Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 29 7
Rank change year-on-year +16 -22 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,081 370 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.85% 6.59% 13.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.39% 7.10% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 834 321 849
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

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 14,621 5,211 9,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 92.79% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,193 3,175 4,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,400 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +8 597 £65,000 +13.04% 280
East Midlands +31 484 £52,500 +2.94% 174
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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.

1 243 (22.48%) C#
2 219 (20.26%) Azure
2 219 (20.26%) SQL
3 217 (20.07%) Full-Stack Development
4 215 (19.89%) .NET
5 205 (18.96%) Microsoft
6 185 (17.11%) Agile
7 129 (11.93%) JavaScript
8 121 (11.19%) Power Platform
9 113 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (10.18%) AWS
11 108 (9.99%) AI
12 96 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
13 94 (8.70%) .NET Core
14 88 (8.14%) React
15 87 (8.05%) TypeScript
16 84 (7.77%) CI/CD
17 83 (7.68%) Power Automate
18 81 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
19 77 (7.12%) Python
19 77 (7.12%) SQL Server
20 74 (6.85%) ASP.NET
20 74 (6.85%) DevOps
21 73 (6.75%) PowerApps
22 71 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
23 69 (6.38%) Power BI
23 69 (6.38%) REST
24 68 (6.29%) Java
24 68 (6.29%) Mentoring
25 67 (6.20%) ASP.NET Core

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 30 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.76%) CMS
3 18 (1.67%) Headless CMS
4 13 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.02%) Documentum
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.093%) Confluence
8 1 (0.093%) IIS
8 1 (0.093%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (1.11%) Magento
4 10 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.74%) Oracle CRM
6 7 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.28%) Shopify
9 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.19%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.093%) Maximo
10 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.093%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 219 (20.26%) Azure
2 121 (11.19%) Power Platform
3 110 (10.18%) AWS
4 83 (7.68%) Power Automate
5 73 (6.75%) PowerApps
6 71 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
7 58 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.33%) SaaS
9 25 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.31%) Serverless
10 24 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.94%) Azure Functions
11 21 (1.94%) GitHub
12 15 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
14 11 (1.02%) Azure AI
15 10 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
16 9 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (0.65%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.30%) Internet
2 3 (0.28%) Network Security
3 2 (0.19%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.093%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.093%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.093%) FTP
4 1 (0.093%) RTP
4 1 (0.093%) RTSP
4 1 (0.093%) SCTP
4 1 (0.093%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.093%) SS7
4 1 (0.093%) SSL
4 1 (0.093%) UWB
4 1 (0.093%) VoIP
4 1 (0.093%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.093%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 69 (6.38%) Power BI
3 60 (5.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (5.00%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.20%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.65%) MySQL
11 6 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.37%) Power Query
13 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.37%) Tableau
14 3 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 44 (4.07%) Git
2 10 (0.93%) JUnit
2 10 (0.93%) Maven
2 10 (0.93%) Mockito
2 10 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.56%) GitLab
4 4 (0.37%) JIRA
4 4 (0.37%) Storybook
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.28%) Subversion
5 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.093%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.093%) gulp
7 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.093%) NUnit
7 1 (0.093%) Vite
7 1 (0.093%) webpack
General
1 148 (13.69%) Finance
2 93 (8.60%) Social Skills
3 77 (7.12%) Manufacturing
4 36 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (2.87%) Law
6 28 (2.59%) Retail
7 19 (1.76%) Legal
8 17 (1.57%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.48%) Banking
10 13 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.93%) Advertising
11 10 (0.93%) Games
12 9 (0.83%) Marketing
13 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.46%) iGaming
14 4 (0.37%) Automotive
14 4 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.28%) Back Office
15 3 (0.28%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.28%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (19.89%) .NET
2 94 (8.70%) .NET Core
3 88 (8.14%) React
4 74 (6.85%) ASP.NET
5 69 (6.38%) REST
6 67 (6.20%) ASP.NET Core
7 66 (6.11%) Node.js
8 57 (5.27%) CSS
9 56 (5.18%) HTML
10 41 (3.79%) Blazor
11 37 (3.42%) AngularJS
12 36 (3.33%) Entity Framework
13 33 (3.05%) ASP.NET Web API
14 31 (2.87%) RESTful
15 26 (2.41%) LINQ
15 26 (2.41%) Vue
16 22 (2.04%) GraphQL
17 19 (1.76%) Next.js
18 18 (1.67%) SOAP
19 17 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.20%) Virtual Team
6 12 (1.11%) Low-Code
7 11 (1.02%) AS400
8 10 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.83%) Mainframe
10 8 (0.74%) Online Gambling
10 8 (0.74%) Robotics
10 8 (0.74%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.65%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.56%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.46%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.22%) Linux
2 7 (0.65%) Windows
3 5 (0.46%) Android
4 2 (0.19%) Unix
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.093%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.093%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (20.07%) Full-Stack Development
2 185 (17.11%) Agile
3 113 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (9.99%) AI
5 96 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (7.77%) CI/CD
7 81 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (6.85%) DevOps
9 68 (6.29%) Mentoring
10 65 (6.01%) E-Commerce
11 63 (5.83%) Analytics
12 61 (5.64%) Software Engineering
13 50 (4.63%) ERP
14 47 (4.35%) CRM
14 47 (4.35%) SDLC
15 44 (4.07%) Roadmaps
15 44 (4.07%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (3.98%) Logistics
17 41 (3.79%) Machine Learning
17 41 (3.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.48%) C#
2 219 (20.26%) SQL
3 129 (11.93%) JavaScript
4 87 (8.05%) TypeScript
5 77 (7.12%) Python
6 68 (6.29%) Java
7 26 (2.41%) PHP
8 16 (1.48%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.20%) C++
9 13 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.20%) Go
10 12 (1.11%) Bash
11 11 (1.02%) RPG
12 10 (0.93%) ABAP
13 6 (0.56%) RPG IV
13 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.46%) RPG III
14 5 (0.46%) Rust
15 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.37%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 59 (5.46%) Security Cleared
2 47 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 20 (1.85%) Degree
4 12 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.19%) ACCA
11 2 (0.19%) CIMA
12 1 (0.093%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.67%) QA
3 11 (1.02%) WCAG
4 10 (0.93%) GDPR
5 8 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.093%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (3.61%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 205 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.70%) Oracle
3 26 (2.41%) IBM
3 26 (2.41%) SAP
4 19 (1.76%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.30%) Cognos
6 13 (1.20%) Epicor
6 13 (1.20%) Workday
7 10 (0.93%) Databricks
7 10 (0.93%) OpenText
8 9 (0.83%) Facebook
8 9 (0.83%) HP
8 9 (0.83%) iManage
9 8 (0.74%) Foundry
10 7 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.46%) Google
11 5 (0.46%) YouTube
12 4 (0.37%) Zoho
13 3 (0.28%) UiPath
13 3 (0.28%) Xamarin