Graduate Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Graduate Developer
England > Midlands

The median Graduate Developer salary in the Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 237 223
Rank change year-on-year +37 -14 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 14 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.18% 0.047% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.050% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 6
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £24,250 £24,750 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -24.64% -27.37%
75th Percentile £45,000 £27,750 £37,500
90th Percentile - £28,200 £38,750
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -26.47% +4.62%

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 7,050 5,997 5,409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.17% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,293 2,784 4,470
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,338 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Graduate Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Graduate Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Graduate Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Graduate Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Graduate Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Graduate Developer in the Midlands

Graduate 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 Graduate Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
East Midlands +2 11 £45,000 +80.00% 3
West Midlands +25 3 £24,000 -11.11%
Graduate Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Graduate 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 Graduate Developer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Android
1 9 (64.29%) Android Development
2 4 (28.57%) C#
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) PHP
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) CSS
3 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Application Development
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (14.29%) CMS
4 2 (14.29%) HTML
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) MVC
4 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (7.14%) .NET
5 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (7.14%) AWS
5 1 (7.14%) C++
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) Java
5 1 (7.14%) jQuery
5 1 (7.14%) MySQL
5 1 (7.14%) OOP
5 1 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design

Graduate 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 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) MySQL
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) CSS
2 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (7.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Android Development
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (14.29%) MVC
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (7.14%) OOP
5 1 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (7.14%) SEO
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C#
1 4 (28.57%) PHP
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility