Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 655 499 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.30% 10.23% 14.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.86% 11.27% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 545 407 1,284
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,450 £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 9,550 4,426 9,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 90.70% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,948 2,697 7,601
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,338 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -16 357 £50,000 -13.04% 115
East Midlands +3 296 £52,500 +5.00% 86
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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.

1 165 (25.19%) C#
2 156 (23.82%) .NET
3 150 (22.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 143 (21.83%) Azure
5 134 (20.46%) SQL
6 119 (18.17%) JavaScript
7 93 (14.20%) AWS
8 89 (13.59%) Power Platform
9 86 (13.13%) Agile
10 85 (12.98%) Microsoft
11 83 (12.67%) React
12 76 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
13 75 (11.45%) Python
14 73 (11.15%) HTML
15 71 (10.84%) PHP
16 70 (10.69%) Power BI
16 70 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
17 68 (10.38%) SQL Server
18 65 (9.92%) CSS
19 52 (7.94%) DevOps
20 51 (7.79%) .NET Core
21 45 (6.87%) Node.js
22 43 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
22 43 (6.56%) Software Engineering
23 42 (6.41%) CRM
23 42 (6.41%) Mentoring
24 41 (6.26%) CI/CD
24 41 (6.26%) Git
25 37 (5.65%) AI
25 37 (5.65%) MVC

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 19 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.22%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.92%) CMS
3 6 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.61%) WordPress
5 2 (0.31%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) Appian
5 2 (0.31%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) CICS
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.07%) Maximo
2 7 (1.07%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (21.83%) Azure
2 93 (14.20%) AWS
3 89 (13.59%) Power Platform
4 43 (6.56%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (4.89%) Serverless
6 31 (4.73%) PowerApps
7 28 (4.27%) Power Automate
7 28 (4.27%) SaaS
8 24 (3.66%) Amazon S3
8 24 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.36%) GitHub
10 10 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.76%) GCP
13 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.61%) Azure Functions
14 4 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.29%) Internet
2 4 (0.61%) Intranet
2 4 (0.61%) SSL
3 2 (0.31%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) 3G
4 1 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.15%) GPRS
4 1 (0.15%) GSM
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.15%) Modbus
4 1 (0.15%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.15%) RS-232
4 1 (0.15%) RS-485
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.69%) Power BI
2 68 (10.38%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (2.90%) MySQL
4 19 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.37%) NoSQL
8 9 (1.37%) Power Query
9 8 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.07%) Tableau
11 5 (0.76%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.46%) Redis
13 3 (0.46%) TimescaleDB
14 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (6.26%) Git
2 11 (1.68%) JUnit
3 9 (1.37%) Maven
3 9 (1.37%) Mockito
4 6 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.61%) XCUITest
7 3 (0.46%) GitLab
7 3 (0.46%) JIRA
8 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
8 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.31%) webpack
9 1 (0.15%) Babel
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 64 (9.77%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.70%) Finance
3 41 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 19 (2.90%) Law
6 14 (2.14%) Multimedia
7 13 (1.98%) Manufacturing
7 13 (1.98%) Marketing
8 11 (1.68%) Games
9 9 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.22%) Retail
11 6 (0.92%) Legal
12 5 (0.76%) Police
13 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.31%) Automotive
14 2 (0.31%) Electronics
15 1 (0.15%) Advertising
15 1 (0.15%) Banking
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (23.82%) .NET
2 83 (12.67%) React
3 73 (11.15%) HTML
4 65 (9.92%) CSS
5 51 (7.79%) .NET Core
6 45 (6.87%) Node.js
7 34 (5.19%) REST
8 27 (4.12%) AngularJS
8 27 (4.12%) Laravel
9 22 (3.36%) ASP.NET
10 20 (3.05%) .NET Framework
11 18 (2.75%) XML
12 17 (2.60%) RESTful
13 14 (2.14%) WinForms
14 13 (1.98%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (1.68%) Blazor
15 11 (1.68%) Spring
16 9 (1.37%) jQuery
16 9 (1.37%) React Native
16 9 (1.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.50%) Mobile App
2 24 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 12 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.37%) PropTech
8 8 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.92%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.76%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.76%) Legacy Code
10 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.46%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.31%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.31%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.31%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.31%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.68%) Android
1 11 (1.68%) Linux
2 8 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.76%) Windows
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (22.90%) Full-Stack Development
2 86 (13.13%) Agile
3 76 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (7.94%) DevOps
6 43 (6.56%) Software Engineering
7 42 (6.41%) CRM
7 42 (6.41%) Mentoring
8 41 (6.26%) CI/CD
9 37 (5.65%) AI
9 37 (5.65%) MVC
10 33 (5.04%) SDLC
10 33 (5.04%) User Experience
11 32 (4.89%) Analytics
12 31 (4.73%) API Development
12 31 (4.73%) Computer Science
12 31 (4.73%) Web Development
13 26 (3.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (3.51%) Data Modelling
14 23 (3.51%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 165 (25.19%) C#
2 134 (20.46%) SQL
3 119 (18.17%) JavaScript
4 75 (11.45%) Python
5 71 (10.84%) PHP
6 35 (5.34%) Java
7 34 (5.19%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.14%) Delphi
8 14 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.83%) C
10 10 (1.53%) C++
11 8 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.22%) Rust
12 7 (1.07%) Bash
12 7 (1.07%) Swift
13 6 (0.92%) Go
13 6 (0.92%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.76%) R
14 5 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (5.04%) Degree
2 20 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.90%) Azure Certification
4 17 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (1.53%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.22%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.46%) IBM Certification
9 3 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.15%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.83%) QA
2 9 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.76%) WCAG
5 1 (0.15%) GDPR
5 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.15%) MISRA
5 1 (0.15%) NCSC
5 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (2.90%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) Firmware
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.46%) Nagios
2 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 85 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.89%) Oracle
3 12 (1.83%) IBM
4 9 (1.37%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.07%) Apple
5 7 (1.07%) SAP
5 7 (1.07%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.46%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.46%) Zend
7 3 (0.46%) Zoho
8 2 (0.31%) Cognos
8 2 (0.31%) Databricks
8 2 (0.31%) JDA
8 2 (0.31%) Workday
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe
9 1 (0.15%) Facebook
9 1 (0.15%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.15%) Infor
9 1 (0.15%) Talend