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 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 19 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 925 447 1,636
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.83% 7.91% 13.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.21% 8.72% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 742 364 1,372
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,125 £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 £65,000 £65,313 £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 12,824 5,124 11,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 90.64% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,947 3,257 7,814
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,700
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
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 22 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 22 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 +2 528 £60,000 +4.35% 91
East Midlands +27 396 £50,000 -4.76% 62
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 269 (29.08%) C#
2 236 (25.51%) .NET
3 234 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 210 (22.70%) Azure
5 194 (20.97%) SQL
6 158 (17.08%) Microsoft
7 138 (14.92%) Agile
8 104 (11.24%) JavaScript
9 103 (11.14%) Power Platform
10 101 (10.92%) .NET Core
11 97 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
12 86 (9.30%) AWS
13 82 (8.86%) AI
13 82 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
14 78 (8.43%) PHP
14 78 (8.43%) React
15 77 (8.32%) CI/CD
16 75 (8.11%) DevOps
17 74 (8.00%) ASP.NET
18 73 (7.89%) Python
19 69 (7.46%) HTML
20 68 (7.35%) ASP.NET Core
20 68 (7.35%) CSS
21 66 (7.14%) Power BI
22 64 (6.92%) Node.js
23 63 (6.81%) Azure SQL Database
24 59 (6.38%) Power Automate
25 57 (6.16%) Software Engineering
26 56 (6.05%) SQL Server
27 54 (5.84%) 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 16 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.65%) Documentum
4 5 (0.54%) CMS
5 4 (0.43%) Apache
6 3 (0.32%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.22%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (1.41%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 11 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.76%) Oracle CRM
5 6 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.32%) Magento
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.22%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 210 (22.70%) Azure
2 103 (11.14%) Power Platform
3 86 (9.30%) AWS
4 59 (6.38%) Power Automate
5 53 (5.73%) PowerApps
6 43 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (3.03%) SaaS
9 22 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (2.27%) GitHub
11 20 (2.16%) Serverless
12 19 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.41%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (1.30%) Azure AI
15 11 (1.19%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
17 8 (0.86%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.62%) Internet
2 4 (0.43%) SSL
3 3 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.32%) 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 66 (7.14%) Power BI
2 63 (6.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 56 (6.05%) SQL Server
4 52 (5.62%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.27%) MySQL
7 15 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.19%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.76%) Star Schema
10 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
11 5 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.32%) Redis
12 3 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 26 (2.81%) Git
2 9 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (0.65%) JUnit
3 6 (0.65%) Maven
3 6 (0.65%) Mockito
4 4 (0.43%) XCUITest
5 3 (0.32%) JIRA
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.32%) Subversion
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
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
1 132 (14.27%) Finance
2 82 (8.86%) Social Skills
3 38 (4.11%) Manufacturing
4 27 (2.92%) Law
5 22 (2.38%) Retail
6 20 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (1.95%) Legal
8 16 (1.73%) Banking
9 11 (1.19%) Advertising
9 11 (1.19%) Marketing
9 11 (1.19%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.08%) Games
11 9 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.65%) iGaming
13 4 (0.43%) Automotive
13 4 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.22%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.22%) Legal Technology
14 2 (0.22%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (25.51%) .NET
2 101 (10.92%) .NET Core
3 78 (8.43%) React
4 74 (8.00%) ASP.NET
5 69 (7.46%) HTML
6 68 (7.35%) ASP.NET Core
6 68 (7.35%) CSS
7 64 (6.92%) Node.js
8 49 (5.30%) REST
9 47 (5.08%) Blazor
10 46 (4.97%) AngularJS
11 34 (3.68%) RESTful
12 33 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
13 32 (3.46%) Entity Framework
14 28 (3.03%) Laravel
15 26 (2.81%) LINQ
15 26 (2.81%) Vue
16 17 (1.84%) .NET Framework
17 15 (1.62%) Hugging Face
18 14 (1.51%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
2 29 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.38%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.19%) AS400
6 11 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (1.19%) Virtual Team
7 9 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (0.86%) Algorithms
8 8 (0.86%) e-Learning
8 8 (0.86%) PropTech
9 6 (0.65%) Low-Code
9 6 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.54%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.43%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.95%) Linux
2 8 (0.86%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.86%) Windows
3 5 (0.54%) Android
4 3 (0.32%) 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
1 234 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
2 138 (14.92%) Agile
3 97 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (8.86%) AI
4 82 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (8.32%) CI/CD
6 75 (8.11%) DevOps
7 57 (6.16%) Software Engineering
8 54 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (5.73%) Analytics
10 49 (5.30%) Mentoring
11 43 (4.65%) Logistics
12 42 (4.54%) Microservices
13 41 (4.43%) Machine Learning
14 35 (3.78%) CRM
15 33 (3.57%) E-Commerce
15 33 (3.57%) SDLC
16 32 (3.46%) Roadmaps
17 31 (3.35%) Workflow
18 29 (3.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 269 (29.08%) C#
2 194 (20.97%) SQL
3 104 (11.24%) JavaScript
4 78 (8.43%) PHP
5 73 (7.89%) Python
6 53 (5.73%) TypeScript
7 45 (4.86%) Java
8 22 (2.38%) C++
9 18 (1.95%) Go
10 14 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.19%) RPG
12 10 (1.08%) ABAP
13 8 (0.86%) Rust
14 7 (0.76%) Bash
14 7 (0.76%) Delphi
14 7 (0.76%) Swift
15 6 (0.65%) RPG IV
16 5 (0.54%) RPG III
17 4 (0.43%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 32 (3.46%) Security Cleared
2 26 (2.81%) SC Cleared
3 23 (2.49%) Degree
4 15 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.41%) QA
2 12 (1.30%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 34 (3.68%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.32%) 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 (17.08%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.68%) Oracle
3 26 (2.81%) IBM
4 19 (2.05%) SAP
5 14 (1.51%) Cognos
6 13 (1.41%) Epicor
6 13 (1.41%) Workday
7 11 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.08%) Facebook
9 9 (0.97%) iManage
10 8 (0.86%) Foundry
10 8 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 8 (0.86%) Xamarin
11 7 (0.76%) Apple
12 6 (0.65%) OpenText
13 5 (0.54%) Google
13 5 (0.54%) YouTube
14 4 (0.43%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.43%) Zoho
15 3 (0.32%) Databricks