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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 7 14
Rank change year-on-year -26 +7 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 423 1,702 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.21% 13.41% 11.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% 14.19% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 347 1,503 729
10th Percentile £32,500 £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% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £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 6,274 11,996 7,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.54% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 8,818 4,539
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,934 £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 29 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 29 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 -20 288 £57,500 +15.00% 227
East Midlands -49 132 £51,500 +7.29% 128
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 174 (41.13%) C#
2 146 (34.52%) SQL
3 145 (34.28%) .NET
4 140 (33.10%) Azure
5 129 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (26.71%) JavaScript
7 111 (26.24%) Agile
8 107 (25.30%) Social Skills
9 92 (21.75%) SQL Server
10 89 (21.04%) Power Platform
11 84 (19.86%) HTML
12 82 (19.39%) Java
13 74 (17.49%) Microsoft
14 73 (17.26%) CSS
14 73 (17.26%) React
15 67 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
16 65 (15.37%) Power BI
17 62 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
18 61 (14.42%) AWS
19 59 (13.95%) Git
19 59 (13.95%) Front End Development
20 55 (13.00%) Degree
21 54 (12.77%) Law
22 52 (12.29%) Finance
23 49 (11.58%) DevOps
24 47 (11.11%) AngularJS
24 47 (11.11%) PowerApps
25 46 (10.87%) Docker
26 44 (10.40%) Power Automate
27 43 (10.17%) MVC

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 (4.96%) CMS
1 21 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.49%) OpenEdge
3 12 (2.84%) WordPress
4 7 (1.65%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.42%) Confluence
6 3 (0.71%) IIS
6 3 (0.71%) Strapi
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.47%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.65%) Revit
3 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.24%) Moqups
5 1 (0.24%) Sketch
5 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (5.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (4.73%) Shopify
3 8 (1.89%) Magento
4 7 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite
5 6 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 6 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 140 (33.10%) Azure
2 89 (21.04%) Power Platform
3 61 (14.42%) AWS
4 47 (11.11%) PowerApps
5 44 (10.40%) Power Automate
6 42 (9.93%) Dynamics 365
7 37 (8.75%) SaaS
8 23 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.02%) GitHub
9 17 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (3.31%) Serverless
11 13 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.13%) IaaS
12 9 (2.13%) PaaS
12 9 (2.13%) Slack
12 9 (2.13%) Zapier
13 8 (1.89%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) HTTP
2 4 (0.95%) 3GPP
2 4 (0.95%) 5G
3 3 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.47%) 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 92 (21.75%) SQL Server
2 65 (15.37%) Power BI
3 41 (9.69%) MySQL
4 28 (6.62%) NoSQL
5 22 (5.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.60%) Power Query
10 9 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.13%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.13%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.13%) Star Schema
11 8 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.65%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.42%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.18%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.95%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.95%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 59 (13.95%) Git
2 27 (6.38%) JUnit
3 23 (5.44%) Mockito
4 17 (4.02%) JIRA
5 15 (3.55%) Eclipse
5 15 (3.55%) IntelliJ
5 15 (3.55%) Jasmine
5 15 (3.55%) Karma Test Runner
5 15 (3.55%) Protractor
5 15 (3.55%) Visual Studio
6 10 (2.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 9 (2.13%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.89%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.65%) Maven
10 6 (1.42%) NUnit
11 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.18%) DbUnit
11 5 (1.18%) GitLab
11 5 (1.18%) jMock
12 4 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 107 (25.30%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.77%) Law
3 52 (12.29%) Finance
4 34 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.96%) Police
5 21 (4.96%) Retail
6 14 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.07%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.36%) Automotive
8 10 (2.36%) Games
9 9 (2.13%) Marketing
10 8 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Publishing
13 2 (0.47%) Banking
13 2 (0.47%) Billing
13 2 (0.47%) iGaming
13 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (34.28%) .NET
2 84 (19.86%) HTML
3 73 (17.26%) CSS
3 73 (17.26%) React
4 47 (11.11%) AngularJS
5 41 (9.69%) ASP.NET
6 30 (7.09%) .NET Core
7 28 (6.62%) JPA
8 27 (6.38%) REST
8 27 (6.38%) RESTful
8 27 (6.38%) Web Services
9 24 (5.67%) Node.js
10 23 (5.44%) Hibernate
11 22 (5.20%) .NET Framework
11 22 (5.20%) Spring
12 20 (4.73%) ASP.NET MVC
12 20 (4.73%) jQuery
13 19 (4.49%) Blazor
13 19 (4.49%) Vue
14 18 (4.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.02%) Algorithms
1 17 (4.02%) Mobile App
2 13 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.60%) EPoS
4 9 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.65%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.71%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.71%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.71%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.51%) Linux
2 11 (2.60%) Android
3 6 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.18%) Rocky
5 3 (0.71%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (26.24%) Agile
3 67 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
4 62 (14.66%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (13.95%) Front End Development
6 49 (11.58%) DevOps
7 43 (10.17%) MVC
8 41 (9.69%) SDLC
9 40 (9.46%) CI/CD
9 40 (9.46%) CRM
9 40 (9.46%) Microservices
10 37 (8.75%) OO
11 36 (8.51%) Software Engineering
12 35 (8.27%) Computer Science
13 34 (8.04%) Analytics
14 33 (7.80%) Containerisation
15 32 (7.57%) User Experience
15 32 (7.57%) Web Development
16 31 (7.33%) Unit Testing
17 28 (6.62%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 174 (41.13%) C#
2 146 (34.52%) SQL
3 113 (26.71%) JavaScript
4 82 (19.39%) Java
5 42 (9.93%) Python
6 40 (9.46%) PHP
7 31 (7.33%) TypeScript
8 24 (5.67%) T-SQL
9 16 (3.78%) C++
9 16 (3.78%) Delphi
10 13 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (2.36%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.89%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.18%) Go
14 4 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.95%) XAML
15 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.71%) Rust
15 3 (0.71%) X++
16 2 (0.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 55 (13.00%) Degree
2 33 (7.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (5.20%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.60%) DBS Check
4 11 (2.60%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.71%) PhD
9 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.04%) QA
2 15 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.95%) NCSC
4 2 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 46 (10.87%) Docker
2 3 (0.71%) LXC
3 2 (0.47%) Postfix
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.42%) Grafana
2 6 (1.42%) Prometheus
2 6 (1.42%) Terraform
3 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 2 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 74 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.20%) Oracle
3 20 (4.73%) IBM
4 19 (4.49%) Progress
5 13 (3.07%) SAP
6 9 (2.13%) Databricks
6 9 (2.13%) Google
6 9 (2.13%) WooCommerce
7 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.42%) Infor
9 5 (1.18%) Adobe
9 5 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.18%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.95%) Okta
11 3 (0.71%) Borland
11 3 (0.71%) PayPal
12 2 (0.47%) Blue Prism
12 2 (0.47%) Jaspersoft
12 2 (0.47%) Kofax
12 2 (0.47%) Xamarin