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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 906 455 1,794
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.83% 8.08% 13.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.21% 8.91% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 724 373 1,518
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 12,562 5,108 12,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 90.71% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8,753 3,235 8,649
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -2 510 £60,000 +4.35% 95
East Midlands +26 395 £50,000 -4.76% 58
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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.

1 268 (29.58%) C#
2 233 (25.72%) .NET
3 232 (25.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 205 (22.63%) Azure
5 192 (21.19%) SQL
6 158 (17.44%) Microsoft
7 136 (15.01%) Agile
8 104 (11.48%) Power Platform
9 101 (11.15%) .NET Core
10 100 (11.04%) JavaScript
11 95 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
12 85 (9.38%) AWS
13 82 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
14 80 (8.83%) PHP
15 79 (8.72%) AI
16 78 (8.61%) React
17 77 (8.50%) ASP.NET
18 75 (8.28%) DevOps
19 74 (8.17%) CI/CD
20 71 (7.84%) Python
21 70 (7.73%) HTML
22 69 (7.62%) ASP.NET Core
23 68 (7.51%) CSS
24 67 (7.40%) Power BI
25 66 (7.28%) Node.js
26 64 (7.06%) Azure SQL Database
27 58 (6.40%) SQL Server
28 56 (6.18%) Power Automate
29 53 (5.85%) Analytics
29 53 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement

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 17 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (0.55%) CMS
3 5 (0.55%) Documentum
4 4 (0.44%) Apache
5 3 (0.33%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.22%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (1.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle CRM
5 3 (0.33%) Magento
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 205 (22.63%) Azure
2 104 (11.48%) Power Platform
3 85 (9.38%) AWS
4 56 (6.18%) Power Automate
5 52 (5.74%) PowerApps
6 43 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (2.87%) SaaS
9 22 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (2.32%) GitHub
10 21 (2.32%) Serverless
11 18 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (1.43%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
13 12 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.32%) Azure AI
13 12 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 10 (1.10%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (0.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.66%) Internet
2 4 (0.44%) SSL
3 3 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.33%) Network Security
4 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.11%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.11%) FTP
5 1 (0.11%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) RTP
5 1 (0.11%) RTSP
5 1 (0.11%) SCTP
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SS7
5 1 (0.11%) UWB
5 1 (0.11%) VoIP
5 1 (0.11%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.40%) Power BI
2 64 (7.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.74%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.32%) MySQL
7 16 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.10%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.77%) Star Schema
11 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
13 4 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.33%) Power Query
14 3 (0.33%) Redis
14 3 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 26 (2.87%) Git
2 8 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (0.55%) JUnit
3 5 (0.55%) Maven
3 5 (0.55%) Mockito
4 4 (0.44%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.33%) JIRA
5 3 (0.33%) Subversion
5 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) gulp
7 1 (0.11%) NUnit
7 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) Vite
7 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 130 (14.35%) Finance
2 82 (9.05%) Social Skills
3 37 (4.08%) Manufacturing
4 28 (3.09%) Law
5 22 (2.43%) Retail
6 20 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (1.99%) Legal
8 16 (1.77%) Banking
9 12 (1.32%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.21%) Advertising
10 11 (1.21%) Marketing
11 10 (1.10%) Games
12 9 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.66%) iGaming
14 4 (0.44%) Automotive
14 4 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.22%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.22%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.22%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (25.72%) .NET
2 101 (11.15%) .NET Core
3 78 (8.61%) React
4 77 (8.50%) ASP.NET
5 70 (7.73%) HTML
6 69 (7.62%) ASP.NET Core
7 68 (7.51%) CSS
8 66 (7.28%) Node.js
9 48 (5.30%) REST
10 47 (5.19%) Blazor
11 46 (5.08%) AngularJS
12 34 (3.75%) RESTful
13 33 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
13 33 (3.64%) Entity Framework
14 30 (3.31%) Laravel
15 27 (2.98%) Vue
16 26 (2.87%) LINQ
17 18 (1.99%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.66%) Hugging Face
19 14 (1.55%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.64%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.21%) AS400
6 11 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (1.21%) Virtual Team
7 9 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.88%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.88%) e-Learning
8 8 (0.88%) PropTech
9 7 (0.77%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.66%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.55%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.55%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.44%) iSeries
12 4 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.77%) Linux
2 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.88%) Windows
3 6 (0.66%) Android
4 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.11%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (25.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 136 (15.01%) Agile
3 95 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
5 79 (8.72%) AI
6 75 (8.28%) DevOps
7 74 (8.17%) CI/CD
8 53 (5.85%) Analytics
8 53 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (5.63%) Software Engineering
10 48 (5.30%) Mentoring
11 41 (4.53%) Logistics
11 41 (4.53%) Machine Learning
11 41 (4.53%) Microservices
12 34 (3.75%) CRM
13 33 (3.64%) E-Commerce
14 32 (3.53%) Roadmaps
14 32 (3.53%) SDLC
15 31 (3.42%) Workflow
16 30 (3.31%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 268 (29.58%) C#
2 192 (21.19%) SQL
3 100 (11.04%) JavaScript
4 80 (8.83%) PHP
5 71 (7.84%) Python
6 52 (5.74%) TypeScript
7 40 (4.42%) Java
8 22 (2.43%) C++
9 18 (1.99%) Go
10 13 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.21%) RPG
12 10 (1.10%) ABAP
13 9 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.88%) Delphi
14 8 (0.88%) Rust
15 7 (0.77%) Swift
16 6 (0.66%) Bash
16 6 (0.66%) RPG IV
17 5 (0.55%) RPG III
17 5 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (2.87%) Security Cleared
2 25 (2.76%) Degree
3 23 (2.54%) SC Cleared
4 15 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.66%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.44%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.11%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.43%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.32%) QA
3 6 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 32 (3.53%) Docker
2 3 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.22%) Nagios
3 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.22%) Terraform
4 1 (0.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 158 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.42%) Oracle
3 26 (2.87%) IBM
4 19 (2.10%) SAP
5 14 (1.55%) Cognos
6 13 (1.43%) Epicor
6 13 (1.43%) Workday
7 11 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.10%) Facebook
9 9 (0.99%) iManage
10 8 (0.88%) Foundry
10 8 (0.88%) Xamarin
11 7 (0.77%) Apple
11 7 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.55%) Google
12 5 (0.55%) OpenText
12 5 (0.55%) YouTube
13 4 (0.44%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.44%) Zoho
14 3 (0.33%) Databricks