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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 878 451 2,002
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.04% 8.95% 14.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.43% 9.84% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 687 368 1,714
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £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 11,815 4,584 13,336
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 90.97% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,203 2,751 9,548
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £32,256 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%

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 June 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 June 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 -2 469 £60,000 +9.09% 83
East Midlands +26 408 £50,000 -4.76% 59
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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 (27.68%) C#
2 227 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
3 216 (24.60%) .NET
4 188 (21.41%) Azure
5 183 (20.84%) SQL
6 115 (13.10%) Agile
6 115 (13.10%) Microsoft
7 113 (12.87%) JavaScript
8 92 (10.48%) .NET Core
9 91 (10.36%) AWS
9 91 (10.36%) Power Platform
10 89 (10.14%) React
11 85 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (9.45%) PHP
13 81 (9.23%) Python
14 73 (8.31%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (8.20%) AI
15 72 (8.20%) HTML
16 66 (7.52%) CSS
17 64 (7.29%) DevOps
18 62 (7.06%) Node.js
19 61 (6.95%) Power BI
20 55 (6.26%) CI/CD
20 55 (6.26%) Mentoring
20 55 (6.26%) SQL Server
21 52 (5.92%) Analytics
21 52 (5.92%) ASP.NET
21 52 (5.92%) Software Engineering
22 47 (5.35%) TypeScript
23 46 (5.24%) 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 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.68%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.46%) Apache
5 3 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 7 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Maximo
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.11%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 188 (21.41%) Azure
2 91 (10.36%) AWS
2 91 (10.36%) Power Platform
3 37 (4.21%) Power Automate
4 35 (3.99%) PowerApps
5 34 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.53%) Serverless
7 29 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (2.51%) Amazon S3
8 22 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (2.39%) SaaS
10 17 (1.94%) GitHub
11 14 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.91%) Azure AI
15 8 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (0.80%) Azure Functions
16 7 (0.80%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.48%) Internet
2 4 (0.46%) SSL
3 3 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.23%) HTTP
4 2 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
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%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (6.95%) Power BI
2 55 (6.26%) SQL Server
3 44 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (3.53%) MongoDB
5 21 (2.39%) MySQL
6 17 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.80%) Star Schema
10 6 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.57%) Power Query
12 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.23%) Db2
13 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.96%) Git
2 9 (1.03%) JUnit
2 9 (1.03%) Maven
2 9 (1.03%) Mockito
3 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.46%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.34%) JIRA
5 3 (0.34%) Subversion
5 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.23%) 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
1 121 (13.78%) Finance
2 73 (8.31%) Social Skills
3 33 (3.76%) Manufacturing
4 29 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (2.51%) Law
6 20 (2.28%) Retail
7 16 (1.82%) Banking
8 13 (1.48%) Public Sector
9 12 (1.37%) Legal
10 10 (1.14%) Games
11 9 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.91%) Marketing
13 6 (0.68%) iGaming
14 5 (0.57%) Advertising
14 5 (0.57%) Multimedia
14 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.46%) Automotive
16 3 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.34%) Social Housing
17 2 (0.23%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (24.60%) .NET
2 92 (10.48%) .NET Core
3 89 (10.14%) React
4 72 (8.20%) HTML
5 66 (7.52%) CSS
6 62 (7.06%) Node.js
7 52 (5.92%) ASP.NET
8 46 (5.24%) ASP.NET Core
9 42 (4.78%) REST
10 41 (4.67%) AngularJS
11 36 (4.10%) Blazor
12 31 (3.53%) Laravel
13 29 (3.30%) RESTful
14 23 (2.62%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.39%) Entity Framework
16 20 (2.28%) Vue
17 17 (1.94%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.71%) Hugging Face
18 15 (1.71%) LINQ
19 14 (1.59%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.90%) Mobile App
2 30 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.37%) PropTech
8 11 (1.25%) AS400
8 11 (1.25%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (0.91%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.80%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.68%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.57%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.57%) Legacy Code
13 5 (0.57%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.46%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.94%) Linux
2 12 (1.37%) Android
3 8 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.80%) Windows
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
2 115 (13.10%) Agile
3 85 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (8.31%) Business Intelligence
5 72 (8.20%) AI
6 64 (7.29%) DevOps
7 55 (6.26%) CI/CD
7 55 (6.26%) Mentoring
8 52 (5.92%) Analytics
8 52 (5.92%) Software Engineering
9 43 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (4.78%) Logistics
11 41 (4.67%) Computer Science
12 36 (4.10%) Machine Learning
12 36 (4.10%) Roadmaps
13 35 (3.99%) Microservices
14 32 (3.64%) SDLC
15 30 (3.42%) Actionable Insight
16 28 (3.19%) Deep Learning
16 28 (3.19%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 243 (27.68%) C#
2 183 (20.84%) SQL
3 113 (12.87%) JavaScript
4 83 (9.45%) PHP
5 81 (9.23%) Python
6 47 (5.35%) TypeScript
7 35 (3.99%) Java
8 22 (2.51%) C++
9 18 (2.05%) Go
10 14 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.25%) RPG
12 10 (1.14%) Bash
12 10 (1.14%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.91%) Delphi
14 7 (0.80%) C
14 7 (0.80%) Rust
14 7 (0.80%) Swift
15 6 (0.68%) RPG IV
15 6 (0.68%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.57%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 34 (3.87%) Degree
2 25 (2.85%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (2.51%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.34%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.59%) Data Quality
1 14 (1.59%) QA
2 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.11%) NCSC
4 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (3.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.34%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.23%) Nagios
3 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.42%) Oracle
3 24 (2.73%) IBM
4 16 (1.82%) SAP
5 12 (1.37%) Xamarin
6 10 (1.14%) Cognos
6 10 (1.14%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.03%) Workday
8 8 (0.91%) Epicor
9 7 (0.80%) Apple
10 5 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.57%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.46%) Facebook
11 4 (0.46%) Foundry
11 4 (0.46%) iManage
12 3 (0.34%) Databricks
13 2 (0.23%) Google
13 2 (0.23%) YouTube
13 2 (0.23%) Zoho
14 1 (0.11%) WooCommerce