Software Developer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Software Developer salary in the Midlands is £55,000 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 187 100 191
Rank change year-on-year -87 +91 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 56 276 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.81% 2.36% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 2.51% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 33 238 101
10th Percentile £34,750 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £79,750 £64,650 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.48% -6.96% +4.55%

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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the Midlands

Software 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 Software Developer 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
West Midlands -65 35 £60,000 +20.00% 43
East Midlands -30 21 £55,000 +27.91% 35
Software Developer
England

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

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

1 42 (75.00%) C#
2 19 (33.93%) .NET
3 17 (30.36%) JavaScript
4 16 (28.57%) Python
5 15 (26.79%) SQL Server
6 14 (25.00%) Degree
6 14 (25.00%) SDLC
7 13 (23.21%) Logistics
8 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
8 12 (21.43%) Azure
8 12 (21.43%) Clean Code
9 11 (19.64%) CI/CD
9 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (19.64%) Agile
10 10 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
11 9 (16.07%) Law
11 9 (16.07%) ERP
11 9 (16.07%) Software Testing
11 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
12 8 (14.29%) Delphi
12 8 (14.29%) Front End Development
12 8 (14.29%) Line Management
13 7 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (12.50%) HTML
13 7 (12.50%) SQL
13 7 (12.50%) Finance
13 7 (12.50%) WinForms
13 7 (12.50%) WPF
13 7 (12.50%) AWS

Software 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:

Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Revit
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Magento
1 5 (8.93%) Shopify
2 4 (7.14%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (7.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Azure
2 7 (12.50%) AWS
2 7 (12.50%) SaaS
3 6 (10.71%) GitHub
4 5 (8.93%) BigCommerce
5 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.57%) GCP
7 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Ethernet
1 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.14%) 3GPP
2 4 (7.14%) 5G
3 1 (1.79%) DNS
3 1 (1.79%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.79%) MQTT
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.71%) MySQL
3 3 (5.36%) MS Access
3 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.57%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.79%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.79%) Power BI
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Git
1 2 (3.57%) NUnit
2 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.79%) Postman
2 1 (1.79%) Selenium
2 1 (1.79%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.79%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (16.07%) Law
1 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.50%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Retail
4 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.57%) Automotive
6 2 (3.57%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (33.93%) .NET
2 7 (12.50%) HTML
2 7 (12.50%) WinForms
2 7 (12.50%) WPF
3 6 (10.71%) Django
3 6 (10.71%) Web Services
3 6 (10.71%) XML
4 5 (8.93%) .NET Framework
5 4 (7.14%) AngularJS
5 4 (7.14%) REST
6 3 (5.36%) .NET Core
6 3 (5.36%) ADO
6 3 (5.36%) Blazor
6 3 (5.36%) ODBC
7 2 (3.57%) CSS
7 2 (3.57%) Node.js
7 2 (3.57%) OpenMP
7 2 (3.57%) Pandas
7 2 (3.57%) React
7 2 (3.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (10.71%) Robotics
3 5 (8.93%) EPoS
4 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.36%) Cyberattack
5 3 (5.36%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.57%) CUDA
6 2 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.57%) SIMD
7 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.79%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Android
2 3 (5.36%) Linux
3 2 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) SDLC
2 13 (23.21%) Logistics
3 12 (21.43%) Clean Code
3 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 11 (19.64%) Agile
4 11 (19.64%) CI/CD
4 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
5 9 (16.07%) ERP
5 9 (16.07%) Software Testing
6 8 (14.29%) Front End Development
6 8 (14.29%) Line Management
7 6 (10.71%) Functional Testing
8 5 (8.93%) Android Development
8 5 (8.93%) Data Privacy
8 5 (8.93%) E-Commerce
8 5 (8.93%) Mathematics
8 5 (8.93%) OO
8 5 (8.93%) OOP
8 5 (8.93%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (75.00%) C#
2 17 (30.36%) JavaScript
3 16 (28.57%) Python
4 8 (14.29%) Delphi
5 7 (12.50%) SQL
6 5 (8.93%) C++
6 5 (8.93%) XAML
7 3 (5.36%) Go
7 3 (5.36%) Java
8 2 (3.57%) Rust
8 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.79%) Dart
9 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.36%) Ansible
3 2 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Infor
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Telerik