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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 16 7
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 796 465 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.08% 8.98% 13.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.52% 9.80% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 646 386 1,408
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
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 £61,250
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 12,210 4,743 11,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 91.62% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,860 2,760 8,428
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £81,600 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 18 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 18 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 -18 428 £55,000 - 96
East Midlands +31 366 £50,000 -1.48% 93
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 211 (26.51%) C#
2 195 (24.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 188 (23.62%) .NET
4 156 (19.60%) Azure
5 152 (19.10%) SQL
6 109 (13.69%) JavaScript
7 95 (11.93%) Microsoft
8 93 (11.68%) PHP
9 90 (11.31%) Agile
9 90 (11.31%) AWS
9 90 (11.31%) Power Platform
10 87 (10.93%) React
11 84 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (9.05%) .NET Core
13 71 (8.92%) Power BI
14 70 (8.79%) HTML
14 70 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
15 65 (8.17%) CSS
16 61 (7.66%) Python
16 61 (7.66%) SQL Server
17 58 (7.29%) Node.js
18 55 (6.91%) DevOps
19 50 (6.28%) AI
20 48 (6.03%) Software Engineering
21 47 (5.90%) CI/CD
22 45 (5.65%) TypeScript
23 43 (5.40%) Analytics
24 42 (5.28%) Computer Science
25 39 (4.90%) CRM
25 39 (4.90%) Mentoring

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 13 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.01%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.50%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.25%) 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 18 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.25%) Maximo
4 2 (0.25%) 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
Cloud Services
1 156 (19.60%) Azure
2 90 (11.31%) AWS
2 90 (11.31%) Power Platform
3 34 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (4.02%) SaaS
5 30 (3.77%) Serverless
6 26 (3.27%) Power Automate
6 26 (3.27%) PowerApps
7 23 (2.89%) Amazon S3
7 23 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (2.14%) GitHub
10 11 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (0.50%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.51%) Internet
2 3 (0.38%) Intranet
2 3 (0.38%) SSL
3 2 (0.25%) HTTP
3 2 (0.25%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.92%) Power BI
2 61 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 23 (2.89%) MySQL
5 16 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.51%) Power Query
8 12 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.75%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.38%) Redis
13 3 (0.38%) TimescaleDB
14 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 29 (3.64%) Git
2 8 (1.01%) Maven
2 8 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.88%) JUnit
3 7 (0.88%) Mockito
4 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.63%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.38%) JIRA
6 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (10.05%) Finance
2 67 (8.42%) Social Skills
3 33 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (2.89%) Manufacturing
5 18 (2.26%) Law
6 17 (2.14%) Games
6 17 (2.14%) Public Sector
7 15 (1.88%) Retail
8 9 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.01%) Multimedia
10 7 (0.88%) Marketing
11 6 (0.75%) iGaming
11 6 (0.75%) Legal
12 3 (0.38%) Advertising
12 3 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.25%) Banking
13 2 (0.25%) Billing
13 2 (0.25%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.13%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (23.62%) .NET
2 87 (10.93%) React
3 72 (9.05%) .NET Core
4 70 (8.79%) HTML
5 65 (8.17%) CSS
6 58 (7.29%) Node.js
7 37 (4.65%) ASP.NET
8 34 (4.27%) Laravel
9 31 (3.89%) AngularJS
9 31 (3.89%) REST
10 27 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
10 27 (3.39%) RESTful
11 24 (3.02%) Blazor
12 20 (2.51%) .NET Framework
13 19 (2.39%) Vue
14 15 (1.88%) XML
15 14 (1.76%) Entity Framework
15 14 (1.76%) jQuery
16 13 (1.63%) WinForms
17 11 (1.38%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.78%) Mobile App
2 27 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.76%) PropTech
6 10 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.13%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.01%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.01%) AS400
9 7 (0.88%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.75%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.63%) 3D Graphics
11 5 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.63%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.50%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.50%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.38%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.63%) Android
1 13 (1.63%) Linux
2 9 (1.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.25%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (24.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 90 (11.31%) Agile
3 84 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (6.91%) DevOps
6 50 (6.28%) AI
7 48 (6.03%) Software Engineering
8 47 (5.90%) CI/CD
9 43 (5.40%) Analytics
10 42 (5.28%) Computer Science
11 39 (4.90%) CRM
11 39 (4.90%) Mentoring
12 36 (4.52%) Data Modelling
13 35 (4.40%) SDLC
14 32 (4.02%) Logistics
15 31 (3.89%) MVC
16 30 (3.77%) API Development
16 30 (3.77%) Front End Development
17 29 (3.64%) Web Development
18 27 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 211 (26.51%) C#
2 152 (19.10%) SQL
3 109 (13.69%) JavaScript
4 93 (11.68%) PHP
5 61 (7.66%) Python
6 45 (5.65%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.64%) Java
8 23 (2.89%) C++
9 20 (2.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (1.51%) Delphi
11 11 (1.38%) Go
11 11 (1.38%) Rust
12 9 (1.13%) C
12 9 (1.13%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.01%) Bash
13 8 (1.01%) RPG
13 8 (1.01%) Swift
14 7 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.63%) R
15 5 (0.63%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 32 (4.02%) Degree
2 22 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (2.76%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.39%) SC Cleared
4 13 (1.63%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.26%) AWS Certification
5 10 (1.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.25%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.13%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.76%) QA
2 13 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.50%) WCAG
5 2 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) NCSC
6 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (2.51%) Docker
2 3 (0.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Nagios
2 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.02%) Oracle
3 18 (2.26%) IBM
4 14 (1.76%) Xamarin
5 11 (1.38%) SAP
6 8 (1.01%) Apple
6 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.75%) Cognos
7 6 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.63%) Workday
9 3 (0.38%) Databricks
9 3 (0.38%) Epicor
10 2 (0.25%) Facebook
10 2 (0.25%) Google
10 2 (0.25%) JDA
10 2 (0.25%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.25%) Zend
11 1 (0.13%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.13%) Talend
11 1 (0.13%) YouTube