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 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 429 1,159 681
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.19% 13.19% 13.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.78% 14.10% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 376 762 578
10th Percentile £34,375 £32,500 £35,513
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -1.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 5,515 8,220 4,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 93.54% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,774 4,177 3,749
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,987 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.37% -4.17% -

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 24 November 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 24 November 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 -10 275 £55,000 +10.00% 150
East Midlands -17 154 £52,250 +4.50% 91
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 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.

1 142 (33.10%) C#
2 139 (32.40%) SQL
3 129 (30.07%) Azure
4 120 (27.97%) .NET
4 120 (27.97%) Agile
5 117 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 83 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (18.18%) Power Platform
8 76 (17.72%) Microsoft
9 74 (17.25%) DevOps
10 73 (17.02%) HTML
10 73 (17.02%) SQL Server
11 65 (15.15%) CSS
12 64 (14.92%) Dynamics 365
13 63 (14.69%) AWS
13 63 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
14 62 (14.45%) CRM
15 61 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (14.22%) React
16 59 (13.75%) Python
17 58 (13.52%) CI/CD
18 57 (13.29%) REST
19 55 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
20 50 (11.66%) Power BI
21 46 (10.72%) Mentoring
22 45 (10.49%) Dynamics CRM
22 45 (10.49%) Git
23 43 (10.02%) TypeScript
24 42 (9.79%) Java
25 40 (9.32%) Azure DevOps

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 (3.03%) CMS
1 13 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.40%) Appian
3 5 (1.17%) IIS
3 5 (1.17%) Umbraco
3 5 (1.17%) WordPress
4 3 (0.70%) Apache
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.47%) JBoss
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.23%) CICS
6 1 (0.23%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 45 (10.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.17%) Maximo
4 4 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.70%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.70%) Shopify
6 2 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.47%) Magento
6 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 129 (30.07%) Azure
2 78 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 64 (14.92%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (14.69%) AWS
5 40 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (7.93%) PowerApps
7 30 (6.99%) Power Automate
8 25 (5.83%) SaaS
9 17 (3.96%) GitHub
10 14 (3.26%) GCP
10 14 (3.26%) Serverless
11 10 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (2.33%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (1.40%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.40%) Figma
14 6 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (1.17%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.86%) Internet
2 5 (1.17%) Intranet
3 3 (0.70%) 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%) Network Security
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 73 (17.02%) SQL Server
2 50 (11.66%) Power BI
3 28 (6.53%) MySQL
4 20 (4.66%) Relational Database
5 19 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (3.50%) NoSQL
7 14 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (3.03%) Tableau
9 11 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.63%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.40%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.17%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.93%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
15 3 (0.70%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 45 (10.49%) Git
2 14 (3.26%) JUnit
3 12 (2.80%) JIRA
4 10 (2.33%) Mockito
5 9 (2.10%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.10%) Maven
6 5 (1.17%) webpack
7 4 (0.93%) GitLab
8 3 (0.70%) Babel
8 3 (0.70%) git-flow
9 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.47%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.47%) Gradle
9 2 (0.47%) jMock
9 2 (0.47%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.47%) Selenium
9 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 92 (21.45%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.35%) Finance
3 39 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.93%) Law
5 32 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.76%) Retail
7 22 (5.13%) Marketing
8 10 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.86%) Games
10 8 (1.86%) Multimedia
11 7 (1.63%) Electronics
12 6 (1.40%) Automotive
13 5 (1.17%) Legal
13 5 (1.17%) Police
14 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Back Office
16 1 (0.23%) Banking
16 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.23%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (27.97%) .NET
2 73 (17.02%) HTML
3 65 (15.15%) CSS
4 61 (14.22%) React
5 57 (13.29%) REST
6 36 (8.39%) AngularJS
7 28 (6.53%) ASP.NET
8 27 (6.29%) .NET Framework
9 26 (6.06%) RESTful
9 26 (6.06%) Spring
10 24 (5.59%) .NET Core
11 21 (4.90%) Spring Boot
12 20 (4.66%) SOAP
13 19 (4.43%) JSON
14 18 (4.20%) ASP.NET MVC
15 17 (3.96%) Laravel
16 16 (3.73%) Middleware
16 16 (3.73%) OAuth
17 14 (3.26%) JMS
17 14 (3.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.80%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.86%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.63%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.40%) 3D Graphics
10 4 (0.93%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.70%) IoT
11 3 (0.70%) Legacy Code
11 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.70%) W3C
12 2 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.20%) Linux
2 5 (1.17%) Windows
3 3 (0.70%) Android
3 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.70%) Unix
3 3 (0.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (27.97%) Agile
2 83 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (17.25%) DevOps
4 63 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 62 (14.45%) CRM
6 61 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (13.52%) CI/CD
8 55 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (10.72%) Mentoring
10 39 (9.09%) MVC
11 38 (8.86%) Migration
12 34 (7.93%) Microservices
13 32 (7.46%) TDD
14 31 (7.23%) Software Engineering
15 30 (6.99%) User Experience
16 29 (6.76%) AI
16 29 (6.76%) Clean Code
16 29 (6.76%) Front End Development
17 28 (6.53%) Web Development
18 26 (6.06%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 142 (33.10%) C#
2 139 (32.40%) SQL
3 117 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 59 (13.75%) Python
5 43 (10.02%) TypeScript
6 42 (9.79%) Java
7 32 (7.46%) PHP
8 24 (5.59%) T-SQL
9 20 (4.66%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.86%) C++
11 7 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.40%) ABAP
12 6 (1.40%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.40%) C
12 6 (1.40%) Delphi
13 5 (1.17%) Bicep
13 5 (1.17%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.93%) Perl
14 4 (0.93%) R
14 4 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (7.93%) Degree
2 21 (4.90%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.56%) AWS Certification
5 11 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 8 (1.86%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.47%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
9 1 (0.23%) PhD
9 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.03%) QA
2 11 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.40%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.40%) GDPR
4 3 (0.70%) WCAG
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 22 (5.13%) Docker
2 4 (0.93%) Firmware
3 2 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.40%) Terraform
3 3 (0.70%) Grafana
4 2 (0.47%) Kibana
5 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 76 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.66%) IBM
2 20 (4.66%) SAP
3 15 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.03%) Oracle
5 12 (2.80%) Databricks
6 6 (1.40%) Guidewire
7 4 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.93%) UiPath
8 3 (0.70%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.70%) Splunk
8 3 (0.70%) Zend
8 3 (0.70%) Zoho
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe
9 2 (0.47%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.47%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.47%) Cognos
9 2 (0.47%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.47%) Infor
9 2 (0.47%) Pardot