Systems Developer Job Trends in Birmingham

System Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median System Developer salary in Birmingham is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.082% - 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% - 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37,617
25th Percentile £42,500 - £38,972
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £41,991
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.65%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £46,350
West Midlands median annual salary £80,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +52.38% +16.67% +38.94%

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 3,418 1,144 2,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 95.57% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,613 818 1,346
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Systems Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Systems Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 20 September 2026, Systems Developer 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Power Query
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT

Systems Developer 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power Query
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
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