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 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 910 459 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.87% 8.18% 13.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.25% 9.00% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 729 375 1,525
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,600 £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 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -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 12,549 5,100 12,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 90.89% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,741 3,225 8,664
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 £77,000 £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 13 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 13 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 -1 510 £60,000 +5.73% 102
East Midlands +27 399 £50,000 -4.76% 68
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 272 (29.89%) C#
2 237 (26.04%) .NET
3 236 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 207 (22.75%) Azure
5 197 (21.65%) SQL
6 159 (17.47%) Microsoft
7 138 (15.16%) Agile
8 106 (11.65%) Power Platform
9 105 (11.54%) JavaScript
10 103 (11.32%) .NET Core
11 94 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
12 89 (9.78%) AWS
13 84 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
14 81 (8.90%) PHP
15 80 (8.79%) AI
15 80 (8.79%) React
16 78 (8.57%) ASP.NET
17 76 (8.35%) DevOps
18 75 (8.24%) Python
19 74 (8.13%) CI/CD
19 74 (8.13%) HTML
20 72 (7.91%) CSS
21 69 (7.58%) ASP.NET Core
21 69 (7.58%) Power BI
22 67 (7.36%) Node.js
23 65 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
24 60 (6.59%) SQL Server
25 55 (6.04%) Power Automate
26 53 (5.82%) Analytics
27 52 (5.71%) 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 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (0.55%) Documentum
4 4 (0.44%) Apache
4 4 (0.44%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.22%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 207 (22.75%) Azure
2 106 (11.65%) Power Platform
3 89 (9.78%) AWS
4 55 (6.04%) Power Automate
5 51 (5.60%) PowerApps
6 43 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.75%) SaaS
9 23 (2.53%) Serverless
10 22 (2.42%) GitHub
11 21 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
16 12 (1.32%) Azure AI
17 10 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 10 (1.10%) Copilot Studio
18 9 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.76%) 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 69 (7.58%) Power BI
2 65 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (6.59%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.71%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.31%) MySQL
7 17 (1.87%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.21%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.77%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.33%) Power Query
15 3 (0.33%) Redis
15 3 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (3.08%) 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
1 127 (13.96%) Finance
2 82 (9.01%) Social Skills
3 36 (3.96%) Manufacturing
4 27 (2.97%) Law
5 23 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (2.42%) Retail
7 17 (1.87%) Legal
8 16 (1.76%) Banking
9 13 (1.43%) 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
15 3 (0.33%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.22%) Billing
16 2 (0.22%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (26.04%) .NET
2 103 (11.32%) .NET Core
3 80 (8.79%) React
4 78 (8.57%) ASP.NET
5 74 (8.13%) HTML
6 72 (7.91%) CSS
7 69 (7.58%) ASP.NET Core
8 67 (7.36%) Node.js
9 47 (5.16%) AngularJS
9 47 (5.16%) Blazor
9 47 (5.16%) REST
10 34 (3.74%) Entity Framework
10 34 (3.74%) RESTful
11 33 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
12 31 (3.41%) Laravel
13 27 (2.97%) Vue
14 26 (2.86%) LINQ
15 19 (2.09%) .NET Framework
16 15 (1.65%) Hugging Face
17 14 (1.54%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
2 28 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.09%) 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%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.55%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.44%) iSeries
12 4 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.76%) 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
1 236 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
2 138 (15.16%) Agile
3 94 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (8.79%) AI
6 76 (8.35%) DevOps
7 74 (8.13%) CI/CD
8 53 (5.82%) Analytics
9 52 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (5.60%) Software Engineering
11 49 (5.38%) Mentoring
12 41 (4.51%) Logistics
12 41 (4.51%) Machine Learning
12 41 (4.51%) Microservices
13 34 (3.74%) CRM
14 33 (3.63%) SDLC
15 32 (3.52%) Computer Science
15 32 (3.52%) Roadmaps
16 31 (3.41%) E-Commerce
17 30 (3.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 272 (29.89%) C#
2 197 (21.65%) SQL
3 105 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 81 (8.90%) PHP
5 75 (8.24%) Python
6 52 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.18%) Java
8 22 (2.42%) C++
9 18 (1.98%) Go
10 13 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.21%) RPG
12 9 (0.99%) ABAP
12 9 (0.99%) Delphi
12 9 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.88%) Rust
14 7 (0.77%) Swift
15 6 (0.66%) Bash
15 6 (0.66%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.55%) RPG III
16 5 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (2.97%) Degree
2 26 (2.86%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.53%) SC Cleared
4 17 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.55%) AWS Certification
6 5 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.11%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.54%) 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 (3.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (3.19%) 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
1 159 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.52%) Oracle
3 25 (2.75%) IBM
4 18 (1.98%) SAP
5 13 (1.43%) Cognos
5 13 (1.43%) Epicor
6 12 (1.32%) Workday
7 11 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.10%) Facebook
9 8 (0.88%) Foundry
9 8 (0.88%) iManage
9 8 (0.88%) Xamarin
10 7 (0.77%) Apple
10 7 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.55%) Google
11 5 (0.55%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.55%) OpenText
11 5 (0.55%) YouTube
12 4 (0.44%) Zoho
13 3 (0.33%) Databricks