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 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 441 783 620
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.73% 11.23% 13.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.33% 11.91% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 381 504 530
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,971 6,577 4,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.32% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,203 3,171 3,565
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.25% +4.69% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 -20 271 £55,000 +3.59% 134
East Midlands -16 169 £50,000 - 105
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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.

1 132 (29.93%) C#
2 120 (27.21%) Azure
3 117 (26.53%) SQL
4 114 (25.85%) .NET
5 99 (22.45%) Agile
6 97 (22.00%) JavaScript
7 83 (18.82%) Power Platform
8 75 (17.01%) Microsoft
9 74 (16.78%) SQL Server
10 71 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (14.74%) Full-Stack Development
12 64 (14.51%) Business Intelligence
13 61 (13.83%) Dynamics 365
14 60 (13.61%) HTML
15 59 (13.38%) AWS
15 59 (13.38%) CRM
15 59 (13.38%) DevOps
16 58 (13.15%) Power BI
17 56 (12.70%) CSS
18 54 (12.24%) Python
18 54 (12.24%) React
19 49 (11.11%) REST
20 48 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
21 44 (9.98%) CI/CD
22 39 (8.84%) Git
22 39 (8.84%) Mentoring
22 39 (8.84%) PHP
23 38 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
23 38 (8.62%) MVC
23 38 (8.62%) 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 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.49%) CMS
3 5 (1.13%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.91%) IIS
4 4 (0.91%) WordPress
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) Appian
6 2 (0.45%) JBoss
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
7 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 38 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.36%) Maximo
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.68%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 120 (27.21%) Azure
2 83 (18.82%) Power Platform
3 61 (13.83%) Dynamics 365
4 59 (13.38%) AWS
5 32 (7.26%) PowerApps
6 31 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (6.80%) Power Automate
8 29 (6.58%) SaaS
9 20 (4.54%) GitHub
10 14 (3.17%) Serverless
11 11 (2.49%) GCP
12 7 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.59%) Figma
12 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.59%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.36%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (1.13%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.27%) Internet
2 5 (1.13%) Intranet
3 3 (0.68%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) 3G
4 1 (0.23%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.23%) GPRS
4 1 (0.23%) GSM
4 1 (0.23%) Modbus
4 1 (0.23%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.23%) RS-232
4 1 (0.23%) RS-485
4 1 (0.23%) SSL
4 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.23%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (16.78%) SQL Server
2 58 (13.15%) Power BI
3 22 (4.99%) MySQL
4 19 (4.31%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.49%) Tableau
7 9 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.04%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.13%) Power Query
10 4 (0.91%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.68%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.45%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 39 (8.84%) Git
2 10 (2.27%) JUnit
3 8 (1.81%) JIRA
4 7 (1.59%) Maven
5 6 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.36%) Mockito
6 5 (1.13%) GitLab
7 4 (0.91%) webpack
8 3 (0.68%) Babel
8 3 (0.68%) git-flow
8 3 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.45%) Gradle
9 2 (0.45%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.45%) NUnit
9 2 (0.45%) Selenium
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.23%) MSTest
10 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
General
1 80 (18.14%) Social Skills
2 36 (8.16%) Finance
3 34 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.67%) Law
6 20 (4.54%) Retail
7 17 (3.85%) Marketing
8 11 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.27%) Multimedia
10 8 (1.81%) Games
11 7 (1.59%) Automotive
12 5 (1.13%) Electronics
12 5 (1.13%) Police
13 4 (0.91%) Legal
14 3 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.45%) Back Office
15 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.23%) Banking
16 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (25.85%) .NET
2 60 (13.61%) HTML
3 56 (12.70%) CSS
4 54 (12.24%) React
5 49 (11.11%) REST
6 30 (6.80%) AngularJS
7 24 (5.44%) .NET Core
8 23 (5.22%) ASP.NET
9 21 (4.76%) Laravel
10 20 (4.54%) .NET Framework
10 20 (4.54%) Spring
11 18 (4.08%) ASP.NET MVC
11 18 (4.08%) RESTful
12 16 (3.63%) JSON
13 15 (3.40%) SOAP
13 15 (3.40%) Spring Boot
13 15 (3.40%) XML
14 14 (3.17%) Node.js
15 13 (2.95%) Razor View Engine
15 13 (2.95%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (3.17%) Onboarding
2 14 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.59%) AI Agents
5 7 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.36%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (1.36%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.13%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.13%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.68%) Legacy Code
9 3 (0.68%) W3C
10 2 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.45%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.95%) Linux
2 5 (1.13%) Windows
3 3 (0.68%) Android
3 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (22.45%) Agile
2 71 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (14.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 64 (14.51%) Business Intelligence
5 59 (13.38%) CRM
5 59 (13.38%) DevOps
6 48 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (9.98%) CI/CD
8 39 (8.84%) Mentoring
9 38 (8.62%) MVC
10 34 (7.71%) Migration
11 33 (7.48%) Software Engineering
12 32 (7.26%) Web Development
13 27 (6.12%) AI
13 27 (6.12%) Customer Experience
14 25 (5.67%) Front End Development
14 25 (5.67%) Microservices
14 25 (5.67%) TDD
14 25 (5.67%) User Experience
15 20 (4.54%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 132 (29.93%) C#
2 117 (26.53%) SQL
3 97 (22.00%) JavaScript
4 54 (12.24%) Python
5 39 (8.84%) PHP
6 38 (8.62%) TypeScript
7 36 (8.16%) Java
8 19 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.31%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (2.04%) Delphi
11 8 (1.81%) C
12 7 (1.59%) ABAP
12 7 (1.59%) C++
13 5 (1.13%) Rust
14 4 (0.91%) Perl
14 4 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.91%) R
15 3 (0.68%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (4.76%) Degree
2 14 (3.17%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.95%) Azure Certification
4 12 (2.72%) AWS Certification
4 12 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (2.27%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.68%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.04%) QA
3 5 (1.13%) GDPR
3 5 (1.13%) WCAG
4 4 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.23%) COBIT
5 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.23%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (2.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.91%) Firmware
3 2 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) Grafana
2 2 (0.45%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Nagios
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 75 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.54%) Oracle
3 18 (4.08%) IBM
4 17 (3.85%) SAP
5 10 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.81%) Databricks
7 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.91%) UiPath
8 3 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.68%) Zend
8 3 (0.68%) Zoho
9 2 (0.45%) Adobe
9 2 (0.45%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.45%) Cognos
9 2 (0.45%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.45%) JDA
9 2 (0.45%) Pardot
9 2 (0.45%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.23%) Dell
10 1 (0.23%) Informatica