Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £59,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 21 5
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,044 440 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 7.02% 7.54% 13.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.49% 8.27% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 826 368 1,061
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £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 13,942 5,320 9,942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 91.17% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,734 3,370 6,115
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 31 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 31 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 +3 587 £62,500 +13.64% 80
East Midlands +31 457 £54,500 +4.31% 78
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 262 (25.10%) C#
2 233 (22.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 231 (22.13%) Azure
4 230 (22.03%) .NET
5 214 (20.50%) SQL
6 193 (18.49%) Microsoft
7 166 (15.90%) Agile
8 128 (12.26%) JavaScript
9 121 (11.59%) Power Platform
10 119 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (10.06%) AWS
12 102 (9.77%) AI
13 98 (9.39%) .NET Core
14 94 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
15 92 (8.81%) React
16 91 (8.72%) CI/CD
17 81 (7.76%) DevOps
18 80 (7.66%) TypeScript
19 77 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
20 75 (7.18%) ASP.NET
21 74 (7.09%) Power Automate
21 74 (7.09%) Python
22 73 (6.99%) CSS
22 73 (6.99%) Power BI
23 72 (6.90%) Node.js
24 70 (6.70%) HTML
25 69 (6.61%) PowerApps
26 68 (6.51%) Analytics
26 68 (6.51%) ASP.NET Core
27 64 (6.13%) Dynamics 365

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 25 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 11 (1.05%) Documentum
4 8 (0.77%) CMS
4 8 (0.77%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.096%) IIS
7 1 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 10 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.77%) Oracle CRM
5 7 (0.67%) Magento
5 7 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.29%) Shopify
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.096%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 231 (22.13%) Azure
2 121 (11.59%) Power Platform
3 105 (10.06%) AWS
4 74 (7.09%) Power Automate
5 69 (6.61%) PowerApps
6 64 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
7 55 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (3.54%) SaaS
9 24 (2.30%) GitHub
9 24 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (1.92%) Serverless
12 18 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.53%) Azure Functions
14 15 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.15%) Azure AI
16 10 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
17 9 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
18 7 (0.67%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.63%) Internet
2 3 (0.29%) Hyperconnected
2 3 (0.29%) Network Security
3 2 (0.19%) HTTP
4 1 (0.096%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.096%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.096%) FTP
4 1 (0.096%) RTP
4 1 (0.096%) RTSP
4 1 (0.096%) SCTP
4 1 (0.096%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.096%) SS7
4 1 (0.096%) SSL
4 1 (0.096%) UWB
4 1 (0.096%) VoIP
4 1 (0.096%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.096%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.99%) Power BI
2 63 (6.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 54 (5.17%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.82%) MySQL
8 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
9 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
13 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.48%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 43 (4.12%) Git
2 11 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 10 (0.96%) JUnit
3 10 (0.96%) Maven
3 10 (0.96%) Mockito
4 5 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.38%) Storybook
5 4 (0.38%) XCUITest
6 3 (0.29%) JIRA
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.29%) Subversion
7 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.096%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.096%) gulp
8 1 (0.096%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.096%) NUnit
8 1 (0.096%) Vite
8 1 (0.096%) webpack
General
1 151 (14.46%) Finance
2 93 (8.91%) Social Skills
3 60 (5.75%) Manufacturing
4 36 (3.45%) Law
5 30 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (2.20%) Retail
7 19 (1.82%) Legal
8 16 (1.53%) Banking
9 13 (1.25%) Games
9 13 (1.25%) Marketing
10 11 (1.05%) Advertising
10 11 (1.05%) Public Sector
11 10 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.57%) iGaming
13 4 (0.38%) Automotive
13 4 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.29%) Back Office
14 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.19%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (22.03%) .NET
2 98 (9.39%) .NET Core
3 92 (8.81%) React
4 75 (7.18%) ASP.NET
5 73 (6.99%) CSS
6 72 (6.90%) Node.js
7 70 (6.70%) HTML
8 68 (6.51%) ASP.NET Core
9 63 (6.03%) REST
10 45 (4.31%) Blazor
11 40 (3.83%) AngularJS
12 35 (3.35%) RESTful
13 34 (3.26%) ASP.NET Web API
13 34 (3.26%) Entity Framework
14 26 (2.49%) LINQ
15 25 (2.39%) Vue
16 19 (1.82%) Laravel
17 15 (1.44%) .NET Framework
17 15 (1.44%) Hugging Face
17 15 (1.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
2 32 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (2.11%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.15%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.05%) AS400
8 11 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 8 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 8 (0.77%) e-Learning
9 8 (0.77%) Robotics
10 6 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.57%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.57%) PropTech
11 5 (0.48%) AI Agents
11 5 (0.48%) IoT
12 4 (0.38%) CMDB
12 4 (0.38%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.30%) Linux
2 8 (0.77%) Windows
3 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.48%) Android
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.096%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.096%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (22.32%) Full-Stack Development
2 166 (15.90%) Agile
3 119 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (9.77%) AI
5 94 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
6 91 (8.72%) CI/CD
7 81 (7.76%) DevOps
8 77 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (6.51%) Analytics
10 64 (6.13%) Mentoring
11 62 (5.94%) Software Engineering
12 55 (5.27%) E-Commerce
13 47 (4.50%) SDLC
14 45 (4.31%) Microservices
15 44 (4.21%) Machine Learning
16 43 (4.12%) CRM
16 43 (4.12%) ERP
17 42 (4.02%) Logistics
17 42 (4.02%) Scrum
18 38 (3.64%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 262 (25.10%) C#
2 214 (20.50%) SQL
3 128 (12.26%) JavaScript
4 80 (7.66%) TypeScript
5 74 (7.09%) Python
6 54 (5.17%) PHP
7 51 (4.89%) Java
8 19 (1.82%) C++
9 16 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (1.44%) Go
11 12 (1.15%) Bash
12 11 (1.05%) RPG
13 10 (0.96%) ABAP
14 8 (0.77%) Rust
15 6 (0.57%) RPG IV
15 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.48%) RPG III
16 5 (0.48%) Swift
17 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 55 (5.27%) Security Cleared
2 43 (4.12%) SC Cleared
3 19 (1.82%) Degree
4 11 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.96%) DV Cleared
6 8 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.096%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.63%) QA
3 7 (0.67%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.38%) GDPR
4 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
4 4 (0.38%) WCAG
5 1 (0.096%) JTAG
System Software
1 41 (3.93%) Docker
2 3 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 193 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.45%) Oracle
3 28 (2.68%) IBM
4 20 (1.92%) SAP
5 17 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.53%) Cognos
7 15 (1.44%) Workday
8 13 (1.25%) Epicor
9 10 (0.96%) Facebook
9 10 (0.96%) OpenText
10 9 (0.86%) HP
10 9 (0.86%) iManage
11 8 (0.77%) Foundry
11 8 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.57%) Databricks
12 6 (0.57%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.48%) Apple
13 5 (0.48%) Google
13 5 (0.48%) YouTube
14 4 (0.38%) Zoho