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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 14 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 -7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 758 490 1,571
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.95% 9.83% 13.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 10.86% 14.48%
Number of salaries quoted 634 411 1,383
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 11,851 4,512 10,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 90.51% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,513 2,793 8,245
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £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% -11.13%

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 2 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 2 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 -17 408 £55,000 - 84
East Midlands +6 348 £50,000 -0.50% 60
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 184 (24.27%) C#
2 180 (23.75%) Full-Stack Development
3 168 (22.16%) .NET
4 138 (18.21%) Azure
5 137 (18.07%) SQL
6 112 (14.78%) JavaScript
7 91 (12.01%) AWS
7 91 (12.01%) PHP
8 84 (11.08%) Microsoft
9 83 (10.95%) Power Platform
10 81 (10.69%) React
11 79 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (9.50%) Python
13 69 (9.10%) Agile
13 69 (9.10%) HTML
14 66 (8.71%) Power BI
15 65 (8.58%) SQL Server
16 64 (8.44%) CSS
17 63 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (7.26%) Node.js
19 54 (7.12%) .NET Core
20 49 (6.46%) Software Engineering
21 48 (6.33%) DevOps
22 42 (5.54%) CRM
23 41 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
24 40 (5.28%) CI/CD
25 38 (5.01%) Computer Science
26 36 (4.75%) AI
26 36 (4.75%) API Development
26 36 (4.75%) 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 15 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.06%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.53%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) CICS
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (0.92%) 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 21 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.66%) Maximo
4 3 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
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
1 138 (18.21%) Azure
2 91 (12.01%) AWS
3 83 (10.95%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (3.96%) SaaS
6 29 (3.83%) Serverless
7 25 (3.30%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.17%) Amazon S3
8 24 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (3.17%) PowerApps
9 19 (2.51%) GitHub
10 15 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.53%) GCP
15 3 (0.40%) GitHub Copilot
15 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.58%) Internet
2 3 (0.40%) Intranet
2 3 (0.40%) 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 66 (8.71%) Power BI
2 65 (8.58%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.90%) MySQL
4 19 (2.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.32%) Power Query
9 9 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.40%) Redis
12 3 (0.40%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.40%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 32 (4.22%) Git
2 8 (1.06%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.92%) JUnit
4 6 (0.79%) Maven
5 5 (0.66%) Mockito
5 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.66%) XCUITest
6 3 (0.40%) GitLab
6 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.40%) 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 66 (8.71%) Finance
2 63 (8.31%) Social Skills
3 35 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (2.90%) Public Sector
5 18 (2.37%) Games
6 16 (2.11%) Manufacturing
7 14 (1.85%) Law
8 11 (1.45%) Multimedia
9 10 (1.32%) Marketing
10 9 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.06%) Retail
12 6 (0.79%) iGaming
13 5 (0.66%) Legal
14 3 (0.40%) Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.26%) Advertising
15 2 (0.26%) Automotive
15 2 (0.26%) Billing
15 2 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (22.16%) .NET
2 81 (10.69%) React
3 69 (9.10%) HTML
4 64 (8.44%) CSS
5 55 (7.26%) Node.js
6 54 (7.12%) .NET Core
7 32 (4.22%) Laravel
8 30 (3.96%) REST
9 29 (3.83%) AngularJS
10 20 (2.64%) .NET Framework
11 19 (2.51%) ASP.NET
12 17 (2.24%) RESTful
13 15 (1.98%) WinForms
13 15 (1.98%) XML
14 14 (1.85%) jQuery
15 13 (1.72%) Blazor
16 12 (1.58%) Vue
17 11 (1.45%) ASP.NET MVC
18 9 (1.19%) React Native
19 8 (1.06%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.54%) Mobile App
2 25 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.85%) PropTech
6 9 (1.19%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.06%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.79%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (0.79%) e-Learning
8 6 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.53%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.53%) Legacy Code
10 4 (0.53%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.40%) Photography
12 2 (0.26%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.45%) Android
2 10 (1.32%) Linux
3 9 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (23.75%) Full-Stack Development
2 79 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (9.10%) Agile
4 63 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (6.46%) Software Engineering
6 48 (6.33%) DevOps
7 42 (5.54%) CRM
8 40 (5.28%) CI/CD
9 38 (5.01%) Computer Science
10 36 (4.75%) AI
10 36 (4.75%) API Development
10 36 (4.75%) Mentoring
11 34 (4.49%) MVC
12 33 (4.35%) Analytics
13 32 (4.22%) Web Development
14 30 (3.96%) SDLC
15 29 (3.83%) User Experience
16 28 (3.69%) Data Modelling
17 23 (3.03%) Front End Development
17 23 (3.03%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 184 (24.27%) C#
2 137 (18.07%) SQL
3 112 (14.78%) JavaScript
4 91 (12.01%) PHP
5 72 (9.50%) Python
6 34 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 30 (3.96%) Java
8 21 (2.77%) C++
9 14 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.85%) Delphi
10 11 (1.45%) C
10 11 (1.45%) Go
11 10 (1.32%) Rust
11 10 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.06%) Swift
13 6 (0.79%) Bash
14 5 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.66%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.66%) R
15 4 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (3.96%) Degree
2 20 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.11%) Azure Certification
4 13 (1.72%) AWS Certification
4 13 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.19%) Security Cleared
6 7 (0.92%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.45%) QA
3 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.53%) 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 17 (2.24%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) Nagios
2 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 84 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.83%) Oracle
3 14 (1.85%) IBM
3 14 (1.85%) Xamarin
4 9 (1.19%) SAP
5 8 (1.06%) Apple
6 6 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 6 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.53%) Cognos
8 3 (0.40%) Epicor
8 3 (0.40%) Workday
8 3 (0.40%) Zoho
9 2 (0.26%) Databricks
9 2 (0.26%) JDA
9 2 (0.26%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.26%) Zend
10 1 (0.13%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.13%) Facebook
10 1 (0.13%) Sage
10 1 (0.13%) Talend