Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 24 5
Rank change year-on-year +10 -19 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,071 392 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.84% 7.01% 13.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.34% 7.59% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 839 342 933
10th Percentile £38,600 £35,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,100 £62,733 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.20% +4.56% -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 14,585 5,164 9,520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 92.35% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,135 3,258 5,306
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,773 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.68% - -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 21 September 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 21 September 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 +4 595 £65,000 +18.18% 201
East Midlands +28 476 £54,000 +3.35% 101
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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.

1 254 (23.72%) C#
2 225 (21.01%) Azure
3 223 (20.82%) .NET
3 223 (20.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 215 (20.07%) SQL
5 201 (18.77%) Microsoft
6 181 (16.90%) Agile
7 134 (12.51%) JavaScript
8 123 (11.48%) Power Platform
9 112 (10.46%) AWS
9 112 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (9.80%) AI
11 96 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
12 95 (8.87%) .NET Core
13 90 (8.40%) React
14 89 (8.31%) TypeScript
15 86 (8.03%) CI/CD
16 85 (7.94%) Power Automate
17 79 (7.38%) DevOps
18 78 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
19 74 (6.91%) PowerApps
20 73 (6.82%) ASP.NET
21 72 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
21 72 (6.72%) Python
22 71 (6.63%) Power BI
23 70 (6.54%) Mentoring
24 69 (6.44%) SQL Server
25 68 (6.35%) Node.js
26 66 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
26 66 (6.16%) REST

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 31 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.40%) CMS
2 15 (1.40%) Headless CMS
3 13 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (1.03%) Documentum
5 3 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.093%) Confluence
6 1 (0.093%) IIS
6 1 (0.093%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.093%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.75%) Magento
4 8 (0.75%) Oracle CRM
5 7 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.28%) Shopify
8 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.19%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.093%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 225 (21.01%) Azure
2 123 (11.48%) Power Platform
3 112 (10.46%) AWS
4 85 (7.94%) Power Automate
5 74 (6.91%) PowerApps
6 72 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
7 59 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (3.64%) SaaS
9 25 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.33%) Serverless
10 24 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.96%) Azure Functions
11 21 (1.96%) GitHub
12 17 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.31%) GitHub Copilot
14 11 (1.03%) Azure AI
15 10 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
15 10 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
16 7 (0.65%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.31%) Internet
2 3 (0.28%) Network Security
3 2 (0.19%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.093%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.093%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.093%) FTP
4 1 (0.093%) RTP
4 1 (0.093%) RTSP
4 1 (0.093%) SCTP
4 1 (0.093%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.093%) SS7
4 1 (0.093%) SSL
4 1 (0.093%) UWB
4 1 (0.093%) VoIP
4 1 (0.093%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.093%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.63%) Power BI
2 69 (6.44%) SQL Server
3 60 (5.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (5.04%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.49%) MySQL
8 15 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.47%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.47%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.37%) Power Query
15 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (4.11%) Git
2 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (0.93%) JUnit
3 10 (0.93%) Maven
3 10 (0.93%) Mockito
4 6 (0.56%) GitLab
5 4 (0.37%) JIRA
5 4 (0.37%) Storybook
6 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.28%) Subversion
7 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.19%) XCUITest
8 1 (0.093%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.093%) gulp
8 1 (0.093%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.093%) NUnit
8 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.093%) Vite
8 1 (0.093%) webpack
General
1 149 (13.91%) Finance
2 91 (8.50%) Social Skills
3 69 (6.44%) Manufacturing
4 33 (3.08%) Law
5 31 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (2.43%) Retail
7 19 (1.77%) Legal
8 18 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.49%) Banking
10 14 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.03%) Games
12 10 (0.93%) Advertising
12 10 (0.93%) Marketing
13 6 (0.56%) iGaming
14 4 (0.37%) Automotive
14 4 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.28%) Back Office
15 3 (0.28%) Police
16 2 (0.19%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (20.82%) .NET
2 95 (8.87%) .NET Core
3 90 (8.40%) React
4 73 (6.82%) ASP.NET
5 68 (6.35%) Node.js
6 66 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
6 66 (6.16%) REST
7 63 (5.88%) CSS
8 61 (5.70%) HTML
9 41 (3.83%) Blazor
10 39 (3.64%) AngularJS
11 35 (3.27%) Entity Framework
12 33 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web API
12 33 (3.08%) RESTful
13 26 (2.43%) LINQ
13 26 (2.43%) Vue
14 18 (1.68%) XML
15 17 (1.59%) Laravel
16 16 (1.49%) GraphQL
16 16 (1.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (2.43%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.31%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.12%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.03%) AS400
9 8 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 8 (0.75%) Robotics
9 8 (0.75%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.65%) Mainframe
11 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.56%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.56%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (0.56%) PropTech
12 5 (0.47%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.47%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.24%) Linux
2 7 (0.65%) Windows
3 5 (0.47%) Android
4 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.19%) Unix
4 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.093%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.093%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (20.82%) Full-Stack Development
2 181 (16.90%) Agile
3 112 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (9.80%) AI
5 96 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
6 86 (8.03%) CI/CD
7 79 (7.38%) DevOps
8 78 (7.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (6.54%) Mentoring
10 62 (5.79%) Analytics
11 61 (5.70%) E-Commerce
12 59 (5.51%) Software Engineering
13 48 (4.48%) ERP
14 47 (4.39%) CRM
14 47 (4.39%) SDLC
15 43 (4.01%) Roadmaps
15 43 (4.01%) Technical Leadership
16 41 (3.83%) Logistics
16 41 (3.83%) Machine Learning
16 41 (3.83%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 254 (23.72%) C#
2 215 (20.07%) SQL
3 134 (12.51%) JavaScript
4 89 (8.31%) TypeScript
5 72 (6.72%) Python
6 64 (5.98%) Java
7 40 (3.73%) PHP
8 17 (1.59%) C++
9 16 (1.49%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.31%) Go
11 13 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (1.12%) Bash
13 11 (1.03%) RPG
14 10 (0.93%) ABAP
15 6 (0.56%) RPG IV
15 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.47%) RPG III
16 5 (0.47%) Rust
17 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.37%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 58 (5.42%) Security Cleared
2 46 (4.30%) SC Cleared
3 20 (1.87%) Degree
4 11 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.93%) Azure Certification
5 10 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.093%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.093%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.59%) QA
3 11 (1.03%) WCAG
4 10 (0.93%) GDPR
5 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.093%) JTAG
System Software
1 40 (3.73%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 201 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.36%) Oracle
3 26 (2.43%) IBM
4 22 (2.05%) SAP
5 19 (1.77%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.31%) Cognos
7 13 (1.21%) Epicor
7 13 (1.21%) Workday
8 10 (0.93%) OpenText
9 9 (0.84%) Facebook
9 9 (0.84%) HP
9 9 (0.84%) iManage
10 8 (0.75%) Databricks
10 8 (0.75%) Foundry
11 7 (0.65%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.47%) Google
13 5 (0.47%) YouTube
14 4 (0.37%) Zoho
15 3 (0.28%) Infor