Software Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Software Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Software Developer salary in Birmingham is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 110 110
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 40 21 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.28% 1.17% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.26% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 38 20 67
10th Percentile - £47,500 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% +25.56% -28.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 - £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,956 1,664 3,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 92.81% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,353 1,307 2,255
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 29 (72.50%) C#
2 19 (47.50%) Agile
3 12 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (30.00%) Customer Service
4 11 (27.50%) SQL Server
4 11 (27.50%) Azure
5 10 (25.00%) .NET
5 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 9 (22.50%) Java
6 9 (22.50%) Finance
6 9 (22.50%) Degree
6 9 (22.50%) Computer Science
7 8 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 7 (17.50%) Scrum
8 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
8 7 (17.50%) SQL
8 7 (17.50%) C++
8 7 (17.50%) Visual Studio
8 7 (17.50%) React
8 7 (17.50%) Defect Management
9 6 (15.00%) DevOps
9 6 (15.00%) TDD
10 5 (12.50%) Automotive
10 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (12.50%) Lean Software Development
10 5 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
11 4 (10.00%) Health Technology
11 4 (10.00%) Front End Development
11 4 (10.00%) TypeScript
11 4 (10.00%) AngularJS

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 (2.50%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Shopify
2 2 (5.00%) Infor LN
3 1 (2.50%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Storage
3 2 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) 4G
1 2 (5.00%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (27.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (2.50%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.00%) GCC
General
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Automotive
4 4 (10.00%) Health Technology
5 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Law
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.00%) .NET
2 7 (17.50%) React
3 4 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (10.00%) CSS
3 4 (10.00%) HTML
3 4 (10.00%) Node.js
4 3 (7.50%) .NET Core
4 3 (7.50%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (5.00%) Entity Framework
5 2 (5.00%) jQuery
5 2 (5.00%) LESS
5 2 (5.00%) Sass
5 2 (5.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (5.00%) XML
6 1 (2.50%) GraphQL
6 1 (2.50%) SOAP
6 1 (2.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Android
2 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Agile
2 12 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (22.50%) Computer Science
4 8 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 7 (17.50%) Defect Management
5 7 (17.50%) Scrum
6 6 (15.00%) DevOps
6 6 (15.00%) TDD
7 5 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
7 5 (12.50%) Lean Software Development
8 4 (10.00%) Front End Development
8 4 (10.00%) Software Engineering
9 3 (7.50%) Mentoring
10 2 (5.00%) API Integration
10 2 (5.00%) CI/CD
10 2 (5.00%) Fintech
10 2 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (5.00%) Software Delivery
10 2 (5.00%) Time Management
10 2 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 29 (72.50%) C#
2 12 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (22.50%) Java
4 7 (17.50%) C++
4 7 (17.50%) SQL
5 4 (10.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.50%) PHP
6 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Infor
3 1 (2.50%) Xamarin
3 1 (2.50%) YouTube