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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 20 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 980 451 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.88% 7.87% 13.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.30% 8.63% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 783 372 1,173
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,696 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 13,419 5,225 10,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 91.17% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,389 3,354 6,640
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +2 562 £60,000 +4.35% 86
East Midlands +30 417 £50,000 -4.76% 84
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 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.

1 270 (27.55%) C#
2 243 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
3 234 (23.88%) .NET
4 224 (22.86%) Azure
5 206 (21.02%) SQL
6 165 (16.84%) Microsoft
7 152 (15.51%) Agile
8 116 (11.84%) JavaScript
9 106 (10.82%) Power Platform
10 104 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (10.31%) .NET Core
12 98 (10.00%) AWS
13 96 (9.80%) AI
14 87 (8.88%) CI/CD
14 87 (8.88%) React
15 85 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
16 78 (7.96%) DevOps
17 76 (7.76%) PHP
18 74 (7.55%) ASP.NET
19 73 (7.45%) Python
20 71 (7.24%) CSS
21 69 (7.04%) HTML
22 68 (6.94%) ASP.NET Core
23 66 (6.73%) Power BI
24 65 (6.63%) TypeScript
25 64 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
26 63 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
26 63 (6.43%) Node.js
26 63 (6.43%) Power Automate
27 62 (6.33%) 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 14 (1.43%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (0.82%) Documentum
4 7 (0.71%) CMS
5 5 (0.51%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.41%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) IIS
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.82%) Oracle CRM
5 7 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.51%) Magento
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 224 (22.86%) Azure
2 106 (10.82%) Power Platform
3 98 (10.00%) AWS
4 63 (6.43%) Power Automate
5 54 (5.51%) PowerApps
6 48 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (3.47%) SaaS
9 23 (2.35%) GitHub
10 21 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.94%) Serverless
13 15 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.53%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (1.22%) Azure AI
14 12 (1.22%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (1.02%) Copilot Studio
16 7 (0.71%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.53%) Internet
2 4 (0.41%) SSL
3 3 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.31%) Network Security
4 2 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.10%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.10%) FTP
5 1 (0.10%) Intranet
5 1 (0.10%) RTP
5 1 (0.10%) RTSP
5 1 (0.10%) SCTP
5 1 (0.10%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.10%) SS7
5 1 (0.10%) UWB
5 1 (0.10%) VoIP
5 1 (0.10%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.73%) Power BI
2 63 (6.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (6.22%) SQL Server
4 53 (5.41%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.14%) MySQL
7 16 (1.63%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.22%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.51%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (3.37%) Git
2 11 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (1.02%) JUnit
3 10 (1.02%) Maven
3 10 (1.02%) Mockito
4 4 (0.41%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.31%) JIRA
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.31%) Subversion
6 2 (0.20%) GitLab
6 2 (0.20%) Storybook
6 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.10%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.10%) gulp
7 1 (0.10%) NUnit
7 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.10%) Vite
7 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 144 (14.69%) Finance
2 83 (8.47%) Social Skills
3 45 (4.59%) Manufacturing
4 29 (2.96%) Law
5 21 (2.14%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (2.14%) Retail
6 19 (1.94%) Legal
7 16 (1.63%) Banking
8 13 (1.33%) Marketing
9 11 (1.12%) Advertising
10 10 (1.02%) Games
10 10 (1.02%) Public Sector
11 9 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.61%) iGaming
13 4 (0.41%) Automotive
13 4 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.20%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.20%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (23.88%) .NET
2 101 (10.31%) .NET Core
3 87 (8.88%) React
4 74 (7.55%) ASP.NET
5 71 (7.24%) CSS
6 69 (7.04%) HTML
7 68 (6.94%) ASP.NET Core
8 63 (6.43%) Node.js
9 62 (6.33%) REST
10 48 (4.90%) Blazor
11 43 (4.39%) AngularJS
12 35 (3.57%) Entity Framework
12 35 (3.57%) RESTful
13 33 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
14 28 (2.86%) Laravel
15 27 (2.76%) Vue
16 26 (2.65%) LINQ
17 18 (1.84%) .NET Framework
18 15 (1.53%) Hugging Face
18 15 (1.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
2 30 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.04%) Mobile App
5 19 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.12%) AS400
7 11 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
7 11 (1.12%) Virtual Team
8 8 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.82%) e-Learning
9 7 (0.71%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.61%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.61%) PropTech
11 5 (0.51%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.51%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.51%) Robotics
12 4 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.41%) iSeries
12 4 (0.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.24%) Linux
2 8 (0.82%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.82%) Windows
3 5 (0.51%) Android
4 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.10%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.10%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
2 152 (15.51%) Agile
3 104 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (9.80%) AI
5 87 (8.88%) CI/CD
6 85 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
7 78 (7.96%) DevOps
8 64 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (6.12%) Mentoring
10 59 (6.02%) Analytics
11 58 (5.92%) Software Engineering
12 47 (4.80%) Microservices
13 44 (4.49%) Logistics
13 44 (4.49%) SDLC
14 43 (4.39%) Machine Learning
15 41 (4.18%) E-Commerce
16 38 (3.88%) Scrum
17 37 (3.78%) CRM
18 35 (3.57%) Workflow
19 34 (3.47%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 270 (27.55%) C#
2 206 (21.02%) SQL
3 116 (11.84%) JavaScript
4 76 (7.76%) PHP
5 73 (7.45%) Python
6 65 (6.63%) TypeScript
7 49 (5.00%) Java
8 21 (2.14%) C++
9 18 (1.84%) Go
10 16 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.12%) Bash
11 11 (1.12%) RPG
12 10 (1.02%) ABAP
13 8 (0.82%) Rust
14 7 (0.71%) Swift
14 7 (0.71%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.61%) Delphi
15 6 (0.61%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.51%) RPG III
Qualifications
1 44 (4.49%) Security Cleared
2 36 (3.67%) SC Cleared
3 21 (2.14%) Degree
4 14 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.61%) Azure Certification
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.73%) QA
2 13 (1.33%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.20%) GDPR
4 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.10%) JTAG
System Software
1 38 (3.88%) Docker
2 3 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.20%) Terraform
4 1 (0.10%) Ansible
4 1 (0.10%) Nagios
4 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 165 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 39 (3.98%) Oracle
3 27 (2.76%) IBM
4 20 (2.04%) SAP
5 15 (1.53%) Cognos
6 14 (1.43%) Workday
7 13 (1.33%) Epicor
7 13 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.02%) Facebook
9 9 (0.92%) iManage
9 9 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 8 (0.82%) Foundry
10 8 (0.82%) OpenText
11 7 (0.71%) Apple
12 6 (0.61%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.51%) Databricks
13 5 (0.51%) Google
13 5 (0.51%) YouTube
14 4 (0.41%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.41%) Zoho