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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 18 7
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 824 407 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.21% 8.40% 13.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.66% 9.21% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 647 332 1,481
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
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 £71,250 £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 12,364 4,420 11,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 91.25% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,964 2,522 8,734
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £60,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 27 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 27 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 -13 441 £55,000 -4.35% 68
East Midlands +29 381 £50,000 -3.85% 66
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 218 (26.46%) C#
2 205 (24.88%) Full-Stack Development
3 196 (23.79%) .NET
4 165 (20.02%) Azure
5 154 (18.69%) SQL
6 108 (13.11%) JavaScript
7 99 (12.01%) Agile
8 91 (11.04%) Microsoft
9 90 (10.92%) AWS
9 90 (10.92%) React
10 88 (10.68%) PHP
10 88 (10.68%) Power Platform
11 80 (9.71%) Business Intelligence
12 77 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (8.74%) .NET Core
13 72 (8.74%) Python
14 68 (8.25%) HTML
14 68 (8.25%) Power BI
15 63 (7.65%) CSS
16 61 (7.40%) AI
17 60 (7.28%) SQL Server
18 58 (7.04%) Node.js
19 55 (6.67%) DevOps
20 50 (6.07%) CI/CD
21 49 (5.95%) Software Engineering
22 48 (5.83%) Analytics
23 45 (5.46%) Mentoring
24 44 (5.34%) TypeScript
25 42 (5.10%) Computer Science
26 38 (4.61%) ASP.NET

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 10 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.73%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.24%) Apache
4 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.24%) CMS
4 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (0.85%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 165 (20.02%) Azure
2 90 (10.92%) AWS
3 88 (10.68%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.88%) SaaS
5 31 (3.76%) Serverless
6 30 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.16%) Power Automate
7 26 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.67%) Amazon S3
9 22 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (1.94%) GitHub
11 10 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.73%) Azure Functions
12 6 (0.73%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.49%) Azure AI
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.33%) Internet
2 3 (0.36%) Network Security
2 3 (0.36%) SSL
3 1 (0.12%) Broadband
3 1 (0.12%) HTTP
3 1 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.12%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (8.25%) Power BI
2 60 (7.28%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (2.43%) MySQL
5 19 (2.31%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.97%) Power Query
12 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.85%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.36%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.36%) Redis
13 3 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.36%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 26 (3.16%) Git
2 9 (1.09%) JUnit
2 9 (1.09%) Maven
2 9 (1.09%) Mockito
3 8 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.61%) XCUITest
5 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) JIRA
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
6 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 100 (12.14%) Finance
2 70 (8.50%) Social Skills
3 31 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (3.40%) Manufacturing
5 20 (2.43%) Law
6 18 (2.18%) Retail
7 15 (1.82%) Public Sector
8 11 (1.33%) Games
9 9 (1.09%) Banking
9 9 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.85%) Legal
10 7 (0.85%) Marketing
10 7 (0.85%) Multimedia
11 6 (0.73%) iGaming
12 4 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.36%) Advertising
13 3 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.36%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.24%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.24%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (23.79%) .NET
2 90 (10.92%) React
3 72 (8.74%) .NET Core
4 68 (8.25%) HTML
5 63 (7.65%) CSS
6 58 (7.04%) Node.js
7 38 (4.61%) ASP.NET
8 35 (4.25%) AngularJS
9 33 (4.00%) REST
10 31 (3.76%) Laravel
11 30 (3.64%) ASP.NET Core
12 29 (3.52%) Blazor
13 27 (3.28%) RESTful
14 19 (2.31%) Vue
15 18 (2.18%) .NET Framework
16 16 (1.94%) XML
17 15 (1.82%) Entity Framework
18 14 (1.70%) ASP.NET Web API
18 14 (1.70%) jQuery
19 13 (1.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.58%) Mobile App
2 28 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
3 27 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.06%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.70%) PropTech
7 12 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.21%) AS400
8 10 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 8 (0.97%) Product Ownership
10 7 (0.85%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.61%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.61%) Legacy Code
13 4 (0.49%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.49%) iSeries
13 4 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.49%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.36%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.70%) Linux
2 13 (1.58%) Android
3 9 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (24.88%) Full-Stack Development
2 99 (12.01%) Agile
3 80 (9.71%) Business Intelligence
4 77 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (7.40%) AI
6 55 (6.67%) DevOps
7 50 (6.07%) CI/CD
8 49 (5.95%) Software Engineering
9 48 (5.83%) Analytics
10 45 (5.46%) Mentoring
11 42 (5.10%) Computer Science
12 37 (4.49%) Logistics
12 37 (4.49%) SDLC
13 36 (4.37%) CRM
14 34 (4.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (3.76%) Data Modelling
16 29 (3.52%) API Development
17 28 (3.40%) Microservices
18 27 (3.28%) Decision-Making
18 27 (3.28%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 218 (26.46%) C#
2 154 (18.69%) SQL
3 108 (13.11%) JavaScript
4 88 (10.68%) PHP
5 72 (8.74%) Python
6 44 (5.34%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.00%) Java
8 22 (2.67%) C++
9 17 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.70%) Go
11 12 (1.46%) Delphi
12 11 (1.33%) Rust
13 10 (1.21%) Bash
13 10 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.21%) RPG
14 9 (1.09%) C
15 8 (0.97%) Swift
16 6 (0.73%) RPG IV
17 5 (0.61%) R
17 5 (0.61%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 34 (4.13%) Degree
2 24 (2.91%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (2.43%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.36%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.12%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.70%) Data Quality
1 14 (1.70%) QA
2 8 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.24%) WCAG
5 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.12%) NCSC
5 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (2.67%) Docker
2 3 (0.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.36%) Nagios
2 3 (0.36%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.25%) Oracle
3 23 (2.79%) IBM
4 14 (1.70%) SAP
4 14 (1.70%) Xamarin
5 10 (1.21%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.97%) Apple
6 8 (0.97%) Cognos
7 7 (0.85%) Workday
8 6 (0.73%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.36%) Databricks
9 3 (0.36%) Epicor
9 3 (0.36%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.24%) Facebook
10 2 (0.24%) Google
10 2 (0.24%) iManage
11 1 (0.12%) JDA
11 1 (0.12%) Pega
11 1 (0.12%) Sage
11 1 (0.12%) Talend