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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 27 5
Rank change year-on-year +13 -22 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,085 375 1,281
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.88% 6.68% 13.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% 7.19% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 842 327 853
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,100 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +5.00% -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 14,646 5,217 9,183
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 92.93% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,200 3,183 4,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,875 £35,700
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 £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 30 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 30 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 +8 599 £65,000 +15.56% 192
East Midlands +31 486 £52,500 +0.96% 92
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 249 (22.95%) C#
2 221 (20.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 220 (20.28%) Azure
4 219 (20.18%) .NET
4 219 (20.18%) SQL
5 203 (18.71%) Microsoft
6 181 (16.68%) Agile
7 133 (12.26%) JavaScript
8 121 (11.15%) Power Platform
9 114 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
10 111 (10.23%) AWS
11 107 (9.86%) AI
12 98 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
13 95 (8.76%) .NET Core
14 89 (8.20%) React
14 89 (8.20%) TypeScript
15 86 (7.93%) CI/CD
16 84 (7.74%) Power Automate
17 81 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
18 78 (7.19%) DevOps
19 76 (7.00%) Python
20 74 (6.82%) ASP.NET
21 73 (6.73%) PowerApps
21 73 (6.73%) SQL Server
22 72 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
23 70 (6.45%) Power BI
24 68 (6.27%) Mentoring
24 68 (6.27%) Node.js
24 68 (6.27%) REST
25 67 (6.18%) ASP.NET Core

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 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.66%) CMS
3 17 (1.57%) 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 22 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 12 (1.11%) Magento
4 10 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.74%) Oracle CRM
6 7 (0.65%) 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%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.092%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 220 (20.28%) Azure
2 121 (11.15%) Power Platform
3 111 (10.23%) AWS
4 84 (7.74%) Power Automate
5 73 (6.73%) PowerApps
6 72 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
7 59 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (3.41%) SaaS
9 25 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.30%) Serverless
10 24 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.94%) Azure Functions
11 21 (1.94%) 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 (0.65%) 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 73 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 70 (6.45%) Power BI
3 60 (5.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.98%) MongoDB
5 23 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.29%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (1.11%) MySQL
10 10 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.37%) Power Query
15 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.37%) Tableau
16 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 44 (4.06%) Git
2 11 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (0.92%) JUnit
3 10 (0.92%) Maven
3 10 (0.92%) Mockito
4 6 (0.55%) 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
6 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.092%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.092%) gulp
8 1 (0.092%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.092%) NUnit
8 1 (0.092%) Vite
8 1 (0.092%) webpack
8 1 (0.092%) XCUITest
General
1 148 (13.64%) Finance
2 92 (8.48%) Social Skills
3 75 (6.91%) Manufacturing
4 36 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (2.95%) Law
6 28 (2.58%) Retail
7 19 (1.75%) Legal
8 18 (1.66%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.47%) Banking
10 13 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.11%) Games
12 10 (0.92%) Advertising
13 9 (0.83%) Marketing
14 6 (0.55%) iGaming
15 4 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.37%) Automotive
15 4 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.28%) Back Office
16 3 (0.28%) Police
17 2 (0.18%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (20.18%) .NET
2 95 (8.76%) .NET Core
3 89 (8.20%) React
4 74 (6.82%) ASP.NET
5 68 (6.27%) Node.js
5 68 (6.27%) REST
6 67 (6.18%) ASP.NET Core
7 60 (5.53%) CSS
8 59 (5.44%) HTML
9 41 (3.78%) Blazor
10 38 (3.50%) AngularJS
11 36 (3.32%) Entity Framework
12 33 (3.04%) ASP.NET Web API
13 32 (2.95%) RESTful
14 26 (2.40%) LINQ
14 26 (2.40%) Vue
15 21 (1.94%) GraphQL
16 18 (1.66%) Next.js
17 17 (1.57%) SOAP
17 17 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 18 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.20%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.11%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.01%) AS400
8 11 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.83%) Mainframe
10 8 (0.74%) Robotics
10 8 (0.74%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.65%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.65%) 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%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.21%) Linux
2 7 (0.65%) 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%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.092%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (20.37%) Full-Stack Development
2 181 (16.68%) Agile
3 114 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (9.86%) AI
5 98 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
6 86 (7.93%) CI/CD
7 81 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (7.19%) DevOps
9 68 (6.27%) Mentoring
10 66 (6.08%) E-Commerce
11 64 (5.90%) Analytics
12 60 (5.53%) Software Engineering
13 48 (4.42%) CRM
13 48 (4.42%) ERP
14 47 (4.33%) SDLC
15 44 (4.06%) Roadmaps
15 44 (4.06%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (3.96%) Logistics
17 41 (3.78%) Machine Learning
17 41 (3.78%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 249 (22.95%) C#
2 219 (20.18%) SQL
3 133 (12.26%) JavaScript
4 89 (8.20%) TypeScript
5 76 (7.00%) Python
6 66 (6.08%) Java
7 32 (2.95%) PHP
8 16 (1.47%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.38%) C++
10 14 (1.29%) Go
11 13 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (1.11%) Bash
13 11 (1.01%) RPG
14 10 (0.92%) ABAP
15 6 (0.55%) RPG IV
15 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.46%) RPG III
16 5 (0.46%) Rust
17 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.37%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 58 (5.35%) Security Cleared
2 46 (4.24%) SC Cleared
3 20 (1.84%) 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 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.18%) ACCA
10 2 (0.18%) CIMA
10 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.21%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.66%) QA
3 11 (1.01%) WCAG
4 10 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.92%) GDPR
5 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.092%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (3.59%) Docker
2 3 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.092%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 203 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.50%) Oracle
3 26 (2.40%) IBM
3 26 (2.40%) SAP
4 19 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.29%) Cognos
6 13 (1.20%) Epicor
6 13 (1.20%) Workday
7 10 (0.92%) Databricks
7 10 (0.92%) OpenText
8 9 (0.83%) Facebook
8 9 (0.83%) HP
8 9 (0.83%) iManage
9 8 (0.74%) Foundry
10 7 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.46%) Google
11 5 (0.46%) YouTube
12 4 (0.37%) Xamarin
12 4 (0.37%) Zoho
13 3 (0.28%) Infor