Developer Jobs in the East Midlands

Developer
England > East Midlands

The median Developer salary in the East Midlands is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -44 +4 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 146 622 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.39% 12.58% 14.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.69% 13.28% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 134 533 257
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -11.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,688 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,750 £65,000 £73,000
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 2,567 4,683 2,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 94.72% 88.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 3,311 1,263
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £63,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -16 53 £47,500 +5.56% 305
Leicestershire -16 40 £55,000 +10.00% 290
Northamptonshire -51 23 £52,500 +10.53% 269
Lincolnshire -21 19 £40,000 -20.00% 256
Derbyshire -36 7 £45,000 -10.00% 522
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 57 (39.04%) C#
2 52 (35.62%) .NET
3 48 (32.88%) JavaScript
4 47 (32.19%) Azure
5 45 (30.82%) SQL
6 43 (29.45%) HTML
7 40 (27.40%) Agile
8 37 (25.34%) CSS
8 37 (25.34%) Front End Development
8 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (24.66%) React
10 35 (23.97%) Power Platform
11 32 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
12 31 (21.23%) Java
12 31 (21.23%) Law
13 30 (20.55%) Social Skills
14 29 (19.86%) Power BI
14 29 (19.86%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (17.81%) Degree
16 23 (15.75%) Finance
16 23 (15.75%) SQL Server
17 22 (15.07%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (14.38%) SDLC
18 21 (14.38%) MySQL
19 20 (13.70%) PHP
19 20 (13.70%) Python
19 20 (13.70%) E-Commerce
19 20 (13.70%) AWS
20 19 (13.01%) Git
20 19 (13.01%) Software Engineering

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 13 (8.90%) CMS
2 9 (6.16%) WordPress
3 4 (2.74%) Appian
4 3 (2.05%) Headless CMS
4 3 (2.05%) Strapi
5 2 (1.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.37%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.68%) Moqups
2 1 (0.68%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.68%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Shopify
2 12 (8.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (5.48%) Magento
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 47 (32.19%) Azure
2 35 (23.97%) Power Platform
3 22 (15.07%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (13.70%) AWS
5 18 (12.33%) PowerApps
5 18 (12.33%) SaaS
6 17 (11.64%) Power Automate
7 11 (7.53%) GitHub
8 9 (6.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (6.16%) Slack
8 9 (6.16%) Zapier
9 8 (5.48%) BigCommerce
10 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.79%) Serverless
11 6 (4.11%) ChatGPT
12 4 (2.74%) Azure Functions
13 3 (2.05%) Contentful
14 2 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (1.37%) Figma
14 2 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) DNS
1 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.86%) Power BI
2 23 (15.75%) SQL Server
3 21 (14.38%) MySQL
4 11 (7.53%) NoSQL
5 9 (6.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (4.11%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.74%) FileMaker
7 4 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.05%) Tableau
9 2 (1.37%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.37%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.68%) Power Query
10 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (13.01%) Git
2 9 (6.16%) Visual Studio
3 7 (4.79%) Eclipse
3 7 (4.79%) IntelliJ
3 7 (4.79%) Jasmine
3 7 (4.79%) JUnit
3 7 (4.79%) Karma Test Runner
3 7 (4.79%) Mockito
3 7 (4.79%) Protractor
4 6 (4.11%) JIRA
5 2 (1.37%) Subversion
6 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.68%) gulp
6 1 (0.68%) NUnit
6 1 (0.68%) Storybook
6 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.68%) Yeoman
General
1 31 (21.23%) Law
2 30 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 23 (15.75%) Finance
4 18 (12.33%) Retail
5 9 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.48%) Marketing
6 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.37%) Automotive
7 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.37%) Publishing
7 2 (1.37%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (35.62%) .NET
2 43 (29.45%) HTML
3 37 (25.34%) CSS
4 36 (24.66%) React
5 16 (10.96%) ASP.NET
6 15 (10.27%) AngularJS
7 14 (9.59%) .NET Core
8 12 (8.22%) .NET Framework
9 10 (6.85%) Laravel
10 9 (6.16%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (6.16%) RESTful
11 8 (5.48%) jQuery
12 7 (4.79%) Hibernate
12 7 (4.79%) JPA
12 7 (4.79%) Node.js
12 7 (4.79%) Playwright
12 7 (4.79%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (4.79%) Spring
12 7 (4.79%) Spring Boot
12 7 (4.79%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.48%) EPoS
2 7 (4.79%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.37%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.37%) FMCG
5 2 (1.37%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.68%) CMDB
6 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.68%) PropTech
6 1 (0.68%) Robotics
6 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.85%) Linux
2 3 (2.05%) Android
3 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.40%) Agile
2 37 (25.34%) Front End Development
2 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
4 29 (19.86%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (14.38%) SDLC
6 20 (13.70%) E-Commerce
7 19 (13.01%) Software Engineering
8 17 (11.64%) DevOps
9 16 (10.96%) User Experience
10 15 (10.27%) UX Design
11 14 (9.59%) Computer Science
11 14 (9.59%) CRM
11 14 (9.59%) Microservices
11 14 (9.59%) Responsive Web Design
11 14 (9.59%) Unit Testing
12 13 (8.90%) Content Management
12 13 (8.90%) Logistics
12 13 (8.90%) MVC
12 13 (8.90%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 57 (39.04%) C#
2 48 (32.88%) JavaScript
3 45 (30.82%) SQL
4 31 (21.23%) Java
5 20 (13.70%) PHP
5 20 (13.70%) Python
6 14 (9.59%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.22%) T-SQL
8 8 (5.48%) Delphi
9 4 (2.74%) Apex Code
9 4 (2.74%) C++
10 3 (2.05%) Go
10 3 (2.05%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.37%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.37%) X++
12 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 26 (17.81%) Degree
2 14 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.11%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.74%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.05%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.27%) QA
2 4 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (9.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.37%) Ansible
2 2 (1.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Grafana
3 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.16%) Salesforce
2 9 (6.16%) WooCommerce
3 7 (4.79%) IBM
4 4 (2.74%) Adobe
5 3 (2.05%) Databricks
6 2 (1.37%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Apple
7 1 (0.68%) Google
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle
7 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow