Software Developer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Software Developer salary in the Midlands is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 190 73
Rank change year-on-year +93 -117 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 278 137 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.38% 1.43% 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 1.60% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 240 102 235
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +11.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,550 £67,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,020 8,571 10,293
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.47% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,242 4,769 7,094
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

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 2024.

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 2024. 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 +99 170 £50,000 -4.76% 39
East Midlands +33 107 £44,000 -2.76% 24
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, 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.

1 160 (57.55%) C#
2 149 (53.60%) SQL
3 146 (52.52%) .NET
4 100 (35.97%) SQL Server
5 97 (34.89%) JavaScript
6 77 (27.70%) HTML
7 71 (25.54%) React
8 67 (24.10%) Full Stack Development
9 62 (22.30%) Degree
10 61 (21.94%) MVC
11 58 (20.86%) Microsoft
12 56 (20.14%) Social Skills
13 53 (19.06%) CSS
13 53 (19.06%) Agile
14 52 (18.71%) AngularJS
15 49 (17.63%) ASP.NET
16 48 (17.27%) Azure
17 43 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
18 41 (14.75%) DevOps
19 40 (14.39%) VB
20 39 (14.03%) Python
21 38 (13.67%) Node.js
22 37 (13.31%) PHP
22 37 (13.31%) Web Development
23 36 (12.95%) XML
24 33 (11.87%) TypeScript
25 32 (11.51%) Finance
25 32 (11.51%) Software Engineering
26 31 (11.15%) ASP.NET MVC
27 29 (10.43%) .NET Core

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.08%) CMS
2 1 (0.36%) Mendix
2 1 (0.36%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Shopify
2 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.72%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.72%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.27%) Azure
2 23 (8.27%) AWS
3 20 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (4.68%) SaaS
5 11 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (3.96%) Serverless
6 5 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 5 (1.80%) Amazon S3
6 5 (1.80%) AWS Fargate
6 5 (1.80%) Azure Pipelines
6 5 (1.80%) Stripe
7 4 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.44%) Azure Storage
7 4 (1.44%) iPaaS
7 4 (1.44%) PaaS
8 2 (0.72%) Boomi
8 2 (0.72%) GitHub
8 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.36%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.27%) LAN
1 23 (8.27%) WAN
2 2 (0.72%) 4G
2 2 (0.72%) 5G
3 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (35.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.52%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.16%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.16%) MySQL
4 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.44%) SQLite
5 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.36%) Event Store
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Power BI
7 1 (0.36%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 27 (9.71%) Visual Studio
2 20 (7.19%) Git
3 5 (1.80%) MSTest
4 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.44%) JIRA
5 2 (0.72%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.72%) GCC
6 1 (0.36%) CMake
6 1 (0.36%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 56 (20.14%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.51%) Finance
3 13 (4.68%) Law
4 12 (4.32%) Automotive
5 10 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.88%) Marketing
7 7 (2.52%) Retail
8 6 (2.16%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.44%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.72%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (0.72%) Electronics
11 2 (0.72%) Games
11 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Legal
12 1 (0.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (52.52%) .NET
2 77 (27.70%) HTML
3 71 (25.54%) React
4 53 (19.06%) CSS
5 52 (18.71%) AngularJS
6 49 (17.63%) ASP.NET
7 38 (13.67%) Node.js
8 36 (12.95%) XML
9 31 (11.15%) ASP.NET MVC
10 29 (10.43%) .NET Core
11 28 (10.07%) Express.js
12 25 (8.99%) HTML5
13 19 (6.83%) .NET Framework
14 18 (6.47%) RESTful
15 14 (5.04%) Entity Framework
16 13 (4.68%) Vue
17 11 (3.96%) Laravel
18 10 (3.60%) ASP.NET Web API
18 10 (3.60%) Blazor
18 10 (3.60%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.07%) Mobile App
2 11 (3.96%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.24%) CUDA
3 9 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.80%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.44%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.44%) Home Automation
6 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.08%) IoT
8 2 (0.72%) Mobile Games
8 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.36%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.36%) NHS
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.27%) Linux
2 22 (7.91%) Windows
3 5 (1.80%) Android
4 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.10%) Full Stack Development
2 61 (21.94%) MVC
3 53 (19.06%) Agile
4 43 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (14.75%) DevOps
6 37 (13.31%) Web Development
7 32 (11.51%) Software Engineering
8 23 (8.27%) Computer Science
9 18 (6.47%) Microservices
10 17 (6.12%) Mentoring
11 16 (5.76%) Unit Testing
12 14 (5.04%) Front End Development
13 13 (4.68%) Clean Code
14 12 (4.32%) Scrum
14 12 (4.32%) Software Testing
14 12 (4.32%) TDD
15 11 (3.96%) Integration Testing
15 11 (3.96%) Test Automation
15 11 (3.96%) Visualisation
16 10 (3.60%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 160 (57.55%) C#
2 149 (53.60%) SQL
3 97 (34.89%) JavaScript
4 40 (14.39%) VB
5 39 (14.03%) Python
6 37 (13.31%) PHP
7 33 (11.87%) TypeScript
8 23 (8.27%) JSX
9 17 (6.12%) C++
10 14 (5.04%) C
10 14 (5.04%) VB.NET
11 12 (4.32%) Java
12 9 (3.24%) T-SQL
13 7 (2.52%) Assembly Language
14 4 (1.44%) XAML
15 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.36%) Bash
16 1 (0.36%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.36%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (22.30%) Degree
2 13 (4.68%) Master's Degree
3 11 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.80%) PhD
5 2 (0.72%) HND
6 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.68%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.44%) Terraform
2 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.36%) Grafana
Vendors
1 58 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.24%) NVIDIA
3 7 (2.52%) JDA
3 7 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.80%) Google
4 5 (1.80%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.44%) Xamarin
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle
6 3 (1.08%) Talend
7 2 (0.72%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.72%) Infor
7 2 (0.72%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.36%) Cadence
8 1 (0.36%) Databricks
8 1 (0.36%) Denodo
8 1 (0.36%) Quadient
8 1 (0.36%) YouTube