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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 439 292 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.90% 15.01% 29.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.87% 16.09% 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 399 246 702
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,125 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +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 2,602 1,815 2,980
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.27% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,116 1,385 2,287
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,300
25th Percentile £40,997 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,650 £83,750
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 11 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 11 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.

1 135 (30.75%) JavaScript
2 125 (28.47%) C#
3 115 (26.20%) Agile
3 115 (26.20%) Azure
4 111 (25.28%) .NET
5 103 (23.46%) SQL
6 96 (21.87%) Microsoft
7 95 (21.64%) HTML
8 90 (20.50%) Full Stack Development
9 76 (17.31%) Social Skills
10 72 (16.40%) CSS
11 58 (13.21%) TypeScript
11 58 (13.21%) User Experience
12 54 (12.30%) AngularJS
13 53 (12.07%) DevOps
14 52 (11.85%) Power Platform
15 51 (11.62%) React
16 50 (11.39%) Software Engineering
17 44 (10.02%) Business Intelligence
18 43 (9.79%) Git
19 42 (9.57%) Java
19 42 (9.57%) Mentoring
20 41 (9.34%) Front End Development
20 41 (9.34%) Finance
21 38 (8.66%) Vue
21 38 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
22 37 (8.43%) Scrum
23 35 (7.97%) PHP
23 35 (7.97%) SQL Server
24 34 (7.74%) AWS

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 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.19%) OpenEdge
3 9 (2.05%) IIS
4 8 (1.82%) Appian
4 8 (1.82%) WordPress
5 7 (1.59%) nginx
6 5 (1.14%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.68%) 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 (2.05%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (3.42%) Shopify
2 12 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.68%) Magento
4 2 (0.46%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.23%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 115 (26.20%) Azure
2 52 (11.85%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.74%) AWS
4 29 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.10%) SaaS
7 15 (3.42%) PowerApps
8 13 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (2.96%) Power Automate
9 10 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.28%) Serverless
10 6 (1.37%) GCP
11 5 (1.14%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.14%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.14%) GitHub
11 5 (1.14%) npm
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.68%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.68%) DNS
2 3 (0.68%) Firewall
2 3 (0.68%) 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 35 (7.97%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.92%) Power BI
3 15 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.42%) MySQL
4 14 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.14%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.14%) Tableau
8 4 (0.91%) InterSystems Cache
8 4 (0.91%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.46%) GIS
9 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.46%) Power Query
9 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (9.79%) Git
2 18 (4.10%) Visual Studio
3 13 (2.96%) JIRA
4 12 (2.73%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.82%) Selenium
6 7 (1.59%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.37%) GitLab
8 5 (1.14%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.14%) Karma Test Runner
8 5 (1.14%) webpack
9 4 (0.91%) JUnit
10 3 (0.68%) gulp
10 3 (0.68%) JMeter
11 2 (0.46%) GCC
11 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.23%) Mercurial
12 1 (0.23%) Moq
12 1 (0.23%) NUnit
12 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 76 (17.31%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.34%) Finance
3 15 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (3.42%) Automotive
3 15 (3.42%) Retail
4 14 (3.19%) Games
5 13 (2.96%) Manufacturing
5 13 (2.96%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.73%) Law
7 11 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.82%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.82%) Marketing
9 5 (1.14%) Advertising
9 5 (1.14%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.14%) Legal
10 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Banking
12 2 (0.46%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.46%) iGaming
12 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (25.28%) .NET
2 95 (21.64%) HTML
3 72 (16.40%) CSS
4 54 (12.30%) AngularJS
5 51 (11.62%) React
6 38 (8.66%) Vue
7 34 (7.74%) .NET Core
8 33 (7.52%) jQuery
9 30 (6.83%) RESTful
10 28 (6.38%) ASP.NET
11 26 (5.92%) Node.js
11 26 (5.92%) Web Services
12 24 (5.47%) .NET Framework
13 23 (5.24%) REST
14 22 (5.01%) Laravel
14 22 (5.01%) Sass
15 17 (3.87%) JSON
16 16 (3.64%) Entity Framework
16 16 (3.64%) XML
17 15 (3.42%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.92%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.24%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.51%) AS400
3 11 (2.51%) iSeries
4 10 (2.28%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.28%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.37%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.14%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.68%) NHS
9 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.46%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.46%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.10%) Linux
2 5 (1.14%) Android
3 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.91%) Windows
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (26.20%) Agile
2 90 (20.50%) Full Stack Development
3 58 (13.21%) User Experience
4 53 (12.07%) DevOps
5 50 (11.39%) Software Engineering
6 44 (10.02%) Business Intelligence
7 42 (9.57%) Mentoring
8 41 (9.34%) Front End Development
9 38 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (8.43%) Scrum
11 32 (7.29%) CI/CD
11 32 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (7.29%) Web Development
12 30 (6.83%) SDLC
13 29 (6.61%) UX Design
14 27 (6.15%) Customer Service
15 26 (5.92%) Continuous Integration
16 25 (5.69%) Clean Code
17 23 (5.24%) MVC
18 22 (5.01%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 135 (30.75%) JavaScript
2 125 (28.47%) C#
3 103 (23.46%) SQL
4 58 (13.21%) TypeScript
5 42 (9.57%) Java
6 35 (7.97%) PHP
7 19 (4.33%) Python
8 17 (3.87%) T-SQL
9 15 (3.42%) C++
10 13 (2.96%) Go
11 11 (2.51%) RPG
11 11 (2.51%) RPG IV
11 11 (2.51%) RPG/400
12 5 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.14%) VB
12 5 (1.14%) VB.NET
12 5 (1.14%) VB6
13 3 (0.68%) Dart
13 3 (0.68%) XAML
14 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (6.83%) Degree
2 18 (4.10%) SC Cleared
2 18 (4.10%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.10%) QA
2 13 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (3.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 96 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.19%) Google
3 11 (2.51%) IBM
4 9 (2.05%) Adobe
4 9 (2.05%) YouTube
5 8 (1.82%) DevExpress
5 8 (1.82%) Progress
6 7 (1.59%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.37%) Databricks
7 6 (1.37%) Facebook
8 5 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.91%) InterSystems
9 4 (0.91%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (0.91%) Oracle
9 4 (0.91%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.68%) Informatica
10 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.68%) Zend
11 2 (0.46%) Infor