Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 March 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 628 533 1,399
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.25% 10.36% 14.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.81% 11.32% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 522 417 1,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,675 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 9,223 4,709 9,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 91.51% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,714 2,724 7,357
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,272 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -18 344 £50,000 -13.04% 114
East Midlands +3 282 £51,250 +1.99% 86
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 March 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.

1 159 (25.32%) C#
2 154 (24.52%) .NET
3 149 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 137 (21.82%) Azure
5 134 (21.34%) SQL
6 115 (18.31%) JavaScript
7 91 (14.49%) AWS
8 88 (14.01%) Power Platform
9 86 (13.69%) Agile
10 83 (13.22%) Microsoft
11 82 (13.06%) React
12 75 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
13 73 (11.62%) Python
14 72 (11.46%) HTML
15 70 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
16 69 (10.99%) Power BI
17 67 (10.67%) SQL Server
18 66 (10.51%) PHP
19 63 (10.03%) CSS
20 51 (8.12%) DevOps
21 50 (7.96%) .NET Core
22 45 (7.17%) Software Engineering
23 44 (7.01%) CRM
23 44 (7.01%) Dynamics 365
23 44 (7.01%) Node.js
24 41 (6.53%) Git
25 40 (6.37%) Mentoring
26 38 (6.05%) CI/CD
26 38 (6.05%) REST
27 37 (5.89%) AI

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 19 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.27%) Umbraco
3 7 (1.11%) CMS
4 6 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.64%) WordPress
6 2 (0.32%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.32%) Appian
6 2 (0.32%) IIS
6 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.16%) CICS
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.11%) Maximo
2 7 (1.11%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (21.82%) Azure
2 91 (14.49%) AWS
3 88 (14.01%) Power Platform
4 44 (7.01%) Dynamics 365
5 31 (4.94%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.94%) Serverless
6 28 (4.46%) SaaS
7 27 (4.30%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.82%) Amazon S3
8 24 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.50%) GitHub
10 9 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.64%) Figma
13 4 (0.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.55%) Internet
2 4 (0.64%) Intranet
2 4 (0.64%) SSL
3 2 (0.32%) HTTP
4 1 (0.16%) 3G
4 1 (0.16%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) GPRS
4 1 (0.16%) GSM
4 1 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.16%) Modbus
4 1 (0.16%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.16%) RS-232
4 1 (0.16%) RS-485
4 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.99%) Power BI
2 67 (10.67%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (2.39%) MySQL
6 14 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.43%) Power Query
10 8 (1.27%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.27%) Tableau
11 7 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.80%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.48%) Redis
14 3 (0.48%) TimescaleDB
15 2 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (6.53%) Git
2 11 (1.75%) JUnit
3 9 (1.43%) Maven
3 9 (1.43%) Mockito
4 6 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.48%) GitLab
7 3 (0.48%) JIRA
7 3 (0.48%) XCUITest
8 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.32%) git-flow
8 2 (0.32%) Selenium
8 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.32%) webpack
9 1 (0.16%) Babel
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 60 (9.55%) Social Skills
2 55 (8.76%) Finance
3 40 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.30%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.03%) Law
6 15 (2.39%) Multimedia
7 13 (2.07%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.07%) Marketing
8 10 (1.59%) Games
9 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.43%) Retail
10 6 (0.96%) Legal
11 5 (0.80%) Police
12 3 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.32%) Automotive
13 2 (0.32%) Electronics
14 1 (0.16%) Advertising
14 1 (0.16%) Banking
14 1 (0.16%) Local Government
14 1 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (24.52%) .NET
2 82 (13.06%) React
3 72 (11.46%) HTML
4 63 (10.03%) CSS
5 50 (7.96%) .NET Core
6 44 (7.01%) Node.js
7 38 (6.05%) REST
8 28 (4.46%) AngularJS
9 26 (4.14%) Laravel
10 23 (3.66%) ASP.NET
11 21 (3.34%) .NET Framework
12 17 (2.71%) XML
13 14 (2.23%) ASP.NET MVC
13 14 (2.23%) RESTful
14 13 (2.07%) WinForms
15 11 (1.75%) Blazor
15 11 (1.75%) Spring
16 9 (1.43%) JSON
16 9 (1.43%) React Native
16 9 (1.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.10%) Mobile App
2 21 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.27%) PropTech
7 8 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.96%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.80%) Legacy Code
9 5 (0.80%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.80%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.48%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.32%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.32%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.32%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.75%) Android
1 11 (1.75%) Linux
2 5 (0.80%) Apple iOS
2 5 (0.80%) Windows
3 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 86 (13.69%) Agile
3 75 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (8.12%) DevOps
6 45 (7.17%) Software Engineering
7 44 (7.01%) CRM
8 40 (6.37%) Mentoring
9 38 (6.05%) CI/CD
10 37 (5.89%) AI
11 36 (5.73%) MVC
12 32 (5.10%) Analytics
12 32 (5.10%) SDLC
13 31 (4.94%) API Development
13 31 (4.94%) User Experience
14 30 (4.78%) Computer Science
15 29 (4.62%) Web Development
16 27 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (3.82%) Decision-Making
18 23 (3.66%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 159 (25.32%) C#
2 134 (21.34%) SQL
3 115 (18.31%) JavaScript
4 73 (11.62%) Python
5 66 (10.51%) PHP
6 35 (5.57%) TypeScript
7 33 (5.25%) Java
8 14 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 13 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (2.07%) Delphi
10 12 (1.91%) C
11 8 (1.27%) C++
11 8 (1.27%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.27%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.11%) Bash
12 7 (1.11%) Rust
13 5 (0.80%) Go
13 5 (0.80%) R
13 5 (0.80%) Swift
13 5 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (5.25%) Degree
2 19 (3.03%) Azure Certification
2 19 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.71%) AWS Certification
3 17 (2.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 17 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (1.59%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.64%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.48%) IBM Certification
8 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.16%) MySQL Certification
9 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.07%) QA
2 9 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.80%) WCAG
5 2 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA
6 1 (0.16%) NCSC
6 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (2.87%) Docker
2 3 (0.48%) Firmware
3 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.48%) Nagios
2 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 83 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.78%) Oracle
3 13 (2.07%) IBM
4 8 (1.27%) SAP
4 8 (1.27%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.11%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.11%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.80%) Apple
7 3 (0.48%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.48%) Zend
7 3 (0.48%) Zoho
8 2 (0.32%) Cognos
8 2 (0.32%) Databricks
8 2 (0.32%) JDA
8 2 (0.32%) Workday
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe
9 1 (0.16%) Facebook
9 1 (0.16%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.16%) Infor
9 1 (0.16%) MuleSoft