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 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 13 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 -7 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 703 497 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.24% 10.29% 14.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.77% 11.40% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 592 425 1,340
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,125 £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 10,388 4,358 10,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 90.19% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,533 2,744 7,876
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,704
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,155
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.72%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -15 379 £52,500 -8.70% 114
East Midlands +1 322 £50,000 - 100
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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.

1 170 (24.18%) C#
2 163 (23.19%) .NET
3 161 (22.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 144 (20.48%) Azure
5 135 (19.20%) SQL
6 121 (17.21%) JavaScript
7 93 (13.23%) AWS
8 89 (12.66%) Power Platform
9 87 (12.38%) Microsoft
10 86 (12.23%) PHP
11 82 (11.66%) Agile
11 82 (11.66%) React
12 78 (11.10%) Business Intelligence
13 76 (10.81%) HTML
14 74 (10.53%) Python
15 71 (10.10%) Power BI
15 71 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
16 70 (9.96%) CSS
17 67 (9.53%) SQL Server
18 55 (7.82%) DevOps
19 52 (7.40%) .NET Core
20 48 (6.83%) Node.js
21 47 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
22 44 (6.26%) Software Engineering
23 42 (5.97%) CI/CD
23 42 (5.97%) CRM
24 41 (5.83%) Mentoring
25 40 (5.69%) Git
26 37 (5.26%) AI
26 37 (5.26%) 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 20 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.14%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.85%) CMS
4 5 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.57%) WordPress
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Appian
6 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.00%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.85%) Maximo
4 3 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 144 (20.48%) Azure
2 93 (13.23%) AWS
3 89 (12.66%) Power Platform
4 47 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (4.55%) Serverless
6 31 (4.41%) SaaS
7 30 (4.27%) PowerApps
8 28 (3.98%) Power Automate
9 24 (3.41%) Amazon S3
9 24 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.99%) GitHub
12 11 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.85%) GCP
16 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 4 (0.57%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.99%) Internet
2 3 (0.43%) Intranet
2 3 (0.43%) SSL
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) Broadband
4 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.14%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.10%) Power BI
2 67 (9.53%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.84%) MySQL
4 24 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.99%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.42%) Power Query
10 9 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.85%) Tableau
12 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.43%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.43%) Redis
12 3 (0.43%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.28%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 40 (5.69%) Git
2 9 (1.28%) JUnit
3 7 (1.00%) Maven
3 7 (1.00%) Mockito
3 7 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.71%) XCUITest
5 4 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.43%) GitLab
6 3 (0.43%) JIRA
7 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.28%) webpack
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) git-flow
8 1 (0.14%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 61 (8.68%) Social Skills
2 59 (8.39%) Finance
3 39 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.84%) Public Sector
5 20 (2.84%) Law
6 15 (2.13%) Games
7 13 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 13 (1.85%) Multimedia
8 11 (1.56%) Marketing
9 10 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.85%) Legal
10 6 (0.85%) Retail
11 5 (0.71%) Police
12 3 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.43%) iGaming
13 2 (0.28%) Automotive
13 2 (0.28%) Electronics
14 1 (0.14%) Advertising
14 1 (0.14%) Banking
14 1 (0.14%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (23.19%) .NET
2 82 (11.66%) React
3 76 (10.81%) HTML
4 70 (9.96%) CSS
5 52 (7.40%) .NET Core
6 48 (6.83%) Node.js
7 32 (4.55%) Laravel
8 31 (4.41%) REST
9 27 (3.84%) AngularJS
10 22 (3.13%) ASP.NET
11 21 (2.99%) .NET Framework
12 18 (2.56%) RESTful
12 18 (2.56%) XML
13 14 (1.99%) WinForms
14 13 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
14 13 (1.85%) jQuery
15 11 (1.56%) Blazor
16 9 (1.28%) React Native
16 9 (1.28%) Spring
16 9 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.69%) Mobile App
2 25 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.71%) PropTech
6 11 (1.56%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.14%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.85%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.71%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.57%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.57%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.43%) Photography
13 2 (0.28%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.28%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.28%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.56%) Android
2 10 (1.42%) Linux
3 9 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.57%) Windows
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (22.90%) Full-Stack Development
2 82 (11.66%) Agile
3 78 (11.10%) Business Intelligence
4 71 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (7.82%) DevOps
6 44 (6.26%) Software Engineering
7 42 (5.97%) CI/CD
7 42 (5.97%) CRM
8 41 (5.83%) Mentoring
9 37 (5.26%) AI
9 37 (5.26%) MVC
10 34 (4.84%) Web Development
11 33 (4.69%) Analytics
12 32 (4.55%) Computer Science
12 32 (4.55%) SDLC
12 32 (4.55%) User Experience
13 31 (4.41%) API Development
14 25 (3.56%) Data Modelling
15 24 (3.41%) Decision-Making
15 24 (3.41%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 170 (24.18%) C#
2 135 (19.20%) SQL
3 121 (17.21%) JavaScript
4 86 (12.23%) PHP
5 74 (10.53%) Python
6 36 (5.12%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.69%) Java
8 14 (1.99%) C++
8 14 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (1.99%) Delphi
9 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.56%) C
11 9 (1.28%) Go
11 9 (1.28%) Rust
12 8 (1.14%) Swift
13 6 (0.85%) Bash
13 6 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.71%) R
14 5 (0.71%) VBA
15 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (4.69%) Degree
2 20 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 16 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.13%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 9 (1.28%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.28%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.71%) QA
2 10 (1.42%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.71%) WCAG
5 1 (0.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.14%) NCSC
5 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (2.56%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) Firmware
3 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.28%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.43%) Nagios
2 3 (0.43%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 87 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.27%) Oracle
3 12 (1.71%) IBM
3 12 (1.71%) Xamarin
4 8 (1.14%) Apple
5 7 (1.00%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.85%) SAP
7 5 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.43%) Cognos
8 3 (0.43%) Workday
8 3 (0.43%) Zend
8 3 (0.43%) Zoho
9 2 (0.28%) Databricks
9 2 (0.28%) JDA
9 2 (0.28%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe
10 1 (0.14%) Facebook
10 1 (0.14%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.14%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.14%) Talend