Senior Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Senior Developer
England > Midlands

The median Senior Developer salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 108 136
Rank change year-on-year -47 +28 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 86 127 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.86% 2.42% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 2.64% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 74 95 170
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,200 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £75,000 - £75,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -13.33%

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 9,170 4,819 9,208
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 91.72% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,698 2,721 7,340
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,200 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +9.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the Midlands

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 March 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 -14 47 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands -51 39 £65,000 - 15
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 34 (39.53%) AWS
2 32 (37.21%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (36.05%) Azure
4 30 (34.88%) SQL
5 26 (30.23%) React
6 25 (29.07%) C#
7 23 (26.74%) JavaScript
8 20 (23.26%) Python
9 19 (22.09%) .NET
10 17 (19.77%) .NET Core
10 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
11 16 (18.60%) Node.js
12 15 (17.44%) Agile
12 15 (17.44%) CI/CD
13 14 (16.28%) Software Engineering
14 13 (15.12%) API Development
14 13 (15.12%) Computer Science
14 13 (15.12%) HTML
14 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
14 13 (15.12%) REST
15 11 (12.79%) CSS
15 11 (12.79%) DevOps
15 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
15 11 (12.79%) Serverless
16 10 (11.63%) Amazon S3
16 10 (11.63%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (11.63%) Java
16 10 (11.63%) Scrum
17 9 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree

Senior 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 4 (4.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.16%) CICS
2 1 (1.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 34 (39.53%) AWS
2 31 (36.05%) Azure
3 11 (12.79%) Serverless
4 10 (11.63%) Amazon S3
4 10 (11.63%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.33%) GCP
7 2 (2.33%) GitHub
7 2 (2.33%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.16%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Broadband
1 1 (1.16%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.30%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.49%) MySQL
4 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.16%) Adabas
5 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.16%) DB2
5 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (9.30%) JUnit
2 7 (8.14%) Maven
3 6 (6.98%) Git
3 6 (6.98%) Mockito
4 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.33%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.33%) GitLab
5 2 (2.33%) JIRA
5 2 (2.33%) Selenium
5 2 (2.33%) XCUITest
6 1 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.30%) Finance
2 8 (9.30%) Public Sector
2 8 (9.30%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.14%) Games
4 2 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (1.16%) Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Electronics
5 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.16%) Law
5 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (30.23%) React
2 19 (22.09%) .NET
3 17 (19.77%) .NET Core
4 16 (18.60%) Node.js
5 13 (15.12%) HTML
5 13 (15.12%) REST
6 11 (12.79%) CSS
7 8 (9.30%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.98%) ASP.NET
8 6 (6.98%) Blazor
8 6 (6.98%) DirectX
8 6 (6.98%) Django
8 6 (6.98%) OpenGL
9 5 (5.81%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (5.81%) Spring
10 4 (4.65%) Flask
10 4 (4.65%) RESTful
11 3 (3.49%) Spring Boot
12 2 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (2.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.65%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.16%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (1.16%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.16%) NHS
6 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (17.44%) Agile
3 15 (17.44%) CI/CD
4 14 (16.28%) Software Engineering
5 13 (15.12%) API Development
5 13 (15.12%) Computer Science
5 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
6 11 (12.79%) DevOps
7 10 (11.63%) Scrum
8 9 (10.47%) TDD
9 8 (9.30%) Microservices
10 7 (8.14%) SDLC
11 6 (6.98%) Containerisation
11 6 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (6.98%) Mathematics
11 6 (6.98%) Physics
11 6 (6.98%) Project Delivery
11 6 (6.98%) Sprint Planning
11 6 (6.98%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.88%) SQL
2 25 (29.07%) C#
3 23 (26.74%) JavaScript
4 20 (23.26%) Python
5 10 (11.63%) Java
6 8 (9.30%) PHP
7 7 (8.14%) T-SQL
8 6 (6.98%) PL/SQL
9 5 (5.81%) Bash
9 5 (5.81%) C
9 5 (5.81%) TypeScript
10 4 (4.65%) R
11 2 (2.33%) Delphi
11 2 (2.33%) Swift
12 1 (1.16%) COBOL
12 1 (1.16%) Embedded C
12 1 (1.16%) JCL
12 1 (1.16%) Natural
12 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (10.47%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.16%) NCSC
3 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.47%) Oracle
3 2 (2.33%) Apple
3 2 (2.33%) Zend
4 1 (1.16%) IBM
4 1 (1.16%) MuleSoft