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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -16 -6 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 760 488 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.97% 9.77% 13.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.42% 10.86% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 635 411 1,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 11,834 4,494 10,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.93% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,491 2,782 8,239
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 May 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 May 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 -17 409 £55,000 - 84
East Midlands +7 349 £50,000 -0.99% 56
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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.

1 185 (24.34%) C#
2 182 (23.95%) Full-Stack Development
3 169 (22.24%) .NET
4 140 (18.42%) Azure
5 138 (18.16%) SQL
6 115 (15.13%) JavaScript
7 93 (12.24%) PHP
8 92 (12.11%) AWS
9 84 (11.05%) Microsoft
10 83 (10.92%) Power Platform
11 82 (10.79%) React
12 79 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
13 73 (9.61%) Python
14 72 (9.47%) Agile
15 70 (9.21%) HTML
16 66 (8.68%) Power BI
17 65 (8.55%) CSS
17 65 (8.55%) SQL Server
18 63 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
19 55 (7.24%) Node.js
20 54 (7.11%) .NET Core
21 49 (6.45%) DevOps
21 49 (6.45%) Software Engineering
22 42 (5.53%) CRM
22 42 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
23 41 (5.39%) CI/CD
24 38 (5.00%) Computer Science
25 37 (4.87%) Mentoring
26 36 (4.74%) AI
26 36 (4.74%) API Development

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 15 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.05%) Umbraco
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.53%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) CICS
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.66%) Maximo
4 3 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (18.42%) Azure
2 92 (12.11%) AWS
3 83 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 42 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (3.95%) SaaS
6 29 (3.82%) Serverless
7 25 (3.29%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.16%) Amazon S3
8 24 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (3.16%) PowerApps
9 19 (2.50%) GitHub
10 16 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.53%) GCP
15 3 (0.39%) GitHub Copilot
15 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.58%) Internet
2 3 (0.39%) Intranet
2 3 (0.39%) SSL
3 2 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.68%) Power BI
2 65 (8.55%) SQL Server
3 23 (3.03%) MySQL
4 20 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.32%) Power Query
9 9 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.39%) Redis
12 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
12 3 (0.39%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 32 (4.21%) Git
2 8 (1.05%) JUnit
2 8 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.92%) Maven
4 6 (0.79%) Mockito
5 5 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.66%) XCUITest
6 3 (0.39%) GitLab
6 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.39%) JIRA
7 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.26%) Selenium
7 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Subversion
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 66 (8.68%) Finance
2 62 (8.16%) Social Skills
3 34 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 18 (2.37%) Games
6 16 (2.11%) Law
6 16 (2.11%) Manufacturing
7 11 (1.45%) Multimedia
8 10 (1.32%) Marketing
9 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Retail
11 6 (0.79%) iGaming
12 5 (0.66%) Legal
13 3 (0.39%) Banking
13 3 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.26%) Automotive
14 2 (0.26%) Billing
14 2 (0.26%) Electronics
14 2 (0.26%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (22.24%) .NET
2 82 (10.79%) React
3 70 (9.21%) HTML
4 65 (8.55%) CSS
5 55 (7.24%) Node.js
6 54 (7.11%) .NET Core
7 33 (4.34%) Laravel
8 31 (4.08%) REST
9 29 (3.82%) AngularJS
10 20 (2.63%) .NET Framework
11 19 (2.50%) ASP.NET
12 17 (2.24%) RESTful
13 15 (1.97%) WinForms
13 15 (1.97%) XML
14 14 (1.84%) jQuery
15 13 (1.71%) Blazor
16 12 (1.58%) Vue
17 11 (1.45%) ASP.NET MVC
18 9 (1.18%) React Native
19 8 (1.05%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.53%) Mobile App
2 25 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.84%) PropTech
6 9 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.79%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (0.79%) e-Learning
8 6 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.53%) Educational Technology
9 4 (0.53%) Legacy Code
9 4 (0.53%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.39%) Photography
11 2 (0.26%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.45%) Android
2 10 (1.32%) Linux
3 9 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.53%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (23.95%) Full-Stack Development
2 79 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (9.47%) Agile
4 63 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (6.45%) DevOps
5 49 (6.45%) Software Engineering
6 42 (5.53%) CRM
7 41 (5.39%) CI/CD
8 38 (5.00%) Computer Science
9 37 (4.87%) Mentoring
10 36 (4.74%) AI
10 36 (4.74%) API Development
11 35 (4.61%) MVC
12 33 (4.34%) Analytics
13 32 (4.21%) Web Development
14 31 (4.08%) SDLC
15 29 (3.82%) User Experience
16 28 (3.68%) Data Modelling
17 23 (3.03%) Decision-Making
17 23 (3.03%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 185 (24.34%) C#
2 138 (18.16%) SQL
3 115 (15.13%) JavaScript
4 93 (12.24%) PHP
5 73 (9.61%) Python
6 36 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 31 (4.08%) Java
8 21 (2.76%) C++
9 14 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.84%) Delphi
10 11 (1.45%) C
11 10 (1.32%) Go
11 10 (1.32%) Rust
11 10 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.05%) Swift
13 6 (0.79%) Bash
13 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.66%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.66%) R
14 5 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (3.95%) Degree
2 20 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.11%) Azure Certification
4 13 (1.71%) AWS Certification
4 13 (1.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.32%) Security Cleared
6 8 (1.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.13%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.71%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.45%) QA
3 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.53%) WCAG
5 1 (0.13%) GDPR
5 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
5 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (2.37%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.39%) Nagios
2 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 84 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.95%) Oracle
3 14 (1.84%) Xamarin
4 13 (1.71%) IBM
5 9 (1.18%) SAP
6 8 (1.05%) Apple
7 6 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.53%) Cognos
9 3 (0.39%) Epicor
9 3 (0.39%) Workday
9 3 (0.39%) Zoho
10 2 (0.26%) Databricks
10 2 (0.26%) JDA
10 2 (0.26%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.26%) Zend
11 1 (0.13%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.13%) Facebook
11 1 (0.13%) Sage
11 1 (0.13%) Talend