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 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 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 572 650 1,181
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.52% 10.90% 14.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.15% 11.70% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 477 406 1,060
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,686 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +7.37% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,830
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 8,000 5,554 7,866
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 93.14% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,915 2,622 6,409
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,751 £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% -11.41%

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 15 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 15 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 -17 316 £50,000 -11.89% 131
East Midlands -1 255 £50,000 -0.99% 97
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 151 (26.40%) C#
2 146 (25.52%) .NET
3 137 (23.95%) SQL
4 135 (23.60%) Azure
5 125 (21.85%) Full-Stack Development
6 118 (20.63%) JavaScript
7 93 (16.26%) Agile
8 89 (15.56%) Power Platform
9 86 (15.03%) AWS
10 82 (14.34%) React
11 77 (13.46%) Microsoft
12 76 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
13 73 (12.76%) Python
14 72 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (12.24%) HTML
16 67 (11.71%) Power BI
16 67 (11.71%) SQL Server
17 59 (10.31%) CSS
18 52 (9.09%) CRM
19 49 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
19 49 (8.57%) PHP
20 48 (8.39%) DevOps
21 46 (8.04%) REST
22 44 (7.69%) Mentoring
23 43 (7.52%) Software Engineering
24 40 (6.99%) Git
25 39 (6.82%) .NET Core
25 39 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
26 36 (6.29%) Node.js
27 35 (6.12%) AngularJS

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 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.57%) CMS
2 9 (1.57%) Umbraco
3 6 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.87%) WordPress
5 3 (0.52%) Apache
5 3 (0.52%) IIS
6 2 (0.35%) Appian
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) CICS
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (5.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.22%) Maximo
2 7 (1.22%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.52%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (23.60%) Azure
2 89 (15.56%) Power Platform
3 86 (15.03%) AWS
4 49 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (5.77%) PowerApps
6 32 (5.59%) Serverless
7 30 (5.24%) SaaS
8 29 (5.07%) Power Automate
9 27 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.02%) Amazon S3
10 23 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (3.50%) GitHub
12 9 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.87%) Figma
14 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.70%) Azure Functions
15 4 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.45%) Internet
2 5 (0.87%) Intranet
3 3 (0.52%) SSL
4 2 (0.35%) 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 67 (11.71%) Power BI
1 67 (11.71%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (3.32%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.62%) MySQL
6 11 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (1.75%) Tableau
8 9 (1.57%) Power Query
9 8 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.35%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.35%) MS Access
13 2 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (6.99%) Git
2 12 (2.10%) JUnit
3 10 (1.75%) Mockito
4 9 (1.57%) Maven
5 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.52%) GitLab
6 3 (0.52%) JIRA
6 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.35%) git-flow
7 2 (0.35%) Selenium
7 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.35%) webpack
8 1 (0.17%) Babel
8 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.17%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.17%) Vite
8 1 (0.17%) XCUITest
General
1 70 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 51 (8.92%) Finance
3 43 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.32%) Law
6 16 (2.80%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.45%) Multimedia
8 13 (2.27%) Marketing
8 13 (2.27%) Retail
9 8 (1.40%) Games
10 6 (1.05%) Legal
11 5 (0.87%) Police
12 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.52%) Automotive
13 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.35%) 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
1 146 (25.52%) .NET
2 82 (14.34%) React
3 70 (12.24%) HTML
4 59 (10.31%) CSS
5 46 (8.04%) REST
6 39 (6.82%) .NET Core
7 36 (6.29%) Node.js
8 35 (6.12%) AngularJS
9 26 (4.55%) Laravel
10 20 (3.50%) ASP.NET
11 18 (3.15%) .NET Framework
12 16 (2.80%) JSON
13 15 (2.62%) ASP.NET MVC
14 14 (2.45%) Razor View Engine
15 13 (2.27%) XML
16 12 (2.10%) RESTful
16 12 (2.10%) Spring
17 10 (1.75%) WinForms
18 9 (1.57%) jQuery
18 9 (1.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.24%) Mobile App
2 22 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.75%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.40%) PropTech
7 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.05%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.87%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.70%) Legacy Code
11 3 (0.52%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.52%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.92%) Android
1 11 (1.92%) Linux
2 5 (0.87%) Windows
3 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (21.85%) Full-Stack Development
2 93 (16.26%) Agile
3 76 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (12.59%) Business Intelligence
5 52 (9.09%) CRM
6 48 (8.39%) DevOps
7 44 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 43 (7.52%) Software Engineering
9 39 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (6.12%) CI/CD
11 34 (5.94%) MVC
12 32 (5.59%) AI
12 32 (5.59%) SDLC
13 30 (5.24%) API Development
14 28 (4.90%) User Experience
14 28 (4.90%) Web Development
15 27 (4.72%) Analytics
15 27 (4.72%) Computer Science
16 24 (4.20%) Customer Experience
17 23 (4.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 151 (26.40%) C#
2 137 (23.95%) SQL
3 118 (20.63%) JavaScript
4 73 (12.76%) Python
5 49 (8.57%) PHP
6 35 (6.12%) Java
6 35 (6.12%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.32%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 13 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (2.10%) C
10 12 (2.10%) Delphi
11 8 (1.40%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.22%) Bash
12 7 (1.22%) R
13 5 (0.87%) C++
13 5 (0.87%) Rust
13 5 (0.87%) VBA
14 3 (0.52%) ABAP
14 3 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 30 (5.24%) Degree
2 20 (3.50%) Azure Certification
3 17 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.45%) AWS Certification
4 14 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 12 (2.10%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.75%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.52%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.17%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.10%) QA
2 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.87%) WCAG
4 3 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.17%) MISRA
5 1 (0.17%) NCSC
5 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (2.80%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Firmware
3 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.35%) Grafana
2 2 (0.35%) Nagios
2 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.55%) Oracle
3 13 (2.27%) IBM
4 12 (2.10%) SAP
5 9 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.40%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.70%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.52%) Apple
9 3 (0.52%) Zend
9 3 (0.52%) Zoho
10 2 (0.35%) Cognos
10 2 (0.35%) JDA
10 2 (0.35%) Pardot
10 2 (0.35%) UiPath
11 1 (0.17%) Databricks
11 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.17%) Infor
11 1 (0.17%) Informatica
11 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft