Media
12 2 (0.46%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.46%) Learning Management System
13 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.94%) Linux
2 5 (1.16%) Android
3 4 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.69%) Windows
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (27.31%) Agile
2 88 (20.37%) Full Stack Development
3 58 (13.43%) User Experience
4 57 (13.19%) DevOps
5 51 (11.81%) Software Engineering
6 43 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
7 41 (9.49%) Front End Development
7 41 (9.49%) Mentoring
8 40 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (8.80%) Scrum
10 36 (8.33%) CI/CD
11 33 (7.64%) Web Development
12 32 (7.41%) SDLC
13 31 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (6.71%) UX Design
15 26 (6.02%) Clean Code
15 26 (6.02%) MVC
16 25 (5.79%) Continuous Integration
16 25 (5.79%) Customer Service
17 21 (4.86%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 134 (31.02%) JavaScript
2 126 (29.17%) C#
3 104 (24.07%) SQL
4 61 (14.12%) TypeScript
5 41 (9.49%) Java
6 35 (8.10%) PHP
7 21 (4.86%) Python
8 17 (3.94%) T-SQL
9 13 (3.01%) C++
9 13 (3.01%) Go
10 11 (2.55%) RPG
10 11 (2.55%) RPG IV
10 11 (2.55%) RPG/400
11 5 (1.16%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.16%) VB
11 5 (1.16%) VB.NET
11 5 (1.16%) VB6
12 3 (0.69%) Dart
12 3 (0.69%) XAML
13 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (6.25%) Degree
2 18 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 18 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
3 3 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.17%) QA
2 13 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (3.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.94%) Google
3 11 (2.55%) IBM
4 10 (2.31%) Adobe
5 8 (1.85%) DevExpress
5 8 (1.85%) Progress
5 8 (1.85%) YouTube
6 7 (1.62%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.39%) Databricks
8 5 (1.16%) Facebook
8 5 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.93%) InterSystems
9 4 (0.93%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (0.93%) Oracle
9 4 (0.93%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.69%) Informatica
10 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.69%) Zend
11 2 (0.46%) Infor