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 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 436 296 938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.97% 14.87% 29.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.95% 15.90% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 396 248 730
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 £66,563 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,900 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 2,573 1,862 3,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 93.52% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,100 1,427 2,320
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.94%
75th Percentile £69,936 £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% +5.26%

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 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Birmingham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 137 (31.42%) JavaScript
2 126 (28.90%) C#
3 120 (27.52%) Azure
4 119 (27.29%) Agile
5 113 (25.92%) .NET
6 106 (24.31%) SQL
7 97 (22.25%) HTML
8 95 (21.79%) Microsoft
9 88 (20.18%) Full Stack Development
10 76 (17.43%) Social Skills
11 74 (16.97%) CSS
12 60 (13.76%) TypeScript
13 58 (13.30%) User Experience
14 57 (13.07%) DevOps
15 53 (12.16%) React
15 53 (12.16%) AngularJS
15 53 (12.16%) Power Platform
16 50 (11.47%) Software Engineering
17 45 (10.32%) Git
18 44 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
19 42 (9.63%) Mentoring
19 42 (9.63%) Front End Development
20 41 (9.40%) Java
21 40 (9.17%) Finance
21 40 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
22 39 (8.94%) Scrum
23 38 (8.72%) Vue
24 37 (8.49%) SQL Server
24 37 (8.49%) AWS
25 36 (8.26%) PHP

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 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.75%) OpenEdge
3 9 (2.06%) IIS
3 9 (2.06%) WordPress
4 8 (1.83%) Appian
5 7 (1.61%) nginx
6 5 (1.15%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.69%) 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
Applications
1 9 (2.06%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (3.44%) Shopify
2 12 (2.75%) 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
1 120 (27.52%) Azure
2 53 (12.16%) Power Platform
3 37 (8.49%) AWS
4 29 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.13%) SaaS
7 15 (3.44%) PowerApps
8 13 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (2.98%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.29%) GCP
10 10 (2.29%) Serverless
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.15%) GitHub
11 5 (1.15%) npm
12 4 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.15%) 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 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.96%) Power BI
3 18 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.44%) MySQL
5 12 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.15%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.15%) Tableau
8 4 (0.92%) InterSystems Cache
8 4 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.46%) GIS
10 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.46%) Power Query
10 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 45 (10.32%) Git
2 18 (4.13%) Visual Studio
3 15 (3.44%) JIRA
4 12 (2.75%) Cucumber
5 9 (2.06%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.83%) Selenium
7 6 (1.38%) GitLab
8 5 (1.15%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.15%) Karma Test Runner
8 5 (1.15%) webpack
9 4 (0.92%) 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%) SpecFlow
General
1 76 (17.43%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.17%) Finance
3 17 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.44%) Automotive
4 15 (3.44%) Retail
5 13 (2.98%) Games
5 13 (2.98%) Manufacturing
5 13 (2.98%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.75%) Law
7 11 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.83%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.83%) Marketing
9 6 (1.38%) Legal
10 5 (1.15%) Advertising
10 5 (1.15%) Digital Healthcare
11 4 (0.92%) 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
1 113 (25.92%) .NET
2 97 (22.25%) HTML
3 74 (16.97%) CSS
4 53 (12.16%) AngularJS
4 53 (12.16%) React
5 38 (8.72%) Vue
6 34 (7.80%) .NET Core
6 34 (7.80%) jQuery
7 30 (6.88%) ASP.NET
7 30 (6.88%) RESTful
8 28 (6.42%) Node.js
9 26 (5.96%) Web Services
10 24 (5.50%) .NET Framework
11 23 (5.28%) REST
12 22 (5.05%) Laravel
12 22 (5.05%) Sass
13 18 (4.13%) JSON
14 16 (3.67%) Entity Framework
14 16 (3.67%) XML
15 15 (3.44%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.19%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.28%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.52%) AS400
3 11 (2.52%) iSeries
4 10 (2.29%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.38%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.15%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.92%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.69%) NHS
10 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.46%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.46%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.46%) Learning Management System
12 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.90%) Linux
2 5 (1.15%) Android
3 4 (0.92%) 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
1 119 (27.29%) Agile
2 88 (20.18%) Full Stack Development
3 58 (13.30%) User Experience
4 57 (13.07%) DevOps
5 50 (11.47%) Software Engineering
6 44 (10.09%) Business Intelligence
7 42 (9.63%) Front End Development
7 42 (9.63%) Mentoring
8 40 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (8.94%) Scrum
10 35 (8.03%) CI/CD
10 35 (8.03%) Web Development
11 32 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (7.34%) SDLC
12 29 (6.65%) UX Design
13 26 (5.96%) Clean Code
13 26 (5.96%) Continuous Integration
13 26 (5.96%) Customer Service
13 26 (5.96%) MVC
14 21 (4.82%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 137 (31.42%) JavaScript
2 126 (28.90%) C#
3 106 (24.31%) SQL
4 60 (13.76%) TypeScript
5 41 (9.40%) Java
6 36 (8.26%) PHP
7 22 (5.05%) Python
8 17 (3.90%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.21%) C++
10 13 (2.98%) Go
11 11 (2.52%) RPG
11 11 (2.52%) RPG IV
11 11 (2.52%) RPG/400
12 5 (1.15%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.15%) VB
12 5 (1.15%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.15%) VB6
13 3 (0.69%) Dart
13 3 (0.69%) XAML
14 2 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (6.65%) Degree
2 18 (4.13%) SC Cleared
2 18 (4.13%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.13%) QA
2 14 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (4.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.67%) Google
3 11 (2.52%) IBM
4 9 (2.06%) Adobe
5 8 (1.83%) DevExpress
5 8 (1.83%) Progress
5 8 (1.83%) YouTube
6 7 (1.61%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.38%) Databricks
8 5 (1.15%) Facebook
8 5 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.92%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.92%) InterSystems
9 4 (0.92%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (0.92%) Oracle
9 4 (0.92%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.69%) Informatica
10 3 (0.69%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.69%) Zend
11 2 (0.46%) Infor