Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 34 6
Rank change year-on-year +21 -28 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,125 347 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.16% 6.28% 13.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.77% 6.76% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 850 299 794
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,100 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.35% +5.83% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 14,473 5,134 8,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.86% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,155 3,147 4,544
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,530
25th Percentile £39,875 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% -3.51% -5.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. 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
West Midlands +11 625 £62,500 +8.70% 77
East Midlands +41 500 £52,500 +0.96% 33
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 October 2026, 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 Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 248 (22.04%) C#
2 234 (20.80%) SQL
3 227 (20.18%) .NET
4 225 (20.00%) Azure
4 225 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 218 (19.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 194 (17.24%) Agile
7 138 (12.27%) JavaScript
8 125 (11.11%) Power Platform
9 114 (10.13%) AWS
9 114 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (9.78%) AI
11 101 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
12 95 (8.44%) .NET Core
12 95 (8.44%) React
12 95 (8.44%) TypeScript
13 90 (8.00%) Power Automate
13 90 (8.00%) SQL Server
14 85 (7.56%) Python
15 84 (7.47%) CI/CD
15 84 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 80 (7.11%) PowerApps
17 78 (6.93%) ASP.NET
18 76 (6.76%) Java
19 75 (6.67%) DevOps
19 75 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
20 73 (6.49%) E-Commerce
21 72 (6.40%) Power BI
22 70 (6.22%) ASP.NET Core
22 70 (6.22%) Mentoring

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.87%) CMS
3 19 (1.69%) Headless CMS
4 13 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (0.98%) Documentum
6 3 (0.27%) Apache
6 3 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 1 (0.089%) IIS
8 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.42%) Magento
3 12 (1.07%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 10 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.71%) Oracle CRM
6 7 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.27%) Shopify
9 2 (0.18%) Maximo
9 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.18%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.089%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 225 (20.00%) Azure
2 125 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 114 (10.13%) AWS
4 90 (8.00%) Power Automate
5 80 (7.11%) PowerApps
6 75 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 60 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.20%) SaaS
9 29 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (2.40%) Serverless
11 26 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
12 23 (2.04%) Azure Functions
13 22 (1.96%) GitHub
14 17 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.24%) GitHub Copilot
16 11 (0.98%) Azure AI
16 11 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 11 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
17 10 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
18 7 (0.62%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.33%) Internet
2 3 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.27%) Network Security
3 2 (0.18%) HTTP
4 1 (0.089%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.089%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.089%) FTP
4 1 (0.089%) RTP
4 1 (0.089%) RTSP
4 1 (0.089%) SCTP
4 1 (0.089%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.089%) SS7
4 1 (0.089%) SSL
4 1 (0.089%) UWB
4 1 (0.089%) VoIP
4 1 (0.089%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.089%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 72 (6.40%) Power BI
3 62 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (4.98%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.07%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.62%) MySQL
13 6 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.44%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.44%) Power Query
14 5 (0.44%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.44%) Tableau
15 4 (0.36%) Db2
15 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 45 (4.00%) Git
2 11 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (0.89%) JUnit
3 10 (0.89%) Maven
3 10 (0.89%) Mockito
4 6 (0.53%) GitLab
5 5 (0.44%) JIRA
6 4 (0.36%) Storybook
6 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Subversion
9 1 (0.089%) gulp
9 1 (0.089%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.089%) NUnit
9 1 (0.089%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.089%) Vite
9 1 (0.089%) webpack
General
1 150 (13.33%) Finance
2 93 (8.27%) Social Skills
3 80 (7.11%) Manufacturing
4 40 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (2.93%) Retail
6 30 (2.67%) Law
7 19 (1.69%) Legal
8 18 (1.60%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.42%) Banking
10 12 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.89%) Advertising
12 9 (0.80%) Games
12 9 (0.80%) Marketing
13 8 (0.71%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.44%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.36%) Automotive
16 3 (0.27%) Back Office
16 3 (0.27%) iGaming
16 3 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (20.18%) .NET
2 95 (8.44%) .NET Core
2 95 (8.44%) React
3 78 (6.93%) ASP.NET
4 70 (6.22%) ASP.NET Core
4 70 (6.22%) REST
5 67 (5.96%) Node.js
6 58 (5.16%) HTML
7 57 (5.07%) CSS
8 42 (3.73%) Blazor
9 36 (3.20%) ASP.NET Web API
9 36 (3.20%) Entity Framework
10 35 (3.11%) AngularJS
11 30 (2.67%) RESTful
12 27 (2.40%) Vue
13 26 (2.31%) GraphQL
13 26 (2.31%) LINQ
14 20 (1.78%) Next.js
15 18 (1.60%) SOAP
15 18 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
2 29 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (2.58%) Management Information System
3 18 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (1.51%) Online Gambling
5 14 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.07%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.07%) Virtual Team
7 11 (0.98%) AS400
7 11 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 10 (0.89%) Mainframe
9 9 (0.80%) AI Agents
10 8 (0.71%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.71%) Robotics
10 8 (0.71%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.62%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.53%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.53%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.53%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.04%) Linux
2 7 (0.62%) Windows
3 5 (0.44%) Android
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.089%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.089%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (19.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 194 (17.24%) Agile
3 114 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (9.78%) AI
5 101 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (7.47%) CI/CD
6 84 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (6.67%) DevOps
8 73 (6.49%) E-Commerce
9 70 (6.22%) Mentoring
10 65 (5.78%) Software Engineering
11 63 (5.60%) Analytics
12 50 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
13 48 (4.27%) ERP
13 48 (4.27%) SDLC
14 47 (4.18%) Roadmaps
15 44 (3.91%) CRM
16 43 (3.82%) Logistics
16 43 (3.82%) Machine Learning
16 43 (3.82%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 248 (22.04%) C#
2 234 (20.80%) SQL
3 138 (12.27%) JavaScript
4 95 (8.44%) TypeScript
5 85 (7.56%) Python
6 76 (6.76%) Java
7 18 (1.60%) PHP
8 16 (1.42%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (1.16%) Go
11 12 (1.07%) Bash
12 11 (0.98%) RPG
12 11 (0.98%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.89%) ABAP
13 10 (0.89%) C++
14 7 (0.62%) Ruby
15 6 (0.53%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.44%) C
16 5 (0.44%) RPG III
17 4 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (5.24%) Security Cleared
2 47 (4.18%) SC Cleared
3 19 (1.69%) Degree
4 11 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.89%) Azure Certification
5 10 (0.89%) DV Cleared
6 8 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.36%) ACCA
8 4 (0.36%) CIMA
9 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.089%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 20 (1.78%) QA
3 11 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 11 (0.98%) WCAG
4 10 (0.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.089%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (3.47%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 225 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (3.91%) Oracle
3 29 (2.58%) SAP
4 25 (2.22%) IBM
5 19 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.16%) Cognos
7 12 (1.07%) Epicor
7 12 (1.07%) Workday
8 11 (0.98%) Databricks
9 10 (0.89%) OpenText
10 9 (0.80%) Facebook
10 9 (0.80%) HP
10 9 (0.80%) iManage
11 8 (0.71%) Foundry
12 6 (0.53%) Google
13 5 (0.44%) YouTube
14 4 (0.36%) Adaptive Insights
14 4 (0.36%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.36%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.36%) Zoho