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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 882 443 1,935
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.95% 8.69% 14.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.33% 9.55% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 694 362 1,651
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,649 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +9.30% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £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 12,031 4,638 12,944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 90.98% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,350 2,817 9,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £32,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -3 477 £60,000 +9.09% 110
East Midlands +29 404 £50,000 -4.76% 63
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 (28.12%) C#
2 224 (25.40%) Full-Stack Development
3 216 (24.49%) .NET
4 195 (22.11%) Azure
5 186 (21.09%) SQL
6 131 (14.85%) Microsoft
7 120 (13.61%) Agile
8 106 (12.02%) JavaScript
9 97 (11.00%) Power Platform
10 93 (10.54%) .NET Core
11 91 (10.32%) AWS
11 91 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
12 87 (9.86%) React
13 82 (9.30%) PHP
14 80 (9.07%) Python
15 78 (8.84%) AI
16 76 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
17 74 (8.39%) HTML
18 69 (7.82%) CSS
19 68 (7.71%) DevOps
20 64 (7.26%) Node.js
20 64 (7.26%) Power BI
21 62 (7.03%) CI/CD
22 60 (6.80%) ASP.NET
23 56 (6.35%) SQL Server
24 54 (6.12%) Analytics
24 54 (6.12%) ASP.NET Core
25 53 (6.01%) Mentoring
25 53 (6.01%) Software Engineering
26 51 (5.78%) Azure SQL Database

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 16 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.45%) Apache
3 4 (0.45%) CMS
3 4 (0.45%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.23%) Documentum
4 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.23%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 8 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.23%) Magento
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 195 (22.11%) Azure
2 97 (11.00%) Power Platform
3 91 (10.32%) AWS
4 45 (5.10%) Power Automate
5 42 (4.76%) PowerApps
6 37 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (3.29%) Serverless
9 22 (2.49%) GitHub
10 21 (2.38%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.27%) SaaS
12 17 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.25%) Azure AI
15 11 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
16 10 (1.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 9 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (1.02%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.81%) Internet
2 4 (0.45%) SSL
3 3 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.23%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.11%) FTP
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) RTP
5 1 (0.11%) RTSP
5 1 (0.11%) SCTP
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SS7
5 1 (0.11%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.26%) Power BI
2 56 (6.35%) SQL Server
3 51 (5.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (4.20%) MongoDB
5 21 (2.38%) MySQL
6 19 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.25%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.79%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.45%) Power Query
13 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.95%) Git
2 8 (0.91%) JUnit
2 8 (0.91%) Maven
2 8 (0.91%) Mockito
2 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.45%) XCUITest
4 3 (0.34%) JIRA
4 3 (0.34%) Subversion
4 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) gulp
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.11%) Vite
6 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 124 (14.06%) Finance
2 77 (8.73%) Social Skills
3 36 (4.08%) Manufacturing
4 28 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (2.72%) Law
6 20 (2.27%) Retail
7 16 (1.81%) Banking
8 15 (1.70%) Legal
9 13 (1.47%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.13%) Games
10 10 (1.13%) Marketing
11 9 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.91%) Advertising
13 6 (0.68%) iGaming
14 5 (0.57%) Multimedia
15 4 (0.45%) Automotive
15 4 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.23%) Legal Technology
17 2 (0.23%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (24.49%) .NET
2 93 (10.54%) .NET Core
3 87 (9.86%) React
4 74 (8.39%) HTML
5 69 (7.82%) CSS
6 64 (7.26%) Node.js
7 60 (6.80%) ASP.NET
8 54 (6.12%) ASP.NET Core
9 45 (5.10%) REST
10 43 (4.88%) AngularJS
11 40 (4.54%) Blazor
12 31 (3.51%) Laravel
12 31 (3.51%) RESTful
13 26 (2.95%) ASP.NET Web API
14 24 (2.72%) Entity Framework
15 23 (2.61%) Vue
16 18 (2.04%) LINQ
17 17 (1.93%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.70%) Hugging Face
19 14 (1.59%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 34 (3.85%) Mobile App
2 28 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.25%) AS400
6 11 (1.25%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
7 9 (1.02%) PropTech
8 8 (0.91%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.79%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.68%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.68%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.57%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.57%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.45%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.04%) Linux
2 10 (1.13%) Android
3 8 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.91%) Windows
4 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (25.40%) Full-Stack Development
2 120 (13.61%) Agile
3 91 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (8.84%) AI
5 76 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
6 68 (7.71%) DevOps
7 62 (7.03%) CI/CD
8 54 (6.12%) Analytics
9 53 (6.01%) Mentoring
9 53 (6.01%) Software Engineering
10 47 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (4.54%) Logistics
12 39 (4.42%) Computer Science
12 39 (4.42%) Machine Learning
13 37 (4.20%) Microservices
14 34 (3.85%) Roadmaps
15 31 (3.51%) SDLC
16 29 (3.29%) Actionable Insight
16 29 (3.29%) CRM
16 29 (3.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 248 (28.12%) C#
2 186 (21.09%) SQL
3 106 (12.02%) JavaScript
4 82 (9.30%) PHP
5 80 (9.07%) Python
6 50 (5.67%) TypeScript
7 36 (4.08%) Java
8 22 (2.49%) C++
9 18 (2.04%) Go
10 13 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.25%) RPG
12 9 (1.02%) Delphi
12 9 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.91%) Bash
14 7 (0.79%) ABAP
14 7 (0.79%) Rust
14 7 (0.79%) Swift
15 6 (0.68%) C
15 6 (0.68%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.57%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 32 (3.63%) Degree
2 25 (2.83%) Security Cleared
3 22 (2.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.34%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.34%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 13 (1.47%) QA
3 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (3.63%) Docker
2 3 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.23%) Nagios
3 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 131 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.51%) Oracle
3 24 (2.72%) IBM
4 17 (1.93%) SAP
5 11 (1.25%) Cognos
5 11 (1.25%) Epicor
6 10 (1.13%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.13%) Workday
7 9 (1.02%) Xamarin
8 7 (0.79%) Apple
8 7 (0.79%) Facebook
8 7 (0.79%) Foundry
9 6 (0.68%) iManage
10 5 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.57%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.34%) Databricks
11 3 (0.34%) YouTube
11 3 (0.34%) Zoho
12 2 (0.23%) Google
12 2 (0.23%) OpenText