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 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 552 681 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.52% 11.18% 14.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.16% 11.98% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 459 416 1,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
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% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
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 7,709 5,685 7,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 93.30% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,693 2,678 6,414
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,850
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -18 308 £50,000 -9.09% 115
East Midlands -2 243 £52,500 +5.00% 100
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 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.

1 149 (26.99%) C#
2 145 (26.27%) .NET
3 135 (24.46%) Azure
3 135 (24.46%) SQL
4 119 (21.56%) Full-Stack Development
5 118 (21.38%) JavaScript
6 90 (16.30%) Agile
7 87 (15.76%) AWS
7 87 (15.76%) Power Platform
8 81 (14.67%) React
9 77 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 76 (13.77%) Microsoft
11 73 (13.22%) Python
12 71 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
13 69 (12.50%) HTML
14 66 (11.96%) Power BI
14 66 (11.96%) SQL Server
15 58 (10.51%) CSS
16 52 (9.42%) CRM
17 49 (8.88%) DevOps
17 49 (8.88%) Dynamics 365
18 47 (8.51%) REST
19 44 (7.97%) Software Engineering
20 43 (7.79%) Mentoring
21 42 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
21 42 (7.61%) PHP
22 39 (7.07%) .NET Core
23 38 (6.88%) Git
24 37 (6.70%) CI/CD
25 35 (6.34%) MVC

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 18 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.63%) Umbraco
3 8 (1.45%) CMS
4 6 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.91%) WordPress
6 3 (0.54%) IIS
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
7 2 (0.36%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.18%) CICS
8 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (5.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.27%) Maximo
3 7 (1.27%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (24.46%) Azure
2 87 (15.76%) AWS
2 87 (15.76%) Power Platform
3 49 (8.88%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (5.80%) PowerApps
4 32 (5.80%) SaaS
4 32 (5.80%) Serverless
5 29 (5.25%) Power Automate
6 27 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.99%) Amazon S3
7 22 (3.99%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (3.80%) GitHub
9 9 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.91%) Figma
11 5 (0.91%) GCP
11 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.72%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.54%) Internet
2 4 (0.72%) Intranet
3 2 (0.36%) HTTP
4 1 (0.18%) 3G
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) GPRS
4 1 (0.18%) GSM
4 1 (0.18%) Modbus
4 1 (0.18%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.18%) RS-232
4 1 (0.18%) RS-485
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.96%) Power BI
1 66 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (3.44%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.90%) MySQL
6 10 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (1.81%) Tableau
7 9 (1.63%) Power Query
8 8 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.09%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.36%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.36%) MS Access
12 2 (0.36%) Redis
12 2 (0.36%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 38 (6.88%) Git
2 12 (2.17%) JUnit
3 10 (1.81%) Mockito
4 9 (1.63%) Maven
5 4 (0.72%) GitLab
5 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.72%) JIRA
6 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.36%) git-flow
7 2 (0.36%) Selenium
7 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.36%) webpack
8 1 (0.18%) Babel
8 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.18%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.18%) Vite
8 1 (0.18%) XCUITest
General
1 72 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 47 (8.51%) Finance
3 43 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.62%) Law
6 16 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.54%) Marketing
7 14 (2.54%) Multimedia
7 14 (2.54%) Retail
8 8 (1.45%) Games
9 6 (1.09%) Legal
10 5 (0.91%) Police
11 3 (0.54%) Automotive
11 3 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.36%) Electronics
12 2 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.18%) Banking
13 1 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Local Government
13 1 (0.18%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (26.27%) .NET
2 81 (14.67%) React
3 69 (12.50%) HTML
4 58 (10.51%) CSS
5 47 (8.51%) REST
6 39 (7.07%) .NET Core
7 35 (6.34%) Node.js
8 34 (6.16%) AngularJS
9 21 (3.80%) ASP.NET
9 21 (3.80%) Laravel
10 18 (3.26%) .NET Framework
11 16 (2.90%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (2.90%) JSON
12 14 (2.54%) Razor View Engine
12 14 (2.54%) XML
13 12 (2.17%) Spring
14 11 (1.99%) RESTful
14 11 (1.99%) SOAP
15 10 (1.81%) OAuth
15 10 (1.81%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.07%) Mobile App
2 22 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.81%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.81%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.45%) PropTech
8 8 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.09%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (1.09%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.91%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.72%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.54%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.54%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.54%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.17%) Linux
2 11 (1.99%) Android
3 4 (0.72%) Windows
4 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (21.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 90 (16.30%) Agile
3 77 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
5 52 (9.42%) CRM
6 49 (8.88%) DevOps
7 44 (7.97%) Software Engineering
8 43 (7.79%) Mentoring
9 42 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (6.70%) CI/CD
11 35 (6.34%) MVC
12 31 (5.62%) AI
12 31 (5.62%) SDLC
13 30 (5.43%) Web Development
14 27 (4.89%) Analytics
14 27 (4.89%) Computer Science
14 27 (4.89%) User Experience
15 26 (4.71%) API Development
16 24 (4.35%) Customer Experience
16 24 (4.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 149 (26.99%) C#
2 135 (24.46%) SQL
3 118 (21.38%) JavaScript
4 73 (13.22%) Python
5 42 (7.61%) PHP
6 35 (6.34%) TypeScript
7 34 (6.16%) Java
8 19 (3.44%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.36%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.17%) C
10 12 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (2.17%) Delphi
11 8 (1.45%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.27%) Bash
12 7 (1.27%) R
13 5 (0.91%) C++
13 5 (0.91%) Rust
13 5 (0.91%) VBA
14 4 (0.72%) ABAP
15 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (5.43%) Degree
2 19 (3.44%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.54%) AWS Certification
4 14 (2.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 12 (2.17%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.81%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.54%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.18%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.17%) QA
2 7 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.91%) WCAG
5 3 (0.54%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) MISRA
6 1 (0.18%) NCSC
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (2.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.72%) Firmware
3 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.36%) Grafana
2 2 (0.36%) Nagios
2 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.89%) Oracle
3 15 (2.72%) IBM
4 13 (2.36%) SAP
5 9 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.45%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.54%) Zend
7 3 (0.54%) Zoho
8 2 (0.36%) Cognos
8 2 (0.36%) JDA
8 2 (0.36%) Pardot
8 2 (0.36%) UiPath
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe
9 1 (0.18%) Apple
9 1 (0.18%) Dell
9 1 (0.18%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.18%) Infor
9 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow