Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 33 7
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,103 355 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.05% 6.40% 13.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 6.89% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 837 305 805
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -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 14,420 5,153 8,874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 92.95% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,072 3,152 4,609
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +9 611 £62,500 +8.70% 163
East Midlands +40 492 £52,500 - 97
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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.

1 242 (21.94%) C#
2 231 (20.94%) SQL
3 219 (19.85%) .NET
4 218 (19.76%) Azure
5 213 (19.31%) Full-Stack Development
6 211 (19.13%) Microsoft
7 190 (17.23%) Agile
8 133 (12.06%) JavaScript
9 121 (10.97%) Power Platform
10 112 (10.15%) AWS
10 112 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
11 108 (9.79%) AI
12 98 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
13 94 (8.52%) .NET Core
14 92 (8.34%) TypeScript
15 91 (8.25%) React
16 86 (7.80%) Power Automate
16 86 (7.80%) SQL Server
17 84 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
18 82 (7.43%) CI/CD
19 81 (7.34%) Python
20 76 (6.89%) ASP.NET
20 76 (6.89%) PowerApps
21 73 (6.62%) DevOps
21 73 (6.62%) Java
22 71 (6.44%) E-Commerce
23 70 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
23 70 (6.35%) Power BI
24 68 (6.17%) ASP.NET Core
24 68 (6.17%) REST

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 30 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.81%) CMS
3 19 (1.72%) Headless CMS
4 13 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.00%) Documentum
6 3 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) Confluence
7 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
8 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.36%) Magento
3 12 (1.09%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 10 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle CRM
6 7 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.27%) Shopify
9 2 (0.18%) Maximo
9 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.18%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 218 (19.76%) Azure
2 121 (10.97%) Power Platform
3 112 (10.15%) AWS
4 86 (7.80%) Power Automate
5 76 (6.89%) PowerApps
6 70 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
7 58 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.26%) SaaS
9 27 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (2.27%) Serverless
11 24 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (1.99%) GitHub
13 21 (1.90%) Azure Functions
14 15 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
16 11 (1.00%) Azure AI
17 10 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 10 (0.91%) Copilot Studio
18 9 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
19 7 (0.63%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.27%) Internet
2 3 (0.27%) Network Security
3 2 (0.18%) HTTP
3 2 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.091%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.091%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.091%) FTP
4 1 (0.091%) RTP
4 1 (0.091%) RTSP
4 1 (0.091%) SCTP
4 1 (0.091%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.091%) SS7
4 1 (0.091%) SSL
4 1 (0.091%) UWB
4 1 (0.091%) VoIP
4 1 (0.091%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.091%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.091%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 70 (6.35%) Power BI
3 60 (5.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.90%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.09%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.63%) MySQL
12 6 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (0.45%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.36%) Db2
14 4 (0.36%) Power Query
14 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (3.90%) Git
2 10 (0.91%) JUnit
2 10 (0.91%) Maven
2 10 (0.91%) Mockito
2 10 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.54%) GitLab
4 5 (0.45%) JIRA
5 4 (0.36%) Storybook
5 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.18%) Subversion
8 1 (0.091%) gulp
8 1 (0.091%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.091%) NUnit
8 1 (0.091%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.091%) Vite
8 1 (0.091%) webpack
General
1 148 (13.42%) Finance
2 93 (8.43%) Social Skills
3 79 (7.16%) Manufacturing
4 40 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (2.72%) Law
6 29 (2.63%) Retail
7 19 (1.72%) Legal
8 18 (1.63%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.45%) Banking
10 12 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.91%) Advertising
12 9 (0.82%) Games
13 8 (0.73%) Marketing
14 7 (0.63%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.45%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.36%) Automotive
17 3 (0.27%) Back Office
17 3 (0.27%) iGaming
17 3 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (19.85%) .NET
2 94 (8.52%) .NET Core
3 91 (8.25%) React
4 76 (6.89%) ASP.NET
5 68 (6.17%) ASP.NET Core
5 68 (6.17%) REST
6 64 (5.80%) Node.js
7 56 (5.08%) CSS
7 56 (5.08%) HTML
8 41 (3.72%) Blazor
9 36 (3.26%) Entity Framework
10 35 (3.17%) AngularJS
11 34 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web API
12 30 (2.72%) RESTful
13 27 (2.45%) Vue
14 26 (2.36%) LINQ
15 25 (2.27%) GraphQL
16 20 (1.81%) Next.js
17 18 (1.63%) SOAP
17 18 (1.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
2 29 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 18 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.45%) Online Gambling
5 13 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.09%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.09%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.00%) AS400
8 10 (0.91%) Mainframe
8 10 (0.91%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.82%) AI Agents
10 8 (0.73%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.73%) Robotics
10 8 (0.73%) Taxonomies
11 6 (0.54%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.54%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.45%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.09%) Linux
2 7 (0.63%) Windows
3 5 (0.45%) Android
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.091%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.091%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (19.31%) Full-Stack Development
2 190 (17.23%) Agile
3 112 (10.15%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (9.79%) AI
5 98 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
6 84 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 82 (7.43%) CI/CD
8 73 (6.62%) DevOps
9 71 (6.44%) E-Commerce
10 67 (6.07%) Mentoring
11 63 (5.71%) Analytics
12 62 (5.62%) Software Engineering
13 48 (4.35%) ERP
13 48 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
14 47 (4.26%) SDLC
15 46 (4.17%) Roadmaps
16 43 (3.90%) CRM
16 43 (3.90%) Logistics
17 41 (3.72%) Machine Learning
18 40 (3.63%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 242 (21.94%) C#
2 231 (20.94%) SQL
3 133 (12.06%) JavaScript
4 92 (8.34%) TypeScript
5 81 (7.34%) Python
6 73 (6.62%) Java
7 21 (1.90%) PHP
8 16 (1.45%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.18%) Go
10 12 (1.09%) Bash
11 11 (1.00%) RPG
12 10 (0.91%) ABAP
12 10 (0.91%) C++
13 9 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.63%) Ruby
15 6 (0.54%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.45%) RPG III
17 4 (0.36%) RPG/400
17 4 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 59 (5.35%) Security Cleared
2 47 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 19 (1.72%) Degree
4 11 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.91%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.82%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.36%) ACCA
10 4 (0.36%) CIMA
11 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.091%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.18%) Accessibility
2 20 (1.81%) QA
3 11 (1.00%) WCAG
4 10 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.91%) GDPR
5 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.091%) JTAG
System Software
1 38 (3.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 211 (19.13%) Microsoft
2 44 (3.99%) Oracle
3 29 (2.63%) SAP
4 25 (2.27%) IBM
5 19 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.18%) Cognos
7 12 (1.09%) Epicor
7 12 (1.09%) Workday
8 11 (1.00%) Databricks
9 10 (0.91%) OpenText
10 9 (0.82%) Facebook
10 9 (0.82%) HP
10 9 (0.82%) iManage
11 8 (0.73%) Foundry
12 6 (0.54%) Google
13 5 (0.45%) YouTube
14 4 (0.36%) Adaptive Insights
14 4 (0.36%) Anaplan
14 4 (0.36%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.36%) Zoho