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 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 32 6
Rank change year-on-year +19 -26 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,089 366 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.91% 6.49% 13.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.47% 6.99% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 834 317 829
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 14,584 5,234 9,037
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 92.80% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,159 3,180 4,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +9 602 £63,750 +10.87% 252
East Midlands +37 487 £52,500 +0.48% 152
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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.

1 243 (22.31%) C#
2 223 (20.48%) SQL
3 219 (20.11%) Azure
4 214 (19.65%) .NET
4 214 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
5 207 (19.01%) Microsoft
6 188 (17.26%) Agile
7 130 (11.94%) JavaScript
8 122 (11.20%) Power Platform
9 112 (10.28%) AWS
9 112 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (10.01%) AI
11 97 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
12 94 (8.63%) .NET Core
13 89 (8.17%) React
13 89 (8.17%) TypeScript
14 84 (7.71%) Power Automate
15 83 (7.62%) CI/CD
16 82 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
17 81 (7.44%) SQL Server
18 80 (7.35%) Python
19 75 (6.89%) ASP.NET
20 74 (6.80%) PowerApps
21 73 (6.70%) DevOps
22 72 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
23 70 (6.43%) Java
23 70 (6.43%) Power BI
24 69 (6.34%) REST
25 68 (6.24%) E-Commerce
25 68 (6.24%) 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 30 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.84%) CMS
3 19 (1.74%) Headless CMS
4 13 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (1.01%) Documentum
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.092%) Confluence
8 1 (0.092%) IIS
8 1 (0.092%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.19%) Magento
3 12 (1.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 10 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.73%) Oracle CRM
6 7 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
7 4 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.28%) Shopify
9 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.18%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.092%) Maximo
10 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 219 (20.11%) Azure
2 122 (11.20%) Power Platform
3 112 (10.28%) AWS
4 84 (7.71%) Power Automate
5 74 (6.80%) PowerApps
6 72 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
7 58 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.31%) SaaS
9 25 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.30%) Serverless
10 24 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.93%) Azure Functions
11 21 (1.93%) GitHub
12 15 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.29%) GitHub Copilot
14 11 (1.01%) Azure AI
15 10 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (0.92%) Copilot Studio
16 9 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (0.64%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.29%) Internet
2 3 (0.28%) Network Security
3 2 (0.18%) HTTP
3 2 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.092%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.092%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.092%) FTP
4 1 (0.092%) RTP
4 1 (0.092%) RTSP
4 1 (0.092%) SCTP
4 1 (0.092%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.092%) SS7
4 1 (0.092%) SSL
4 1 (0.092%) UWB
4 1 (0.092%) VoIP
4 1 (0.092%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.092%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.092%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 70 (6.43%) Power BI
3 60 (5.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.96%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.64%) MySQL
12 6 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.37%) Power Query
14 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.37%) Tableau
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (3.95%) Git
2 10 (0.92%) JUnit
2 10 (0.92%) Maven
2 10 (0.92%) Mockito
2 10 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.55%) GitLab
4 4 (0.37%) JIRA
4 4 (0.37%) Storybook
4 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.18%) Subversion
7 1 (0.092%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.092%) gulp
7 1 (0.092%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.092%) NUnit
7 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.092%) Vite
7 1 (0.092%) webpack
General
1 148 (13.59%) Finance
2 94 (8.63%) Social Skills
3 77 (7.07%) Manufacturing
4 38 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (2.75%) Law
6 28 (2.57%) Retail
7 19 (1.74%) Legal
8 17 (1.56%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.47%) Banking
10 13 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.92%) Advertising
12 9 (0.83%) Games
12 9 (0.83%) Marketing
13 6 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.37%) Automotive
14 4 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.28%) Back Office
15 3 (0.28%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.28%) iGaming
15 3 (0.28%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (19.65%) .NET
2 94 (8.63%) .NET Core
3 89 (8.17%) React
4 75 (6.89%) ASP.NET
5 69 (6.34%) REST
6 67 (6.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 66 (6.06%) Node.js
8 57 (5.23%) CSS
9 56 (5.14%) HTML
10 41 (3.76%) Blazor
11 36 (3.31%) AngularJS
11 36 (3.31%) Entity Framework
12 33 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
13 30 (2.75%) RESTful
14 26 (2.39%) LINQ
14 26 (2.39%) Vue
15 23 (2.11%) GraphQL
16 20 (1.84%) Next.js
17 19 (1.74%) SOAP
18 18 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (2.57%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (1.19%) Virtual Team
6 12 (1.10%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.10%) Online Gambling
7 11 (1.01%) AS400
7 11 (1.01%) Mobile App
8 9 (0.83%) Mainframe
9 8 (0.73%) AI Agents
9 8 (0.73%) Robotics
9 8 (0.73%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.64%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.55%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.55%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.11%) Linux
2 7 (0.64%) Windows
3 5 (0.46%) Android
4 2 (0.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.092%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.092%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (19.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 188 (17.26%) Agile
3 112 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (10.01%) AI
5 97 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
6 83 (7.62%) CI/CD
7 82 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 73 (6.70%) DevOps
9 68 (6.24%) E-Commerce
9 68 (6.24%) Mentoring
10 63 (5.79%) Analytics
11 61 (5.60%) Software Engineering
12 50 (4.59%) ERP
13 47 (4.32%) SDLC
14 46 (4.22%) CRM
14 46 (4.22%) Technical Leadership
15 45 (4.13%) Roadmaps
16 43 (3.95%) Logistics
17 41 (3.76%) Machine Learning
18 40 (3.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.31%) C#
2 223 (20.48%) SQL
3 130 (11.94%) JavaScript
4 89 (8.17%) TypeScript
5 80 (7.35%) Python
6 70 (6.43%) Java
7 24 (2.20%) PHP
8 16 (1.47%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.19%) Go
10 12 (1.10%) Bash
11 11 (1.01%) C++
11 11 (1.01%) RPG
12 10 (0.92%) ABAP
13 7 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.55%) RPG IV
15 5 (0.46%) RPG III
16 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.37%) RPG/400
16 4 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 59 (5.42%) Security Cleared
2 47 (4.32%) SC Cleared
3 20 (1.84%) Degree
4 12 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.28%) ACCA
10 3 (0.28%) CIMA
10 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.20%) Accessibility
2 19 (1.74%) QA
3 11 (1.01%) WCAG
4 10 (0.92%) GDPR
5 9 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.092%) JTAG
System Software
1 38 (3.49%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 207 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 41 (3.76%) Oracle
3 27 (2.48%) SAP
4 25 (2.30%) IBM
5 19 (1.74%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.19%) Cognos
6 13 (1.19%) Epicor
7 12 (1.10%) Workday
8 10 (0.92%) Databricks
8 10 (0.92%) OpenText
9 9 (0.83%) Facebook
9 9 (0.83%) HP
9 9 (0.83%) iManage
10 8 (0.73%) Foundry
11 7 (0.64%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.46%) Google
12 5 (0.46%) YouTube
13 4 (0.37%) Zoho
14 3 (0.28%) Infor
14 3 (0.28%) Pega