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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 14 7
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 775 483 1,561
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.98% 9.47% 13.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.43% 10.43% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 641 404 1,387
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £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 12,060 4,630 10,860
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 90.73% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,683 2,788 8,249
10th Percentile £29,270 £27,500 £26,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -17 420 £55,000 - 96
East Midlands +16 353 £51,250 -0.97% 90
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 188 (24.26%) C#
2 183 (23.61%) Full-Stack Development
3 171 (22.06%) .NET
4 143 (18.45%) Azure
5 139 (17.94%) SQL
6 112 (14.45%) JavaScript
7 94 (12.13%) AWS
8 92 (11.87%) PHP
9 88 (11.35%) Microsoft
10 86 (11.10%) Power Platform
11 83 (10.71%) React
12 82 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
13 72 (9.29%) Agile
13 72 (9.29%) Python
14 68 (8.77%) HTML
14 68 (8.77%) Power BI
15 65 (8.39%) SQL Server
16 64 (8.26%) Problem-Solving
17 63 (8.13%) CSS
18 57 (7.35%) .NET Core
19 56 (7.23%) Node.js
20 51 (6.58%) DevOps
21 49 (6.32%) Software Engineering
22 43 (5.55%) CI/CD
23 41 (5.29%) CRM
24 40 (5.16%) AI
24 40 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
25 39 (5.03%) Computer Science
26 38 (4.90%) TypeScript
27 37 (4.77%) Analytics

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 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.03%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.52%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) CICS
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 4 (0.52%) Maximo
4 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (18.45%) Azure
2 94 (12.13%) AWS
3 86 (11.10%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
5 31 (4.00%) SaaS
6 29 (3.74%) Serverless
7 26 (3.35%) Power Automate
8 25 (3.23%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.10%) Amazon S3
9 24 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.58%) GitHub
11 17 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
15 4 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (0.52%) GCP
15 4 (0.52%) GitHub Copilot
16 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.68%) Internet
2 3 (0.39%) Intranet
2 3 (0.39%) SSL
3 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.77%) Power BI
2 65 (8.39%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.84%) MySQL
4 19 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.68%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.42%) Power Query
8 8 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.65%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.52%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.39%) DB2
12 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.39%) Redis
12 3 (0.39%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 33 (4.26%) Git
2 8 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.90%) JUnit
4 6 (0.77%) Maven
5 5 (0.65%) Mockito
5 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.65%) XCUITest
6 3 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.39%) JIRA
7 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.26%) Selenium
7 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 69 (8.90%) Finance
2 65 (8.39%) Social Skills
3 35 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (2.71%) Public Sector
5 18 (2.32%) Games
5 18 (2.32%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.19%) Law
7 11 (1.42%) Multimedia
8 10 (1.29%) Retail
9 9 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.03%) Marketing
11 6 (0.77%) iGaming
12 5 (0.65%) Legal
13 3 (0.39%) Banking
13 3 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.26%) Advertising
14 2 (0.26%) Automotive
14 2 (0.26%) Billing
14 2 (0.26%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (22.06%) .NET
2 83 (10.71%) React
3 68 (8.77%) HTML
4 63 (8.13%) CSS
5 57 (7.35%) .NET Core
6 56 (7.23%) Node.js
7 32 (4.13%) Laravel
7 32 (4.13%) REST
8 31 (4.00%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.97%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.58%) .NET Framework
10 20 (2.58%) RESTful
11 15 (1.94%) Vue
11 15 (1.94%) WinForms
11 15 (1.94%) XML
12 14 (1.81%) Blazor
12 14 (1.81%) jQuery
13 11 (1.42%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (1.29%) ASP.NET Core
14 10 (1.29%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.68%) Mobile App
2 26 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.81%) PropTech
6 9 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.03%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.77%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.77%) e-Learning
9 6 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.65%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.52%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.52%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.39%) AS400
12 3 (0.39%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.55%) Android
2 10 (1.29%) Linux
3 9 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.52%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (23.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 82 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (9.29%) Agile
4 64 (8.26%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (6.58%) DevOps
6 49 (6.32%) Software Engineering
7 43 (5.55%) CI/CD
8 41 (5.29%) CRM
9 40 (5.16%) AI
10 39 (5.03%) Computer Science
11 37 (4.77%) Analytics
11 37 (4.77%) Mentoring
12 34 (4.39%) API Development
12 34 (4.39%) MVC
13 32 (4.13%) Web Development
14 31 (4.00%) Data Modelling
15 30 (3.87%) SDLC
16 28 (3.61%) User Experience
17 27 (3.48%) Logistics
18 26 (3.35%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 188 (24.26%) C#
2 139 (17.94%) SQL
3 112 (14.45%) JavaScript
4 92 (11.87%) PHP
5 72 (9.29%) Python
6 38 (4.90%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.74%) Java
8 22 (2.84%) C++
9 16 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.81%) Delphi
11 11 (1.42%) Go
12 10 (1.29%) C
12 10 (1.29%) Rust
12 10 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.03%) Swift
14 6 (0.77%) Bash
15 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.65%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.65%) R
16 4 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (3.87%) Degree
2 20 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.06%) Azure Certification
4 13 (1.68%) AWS Certification
4 13 (1.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.55%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.29%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.68%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.55%) QA
3 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.52%) WCAG
5 1 (0.13%) GDPR
5 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
5 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (2.32%) Docker
2 4 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.39%) Nagios
2 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 88 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.87%) Oracle
3 16 (2.06%) IBM
4 14 (1.81%) Xamarin
5 10 (1.29%) SAP
6 8 (1.03%) Apple
7 6 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.77%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.65%) Cognos
9 4 (0.52%) Workday
10 3 (0.39%) Databricks
10 3 (0.39%) Epicor
11 2 (0.26%) JDA
11 2 (0.26%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.26%) Zend
12 1 (0.13%) DevExpress
12 1 (0.13%) Facebook
12 1 (0.13%) Google
12 1 (0.13%) Sage
12 1 (0.13%) Zoho