Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 421 1,006 645
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.70% 12.41% 13.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.25% 13.29% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 363 647 541
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.41%
75th Percentile £65,250 £63,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 5,805 7,567 4,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.35% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 3,741 3,621
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 -9 263 £55,000 +6.54% 209
East Midlands -17 158 £49,500 -1.00% 149
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, 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.

1 131 (31.12%) C#
2 125 (29.69%) Azure
2 125 (29.69%) SQL
3 110 (26.13%) .NET
4 104 (24.70%) Agile
5 98 (23.28%) JavaScript
6 80 (19.00%) Power Platform
7 73 (17.34%) Microsoft
7 73 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (17.10%) SQL Server
9 67 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
10 65 (15.44%) DevOps
11 63 (14.96%) AWS
11 63 (14.96%) HTML
12 61 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (13.54%) Dynamics 365
14 56 (13.30%) CSS
14 56 (13.30%) Python
15 55 (13.06%) Power BI
15 55 (13.06%) React
16 54 (12.83%) CRM
16 54 (12.83%) REST
17 52 (12.35%) CI/CD
18 48 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (9.98%) Mentoring
20 40 (9.50%) Java
21 39 (9.26%) Git
22 38 (9.03%) MVC
22 38 (9.03%) TypeScript
23 37 (8.79%) Dynamics CRM

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 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.61%) CMS
3 5 (1.19%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.95%) IIS
4 4 (0.95%) WordPress
5 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Appian
6 2 (0.48%) JBoss
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.24%) CICS
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (8.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.19%) Maximo
4 3 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.71%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 125 (29.69%) Azure
2 80 (19.00%) Power Platform
3 63 (14.96%) AWS
4 57 (13.54%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (7.84%) PowerApps
7 31 (7.36%) Power Automate
8 24 (5.70%) SaaS
9 18 (4.28%) GitHub
10 16 (3.80%) Serverless
11 13 (3.09%) GCP
12 8 (1.90%) Snowflake
13 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.43%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.43%) Figma
15 5 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.14%) Internet
2 5 (1.19%) Intranet
3 4 (0.95%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) 3G
4 1 (0.24%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.24%) GPRS
4 1 (0.24%) GSM
4 1 (0.24%) Modbus
4 1 (0.24%) Network Security
4 1 (0.24%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.24%) RS-232
4 1 (0.24%) RS-485
4 1 (0.24%) SSL
4 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.24%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (17.10%) SQL Server
2 55 (13.06%) Power BI
3 22 (5.23%) MySQL
4 19 (4.51%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.61%) NoSQL
8 11 (2.61%) Tableau
9 10 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.66%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.43%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.95%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.95%) Power Query
13 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.71%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (9.26%) Git
2 13 (3.09%) JUnit
3 9 (2.14%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.14%) JIRA
3 9 (2.14%) Maven
3 9 (2.14%) Mockito
4 5 (1.19%) GitLab
5 4 (0.95%) webpack
6 3 (0.71%) Babel
6 3 (0.71%) git-flow
6 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.48%) Gradle
7 2 (0.48%) JMeter
7 2 (0.48%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.48%) NUnit
7 2 (0.48%) Selenium
7 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.24%) jMock
General
1 78 (18.53%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.03%) Finance
3 35 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.36%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.18%) Law
6 22 (5.23%) Retail
7 18 (4.28%) Marketing
8 9 (2.14%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.14%) Multimedia
9 8 (1.90%) Games
10 7 (1.66%) Automotive
11 5 (1.19%) Electronics
11 5 (1.19%) Police
12 4 (0.95%) Legal
13 3 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.48%) Back Office
14 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.24%) Banking
15 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (26.13%) .NET
2 63 (14.96%) HTML
3 56 (13.30%) CSS
4 55 (13.06%) React
5 54 (12.83%) REST
6 30 (7.13%) AngularJS
7 25 (5.94%) ASP.NET
8 24 (5.70%) .NET Core
8 24 (5.70%) Spring
9 22 (5.23%) .NET Framework
9 22 (5.23%) RESTful
10 19 (4.51%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (4.51%) Spring Boot
11 18 (4.28%) JSON
11 18 (4.28%) Laravel
12 16 (3.80%) SOAP
13 14 (3.33%) Node.js
13 14 (3.33%) Symfony
13 14 (3.33%) XML
14 13 (3.09%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.85%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.38%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.90%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.66%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.66%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.43%) 3D Graphics
9 5 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.71%) IoT
10 3 (0.71%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.71%) W3C
11 2 (0.48%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.56%) Linux
2 5 (1.19%) Windows
3 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.48%) Android
4 2 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (24.70%) Agile
2 73 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 65 (15.44%) DevOps
5 61 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
6 54 (12.83%) CRM
7 52 (12.35%) CI/CD
8 48 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (9.98%) Mentoring
10 38 (9.03%) MVC
11 35 (8.31%) Migration
12 34 (8.08%) Software Engineering
13 30 (7.13%) Microservices
14 29 (6.89%) TDD
14 29 (6.89%) Web Development
15 27 (6.41%) AI
15 27 (6.41%) Customer Experience
16 25 (5.94%) Clean Code
17 23 (5.46%) User Experience
18 20 (4.75%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 131 (31.12%) C#
2 125 (29.69%) SQL
3 98 (23.28%) JavaScript
4 56 (13.30%) Python
5 40 (9.50%) Java
6 38 (9.03%) TypeScript
7 35 (8.31%) PHP
8 21 (4.99%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.99%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.90%) C
11 7 (1.66%) C++
12 6 (1.43%) ABAP
12 6 (1.43%) Delphi
13 5 (1.19%) Bicep
13 5 (1.19%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.95%) Perl
14 4 (0.95%) R
14 4 (0.95%) Rust
14 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (5.46%) Degree
2 18 (4.28%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.85%) AWS Certification
5 12 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.48%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.24%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.14%) QA
3 5 (1.19%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.19%) GDPR
4 4 (0.95%) WCAG
5 1 (0.24%) COBIT
5 1 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.24%) MISRA
System Software
1 18 (4.28%) Docker
2 4 (0.95%) Firmware
3 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.19%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) Grafana
3 2 (0.48%) Kibana
4 1 (0.24%) Nagios
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.04%) IBM
3 16 (3.80%) Oracle
3 16 (3.80%) SAP
4 9 (2.14%) Databricks
4 9 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.95%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.95%) UiPath
6 3 (0.71%) OpenAI
6 3 (0.71%) Zend
6 3 (0.71%) Zoho
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe
7 2 (0.48%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.48%) Cognos
7 2 (0.48%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.48%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.48%) Infor
7 2 (0.48%) JDA
7 2 (0.48%) Pardot
7 2 (0.48%) Splunk