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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 915 459 1,894
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.02% 8.45% 13.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% 9.28% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 730 374 1,613
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,575 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,276 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,625 £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 12,344 4,945 12,800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.03% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,602 3,080 9,036
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £32,000 £34,834
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 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,121 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.90% -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -2 507 £60,000 +5.73% 120
East Midlands +26 407 £50,000 -4.76% 105
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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.

1 269 (29.40%) C#
2 240 (26.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 235 (25.68%) .NET
4 207 (22.62%) Azure
5 202 (22.08%) SQL
6 157 (17.16%) Microsoft
7 134 (14.64%) Agile
8 111 (12.13%) JavaScript
9 106 (11.58%) .NET Core
9 106 (11.58%) Power Platform
10 96 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (10.27%) AWS
12 87 (9.51%) React
13 82 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
13 82 (8.96%) PHP
14 81 (8.85%) AI
14 81 (8.85%) Python
15 78 (8.52%) HTML
16 77 (8.42%) ASP.NET
16 77 (8.42%) DevOps
17 74 (8.09%) CSS
18 73 (7.98%) CI/CD
19 71 (7.76%) Node.js
20 70 (7.65%) Power BI
21 69 (7.54%) ASP.NET Core
22 66 (7.21%) Azure SQL Database
23 59 (6.45%) SQL Server
24 54 (5.90%) Analytics
24 54 (5.90%) Software Engineering
25 53 (5.79%) Power Automate

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 17 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.44%) Apache
2 4 (0.44%) CMS
2 4 (0.44%) Documentum
2 4 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.22%) WordPress
4 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 2 (0.22%) 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
1 207 (22.62%) Azure
2 106 (11.58%) Power Platform
3 94 (10.27%) AWS
4 53 (5.79%) Power Automate
5 49 (5.36%) PowerApps
6 44 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (2.95%) Serverless
9 24 (2.62%) SaaS
10 22 (2.40%) GitHub
11 21 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (2.08%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (1.42%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.31%) Azure AI
16 10 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.09%) Copilot Studio
17 9 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.75%) Internet
2 4 (0.44%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.33%) Network Security
4 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
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%) UWB
5 1 (0.11%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.65%) Power BI
2 66 (7.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 59 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.68%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.30%) MySQL
7 17 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.77%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.44%) Power Query
15 3 (0.33%) Redis
15 3 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
16 2 (0.22%) MariaDB
16 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.06%) Git
2 8 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.66%) JUnit
3 6 (0.66%) Maven
3 6 (0.66%) Mockito
4 4 (0.44%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.33%) JIRA
5 3 (0.33%) Subversion
5 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) gulp
7 1 (0.11%) NUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) Vite
7 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 129 (14.10%) Finance
2 81 (8.85%) Social Skills
3 37 (4.04%) Manufacturing
4 27 (2.95%) Law
5 26 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (2.51%) Retail
7 17 (1.86%) Legal
8 16 (1.75%) Banking
9 13 (1.42%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.20%) Advertising
10 11 (1.20%) Marketing
11 10 (1.09%) Games
12 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.66%) iGaming
14 4 (0.44%) Automotive
14 4 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.33%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.22%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.22%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (25.68%) .NET
2 106 (11.58%) .NET Core
3 87 (9.51%) React
4 78 (8.52%) HTML
5 77 (8.42%) ASP.NET
6 74 (8.09%) CSS
7 71 (7.76%) Node.js
8 69 (7.54%) ASP.NET Core
9 48 (5.25%) REST
10 47 (5.14%) Blazor
11 46 (5.03%) AngularJS
12 34 (3.72%) RESTful
13 33 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
13 33 (3.61%) Entity Framework
14 31 (3.39%) Laravel
15 27 (2.95%) Vue
16 26 (2.84%) LINQ
17 18 (1.97%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.64%) Hugging Face
19 14 (1.53%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (3.06%) Mobile App
3 25 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.20%) AS400
5 11 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
6 10 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (0.87%) Algorithms
7 8 (0.87%) e-Learning
7 8 (0.87%) PropTech
8 7 (0.77%) Low-Code
9 6 (0.66%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.55%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.55%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.44%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.86%) Linux
2 8 (0.87%) Android
2 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.87%) Windows
3 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (26.23%) Full-Stack Development
2 134 (14.64%) Agile
3 96 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
5 81 (8.85%) AI
6 77 (8.42%) DevOps
7 73 (7.98%) CI/CD
8 54 (5.90%) Analytics
8 54 (5.90%) Software Engineering
9 52 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (5.46%) Mentoring
11 42 (4.59%) Microservices
12 41 (4.48%) Logistics
12 41 (4.48%) Machine Learning
13 35 (3.83%) Computer Science
14 33 (3.61%) Roadmaps
15 32 (3.50%) SDLC
16 30 (3.28%) CRM
16 30 (3.28%) Decision-Making
16 30 (3.28%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 269 (29.40%) C#
2 202 (22.08%) SQL
3 111 (12.13%) JavaScript
4 82 (8.96%) PHP
5 81 (8.85%) Python
6 53 (5.79%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.15%) Java
8 22 (2.40%) C++
9 18 (1.97%) Go
10 14 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.20%) RPG
12 9 (0.98%) ABAP
12 9 (0.98%) Delphi
13 8 (0.87%) Rust
14 7 (0.77%) Bash
14 7 (0.77%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.77%) Swift
15 6 (0.66%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.55%) C
16 5 (0.55%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 30 (3.28%) Degree
2 26 (2.84%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.51%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.98%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.55%) AWS Certification
6 5 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.53%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.20%) QA
3 6 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 33 (3.61%) Docker
2 3 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.22%) Nagios
3 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.22%) Terraform
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 157 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.17%) Oracle
3 25 (2.73%) IBM
4 18 (1.97%) SAP
5 13 (1.42%) Cognos
5 13 (1.42%) Epicor
6 12 (1.31%) Workday
7 11 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.09%) Facebook
9 8 (0.87%) Foundry
9 8 (0.87%) iManage
9 8 (0.87%) Xamarin
10 7 (0.77%) Apple
10 7 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.55%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.55%) YouTube
12 4 (0.44%) Google
12 4 (0.44%) OpenText
12 4 (0.44%) Zoho
13 3 (0.33%) Databricks