Software Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Software Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Software 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 120 123 111
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 28 20 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.03% 1.00% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.07% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 26 15 77
10th Percentile £32,500 £48,500 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -40.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +18.75%

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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Birmingham

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Birmingham

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Birmingham

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

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

1 19 (67.86%) C#
2 13 (46.43%) Agile
3 12 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 8 (28.57%) Visual Studio
4 8 (28.57%) Azure
5 7 (25.00%) .NET
5 7 (25.00%) TDD
5 7 (25.00%) React
6 6 (21.43%) DevOps
6 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
7 5 (17.86%) Full Stack Development
7 5 (17.86%) Lean Software Development
7 5 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
7 5 (17.86%) Automotive
7 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
8 4 (14.29%) Node.js
8 4 (14.29%) Shopify
8 4 (14.29%) Health Technology
9 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
9 3 (10.71%) Software Delivery
9 3 (10.71%) Front End Development
9 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
9 3 (10.71%) Degree
9 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
9 3 (10.71%) Java
10 2 (7.14%) HTML
10 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET
10 2 (7.14%) CSS
10 2 (7.14%) XML

Software 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 1 (3.57%) Mendix
1 1 (3.57%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Shopify
2 2 (7.14%) Infor LN
3 1 (3.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Storage
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) 4G
1 2 (7.14%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (3.57%) Event Store
2 1 (3.57%) MariaDB
2 1 (3.57%) MySQL
2 1 (3.57%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.14%) GCC
3 1 (3.57%) Git
3 1 (3.57%) Mercurial
3 1 (3.57%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (17.86%) Automotive
2 4 (14.29%) Health Technology
3 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) .NET
1 7 (25.00%) React
2 4 (14.29%) Node.js
3 2 (7.14%) .NET Core
3 2 (7.14%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.14%) AngularJS
3 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET
3 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (7.14%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (7.14%) CSS
3 2 (7.14%) Entity Framework
3 2 (7.14%) HTML
3 2 (7.14%) jQuery
3 2 (7.14%) LESS
3 2 (7.14%) Sass
3 2 (7.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (7.14%) XML
4 1 (3.57%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (3.57%) GraphQL
4 1 (3.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Android
2 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Agile
2 7 (25.00%) TDD
3 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 6 (21.43%) DevOps
4 5 (17.86%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (17.86%) Lean Software Development
4 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
5 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.71%) Front End Development
5 3 (10.71%) Software Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Asset Management
6 2 (7.14%) BDD
6 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.14%) Deadline-Driven
6 2 (7.14%) ERP
6 2 (7.14%) Fintech
6 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.14%) Time Management
6 2 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) C#
2 12 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.71%) Java
3 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
5 1 (3.57%) C++
5 1 (3.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Infor
1 2 (7.14%) Xamarin
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) YouTube