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 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 593 574 1,255
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.38% 10.24% 14.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.97% 11.02% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 490 393 1,126
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £69,375
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 8,508 5,209 8,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.90% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,256 2,634 6,690
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -18 322 £50,000 -13.04% 158
East Midlands +5 269 £50,000 -0.99% 135
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 March 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.

1 157 (26.48%) C#
2 151 (25.46%) .NET
3 136 (22.93%) SQL
4 135 (22.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 132 (22.26%) Azure
6 117 (19.73%) JavaScript
7 90 (15.18%) Agile
8 88 (14.84%) Power Platform
9 87 (14.67%) AWS
10 81 (13.66%) React
11 75 (12.65%) Microsoft
12 74 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (11.97%) Python
15 70 (11.80%) HTML
16 69 (11.64%) SQL Server
17 66 (11.13%) Power BI
18 60 (10.12%) CSS
19 59 (9.95%) PHP
20 50 (8.43%) CRM
21 49 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
22 48 (8.09%) DevOps
23 44 (7.42%) Software Engineering
24 43 (7.25%) .NET Core
24 43 (7.25%) Mentoring
24 43 (7.25%) REST
25 38 (6.41%) Node.js
26 37 (6.24%) Git
26 37 (6.24%) TypeScript
27 36 (6.07%) 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 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.52%) CMS
3 8 (1.35%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.84%) WordPress
6 3 (0.51%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) Appian
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) CICS
8 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (5.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.18%) Maximo
2 7 (1.18%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 132 (22.26%) Azure
2 88 (14.84%) Power Platform
3 87 (14.67%) AWS
4 49 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.40%) PowerApps
5 32 (5.40%) Serverless
6 29 (4.89%) Power Automate
6 29 (4.89%) SaaS
7 26 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (4.05%) Amazon S3
8 24 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.20%) GitHub
10 9 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.67%) Azure Functions
14 4 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.19%) Internet
2 4 (0.67%) Intranet
2 4 (0.67%) SSL
3 2 (0.34%) HTTP
4 1 (0.17%) 3G
4 1 (0.17%) Broadband
4 1 (0.17%) GPRS
4 1 (0.17%) GSM
4 1 (0.17%) Modbus
4 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.17%) RS-232
4 1 (0.17%) RS-485
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.64%) SQL Server
2 66 (11.13%) Power BI
3 24 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (3.04%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.70%) MySQL
7 12 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.52%) Power Query
8 9 (1.52%) Tableau
9 7 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.01%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.51%) Redis
12 3 (0.51%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.34%) MS Access
13 2 (0.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (6.24%) Git
2 11 (1.85%) JUnit
3 9 (1.52%) Maven
3 9 (1.52%) Mockito
4 4 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.67%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 65 (10.96%) Social Skills
2 52 (8.77%) Finance
3 42 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.04%) Law
6 15 (2.53%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.19%) Multimedia
8 12 (2.02%) Marketing
9 10 (1.69%) Retail
10 8 (1.35%) Games
11 6 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.01%) Legal
12 5 (0.84%) Police
13 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Automotive
15 1 (0.17%) Banking
15 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.17%) Electronics
15 1 (0.17%) Local Government
15 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (25.46%) .NET
2 81 (13.66%) React
3 70 (11.80%) HTML
4 60 (10.12%) CSS
5 43 (7.25%) .NET Core
5 43 (7.25%) REST
6 38 (6.41%) Node.js
7 32 (5.40%) AngularJS
8 27 (4.55%) Laravel
9 20 (3.37%) .NET Framework
9 20 (3.37%) ASP.NET
10 15 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
10 15 (2.53%) XML
11 13 (2.19%) JSON
12 12 (2.02%) RESTful
12 12 (2.02%) WinForms
13 11 (1.85%) Razor View Engine
13 11 (1.85%) Spring
14 10 (1.69%) jQuery
15 9 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.06%) Mobile App
2 22 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.35%) PropTech
9 7 (1.18%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.01%) 3D Graphics
10 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.84%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.67%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.51%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 2 (0.34%) Credit Risk
14 2 (0.34%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.85%) Android
2 10 (1.69%) Linux
3 4 (0.67%) Windows
4 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (22.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 90 (15.18%) Agile
3 74 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
5 50 (8.43%) CRM
6 48 (8.09%) DevOps
7 44 (7.42%) Software Engineering
8 43 (7.25%) Mentoring
9 36 (6.07%) MVC
10 34 (5.73%) CI/CD
10 34 (5.73%) SDLC
11 33 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (5.40%) AI
12 32 (5.40%) API Development
13 29 (4.89%) Computer Science
14 28 (4.72%) Web Development
15 27 (4.55%) User Experience
16 25 (4.22%) Analytics
17 23 (3.88%) Front End Development
18 22 (3.71%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 157 (26.48%) C#
2 136 (22.93%) SQL
3 117 (19.73%) JavaScript
4 71 (11.97%) Python
5 59 (9.95%) PHP
6 37 (6.24%) TypeScript
7 36 (6.07%) Java
8 15 (2.53%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.36%) Delphi
9 14 (2.36%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.85%) C
12 8 (1.35%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.18%) Bash
13 7 (1.18%) C++
14 6 (1.01%) R
15 5 (0.84%) Go
15 5 (0.84%) Rust
15 5 (0.84%) VBA
16 3 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (5.40%) Degree
2 19 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.04%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.19%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 12 (2.02%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.67%) 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 (2.19%) QA
2 8 (1.35%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.84%) 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 16 (2.70%) Docker
2 2 (0.34%) Firmware
3 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.51%) Nagios
2 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 75 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.06%) Oracle
3 12 (2.02%) IBM
4 10 (1.69%) SAP
5 8 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.35%) Xamarin
6 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.51%) Apple
7 3 (0.51%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.51%) Zend
7 3 (0.51%) Zoho
8 2 (0.34%) Cognos
8 2 (0.34%) JDA
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe
9 1 (0.17%) Dell
9 1 (0.17%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.17%) Infor
9 1 (0.17%) Informatica
9 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.17%) Pardot