Microsoft Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Developer
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Developer salary in the Midlands is £57,500 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 202 234 224
Rank change year-on-year +32 -10 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 12 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.15% 0.094% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.10% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £46,000 £51,000 £35,375
25th Percentile £50,938 £52,500 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +35.29% -19.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £49,375
90th Percentile - £66,500 £50,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -4.76%

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%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Developer in the Midlands

Microsoft 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 Microsoft 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
West Midlands +32 11 £57,500 -2.13%
East Midlands -10 1 £47,500 -17.39% 2
Microsoft Developer
England

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

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

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
3 10 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (66.67%) CRM
5 8 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (58.33%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
8 5 (41.67%) .NET
8 5 (41.67%) C#
8 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
9 4 (33.33%) Azure
9 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
10 3 (25.00%) Data Integration
10 3 (25.00%) DevOps
10 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
10 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
10 3 (25.00%) PowerApps
10 3 (25.00%) SDLC
11 2 (16.67%) Agile
11 2 (16.67%) Analytics
11 2 (16.67%) Facilities Management
11 2 (16.67%) HTML
11 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
11 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory

Microsoft 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (8.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (8.33%) JSON
3 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) CRM
2 7 (58.33%) Customer Engagement
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Facilities Management
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (41.67%) C#
4 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft