Developer Jobs 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 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,547 937 2,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.32% 12.34% 17.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.12% 13.70% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 706 1,369
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,531 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +14.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.46% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +8 972 £50,000 -9.09% 111
East Midlands +5 567 £47,500 -17.39% 71
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 529 (34.20%) C#
2 519 (33.55%) .NET
3 483 (31.22%) JavaScript
4 369 (23.85%) SQL
5 364 (23.53%) Azure
6 352 (22.75%) Full Stack Development
7 316 (20.43%) HTML
8 310 (20.04%) Agile
9 263 (17.00%) CSS
10 227 (14.67%) React
11 225 (14.54%) SQL Server
12 221 (14.29%) Microsoft
13 211 (13.64%) Social Skills
14 196 (12.67%) AWS
15 183 (11.83%) ASP.NET
15 183 (11.83%) AngularJS
16 182 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
17 176 (11.38%) TypeScript
18 174 (11.25%) PHP
19 163 (10.54%) Web Development
20 161 (10.41%) DevOps
21 153 (9.89%) MVC
22 147 (9.50%) .NET Core
23 141 (9.11%) Vue
24 140 (9.05%) Power Platform
25 137 (8.86%) Degree
26 126 (8.14%) Git
27 119 (7.69%) Finance
28 109 (7.05%) Front End Development
28 109 (7.05%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (3.75%) WordPress
2 42 (2.71%) CMS
3 36 (2.33%) SharePoint
4 32 (2.07%) IIS
5 17 (1.10%) OpenEdge
6 15 (0.97%) Appian
7 13 (0.84%) Headless CMS
7 13 (0.84%) Umbraco
8 9 (0.58%) SAS
9 7 (0.45%) nginx
10 5 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.32%) Drupal
11 4 (0.26%) Apache
11 4 (0.26%) Confluence
12 3 (0.19%) Moodle
12 3 (0.19%) ThingWorx
12 3 (0.19%) Totara
13 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.065%) Mendix
13 1 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (0.65%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.065%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.065%) Blender
5 1 (0.065%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.065%) Maya
5 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.065%) NUKE
5 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.065%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.36%) Magento
2 19 (1.23%) Shopify
3 16 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.65%) Sage X3
5 8 (0.52%) Visualfiles
6 7 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 3 (0.19%) ProductWriter
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.065%) Infor LN
10 1 (0.065%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 364 (23.53%) Azure
2 196 (12.67%) AWS
3 140 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 92 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
6 81 (5.24%) SaaS
7 63 (4.07%) PowerApps
8 49 (3.17%) GitHub
9 45 (2.91%) Power Automate
9 45 (2.91%) Serverless
10 31 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (0.97%) Figma
14 13 (0.84%) GCP
15 12 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (0.65%) Amazon S3
17 10 (0.65%) Firebase
18 9 (0.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.03%) Firewall
2 10 (0.65%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.58%) DNS
3 9 (0.58%) SSL
4 7 (0.45%) Internet
4 7 (0.45%) Intranet
5 5 (0.32%) Network Security
6 3 (0.19%) HTTP
6 3 (0.19%) MQTT
7 2 (0.13%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.065%) 4G
8 1 (0.065%) 5G
8 1 (0.065%) FTP
8 1 (0.065%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.065%) VPN
8 1 (0.065%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (14.54%) SQL Server
2 91 (5.88%) MySQL
3 82 (5.30%) Power BI
4 42 (2.71%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.20%) NoSQL
6 30 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 24 (1.55%) DynamoDB
9 22 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
11 16 (1.03%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.58%) SQLite
16 7 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.45%) Power Query
16 7 (0.45%) Tableau
17 6 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 126 (8.14%) Git
2 53 (3.43%) Visual Studio
3 25 (1.62%) JIRA
4 14 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.71%) Jasmine
5 11 (0.71%) Karma Test Runner
6 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.52%) GitLab
7 8 (0.52%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.45%) Postman
9 6 (0.39%) gulp
9 6 (0.39%) MSTest
9 6 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
9 6 (0.39%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.39%) webpack
10 5 (0.32%) Subversion
11 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.26%) Selenium
11 4 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 211 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 119 (7.69%) Finance
3 84 (5.43%) Law
4 75 (4.85%) Marketing
5 51 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (2.91%) Retail
7 43 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 34 (2.20%) Games
9 28 (1.81%) Automotive
10 23 (1.49%) Public Sector
11 15 (0.97%) Banking
12 13 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.52%) Tech for Good
14 7 (0.45%) Multimedia
15 6 (0.39%) Legal
15 6 (0.39%) Local Government
16 5 (0.32%) Digital Healthcare
16 5 (0.32%) iGaming
17 4 (0.26%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 519 (33.55%) .NET
2 316 (20.43%) HTML
3 263 (17.00%) CSS
4 227 (14.67%) React
5 183 (11.83%) AngularJS
5 183 (11.83%) ASP.NET
6 147 (9.50%) .NET Core
7 141 (9.11%) Vue
8 107 (6.92%) .NET Framework
9 99 (6.40%) Laravel
10 78 (5.04%) ASP.NET Web API
11 77 (4.98%) RESTful
12 76 (4.91%) ASP.NET MVC
13 75 (4.85%) Node.js
14 74 (4.78%) REST
15 71 (4.59%) Entity Framework
16 69 (4.46%) HTML5
17 66 (4.27%) Web Services
18 62 (4.01%) jQuery
19 60 (3.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.04%) Mobile App
2 40 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
4 34 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 28 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (1.03%) Low-Code
7 14 (0.90%) Algorithms
8 12 (0.78%) IoT
8 12 (0.78%) Management Information System
9 11 (0.71%) AS400
9 11 (0.71%) e-Learning
9 11 (0.71%) iSeries
9 11 (0.71%) Virtual Reality
10 10 (0.65%) Legacy Code
10 10 (0.65%) Online Banking
11 9 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
12 8 (0.52%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.52%) FMCG
13 7 (0.45%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 57 (3.68%) Linux
2 49 (3.17%) Windows
3 29 (1.87%) Android
4 13 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.58%) VMS
6 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Unix
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (22.75%) Full Stack Development
2 310 (20.04%) Agile
3 182 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (10.54%) Web Development
5 161 (10.41%) DevOps
6 153 (9.89%) MVC
7 109 (7.05%) Front End Development
7 109 (7.05%) User Experience
8 104 (6.72%) Software Engineering
9 89 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
10 85 (5.49%) Microservices
10 85 (5.49%) Scrum
11 79 (5.11%) Clean Code
11 79 (5.11%) Computer Science
12 74 (4.78%) CI/CD
13 72 (4.65%) Mentoring
14 71 (4.59%) SDLC
14 71 (4.59%) Unit Testing
15 67 (4.33%) OO
16 61 (3.94%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 529 (34.20%) C#
2 483 (31.22%) JavaScript
3 369 (23.85%) SQL
4 176 (11.38%) TypeScript
5 174 (11.25%) PHP
6 91 (5.88%) Python
7 81 (5.24%) Java
8 63 (4.07%) C++
9 51 (3.30%) VB.NET
10 47 (3.04%) T-SQL
11 32 (2.07%) VB
12 18 (1.16%) C
13 16 (1.03%) Go
14 13 (0.84%) PowerShell
14 13 (0.84%) R
15 11 (0.71%) FoxPro (VFP)
15 11 (0.71%) RPG IV
15 11 (0.71%) RPG/400
15 11 (0.71%) VB6
15 11 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 137 (8.86%) Degree
2 51 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 35 (2.26%) SC Cleared
5 13 (0.84%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.26%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.13%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.13%) MCSA
8 2 (0.13%) PhD
9 1 (0.065%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.065%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.68%) QA
2 15 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.13%) GDPR
4 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.065%) GRC
5 1 (0.065%) ITGC
System Software
1 83 (5.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.065%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.065%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.29%) Terraform
3 7 (0.45%) SCOM
4 6 (0.39%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.32%) Rancher
6 1 (0.065%) Ansible
6 1 (0.065%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.065%) Grafana
6 1 (0.065%) Kibana
6 1 (0.065%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 221 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (2.20%) Oracle
3 33 (2.13%) Google
4 24 (1.55%) Xamarin
5 23 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 15 (0.97%) Adobe
7 13 (0.84%) WooCommerce
8 12 (0.78%) IBM
9 10 (0.65%) Sage
10 8 (0.52%) Salesforce
10 8 (0.52%) SAP
11 6 (0.39%) Apple
11 6 (0.39%) Facebook
11 6 (0.39%) Progress
11 6 (0.39%) Zend
12 5 (0.32%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.32%) Informatica
12 5 (0.32%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.32%) YouTube
13 4 (0.26%) BT