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 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 587 618 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.47% 10.62% 14.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.08% 11.42% 14.94%
Number of salaries quoted 487 402 1,067
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8,294 5,412 7,973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 93.02% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,123 2,626 6,482
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,375 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -17 322 £50,000 -13.04% 131
East Midlands +3 264 £50,000 -0.99% 91
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 February 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.

1 154 (26.24%) C#
2 149 (25.38%) .NET
3 137 (23.34%) SQL
4 134 (22.83%) Azure
5 130 (22.15%) Full-Stack Development
6 117 (19.93%) JavaScript
7 92 (15.67%) Agile
8 90 (15.33%) Power Platform
9 87 (14.82%) AWS
10 80 (13.63%) React
11 77 (13.12%) Microsoft
12 75 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
13 74 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
14 73 (12.44%) Python
15 70 (11.93%) SQL Server
16 69 (11.75%) HTML
17 68 (11.58%) Power BI
18 59 (10.05%) CSS
19 54 (9.20%) PHP
20 52 (8.86%) CRM
21 50 (8.52%) Dynamics 365
22 47 (8.01%) DevOps
23 45 (7.67%) REST
24 43 (7.33%) Mentoring
25 42 (7.16%) Software Engineering
26 41 (6.98%) .NET Core
27 40 (6.81%) Git
28 36 (6.13%) AngularJS
28 36 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
28 36 (6.13%) Java

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 18 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.53%) CMS
3 8 (1.36%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.85%) WordPress
6 3 (0.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.51%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) CICS
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (5.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.19%) Maximo
2 7 (1.19%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.51%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (22.83%) Azure
2 90 (15.33%) Power Platform
3 87 (14.82%) AWS
4 50 (8.52%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (5.62%) PowerApps
6 32 (5.45%) Serverless
7 30 (5.11%) Power Automate
8 29 (4.94%) SaaS
9 26 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (4.09%) Amazon S3
10 24 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (3.41%) GitHub
12 9 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.68%) Azure Functions
15 4 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (0.68%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.39%) Internet
2 5 (0.85%) Intranet
3 4 (0.68%) SSL
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) 3G
5 1 (0.17%) Broadband
5 1 (0.17%) GPRS
5 1 (0.17%) GSM
5 1 (0.17%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.17%) RS-232
5 1 (0.17%) RS-485
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 68 (11.58%) Power BI
3 24 (4.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (3.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (3.24%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.73%) MySQL
7 12 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.70%) Tableau
9 9 (1.53%) Power Query
10 8 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.02%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
14 2 (0.34%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.34%) MS Access
14 2 (0.34%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 40 (6.81%) Git
2 11 (1.87%) JUnit
3 9 (1.53%) Maven
3 9 (1.53%) Mockito
4 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.51%) GitLab
5 3 (0.51%) JIRA
5 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.34%) git-flow
6 2 (0.34%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.34%) webpack
7 1 (0.17%) Babel
7 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.17%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) Vite
7 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 68 (11.58%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.86%) Finance
3 44 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.43%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.07%) Law
6 16 (2.73%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.39%) Multimedia
8 13 (2.21%) Marketing
9 12 (2.04%) Retail
10 8 (1.36%) Games
11 6 (1.02%) Legal
12 5 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.85%) Police
13 3 (0.51%) Automotive
13 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Electronics
15 1 (0.17%) Banking
15 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.17%) Local Government
15 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (25.38%) .NET
2 80 (13.63%) React
3 69 (11.75%) HTML
4 59 (10.05%) CSS
5 45 (7.67%) REST
6 41 (6.98%) .NET Core
7 36 (6.13%) AngularJS
7 36 (6.13%) Node.js
8 28 (4.77%) Laravel
9 20 (3.41%) ASP.NET
10 18 (3.07%) .NET Framework
11 15 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
11 15 (2.56%) JSON
12 13 (2.21%) Razor View Engine
12 13 (2.21%) XML
13 12 (2.04%) RESTful
14 11 (1.87%) Spring
14 11 (1.87%) WinForms
15 10 (1.70%) jQuery
15 10 (1.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.11%) Mobile App
2 23 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (2.04%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.36%) PropTech
9 7 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.02%) 3D Graphics
10 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.85%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.68%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.51%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.51%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.87%) Android
2 10 (1.70%) Linux
3 5 (0.85%) Windows
4 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (22.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 92 (15.67%) Agile
3 75 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
5 52 (8.86%) CRM
6 47 (8.01%) DevOps
7 43 (7.33%) Mentoring
8 42 (7.16%) Software Engineering
9 36 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (5.96%) MVC
11 33 (5.62%) CI/CD
11 33 (5.62%) SDLC
12 32 (5.45%) AI
12 32 (5.45%) API Development
13 29 (4.94%) Computer Science
14 28 (4.77%) Web Development
15 27 (4.60%) Analytics
15 27 (4.60%) User Experience
16 24 (4.09%) Decision-Making
17 22 (3.75%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 154 (26.24%) C#
2 137 (23.34%) SQL
3 117 (19.93%) JavaScript
4 73 (12.44%) Python
5 54 (9.20%) PHP
6 36 (6.13%) Java
7 35 (5.96%) TypeScript
8 17 (2.90%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.39%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (2.21%) Delphi
11 12 (2.04%) C
12 8 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.19%) Bash
13 7 (1.19%) R
14 6 (1.02%) C++
15 5 (0.85%) Go
15 5 (0.85%) Rust
15 5 (0.85%) VBA
16 3 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (5.45%) Degree
2 20 (3.41%) Azure Certification
3 19 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.39%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 12 (2.04%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.70%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.51%) IBM Certification
11 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.17%) MySQL Certification
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.21%) QA
2 8 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.85%) WCAG
5 2 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) MISRA
6 1 (0.17%) NCSC
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (2.56%) Docker
2 4 (0.68%) Firmware
3 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Grafana
3 2 (0.34%) Nagios
3 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.77%) Oracle
3 13 (2.21%) IBM
4 12 (2.04%) SAP
5 9 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.36%) Xamarin
7 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.68%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.51%) Apple
9 3 (0.51%) Zend
9 3 (0.51%) Zoho
10 2 (0.34%) Cognos
10 2 (0.34%) JDA
10 2 (0.34%) Pardot
10 2 (0.34%) UiPath
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe
11 1 (0.17%) Databricks
11 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.17%) Infor
11 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft