Development Specialist Job Trends in Birmingham

Development Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Development Specialist salary in Birmingham is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.057% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £48,000 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,623 1,708 1,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 94.68% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,180 835 1,104
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,200 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £87,500 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%

Development Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Development Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Development Specialist job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Development Specialist
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Development Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Development Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham

Development Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Development Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Development Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) XML

Development Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA