Developer Jobs in the Midlands

Developer
England > Midlands

The median Developer salary in the Midlands is £53,688 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -27 +8 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 414 1,686 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.09% 13.37% 11.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.61% 14.15% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 339 1,494 736
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £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 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -19 284 £57,500 +15.00% 235
East Midlands -48 127 £50,000 - 139
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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.

1 170 (41.06%) C#
2 144 (34.78%) SQL
3 142 (34.30%) .NET
4 140 (33.82%) Azure
5 129 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
6 106 (25.60%) JavaScript
6 106 (25.60%) Agile
7 100 (24.15%) Social Skills
8 91 (21.98%) Power Platform
8 91 (21.98%) SQL Server
9 82 (19.81%) Java
10 79 (19.08%) HTML
11 76 (18.36%) Microsoft
12 73 (17.63%) React
13 68 (16.43%) CSS
14 67 (16.18%) Business Intelligence
15 65 (15.70%) Power BI
16 64 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
17 60 (14.49%) AWS
18 59 (14.25%) Git
19 54 (13.04%) Law
19 54 (13.04%) Front End Development
20 51 (12.32%) Degree
21 48 (11.59%) Finance
21 48 (11.59%) DevOps
22 47 (11.35%) PowerApps
23 46 (11.11%) Docker
24 45 (10.87%) AngularJS
25 43 (10.39%) MVC
25 43 (10.39%) Python

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 21 (5.07%) CMS
1 21 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.59%) OpenEdge
3 12 (2.90%) WordPress
4 7 (1.69%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.45%) Confluence
6 3 (0.72%) Strapi
7 2 (0.48%) IIS
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.69%) Revit
3 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.24%) Moqups
4 1 (0.24%) Sketch
4 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (5.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (4.59%) Shopify
3 6 (1.45%) Infor CloudSuite
3 6 (1.45%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 6 (1.45%) Magento
3 6 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (33.82%) Azure
2 91 (21.98%) Power Platform
3 60 (14.49%) AWS
4 47 (11.35%) PowerApps
5 43 (10.39%) Power Automate
6 40 (9.66%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (8.21%) SaaS
8 22 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (4.35%) GitHub
10 17 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (3.62%) Serverless
12 13 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (2.42%) Slack
13 10 (2.42%) Zapier
14 9 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (2.17%) Amazon S3
14 9 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.17%) IaaS
14 9 (2.17%) PaaS
15 6 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.21%) HTTP
2 4 (0.97%) 3GPP
2 4 (0.97%) 5G
3 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.48%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.24%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.24%) DNS
5 1 (0.24%) Intranet
5 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (21.98%) SQL Server
2 65 (15.70%) Power BI
3 39 (9.42%) MySQL
4 27 (6.52%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 21 (5.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.66%) Power Query
9 10 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.17%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.17%) Star Schema
11 8 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.45%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.21%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.97%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.97%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 59 (14.25%) Git
2 27 (6.52%) JUnit
3 23 (5.56%) Mockito
4 17 (4.11%) Visual Studio
5 16 (3.86%) JIRA
6 15 (3.62%) Eclipse
6 15 (3.62%) IntelliJ
6 15 (3.62%) Jasmine
6 15 (3.62%) Karma Test Runner
6 15 (3.62%) Protractor
7 10 (2.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 9 (2.17%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.93%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.69%) Maven
11 6 (1.45%) NUnit
12 5 (1.21%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.21%) DbUnit
12 5 (1.21%) GitLab
12 5 (1.21%) jMock
13 4 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 100 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 54 (13.04%) Law
3 48 (11.59%) Finance
4 31 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.07%) Police
6 19 (4.59%) Retail
7 14 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.42%) Automotive
10 8 (1.93%) Games
10 8 (1.93%) Marketing
11 6 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.72%) Publishing
14 2 (0.48%) Banking
14 2 (0.48%) Billing
14 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (34.30%) .NET
2 79 (19.08%) HTML
3 73 (17.63%) React
4 68 (16.43%) CSS
5 45 (10.87%) AngularJS
6 40 (9.66%) ASP.NET
7 30 (7.25%) .NET Core
8 28 (6.76%) JPA
9 27 (6.52%) Web Services
10 26 (6.28%) REST
10 26 (6.28%) RESTful
11 24 (5.80%) Node.js
12 23 (5.56%) Hibernate
13 22 (5.31%) Spring
14 21 (5.07%) .NET Framework
14 21 (5.07%) ASP.NET MVC
14 21 (5.07%) Blazor
15 19 (4.59%) jQuery
15 19 (4.59%) Laravel
15 19 (4.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.11%) Algorithms
1 17 (4.11%) Mobile App
2 14 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (2.17%) EPoS
4 9 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.97%) Legacy Code
8 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.72%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.70%) Linux
2 11 (2.66%) Android
3 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.21%) Rocky
5 3 (0.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (25.60%) Agile
3 67 (16.18%) Business Intelligence
4 64 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 54 (13.04%) Front End Development
6 48 (11.59%) DevOps
7 43 (10.39%) MVC
8 40 (9.66%) CI/CD
8 40 (9.66%) Microservices
9 38 (9.18%) SDLC
10 37 (8.94%) CRM
11 36 (8.70%) Analytics
11 36 (8.70%) OO
12 34 (8.21%) Computer Science
13 33 (7.97%) Containerisation
13 33 (7.97%) User Experience
14 32 (7.73%) Software Engineering
14 32 (7.73%) Web Development
15 30 (7.25%) Unit Testing
16 28 (6.76%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 170 (41.06%) C#
2 144 (34.78%) SQL
3 106 (25.60%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.81%) Java
5 43 (10.39%) Python
6 39 (9.42%) PHP
7 30 (7.25%) TypeScript
8 26 (6.28%) T-SQL
9 16 (3.86%) C++
10 14 (3.38%) Delphi
11 13 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (2.17%) VB.NET
13 8 (1.93%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.21%) Go
15 4 (0.97%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.97%) X++
15 4 (0.97%) XAML
16 3 (0.72%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.72%) Rust
17 2 (0.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (12.32%) Degree
2 32 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (5.31%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.66%) DBS Check
4 11 (2.66%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.97%) QA
2 15 (3.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.97%) NCSC
4 2 (0.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 46 (11.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) LXC
3 2 (0.48%) Postfix
3 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.45%) Grafana
2 6 (1.45%) Prometheus
2 6 (1.45%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 76 (18.36%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.07%) Oracle
3 19 (4.59%) IBM
3 19 (4.59%) Progress
4 11 (2.66%) SAP
5 10 (2.42%) WooCommerce
6 9 (2.17%) Databricks
6 9 (2.17%) Google
7 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.45%) Infor
9 5 (1.21%) Adobe
9 5 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.21%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.97%) Okta
11 3 (0.72%) Borland
12 2 (0.48%) Blue Prism
12 2 (0.48%) Kofax
12 2 (0.48%) PayPal
12 2 (0.48%) VMware
12 2 (0.48%) Xamarin