Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 517 710 816
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.61% 11.13% 14.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.29% 11.81% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 433 428 720
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 7,094 6,010 5,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.19% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,791 4,449
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,614 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -16 298 £50,000 -9.09% 114
East Midlands -4 218 £52,500 +5.00% 104
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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.

1 142 (27.47%) C#
2 134 (25.92%) .NET
3 130 (25.15%) Azure
3 130 (25.15%) SQL
4 121 (23.40%) JavaScript
5 101 (19.54%) Agile
5 101 (19.54%) Full-Stack Development
6 83 (16.05%) Power Platform
7 79 (15.28%) AWS
8 77 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (14.51%) Python
10 74 (14.31%) Microsoft
11 73 (14.12%) HTML
11 73 (14.12%) React
12 66 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
13 63 (12.19%) CSS
13 63 (12.19%) SQL Server
14 61 (11.80%) Power BI
15 54 (10.44%) Dynamics 365
16 52 (10.06%) DevOps
17 51 (9.86%) CRM
17 51 (9.86%) REST
18 45 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
19 44 (8.51%) Mentoring
20 42 (8.12%) CI/CD
21 41 (7.93%) Git
21 41 (7.93%) Software Engineering
21 41 (7.93%) TypeScript
22 40 (7.74%) PHP
23 39 (7.54%) Java

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 13 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.93%) CMS
2 10 (1.93%) Umbraco
3 6 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.77%) WordPress
5 3 (0.58%) Apache
5 3 (0.58%) IIS
6 2 (0.39%) Appian
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) CICS
7 1 (0.19%) JBoss
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (6.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.35%) Maximo
3 7 (1.35%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.58%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.19%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 130 (25.15%) Azure
2 83 (16.05%) Power Platform
3 79 (15.28%) AWS
4 54 (10.44%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (5.61%) PowerApps
7 28 (5.42%) Power Automate
7 28 (5.42%) SaaS
8 25 (4.84%) Serverless
9 23 (4.45%) GitHub
10 14 (2.71%) Amazon S3
10 14 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.35%) Figma
12 7 (1.35%) GCP
13 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.97%) Azure AI
14 5 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.71%) Internet
2 5 (0.97%) Intranet
3 2 (0.39%) HTTP
4 1 (0.19%) 3G
4 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.19%) Broadband
4 1 (0.19%) GPRS
4 1 (0.19%) GSM
4 1 (0.19%) Modbus
4 1 (0.19%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.19%) RS-232
4 1 (0.19%) RS-485
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.19%) SQL Server
2 61 (11.80%) Power BI
3 20 (3.87%) MySQL
3 20 (3.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (3.48%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.93%) Tableau
6 9 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.74%) Power Query
7 7 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.35%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.77%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.58%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.39%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.39%) MS Access
12 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (7.93%) Git
2 13 (2.51%) JUnit
3 10 (1.93%) Maven
3 10 (1.93%) Mockito
4 6 (1.16%) JIRA
5 5 (0.97%) GitLab
5 5 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.58%) git-flow
6 3 (0.58%) webpack
7 2 (0.39%) Babel
7 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) MSTest
8 1 (0.19%) NUnit
8 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Vite
8 1 (0.19%) XCUITest
General
1 79 (15.28%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.32%) Finance
3 41 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.61%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.06%) Law
6 16 (3.09%) Marketing
7 15 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.90%) Retail
8 14 (2.71%) Multimedia
9 8 (1.55%) Games
10 5 (0.97%) Police
11 4 (0.77%) Legal
12 3 (0.58%) Automotive
12 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.39%) Electronics
14 1 (0.19%) Back Office
14 1 (0.19%) Banking
14 1 (0.19%) Local Government
14 1 (0.19%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (25.92%) .NET
2 73 (14.12%) HTML
2 73 (14.12%) React
3 63 (12.19%) CSS
4 51 (9.86%) REST
5 37 (7.16%) .NET Core
6 31 (6.00%) AngularJS
7 26 (5.03%) Node.js
8 21 (4.06%) Laravel
9 19 (3.68%) ASP.NET
10 17 (3.29%) .NET Framework
11 16 (3.09%) JSON
11 16 (3.09%) Spring
12 15 (2.90%) ASP.NET MVC
12 15 (2.90%) RESTful
12 15 (2.90%) SOAP
13 14 (2.71%) XML
14 13 (2.51%) OAuth
14 13 (2.51%) Razor View Engine
14 13 (2.51%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.42%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (5.03%) Mobile App
3 14 (2.71%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (1.93%) Operational Technology
6 9 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.16%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (1.16%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.16%) PropTech
8 5 (0.97%) Algorithms
8 5 (0.97%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.58%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.58%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.09%) Linux
2 10 (1.93%) Android
3 5 (0.97%) Windows
4 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (19.54%) Agile
1 101 (19.54%) Full-Stack Development
2 77 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
4 52 (10.06%) DevOps
5 51 (9.86%) CRM
6 45 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (8.51%) Mentoring
8 42 (8.12%) CI/CD
9 41 (7.93%) Software Engineering
10 37 (7.16%) MVC
11 33 (6.38%) Migration
11 33 (6.38%) Web Development
12 31 (6.00%) AI
13 28 (5.42%) User Experience
14 27 (5.22%) SDLC
15 26 (5.03%) Customer Experience
15 26 (5.03%) TDD
16 25 (4.84%) Analytics
16 25 (4.84%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 142 (27.47%) C#
2 130 (25.15%) SQL
3 121 (23.40%) JavaScript
4 75 (14.51%) Python
5 41 (7.93%) TypeScript
6 40 (7.74%) PHP
7 39 (7.54%) Java
8 19 (3.68%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.09%) T-SQL
10 14 (2.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (2.13%) C
12 10 (1.93%) Delphi
13 9 (1.74%) R
14 8 (1.55%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.35%) Bash
16 6 (1.16%) ABAP
17 5 (0.97%) C++
17 5 (0.97%) Rust
17 5 (0.97%) VBA
18 4 (0.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (4.64%) Degree
2 18 (3.48%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 14 (2.71%) AWS Certification
5 14 (2.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 14 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.32%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.58%) IBM Certification
8 3 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.19%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.32%) QA
2 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.97%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) WCAG
4 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.19%) MISRA
5 1 (0.19%) NCSC
5 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (2.71%) Docker
2 4 (0.77%) Firmware
3 2 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (2.51%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.39%) Grafana
3 1 (0.19%) Nagios
3 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.22%) Oracle
3 18 (3.48%) IBM
4 17 (3.29%) SAP
5 9 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.16%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.77%) UiPath
8 3 (0.58%) Databricks
8 3 (0.58%) Zend
8 3 (0.58%) Zoho
9 2 (0.39%) Cognos
9 2 (0.39%) JDA
9 2 (0.39%) Pardot
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe
10 1 (0.19%) Apple
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.19%) Informatica
10 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow