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 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 392 1,343 729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.99% 13.33% 12.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.57% 14.06% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 341 940 642
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,025
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 5,177 9,550 5,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 94.82% 93.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,266 5,390 3,994
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,119 £26,724
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.63% +4.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,375 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
West Midlands -12 262 £55,000 +10.00% 172
East Midlands -35 130 £52,500 +5.00% 122
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 152 (38.78%) C#
2 147 (37.50%) SQL
3 123 (31.38%) .NET
4 116 (29.59%) Agile
5 111 (28.32%) Azure
6 103 (26.28%) Social Skills
7 100 (25.51%) JavaScript
8 98 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (22.96%) Power Platform
10 80 (20.41%) SQL Server
11 70 (17.86%) HTML
12 67 (17.09%) Microsoft
12 67 (17.09%) DevOps
13 65 (16.58%) Java
14 63 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (15.82%) Power BI
16 61 (15.56%) CRM
17 58 (14.80%) Finance
17 58 (14.80%) CSS
17 58 (14.80%) React
18 55 (14.03%) Full-Stack Development
19 53 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
20 51 (13.01%) REST
21 48 (12.24%) CI/CD
22 46 (11.73%) PowerApps
22 46 (11.73%) Dynamics 365
23 43 (10.97%) Law
23 43 (10.97%) AWS
24 42 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
24 42 (10.71%) Power Automate

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.32%) CMS
3 7 (1.79%) OpenEdge
4 5 (1.28%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.02%) Appian
5 4 (1.02%) Confluence
5 4 (1.02%) IIS
6 3 (0.77%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.77%) WordPress
7 2 (0.51%) Apache
7 2 (0.51%) JBoss
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.51%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 42 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.79%) Infor CloudSuite
3 7 (1.79%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 5 (1.28%) Magento
4 5 (1.28%) Shopify
5 4 (1.02%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 111 (28.32%) Azure
2 90 (22.96%) Power Platform
3 46 (11.73%) Dynamics 365
3 46 (11.73%) PowerApps
4 43 (10.97%) AWS
5 42 (10.71%) Power Automate
6 34 (8.67%) SaaS
7 31 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.57%) GCP
9 12 (3.06%) Serverless
10 11 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.81%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.04%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.04%) GitHub
13 8 (2.04%) IaaS
13 8 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) HTTP
2 2 (0.51%) Internet
2 2 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.26%) DNS
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) UWB
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 62 (15.82%) Power BI
3 21 (5.36%) MySQL
4 20 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.85%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.59%) Relational Database
6 18 (4.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (4.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.04%) BigQuery
10 8 (2.04%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.04%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.04%) Star Schema
11 7 (1.79%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.79%) Tableau
12 5 (1.28%) RDBMS
13 4 (1.02%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 39 (9.95%) Git
2 14 (3.57%) JIRA
3 12 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.06%) JUnit
4 11 (2.81%) Maven
5 10 (2.55%) Mockito
6 8 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.53%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (1.53%) DbUnit
8 6 (1.53%) jMock
9 4 (1.02%) GitLab
9 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.02%) webpack
10 3 (0.77%) NUnit
10 3 (0.77%) Storybook
11 2 (0.51%) Babel
11 2 (0.51%) Gradle
11 2 (0.51%) JMeter
11 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 103 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.80%) Finance
3 43 (10.97%) Law
4 36 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.65%) Retail
6 24 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.59%) Marketing
8 17 (4.34%) Police
9 10 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.79%) Electronics
10 7 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.28%) Automotive
11 5 (1.28%) Games
12 4 (1.02%) Back Office
13 2 (0.51%) Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.51%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (31.38%) .NET
2 70 (17.86%) HTML
3 58 (14.80%) CSS
3 58 (14.80%) React
4 51 (13.01%) REST
5 36 (9.18%) AngularJS
6 31 (7.91%) Spring
7 30 (7.65%) RESTful
8 28 (7.14%) Spring Boot
9 25 (6.38%) SOAP
10 24 (6.12%) .NET Framework
10 24 (6.12%) Web Services
11 23 (5.87%) ASP.NET
12 19 (4.85%) Middleware
13 16 (4.08%) Blazor
14 15 (3.83%) OAuth
15 14 (3.57%) JPA
15 14 (3.57%) jQuery
16 13 (3.32%) ASP.NET MVC
16 13 (3.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.32%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.79%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.53%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.28%) EPoS
11 4 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (1.02%) W3C
12 3 (0.77%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.63%) Linux
2 8 (2.04%) Android
3 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.02%) Rocky
4 3 (0.77%) Unix
5 2 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.51%) Windows
5 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.59%) Agile
2 98 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.09%) DevOps
4 63 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (15.56%) CRM
6 55 (14.03%) Full-Stack Development
7 53 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (12.24%) CI/CD
9 41 (10.46%) Front End Development
10 37 (9.44%) Migration
11 36 (9.18%) Microservices
12 35 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence
13 34 (8.67%) User Experience
14 33 (8.42%) Mentoring
15 32 (8.16%) Analytics
16 30 (7.65%) Clean Code
17 29 (7.40%) MVC
17 29 (7.40%) Software Engineering
17 29 (7.40%) TDD
18 26 (6.63%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 152 (38.78%) C#
2 147 (37.50%) SQL
3 100 (25.51%) JavaScript
4 65 (16.58%) Java
5 41 (10.46%) Python
6 33 (8.42%) T-SQL
6 33 (8.42%) TypeScript
7 21 (5.36%) PHP
8 15 (3.83%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.81%) C++
10 8 (2.04%) Apex Code
10 8 (2.04%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.79%) Delphi
12 6 (1.53%) ABAP
12 6 (1.53%) Bicep
13 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.28%) Rust
14 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (10.20%) Degree
2 33 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.81%) DBS Check
6 8 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.77%) PhD
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.16%) QA
2 13 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.06%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.79%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) COBIT
5 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (6.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Firmware
2 2 (0.51%) Postfix
2 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.30%) Terraform
3 4 (1.02%) Grafana
3 4 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.77%) Ansible
5 2 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.51%) Kibana
Vendors
1 67 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.59%) SAP
3 16 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.32%) Databricks
4 13 (3.32%) IBM
5 12 (3.06%) Oracle
6 7 (1.79%) Infor
6 7 (1.79%) Progress
7 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.53%) Guidewire
8 5 (1.28%) Google
8 5 (1.28%) UiPath
9 4 (1.02%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.77%) Adobe
10 3 (0.77%) PayPal
10 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.77%) Splunk
11 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.51%) Jaspersoft
11 2 (0.51%) Xamarin