Developer Jobs 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 15 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 455 1,812 977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.58% 13.59% 12.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.18% 14.41% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 373 1,525 727
10th Percentile £33,550 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,340 12,575 7,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 94.29% 90.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 8,671 4,515
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,256 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,375 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Developer in the Midlands

Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.

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 15 July 2025. 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 -12 307 £57,500 +15.00% 241
East Midlands -41 145 £52,500 +10.53% 166
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 180 (39.56%) C#
2 161 (35.38%) SQL
3 153 (33.63%) .NET
4 135 (29.67%) Azure
5 132 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
6 126 (27.69%) Agile
7 120 (26.37%) JavaScript
8 112 (24.62%) Social Skills
9 102 (22.42%) SQL Server
10 87 (19.12%) Power Platform
11 85 (18.68%) HTML
12 79 (17.36%) Microsoft
13 78 (17.14%) Java
14 73 (16.04%) React
15 72 (15.82%) CSS
16 68 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
17 66 (14.51%) DevOps
18 65 (14.29%) Power BI
19 64 (14.07%) Full-Stack Development
20 63 (13.85%) Finance
21 60 (13.19%) Degree
21 60 (13.19%) Git
22 59 (12.97%) Front End Development
23 58 (12.75%) AWS
23 58 (12.75%) CRM
24 54 (11.87%) Law
25 51 (11.21%) CI/CD
26 47 (10.33%) PowerApps
26 47 (10.33%) Dynamics 365
27 45 (9.89%) Power Automate

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.74%) OpenEdge
3 13 (2.86%) CMS
4 6 (1.32%) Confluence
4 6 (1.32%) WordPress
5 4 (0.88%) Appian
5 4 (0.88%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.66%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.22%) JBoss
8 1 (0.22%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.22%) Strapi
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.32%) Revit
2 3 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 39 (8.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.08%) Shopify
3 12 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (1.76%) Magento
4 8 (1.76%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.54%) Infor CloudSuite
5 7 (1.54%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 6 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 135 (29.67%) Azure
2 87 (19.12%) Power Platform
3 58 (12.75%) AWS
4 47 (10.33%) Dynamics 365
4 47 (10.33%) PowerApps
5 45 (9.89%) Power Automate
6 38 (8.35%) SaaS
7 31 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.86%) GCP
9 12 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (2.64%) Serverless
10 11 (2.42%) GitHub
11 10 (2.20%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.20%) IaaS
11 10 (2.20%) PaaS
12 8 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (1.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.76%) HTTP
2 1 (0.22%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (22.42%) SQL Server
2 65 (14.29%) Power BI
3 34 (7.47%) MySQL
4 27 (5.93%) NoSQL
5 24 (5.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (3.30%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.42%) DynamoDB
11 10 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.20%) Star Schema
12 9 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.76%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (1.76%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.54%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.32%) FileMaker
16 5 (1.10%) Power Query
16 5 (1.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 60 (13.19%) Git
2 22 (4.84%) JUnit
3 17 (3.74%) JIRA
3 17 (3.74%) Mockito
4 11 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 10 (2.20%) Maven
6 9 (1.98%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.98%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (1.32%) DbUnit
7 6 (1.32%) Eclipse
7 6 (1.32%) IntelliJ
7 6 (1.32%) Jasmine
7 6 (1.32%) jMock
7 6 (1.32%) Karma Test Runner
7 6 (1.32%) NUnit
7 6 (1.32%) Protractor
8 5 (1.10%) GitLab
8 5 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 112 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.85%) Finance
3 54 (11.87%) Law
4 37 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.37%) Retail
6 20 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (4.18%) Police
8 16 (3.52%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.08%) Automotive
10 13 (2.86%) Marketing
11 8 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.54%) Electronics
12 7 (1.54%) Games
13 3 (0.66%) Back Office
13 3 (0.66%) Publishing
14 2 (0.44%) Banking
14 2 (0.44%) Billing
14 2 (0.44%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.44%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (33.63%) .NET
2 85 (18.68%) HTML
3 73 (16.04%) React
4 72 (15.82%) CSS
5 40 (8.79%) AngularJS
5 40 (8.79%) ASP.NET
6 39 (8.57%) REST
7 37 (8.13%) RESTful
8 30 (6.59%) .NET Core
9 29 (6.37%) Spring
10 28 (6.15%) .NET Framework
11 27 (5.93%) Web Services
12 25 (5.49%) Spring Boot
13 24 (5.27%) Blazor
14 23 (5.05%) jQuery
14 23 (5.05%) Node.js
15 20 (4.40%) JPA
15 20 (4.40%) SOAP
16 19 (4.18%) ASP.NET MVC
17 18 (3.96%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.96%) Mobile App
2 16 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.98%) EPoS
7 8 (1.76%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.66%) Animation
12 3 (0.66%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.66%) IoT
12 3 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.25%) Linux
2 14 (3.08%) Android
3 9 (1.98%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.10%) Rocky
5 4 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (27.69%) Agile
3 68 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
4 66 (14.51%) DevOps
5 64 (14.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 59 (12.97%) Front End Development
7 58 (12.75%) CRM
8 51 (11.21%) CI/CD
9 43 (9.45%) MVC
10 40 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (8.79%) Microservices
11 38 (8.35%) Clean Code
11 38 (8.35%) Computer Science
11 38 (8.35%) User Experience
12 37 (8.13%) OO
13 35 (7.69%) Analytics
13 35 (7.69%) SDLC
14 31 (6.81%) OOP
15 30 (6.59%) Artificial Intelligence
15 30 (6.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 180 (39.56%) C#
2 161 (35.38%) SQL
3 120 (26.37%) JavaScript
4 78 (17.14%) Java
5 35 (7.69%) PHP
5 35 (7.69%) Python
6 34 (7.47%) TypeScript
7 31 (6.81%) T-SQL
8 19 (4.18%) C++
9 14 (3.08%) Delphi
10 10 (2.20%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.98%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.54%) Apex Code
12 7 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.32%) Go
13 6 (1.32%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.10%) Rust
15 4 (0.88%) Bicep
15 4 (0.88%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.88%) XAML
Qualifications
1 60 (13.19%) Degree
2 36 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.81%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.96%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 8 (1.76%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.66%) PhD
10 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.35%) QA
2 16 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.66%) GDPR
5 1 (0.22%) COBIT
5 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (9.23%) Docker
2 3 (0.66%) LXC
3 2 (0.44%) Postfix
3 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.42%) Terraform
3 6 (1.32%) Grafana
3 6 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.66%) Ansible
5 2 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.44%) Kibana
Vendors
1 79 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.84%) Oracle
3 17 (3.74%) Progress
4 15 (3.30%) IBM
5 13 (2.86%) Databricks
5 13 (2.86%) SAP
6 12 (2.64%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.76%) Google
8 7 (1.54%) Infor
9 6 (1.32%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.32%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.10%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.88%) Okta
11 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.66%) Adobe
12 3 (0.66%) PayPal
12 3 (0.66%) Splunk
12 3 (0.66%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.66%) Xamarin
13 2 (0.44%) Kofax