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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 904 447 1,930
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.03% 8.54% 14.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% 9.38% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 710 367 1,647
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £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 12,194 4,763 12,986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 90.98% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,469 2,943 9,187
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £32,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,683 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% +0.39% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 July 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 July 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 -2 490 £60,000 +9.09% 100
East Midlands +27 413 £50,000 -4.76% 64
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 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.

1 262 (28.98%) C#
2 233 (25.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 229 (25.33%) .NET
4 205 (22.68%) Azure
5 192 (21.24%) SQL
6 142 (15.71%) Microsoft
7 128 (14.16%) Agile
8 107 (11.84%) JavaScript
9 102 (11.28%) .NET Core
10 101 (11.17%) Power Platform
11 92 (10.18%) AWS
12 91 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
13 88 (9.73%) React
14 82 (9.07%) PHP
15 80 (8.85%) AI
16 79 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
17 78 (8.63%) Python
18 74 (8.19%) HTML
19 73 (8.08%) DevOps
20 70 (7.74%) CSS
21 68 (7.52%) ASP.NET
22 67 (7.41%) Power BI
23 66 (7.30%) CI/CD
23 66 (7.30%) Node.js
24 62 (6.86%) ASP.NET Core
25 59 (6.53%) Azure SQL Database
26 56 (6.19%) SQL Server
27 55 (6.08%) Analytics
28 52 (5.75%) TypeScript
29 51 (5.64%) Mentoring

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 17 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.44%) Apache
3 4 (0.44%) CMS
3 4 (0.44%) Documentum
3 4 (0.44%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.22%) WordPress
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 8 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 205 (22.68%) Azure
2 101 (11.17%) Power Platform
3 92 (10.18%) AWS
4 49 (5.42%) Power Automate
5 45 (4.98%) PowerApps
6 41 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (2.88%) Serverless
9 22 (2.43%) GitHub
10 20 (2.21%) SaaS
11 19 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.99%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.33%) GitHub Copilot
15 11 (1.22%) Azure AI
16 10 (1.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.11%) Copilot Studio
17 9 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.77%) Internet
2 4 (0.44%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.33%) Network Security
4 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.11%) FTP
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) RTP
5 1 (0.11%) RTSP
5 1 (0.11%) SCTP
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SS7
5 1 (0.11%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.41%) Power BI
2 59 (6.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (6.19%) SQL Server
4 45 (4.98%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.32%) MySQL
7 17 (1.88%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.77%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
13 4 (0.44%) Power Query
14 3 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
15 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.22%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 26 (2.88%) Git
2 8 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (0.77%) JUnit
3 7 (0.77%) Maven
3 7 (0.77%) Mockito
4 4 (0.44%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.33%) JIRA
5 3 (0.33%) Subversion
5 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) gulp
7 1 (0.11%) NUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) Vite
7 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 128 (14.16%) Finance
2 76 (8.41%) Social Skills
3 38 (4.20%) Manufacturing
4 25 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (2.77%) Law
5 21 (2.32%) Retail
6 16 (1.77%) Banking
6 16 (1.77%) Legal
7 13 (1.44%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.11%) Games
8 10 (1.11%) Marketing
9 9 (1.00%) Advertising
9 9 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.66%) iGaming
11 4 (0.44%) Automotive
11 4 (0.44%) Multimedia
11 4 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.22%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.22%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (25.33%) .NET
2 102 (11.28%) .NET Core
3 88 (9.73%) React
4 74 (8.19%) HTML
5 70 (7.74%) CSS
6 68 (7.52%) ASP.NET
7 66 (7.30%) Node.js
8 62 (6.86%) ASP.NET Core
9 46 (5.09%) AngularJS
9 46 (5.09%) REST
10 43 (4.76%) Blazor
11 32 (3.54%) RESTful
12 31 (3.43%) Laravel
13 30 (3.32%) ASP.NET Web API
14 28 (3.10%) Entity Framework
15 26 (2.88%) Vue
16 22 (2.43%) LINQ
17 17 (1.88%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.66%) Hugging Face
19 14 (1.55%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.54%) Mobile App
2 31 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.22%) AS400
6 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.22%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (0.88%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.88%) PropTech
9 7 (0.77%) e-Learning
9 7 (0.77%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.66%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.55%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.55%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.44%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.88%) Linux
2 11 (1.22%) Android
3 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.88%) Windows
4 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (25.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 128 (14.16%) Agile
3 91 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (8.85%) AI
5 79 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
6 73 (8.08%) DevOps
7 66 (7.30%) CI/CD
8 55 (6.08%) Analytics
9 51 (5.64%) Mentoring
9 51 (5.64%) Software Engineering
10 48 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (4.54%) Logistics
12 40 (4.42%) Microservices
13 39 (4.31%) Machine Learning
14 36 (3.98%) Computer Science
15 33 (3.65%) Roadmaps
16 32 (3.54%) SDLC
17 29 (3.21%) Actionable Insight
17 29 (3.21%) CRM
17 29 (3.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 262 (28.98%) C#
2 192 (21.24%) SQL
3 107 (11.84%) JavaScript
4 82 (9.07%) PHP
5 78 (8.63%) Python
6 52 (5.75%) TypeScript
7 37 (4.09%) Java
8 22 (2.43%) C++
9 18 (1.99%) Go
10 13 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.22%) RPG
12 9 (1.00%) Delphi
13 8 (0.88%) ABAP
13 8 (0.88%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.77%) Bash
14 7 (0.77%) Rust
14 7 (0.77%) Swift
15 6 (0.66%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.55%) C
16 5 (0.55%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 30 (3.32%) Degree
2 26 (2.88%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.54%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 6 (0.66%) AWS Certification
6 6 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.55%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.33%) QA
3 6 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (3.54%) Docker
2 3 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.22%) Nagios
3 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 142 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.32%) Oracle
3 23 (2.54%) IBM
4 17 (1.88%) SAP
5 12 (1.33%) Epicor
6 11 (1.22%) Cognos
7 10 (1.11%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.11%) Workday
8 8 (0.88%) Facebook
8 8 (0.88%) Foundry
8 8 (0.88%) Xamarin
9 7 (0.77%) Apple
9 7 (0.77%) iManage
10 6 (0.66%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.44%) OpenText
12 4 (0.44%) YouTube
13 3 (0.33%) Databricks
13 3 (0.33%) Google
13 3 (0.33%) Zoho