Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 661 486 1,474
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.23% 10.11% 14.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.78% 11.17% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 551 415 1,305
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £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 9,748 4,349 9,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.47% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,101 2,717 7,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,700 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -15 360 £50,000 -13.04% 114
East Midlands +4 299 £52,500 +5.00% 100
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 166 (25.11%) C#
2 157 (23.75%) .NET
3 150 (22.69%) Full-Stack Development
4 145 (21.94%) Azure
5 136 (20.57%) SQL
6 120 (18.15%) JavaScript
7 94 (14.22%) AWS
8 89 (13.46%) Power Platform
9 85 (12.86%) Agile
9 85 (12.86%) Microsoft
10 83 (12.56%) React
11 77 (11.65%) PHP
12 76 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (11.50%) HTML
13 75 (11.35%) Python
14 70 (10.59%) Power BI
14 70 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (10.44%) CSS
16 68 (10.29%) SQL Server
17 52 (7.87%) DevOps
18 51 (7.72%) .NET Core
19 45 (6.81%) Dynamics 365
19 45 (6.81%) Node.js
20 43 (6.51%) Mentoring
21 42 (6.35%) Software Engineering
22 41 (6.20%) CI/CD
22 41 (6.20%) CRM
22 41 (6.20%) Git
23 38 (5.75%) MVC
24 37 (5.60%) AI

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 19 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.21%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.91%) CMS
3 6 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.61%) WordPress
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.30%) Appian
5 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) CICS
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.06%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.91%) Maximo
4 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (21.94%) Azure
2 94 (14.22%) AWS
3 89 (13.46%) Power Platform
4 45 (6.81%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (4.84%) PowerApps
5 32 (4.84%) Serverless
6 29 (4.39%) Power Automate
6 29 (4.39%) SaaS
7 24 (3.63%) Amazon S3
7 24 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (3.33%) GitHub
9 10 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (0.76%) GCP
12 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.61%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.27%) Internet
2 4 (0.61%) Intranet
3 3 (0.45%) SSL
4 2 (0.30%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) Broadband
5 1 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.15%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.59%) Power BI
2 68 (10.29%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 22 (3.33%) MySQL
5 17 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (2.42%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.51%) Power Query
9 9 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.91%) Tableau
11 5 (0.76%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.45%) Redis
12 3 (0.45%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.30%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (6.20%) Git
2 11 (1.66%) JUnit
3 9 (1.36%) Maven
3 9 (1.36%) Mockito
4 6 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.61%) XCUITest
7 3 (0.45%) GitLab
7 3 (0.45%) JIRA
8 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.30%) Selenium
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.30%) webpack
9 1 (0.15%) Babel
9 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.15%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 63 (9.53%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.08%) Finance
3 41 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.24%) Public Sector
5 18 (2.72%) Law
6 14 (2.12%) Multimedia
7 12 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.82%) Marketing
8 11 (1.66%) Games
9 10 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.21%) Retail
11 6 (0.91%) Legal
12 5 (0.76%) Police
13 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.30%) Automotive
14 2 (0.30%) Electronics
15 1 (0.15%) Advertising
15 1 (0.15%) Banking
15 1 (0.15%) Billing
15 1 (0.15%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (23.75%) .NET
2 83 (12.56%) React
3 76 (11.50%) HTML
4 69 (10.44%) CSS
5 51 (7.72%) .NET Core
6 45 (6.81%) Node.js
7 34 (5.14%) REST
8 30 (4.54%) Laravel
9 27 (4.08%) AngularJS
10 22 (3.33%) ASP.NET
11 20 (3.03%) .NET Framework
12 18 (2.72%) XML
13 17 (2.57%) RESTful
14 14 (2.12%) WinForms
15 13 (1.97%) ASP.NET MVC
16 12 (1.82%) jQuery
17 11 (1.66%) Blazor
17 11 (1.66%) Spring
18 9 (1.36%) React Native
18 9 (1.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.60%) Mobile App
2 24 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.51%) PropTech
8 8 (1.21%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.91%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.76%) Legacy Code
10 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.61%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.45%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.30%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.30%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.30%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.66%) Android
2 10 (1.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.76%) Windows
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (22.69%) Full-Stack Development
2 85 (12.86%) Agile
3 76 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (7.87%) DevOps
6 43 (6.51%) Mentoring
7 42 (6.35%) Software Engineering
8 41 (6.20%) CI/CD
8 41 (6.20%) CRM
9 38 (5.75%) MVC
10 37 (5.60%) AI
11 33 (4.99%) SDLC
11 33 (4.99%) User Experience
12 32 (4.84%) Computer Science
13 31 (4.69%) Analytics
13 31 (4.69%) API Development
13 31 (4.69%) Web Development
14 24 (3.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (3.63%) Data Modelling
15 23 (3.48%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 166 (25.11%) C#
2 136 (20.57%) SQL
3 120 (18.15%) JavaScript
4 77 (11.65%) PHP
5 75 (11.35%) Python
6 35 (5.30%) Java
7 34 (5.14%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 14 (2.12%) Delphi
9 13 (1.97%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.66%) C
11 10 (1.51%) C++
12 8 (1.21%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.21%) Rust
13 7 (1.06%) Bash
13 7 (1.06%) Swift
14 6 (0.91%) Go
14 6 (0.91%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.76%) R
15 5 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (4.99%) Degree
2 21 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.87%) Azure Certification
4 17 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (2.42%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (1.51%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.21%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.30%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.15%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.82%) QA
2 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.21%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.76%) WCAG
4 1 (0.15%) GDPR
4 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.15%) NCSC
4 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (2.87%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Firmware
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.45%) Nagios
2 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.30%) Grafana
Vendors
1 85 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.84%) Oracle
3 11 (1.66%) IBM
4 10 (1.51%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.06%) Apple
5 7 (1.06%) SAP
5 7 (1.06%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.76%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.45%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.45%) Zend
7 3 (0.45%) Zoho
8 2 (0.30%) Cognos
8 2 (0.30%) Databricks
8 2 (0.30%) JDA
8 2 (0.30%) Workday
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe
9 1 (0.15%) Facebook
9 1 (0.15%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.15%) Talend