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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 34 7
Rank change year-on-year +21 -27 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,087 357 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.96% 6.33% 13.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.53% 6.81% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 831 309 816
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,350 £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 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -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 14,437 5,241 8,942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.89% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,061 3,185 4,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £31,500 £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 £59,000 £55,000 £55,235
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.42% -7.94%

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 9 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 9 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 +11 598 £62,500 +8.70% 181
East Midlands +39 489 £52,500 +0.48% 103
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 (22.36%) C#
2 223 (20.52%) SQL
3 217 (19.96%) Azure
4 214 (19.69%) .NET
5 212 (19.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 205 (18.86%) Microsoft
7 188 (17.30%) Agile
8 130 (11.96%) JavaScript
9 119 (10.95%) Power Platform
10 111 (10.21%) AWS
11 110 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (9.84%) AI
13 96 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
14 94 (8.65%) .NET Core
15 89 (8.19%) React
15 89 (8.19%) TypeScript
16 85 (7.82%) Power Automate
17 82 (7.54%) CI/CD
17 82 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 82 (7.54%) SQL Server
18 78 (7.18%) Python
19 75 (6.90%) ASP.NET
19 75 (6.90%) PowerApps
20 73 (6.72%) DevOps
21 71 (6.53%) E-Commerce
22 70 (6.44%) Java
23 69 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
24 68 (6.26%) Power BI
25 67 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
25 67 (6.16%) 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 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.84%) CMS
3 19 (1.75%) Headless CMS
4 13 (1.20%) 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 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.38%) Magento
3 12 (1.10%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 10 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.74%) 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
1 217 (19.96%) Azure
2 119 (10.95%) Power Platform
3 111 (10.21%) AWS
4 85 (7.82%) Power Automate
5 75 (6.90%) PowerApps
6 69 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
7 58 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (3.22%) SaaS
9 25 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.30%) Serverless
10 24 (2.21%) 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 82 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 68 (6.26%) Power BI
3 60 (5.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.97%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.20%) 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 (3.96%) 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
1 145 (13.34%) Finance
2 90 (8.28%) Social Skills
3 79 (7.27%) Manufacturing
4 38 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (2.76%) Law
6 29 (2.67%) Retail
7 19 (1.75%) Legal
8 17 (1.56%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.47%) Banking
10 12 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.92%) Advertising
12 9 (0.83%) Games
13 8 (0.74%) Marketing
14 6 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.37%) Automotive
16 3 (0.28%) Back Office
16 3 (0.28%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.28%) iGaming
16 3 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.28%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (19.69%) .NET
2 94 (8.65%) .NET Core
3 89 (8.19%) React
4 75 (6.90%) ASP.NET
5 67 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
5 67 (6.16%) REST
6 66 (6.07%) Node.js
7 56 (5.15%) CSS
7 56 (5.15%) HTML
8 41 (3.77%) Blazor
9 36 (3.31%) AngularJS
9 36 (3.31%) Entity Framework
10 33 (3.04%) ASP.NET Web API
11 30 (2.76%) RESTful
12 26 (2.39%) LINQ
12 26 (2.39%) Vue
13 25 (2.30%) GraphQL
14 20 (1.84%) Next.js
15 18 (1.66%) SOAP
15 18 (1.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (2.58%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.29%) Online Gambling
6 13 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.10%) Low-Code
7 12 (1.10%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.01%) AS400
9 10 (0.92%) Mainframe
9 10 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.74%) AI Agents
10 8 (0.74%) Robotics
10 8 (0.74%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.64%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.55%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.55%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (0.46%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.12%) 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
1 212 (19.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 188 (17.30%) Agile
3 110 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (9.84%) AI
5 96 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
6 82 (7.54%) CI/CD
6 82 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (6.72%) DevOps
8 71 (6.53%) E-Commerce
9 67 (6.16%) Mentoring
10 62 (5.70%) Analytics
11 61 (5.61%) Software Engineering
12 49 (4.51%) ERP
13 47 (4.32%) SDLC
13 47 (4.32%) Technical Leadership
14 45 (4.14%) Roadmaps
15 44 (4.05%) CRM
16 43 (3.96%) Logistics
17 41 (3.77%) Machine Learning
18 40 (3.68%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.36%) C#
2 223 (20.52%) SQL
3 130 (11.96%) JavaScript
4 89 (8.19%) TypeScript
5 78 (7.18%) Python
6 70 (6.44%) Java
7 21 (1.93%) PHP
8 16 (1.47%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (1.10%) Bash
10 12 (1.10%) Go
11 11 (1.01%) RPG
12 10 (0.92%) ABAP
12 10 (0.92%) C++
13 8 (0.74%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.55%) RPG IV
15 5 (0.46%) RPG III
16 4 (0.37%) RPG/400
16 4 (0.37%) Ruby
16 4 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 58 (5.34%) Security Cleared
2 46 (4.23%) SC Cleared
3 19 (1.75%) Degree
4 11 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.74%) 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 (2.21%) Accessibility
2 19 (1.75%) 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 (3.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 205 (18.86%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.86%) Oracle
3 27 (2.48%) SAP
4 25 (2.30%) IBM
5 19 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.20%) Cognos
6 13 (1.20%) Epicor
7 12 (1.10%) Workday
8 11 (1.01%) Databricks
9 10 (0.92%) OpenText
10 9 (0.83%) Facebook
10 9 (0.83%) HP
10 9 (0.83%) iManage
11 8 (0.74%) Foundry
12 5 (0.46%) Google
12 5 (0.46%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.46%) YouTube
13 4 (0.37%) Zoho
14 3 (0.28%) Infor
14 3 (0.28%) OpenAI