Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 12 6
Rank change year-on-year -17 -6 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 720 498 1,538
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.15% 10.27% 14.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.65% 11.45% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 608 427 1,363
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +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 10,828 4,350 10,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 89.71% 93.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,813 2,734 8,031
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,062 £33,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £74,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.59% -9.13%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -15 389 £52,500 -8.70% 114
East Midlands +3 329 £50,000 - 100
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 April 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.

1 175 (24.31%) C#
2 165 (22.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 164 (22.78%) .NET
4 146 (20.28%) Azure
5 137 (19.03%) SQL
6 119 (16.53%) JavaScript
7 95 (13.19%) AWS
8 90 (12.50%) Power Platform
9 88 (12.22%) Microsoft
10 87 (12.08%) PHP
11 81 (11.25%) React
12 79 (10.97%) Agile
12 79 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
13 76 (10.56%) Python
14 75 (10.42%) HTML
15 72 (10.00%) Power BI
16 71 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
17 70 (9.72%) CSS
18 68 (9.44%) SQL Server
19 52 (7.22%) .NET Core
20 51 (7.08%) DevOps
21 50 (6.94%) Node.js
22 48 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
23 46 (6.39%) Software Engineering
24 44 (6.11%) CRM
25 42 (5.83%) Mentoring
26 41 (5.69%) CI/CD
27 38 (5.28%) MVC
28 37 (5.14%) Git
29 36 (5.00%) AI

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 19 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.11%) Umbraco
3 6 (0.83%) CMS
4 5 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.56%) WordPress
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Appian
6 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.83%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 146 (20.28%) Azure
2 95 (13.19%) AWS
3 90 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 48 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 31 (4.31%) SaaS
5 31 (4.31%) Serverless
6 29 (4.03%) PowerApps
7 27 (3.75%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.33%) Amazon S3
8 24 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (2.92%) GitHub
10 20 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.69%) GCP
13 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (0.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.94%) Internet
2 3 (0.42%) Intranet
2 3 (0.42%) SSL
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) Broadband
4 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.14%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (10.00%) Power BI
2 68 (9.44%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.61%) MySQL
4 24 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.53%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.39%) Power Query
10 9 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.83%) Tableau
12 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.42%) Redis
12 3 (0.42%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.28%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 37 (5.14%) Git
2 8 (1.11%) JUnit
3 7 (0.97%) Maven
3 7 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (0.83%) Mockito
5 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.69%) XCUITest
6 3 (0.42%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.42%) JIRA
7 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.14%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 66 (9.17%) Social Skills
2 62 (8.61%) Finance
3 39 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (3.75%) Public Sector
5 20 (2.78%) Law
6 15 (2.08%) Games
7 13 (1.81%) Manufacturing
7 13 (1.81%) Multimedia
8 12 (1.67%) Marketing
9 11 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.83%) Legal
10 6 (0.83%) Retail
11 5 (0.69%) Police
12 3 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.42%) iGaming
13 2 (0.28%) Automotive
13 2 (0.28%) Billing
13 2 (0.28%) Electronics
13 2 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (22.78%) .NET
2 81 (11.25%) React
3 75 (10.42%) HTML
4 70 (9.72%) CSS
5 52 (7.22%) .NET Core
6 50 (6.94%) Node.js
7 33 (4.58%) REST
8 32 (4.44%) Laravel
9 28 (3.89%) AngularJS
10 22 (3.06%) ASP.NET
11 21 (2.92%) .NET Framework
12 17 (2.36%) XML
13 16 (2.22%) RESTful
14 14 (1.94%) WinForms
15 13 (1.81%) ASP.NET MVC
15 13 (1.81%) jQuery
16 11 (1.53%) Blazor
17 9 (1.25%) React Native
17 9 (1.25%) Vue
18 8 (1.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 25 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.67%) PropTech
6 10 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.11%) Algorithms
8 7 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.83%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.69%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.56%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.56%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.56%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.42%) Photography
12 3 (0.42%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.28%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.53%) Android
2 10 (1.39%) Linux
3 9 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.56%) Windows
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (22.92%) Full-Stack Development
2 79 (10.97%) Agile
2 79 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
3 71 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (7.08%) DevOps
5 46 (6.39%) Software Engineering
6 44 (6.11%) CRM
7 42 (5.83%) Mentoring
8 41 (5.69%) CI/CD
9 38 (5.28%) MVC
10 36 (5.00%) AI
11 34 (4.72%) Analytics
11 34 (4.72%) Computer Science
11 34 (4.72%) Web Development
12 33 (4.58%) API Development
13 31 (4.31%) SDLC
13 31 (4.31%) User Experience
14 26 (3.61%) Data Modelling
15 24 (3.33%) Decision-Making
16 23 (3.19%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 175 (24.31%) C#
2 137 (19.03%) SQL
3 119 (16.53%) JavaScript
4 87 (12.08%) PHP
5 76 (10.56%) Python
6 35 (4.86%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.58%) Java
8 15 (2.08%) C++
9 14 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.94%) Delphi
10 13 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.53%) C
12 9 (1.25%) Go
12 9 (1.25%) Rust
13 8 (1.11%) Swift
14 6 (0.83%) Bash
14 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.69%) R
15 5 (0.69%) VBA
16 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (4.72%) Degree
2 21 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.50%) Azure Certification
4 16 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.08%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (1.39%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.11%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.28%) IBM Certification
9 2 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.53%) QA
2 10 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.56%) WCAG
5 1 (0.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.14%) NCSC
5 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (2.36%) Docker
2 4 (0.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.42%) Nagios
2 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 88 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.17%) Oracle
3 12 (1.67%) IBM
3 12 (1.67%) Xamarin
4 8 (1.11%) Apple
4 8 (1.11%) Salesforce
5 7 (0.97%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.83%) SAP
7 3 (0.42%) Cognos
7 3 (0.42%) Workday
7 3 (0.42%) Zend
7 3 (0.42%) Zoho
8 2 (0.28%) Databricks
8 2 (0.28%) JDA
8 2 (0.28%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe
9 1 (0.14%) Epicor
9 1 (0.14%) Facebook
9 1 (0.14%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.14%) Talend