Programmer Jobs in the Midlands

Programmer
England > Midlands

The median Programmer salary in the Midlands is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 236 317
Rank change year-on-year +6 +81 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 13 89 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.76% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.81% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 6 70 4
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,950 £33,375
25th Percentile £36,000 £30,500 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £38,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.59% +3.66%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,563
90th Percentile £42,500 £52,750 £51,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,686 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -33.30% +13.64%

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 6,335 11,010 8,542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 94.31% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,843 8,239 4,748
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the Midlands

Programmer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Programmer in the Midlands

Programmer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the Midlands

Programmer
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 Programmer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
East Midlands +9 10 £40,000 +5.26% 7
West Midlands +15 3 £36,000 -5.26% 10
Programmer
England

Programmer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) RPG
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
1 6 (46.15%) AS400
1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
1 6 (46.15%) iSeries
2 3 (23.08%) Quality Management
2 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
3 2 (15.38%) Process Management
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) CAD

Programmer 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
General
1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) AS400
1 6 (46.15%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (23.08%) Quality Management
2 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
2 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
2 2 (15.38%) Process Management
3 1 (7.69%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) RPG
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft