Developer Jobs in the East Midlands

Developer
England > East Midlands

The median Developer salary in the East Midlands is £50,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 April 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -25 +6 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 161 571 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.81% 13.22% 14.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.20% 13.97% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 150 482 288
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £65,250 £66,250 £71,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,237 4,088 2,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 94.65% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 2,989 1,392
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,899
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.15% +1.50%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the East Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Developer in the East Midlands

Developer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in the East Midlands

Developer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -5 63 £50,000 +11.11% 46
Leicestershire -21 36 £52,500 +5.00% 37
Lincolnshire -15 24 £46,250 -7.50% 17
Northamptonshire -42 24 £51,250 +2.50% 10
Derbyshire -14 11 £50,000 - 12
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 60 (37.27%) C#
2 58 (36.02%) JavaScript
3 53 (32.92%) HTML
3 53 (32.92%) SQL
4 52 (32.30%) Azure
5 51 (31.68%) .NET
6 49 (30.43%) CSS
6 49 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (27.33%) Agile
8 41 (25.47%) React
8 41 (25.47%) Front End Development
8 41 (25.47%) Full-Stack Development
9 40 (24.84%) Java
10 36 (22.36%) Python
10 36 (22.36%) Degree
11 35 (21.74%) SQL Server
12 33 (20.50%) Law
13 32 (19.88%) Social Skills
14 31 (19.25%) MySQL
15 27 (16.77%) PHP
15 27 (16.77%) Git
15 27 (16.77%) AWS
16 25 (15.53%) E-Commerce
17 23 (14.29%) Microsoft
17 23 (14.29%) Computer Science
17 23 (14.29%) Software Engineering
18 22 (13.66%) Power Platform
18 22 (13.66%) User Experience
19 21 (13.04%) Web Development
19 21 (13.04%) UX Design

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 17 (10.56%) CMS
2 15 (9.32%) WordPress
3 3 (1.86%) Headless CMS
3 3 (1.86%) Strapi
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.24%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.24%) Sketch
3 1 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.62%) Moqups
3 1 (0.62%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (11.80%) Shopify
2 6 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (3.11%) Magento
4 4 (2.48%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 52 (32.30%) Azure
2 27 (16.77%) AWS
3 22 (13.66%) Power Platform
4 20 (12.42%) GitHub
5 17 (10.56%) SaaS
6 14 (8.70%) Slack
6 14 (8.70%) Zapier
7 11 (6.83%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (5.59%) PowerApps
9 7 (4.35%) Power Automate
9 7 (4.35%) Serverless
10 6 (3.73%) ChatGPT
11 5 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.11%) BigCommerce
12 4 (2.48%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.86%) Contentful
13 3 (1.86%) Figma
14 2 (1.24%) Amazon S3
14 2 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.73%) Ethernet
1 6 (3.73%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.62%) DNS
2 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 31 (19.25%) MySQL
3 16 (9.94%) Power BI
4 12 (7.45%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.48%) FileMaker
6 4 (2.48%) MS Access
6 4 (2.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.24%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.24%) KDB
8 2 (1.24%) Kdb+
8 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (16.77%) Git
2 14 (8.70%) Visual Studio
3 10 (6.21%) Eclipse
3 10 (6.21%) IntelliJ
3 10 (6.21%) Jasmine
3 10 (6.21%) JUnit
3 10 (6.21%) Karma Test Runner
3 10 (6.21%) Mockito
3 10 (6.21%) Protractor
4 3 (1.86%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.24%) JIRA
6 1 (0.62%) Babel
6 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.62%) gulp
6 1 (0.62%) NUnit
6 1 (0.62%) Subversion
6 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.62%) webpack
6 1 (0.62%) Yeoman
General
1 33 (20.50%) Law
2 32 (19.88%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.32%) Finance
4 14 (8.70%) Retail
5 9 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Games
9 2 (1.24%) Automotive
9 2 (1.24%) Back Office
9 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.24%) Marketing
9 2 (1.24%) Publishing
9 2 (1.24%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) iGaming
10 1 (0.62%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (32.92%) HTML
2 51 (31.68%) .NET
3 49 (30.43%) CSS
4 41 (25.47%) React
5 20 (12.42%) ASP.NET
6 18 (11.18%) AngularJS
7 16 (9.94%) .NET Core
7 16 (9.94%) jQuery
7 16 (9.94%) Laravel
8 14 (8.70%) RESTful
9 13 (8.07%) .NET Framework
10 12 (7.45%) XML
11 11 (6.83%) Web Services
12 10 (6.21%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (6.21%) Hibernate
12 10 (6.21%) JPA
12 10 (6.21%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (5.59%) REST
14 8 (4.97%) Bootstrap
14 8 (4.97%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.21%) Algorithms
2 7 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.73%) Robotics
3 6 (3.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (3.11%) CMDB
4 5 (3.11%) EPoS
5 3 (1.86%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.86%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.24%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.24%) FMCG
6 2 (1.24%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.62%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.62%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.62%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.45%) Linux
2 3 (1.86%) Android
2 3 (1.86%) Windows
3 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (27.33%) Agile
3 41 (25.47%) Front End Development
3 41 (25.47%) Full-Stack Development
4 25 (15.53%) E-Commerce
5 23 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 23 (14.29%) Software Engineering
6 22 (13.66%) User Experience
7 21 (13.04%) UX Design
7 21 (13.04%) Web Development
8 20 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (12.42%) MVC
8 20 (12.42%) SDLC
9 18 (11.18%) Project Management
10 17 (10.56%) Content Management
10 17 (10.56%) Logistics
11 16 (9.94%) Responsive Web Design
11 16 (9.94%) SEO
12 15 (9.32%) Microservices
12 15 (9.32%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.27%) C#
2 58 (36.02%) JavaScript
3 53 (32.92%) SQL
4 40 (24.84%) Java
5 36 (22.36%) Python
6 27 (16.77%) PHP
7 13 (8.07%) T-SQL
7 13 (8.07%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.35%) VB
9 6 (3.73%) C++
10 5 (3.11%) Delphi
10 5 (3.11%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.48%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.48%) VBA
12 2 (1.24%) C
12 2 (1.24%) Go
12 2 (1.24%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.24%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.24%) X++
12 2 (1.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 36 (22.36%) Degree
2 19 (11.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.48%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.86%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.24%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.24%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.62%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) QA
2 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (10.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.24%) Ansible
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.70%) WooCommerce
3 10 (6.21%) IBM
4 5 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.48%) Adobe
5 4 (2.48%) Oracle
6 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.24%) SEEBURGER
8 1 (0.62%) Apple
8 1 (0.62%) Google
8 1 (0.62%) Xamarin