Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,030 437 1,464
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.97% 7.52% 13.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.43% 8.24% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 817 364 1,133
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,991 £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 13,855 5,302 10,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 91.18% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 9,688 3,359 6,415
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,300 £76,250
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 28 August 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 August 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 +3 585 £61,000 +6.09% 110
East Midlands +28 445 £54,000 +2.86% 92
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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.

1 264 (25.63%) C#
2 235 (22.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 231 (22.43%) .NET
4 230 (22.33%) Azure
5 212 (20.58%) SQL
6 188 (18.25%) Microsoft
7 164 (15.92%) Agile
8 126 (12.23%) JavaScript
9 118 (11.46%) Power Platform
9 118 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (10.00%) AI
11 102 (9.90%) AWS
12 99 (9.61%) .NET Core
13 90 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
13 90 (8.74%) CI/CD
14 89 (8.64%) React
15 80 (7.77%) DevOps
16 76 (7.38%) TypeScript
17 75 (7.28%) ASP.NET
17 75 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
18 74 (7.18%) Python
19 73 (7.09%) Power Automate
20 72 (6.99%) CSS
21 71 (6.89%) Power BI
22 70 (6.80%) Node.js
23 69 (6.70%) HTML
24 68 (6.60%) ASP.NET Core
25 67 (6.50%) Analytics
26 66 (6.41%) PowerApps
27 63 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database

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 23 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (1.07%) Documentum
4 6 (0.58%) CMS
4 6 (0.58%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.097%) IIS
7 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 16 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.78%) Oracle CRM
5 7 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
6 6 (0.58%) Magento
7 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.29%) Shopify
8 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.19%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.097%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 230 (22.33%) Azure
2 118 (11.46%) Power Platform
3 102 (9.90%) AWS
4 73 (7.09%) Power Automate
5 66 (6.41%) PowerApps
6 62 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
7 54 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (3.69%) SaaS
9 23 (2.23%) GitHub
9 23 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (1.94%) Serverless
12 18 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.55%) Azure Functions
14 15 (1.46%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.17%) Azure AI
16 10 (0.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (0.97%) Copilot Studio
17 9 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
18 7 (0.68%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.65%) Internet
2 3 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.29%) Network Security
3 2 (0.19%) HTTP
4 1 (0.097%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.097%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.097%) FTP
4 1 (0.097%) RTP
4 1 (0.097%) RTSP
4 1 (0.097%) SCTP
4 1 (0.097%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.097%) SS7
4 1 (0.097%) SSL
4 1 (0.097%) UWB
4 1 (0.097%) VoIP
4 1 (0.097%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.097%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.097%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.89%) Power BI
2 63 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (5.83%) SQL Server
4 54 (5.24%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.84%) MySQL
8 13 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.49%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.49%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.29%) Power Query
15 3 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 42 (4.08%) Git
2 11 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (0.97%) JUnit
3 10 (0.97%) Maven
3 10 (0.97%) Mockito
4 4 (0.39%) GitLab
4 4 (0.39%) Storybook
4 4 (0.39%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.29%) JIRA
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.29%) Subversion
6 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.097%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.097%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.097%) gulp
7 1 (0.097%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.097%) NUnit
7 1 (0.097%) Vite
7 1 (0.097%) webpack
General
1 148 (14.37%) Finance
2 90 (8.74%) Social Skills
3 57 (5.53%) Manufacturing
4 35 (3.40%) Law
5 29 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (2.23%) Retail
7 19 (1.84%) Legal
8 16 (1.55%) Banking
9 13 (1.26%) Marketing
10 12 (1.17%) Games
11 11 (1.07%) Advertising
11 11 (1.07%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.58%) iGaming
14 4 (0.39%) Automotive
14 4 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.29%) Back Office
15 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.19%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (22.43%) .NET
2 99 (9.61%) .NET Core
3 89 (8.64%) React
4 75 (7.28%) ASP.NET
5 72 (6.99%) CSS
6 70 (6.80%) Node.js
7 69 (6.70%) HTML
8 68 (6.60%) ASP.NET Core
9 62 (6.02%) REST
10 46 (4.47%) Blazor
11 41 (3.98%) AngularJS
12 34 (3.30%) ASP.NET Web API
12 34 (3.30%) Entity Framework
12 34 (3.30%) RESTful
13 26 (2.52%) LINQ
14 25 (2.43%) Vue
15 19 (1.84%) Laravel
16 17 (1.65%) .NET Framework
17 15 (1.46%) Hugging Face
17 15 (1.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
2 31 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.17%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.07%) AS400
8 11 (1.07%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (0.97%) Low-Code
10 8 (0.78%) Algorithms
10 8 (0.78%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.68%) Robotics
12 6 (0.58%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.58%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.58%) PropTech
13 5 (0.49%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.49%) IoT
14 4 (0.39%) CMDB
14 4 (0.39%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.33%) Linux
2 8 (0.78%) Windows
3 6 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.49%) Android
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.097%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.097%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (22.82%) Full-Stack Development
2 164 (15.92%) Agile
3 118 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (10.00%) AI
5 90 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
5 90 (8.74%) CI/CD
6 80 (7.77%) DevOps
7 75 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (6.50%) Analytics
9 63 (6.12%) Mentoring
10 61 (5.92%) Software Engineering
11 53 (5.15%) E-Commerce
12 46 (4.47%) SDLC
13 45 (4.37%) Microservices
14 44 (4.27%) Machine Learning
15 42 (4.08%) CRM
15 42 (4.08%) Logistics
16 41 (3.98%) ERP
16 41 (3.98%) Scrum
17 38 (3.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 264 (25.63%) C#
2 212 (20.58%) SQL
3 126 (12.23%) JavaScript
4 76 (7.38%) TypeScript
5 74 (7.18%) Python
6 55 (5.34%) PHP
7 49 (4.76%) Java
8 19 (1.84%) C++
9 16 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (1.46%) Go
11 12 (1.17%) Bash
12 11 (1.07%) RPG
13 10 (0.97%) ABAP
14 8 (0.78%) Rust
15 6 (0.58%) RPG IV
15 6 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.49%) RPG III
16 5 (0.49%) Swift
17 4 (0.39%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (5.24%) Security Cleared
2 42 (4.08%) SC Cleared
3 19 (1.84%) Degree
4 11 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 8 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.097%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.84%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.75%) QA
3 7 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.39%) GDPR
4 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.29%) WCAG
6 1 (0.097%) JTAG
System Software
1 41 (3.98%) Docker
2 3 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 188 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.50%) Oracle
3 28 (2.72%) IBM
4 20 (1.94%) SAP
5 16 (1.55%) Cognos
5 16 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.46%) Workday
7 13 (1.26%) Epicor
8 10 (0.97%) Facebook
8 10 (0.97%) OpenText
9 9 (0.87%) iManage
10 8 (0.78%) Foundry
10 8 (0.78%) HP
10 8 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.58%) Xamarin
12 5 (0.49%) Apple
12 5 (0.49%) Google
12 5 (0.49%) YouTube
13 4 (0.39%) Databricks
13 4 (0.39%) Zoho