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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 16 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 800 458 1,576
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.08% 8.95% 13.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.53% 9.77% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 641 379 1,409
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £61,250
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 12,260 4,686 11,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 91.58% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,894 2,725 8,447
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,981 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £60,741
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 21 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 21 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 -18 433 £55,000 - 80
East Midlands +31 365 £50,000 - 77
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 204 (25.50%) C#
2 197 (24.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 181 (22.63%) .NET
4 157 (19.63%) Azure
5 147 (18.38%) SQL
6 105 (13.13%) JavaScript
7 91 (11.38%) Microsoft
7 91 (11.38%) PHP
8 90 (11.25%) Agile
9 88 (11.00%) AWS
10 87 (10.88%) Power Platform
10 87 (10.88%) React
11 81 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
12 70 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (8.50%) Power BI
14 66 (8.25%) .NET Core
15 65 (8.13%) HTML
16 64 (8.00%) Python
17 60 (7.50%) CSS
18 58 (7.25%) SQL Server
19 57 (7.13%) Node.js
20 55 (6.88%) DevOps
21 52 (6.50%) AI
22 47 (5.88%) CI/CD
22 47 (5.88%) Software Engineering
23 43 (5.38%) Analytics
23 43 (5.38%) TypeScript
24 42 (5.25%) Computer Science
25 40 (5.00%) Mentoring
26 38 (4.75%) CRM

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 11 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (0.75%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.25%) Apache
3 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.25%) CMS
3 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.25%) 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 18 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.25%) Maximo
4 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 157 (19.63%) Azure
2 88 (11.00%) AWS
3 87 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 32 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (4.00%) SaaS
5 30 (3.75%) Serverless
6 24 (3.00%) Power Automate
6 24 (3.00%) PowerApps
7 23 (2.88%) Amazon S3
7 23 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (2.13%) GitHub
10 11 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (0.50%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.50%) Internet
2 3 (0.38%) Network Security
2 3 (0.38%) SSL
3 2 (0.25%) HTTP
4 1 (0.13%) Broadband
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.50%) Power BI
2 58 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 25 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (2.63%) MySQL
5 16 (2.00%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.50%) Power Query
9 11 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.75%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.38%) Redis
14 3 (0.38%) TimescaleDB
15 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
15 2 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 29 (3.63%) Git
2 10 (1.25%) Maven
3 9 (1.13%) JUnit
3 9 (1.13%) Mockito
4 8 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.63%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.25%) JIRA
6 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 85 (10.63%) Finance
2 64 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 32 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (2.88%) Manufacturing
5 17 (2.13%) Law
6 16 (2.00%) Retail
7 15 (1.88%) Public Sector
8 14 (1.75%) Games
9 9 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.00%) Multimedia
11 7 (0.88%) Marketing
12 6 (0.75%) iGaming
13 4 (0.50%) Banking
13 4 (0.50%) Legal
14 3 (0.38%) Advertising
14 3 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.25%) Billing
15 2 (0.25%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.13%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (22.63%) .NET
2 87 (10.88%) React
3 66 (8.25%) .NET Core
4 65 (8.13%) HTML
5 60 (7.50%) CSS
6 57 (7.13%) Node.js
7 33 (4.13%) Laravel
8 32 (4.00%) ASP.NET
8 32 (4.00%) REST
9 30 (3.75%) AngularJS
10 28 (3.50%) RESTful
11 25 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
12 24 (3.00%) Blazor
13 20 (2.50%) Vue
14 17 (2.13%) .NET Framework
15 15 (1.88%) XML
16 14 (1.75%) jQuery
17 13 (1.63%) Entity Framework
17 13 (1.63%) WinForms
18 11 (1.38%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.75%) Mobile App
2 27 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.75%) PropTech
6 12 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.25%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.00%) AS400
9 7 (0.88%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.75%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.75%) e-Learning
10 6 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.63%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.50%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.50%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.38%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.38%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.88%) Linux
2 13 (1.63%) Android
3 9 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.25%) Windows
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (24.63%) Full-Stack Development
2 90 (11.25%) Agile
3 81 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
4 70 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (6.88%) DevOps
6 52 (6.50%) AI
7 47 (5.88%) CI/CD
7 47 (5.88%) Software Engineering
8 43 (5.38%) Analytics
9 42 (5.25%) Computer Science
10 40 (5.00%) Mentoring
11 38 (4.75%) CRM
12 36 (4.50%) Data Modelling
12 36 (4.50%) SDLC
13 33 (4.13%) Logistics
14 29 (3.63%) API Development
14 29 (3.63%) Front End Development
15 27 (3.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (3.38%) Web Development
16 25 (3.13%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 204 (25.50%) C#
2 147 (18.38%) SQL
3 105 (13.13%) JavaScript
4 91 (11.38%) PHP
5 64 (8.00%) Python
6 43 (5.38%) TypeScript
7 31 (3.88%) Java
8 22 (2.75%) C++
9 20 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (1.50%) Delphi
10 12 (1.50%) Go
10 12 (1.50%) Rust
11 10 (1.25%) Bash
12 9 (1.13%) C
12 9 (1.13%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.00%) RPG
13 8 (1.00%) Swift
14 6 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.63%) R
15 5 (0.63%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 33 (4.13%) Degree
2 25 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.25%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.75%) QA
2 13 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.25%) GDPR
4 2 (0.25%) WCAG
5 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
5 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (2.75%) Docker
2 3 (0.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Nagios
2 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (11.38%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.38%) Oracle
3 18 (2.25%) IBM
4 14 (1.75%) Xamarin
5 11 (1.38%) SAP
6 10 (1.25%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.00%) Apple
8 6 (0.75%) Cognos
8 6 (0.75%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.63%) Workday
10 3 (0.38%) Databricks
10 3 (0.38%) Epicor
11 2 (0.25%) Facebook
11 2 (0.25%) Google
11 2 (0.25%) JDA
11 2 (0.25%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.13%) DevExpress
12 1 (0.13%) Pega
12 1 (0.13%) Talend
12 1 (0.13%) YouTube