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 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 20 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 951 451 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.80% 7.88% 13.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.20% 8.67% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 759 372 1,248
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 13,213 5,203 10,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 90.88% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 3,331 7,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,028
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +2 544 £60,000 +4.35% 73
East Midlands +27 406 £51,250 -2.38% 68
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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.

1 270 (28.39%) C#
2 237 (24.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 234 (24.61%) .NET
4 213 (22.40%) Azure
5 200 (21.03%) SQL
6 160 (16.82%) Microsoft
7 147 (15.46%) Agile
8 110 (11.57%) JavaScript
9 102 (10.73%) .NET Core
9 102 (10.73%) Power Platform
10 99 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
11 92 (9.67%) AWS
12 86 (9.04%) AI
13 82 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
13 82 (8.62%) React
14 81 (8.52%) CI/CD
15 77 (8.10%) PHP
16 76 (7.99%) DevOps
17 74 (7.78%) ASP.NET
18 72 (7.57%) CSS
19 71 (7.47%) Python
20 70 (7.36%) HTML
21 68 (7.15%) ASP.NET Core
22 64 (6.73%) Power BI
23 63 (6.62%) Azure SQL Database
24 60 (6.31%) Node.js
24 60 (6.31%) SQL Server
25 59 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
25 59 (6.20%) Power Automate
26 58 (6.10%) TypeScript

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 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (0.84%) Documentum
4 6 (0.63%) CMS
5 4 (0.42%) Apache
5 4 (0.42%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.21%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.84%) Oracle CRM
5 7 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.42%) Magento
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.21%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 213 (22.40%) Azure
2 102 (10.73%) Power Platform
3 92 (9.67%) AWS
4 59 (6.20%) Power Automate
5 52 (5.47%) PowerApps
6 45 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (3.15%) SaaS
9 22 (2.31%) GitHub
10 21 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (1.89%) Serverless
13 14 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (1.26%) Azure AI
15 10 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (1.05%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
16 8 (0.84%) Amazon S3
17 7 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.58%) Internet
2 4 (0.42%) SSL
3 3 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.32%) Network Security
4 2 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
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%) UWB
5 1 (0.11%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.73%) Power BI
2 63 (6.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.31%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.47%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.21%) MySQL
7 15 (1.58%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.53%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.26%) Git
2 8 (0.84%) JUnit
2 8 (0.84%) Maven
2 8 (0.84%) Mockito
2 8 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.42%) XCUITest
4 3 (0.32%) JIRA
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.32%) Subversion
5 2 (0.21%) GitLab
5 2 (0.21%) Storybook
5 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.11%) gulp
6 1 (0.11%) NUnit
6 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.11%) Vite
6 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 135 (14.20%) Finance
2 81 (8.52%) Social Skills
3 42 (4.42%) Manufacturing
4 28 (2.94%) Law
5 21 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (2.21%) Retail
6 18 (1.89%) Legal
7 16 (1.68%) Banking
8 12 (1.26%) Marketing
9 11 (1.16%) Advertising
10 10 (1.05%) Games
10 10 (1.05%) Public Sector
11 9 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.63%) iGaming
13 4 (0.42%) Automotive
13 4 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.21%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.21%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.21%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (24.61%) .NET
2 102 (10.73%) .NET Core
3 82 (8.62%) React
4 74 (7.78%) ASP.NET
5 72 (7.57%) CSS
6 70 (7.36%) HTML
7 68 (7.15%) ASP.NET Core
8 60 (6.31%) Node.js
9 57 (5.99%) REST
10 49 (5.15%) Blazor
11 45 (4.73%) AngularJS
12 35 (3.68%) RESTful
13 34 (3.58%) Entity Framework
14 33 (3.47%) ASP.NET Web API
15 28 (2.94%) Laravel
16 26 (2.73%) LINQ
16 26 (2.73%) Vue
17 18 (1.89%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.58%) Hugging Face
19 14 (1.47%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
2 30 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.10%) Mobile App
5 18 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.16%) AS400
7 11 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
7 11 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 8 (0.84%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.84%) e-Learning
9 7 (0.74%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.63%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.63%) PropTech
11 5 (0.53%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.53%) Robotics
12 4 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.42%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.42%) iSeries
12 4 (0.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.10%) Linux
2 8 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.84%) Windows
3 5 (0.53%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (24.92%) Full-Stack Development
2 147 (15.46%) Agile
3 99 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (9.04%) AI
5 82 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
6 81 (8.52%) CI/CD
7 76 (7.99%) DevOps
8 59 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (5.89%) Software Engineering
10 55 (5.78%) Analytics
11 54 (5.68%) Mentoring
12 44 (4.63%) Microservices
13 43 (4.52%) Logistics
14 42 (4.42%) Machine Learning
15 39 (4.10%) SDLC
16 37 (3.89%) E-Commerce
17 36 (3.79%) CRM
18 34 (3.58%) Scrum
18 34 (3.58%) Workflow
19 32 (3.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 270 (28.39%) C#
2 200 (21.03%) SQL
3 110 (11.57%) JavaScript
4 77 (8.10%) PHP
5 71 (7.47%) Python
6 58 (6.10%) TypeScript
7 47 (4.94%) Java
8 21 (2.21%) C++
9 18 (1.89%) Go
10 15 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.16%) RPG
13 10 (1.05%) ABAP
14 9 (0.95%) Bash
15 8 (0.84%) Rust
16 7 (0.74%) Swift
17 6 (0.63%) Delphi
17 6 (0.63%) RPG IV
17 6 (0.63%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.53%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 39 (4.10%) Security Cleared
2 32 (3.36%) SC Cleared
3 21 (2.21%) Degree
4 14 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.84%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.63%) Azure Certification
6 6 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.68%) QA
2 11 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.21%) GDPR
4 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 36 (3.79%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.21%) Terraform
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Nagios
4 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 160 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (3.89%) Oracle
3 27 (2.84%) IBM
4 19 (2.00%) SAP
5 15 (1.58%) Cognos
6 14 (1.47%) Workday
7 13 (1.37%) Epicor
8 12 (1.26%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.05%) Facebook
10 9 (0.95%) iManage
10 9 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.84%) Foundry
11 8 (0.84%) OpenText
12 7 (0.74%) Apple
13 6 (0.63%) Xamarin
14 5 (0.53%) Google
14 5 (0.53%) YouTube
15 4 (0.42%) Databricks
15 4 (0.42%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.42%) Zoho