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 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 184 84
Rank change year-on-year +70 -100 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 258 134 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.08% 1.49% 3.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.66% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 242 108 214
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,688 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £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 11,728 8,071 10,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 89.75% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,644 4,554 7,024
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,325 £27,520
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
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 £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +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 24 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 24 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 +84 174 £50,000 -4.76% 46
East Midlands +19 83 £44,000 -12.00% 32
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 (62.02%) C#
2 141 (54.65%) .NET
3 119 (46.12%) SQL
4 74 (28.68%) JavaScript
5 73 (28.29%) SQL Server
6 59 (22.87%) MVC
7 58 (22.48%) Social Skills
8 55 (21.32%) HTML
9 52 (20.16%) Agile
10 48 (18.60%) ASP.NET
11 47 (18.22%) React
12 45 (17.44%) Full Stack Development
13 44 (17.05%) Degree
14 43 (16.67%) Azure
15 42 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (13.95%) Microsoft
16 36 (13.95%) Finance
16 36 (13.95%) DevOps
17 33 (12.79%) Software Engineering
17 33 (12.79%) CSS
18 30 (11.63%) TypeScript
19 29 (11.24%) ASP.NET MVC
20 28 (10.85%) .NET Core
21 27 (10.47%) AWS
21 27 (10.47%) Visual Studio
21 27 (10.47%) Computer Science
22 26 (10.08%) Mobile App
23 25 (9.69%) AngularJS
24 24 (9.30%) C++
24 24 (9.30%) Linux

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 (1.16%) CMS
2 1 (0.39%) Mendix
2 1 (0.39%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (1.55%) Shopify
2 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.78%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.78%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.67%) Azure
2 27 (10.47%) AWS
3 14 (5.43%) SaaS
4 13 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (4.26%) Serverless
6 5 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 5 (1.94%) Amazon S3
6 5 (1.94%) AWS Fargate
6 5 (1.94%) Azure Pipelines
6 5 (1.94%) Stripe
7 4 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.55%) Azure Storage
7 4 (1.55%) iPaaS
7 4 (1.55%) PaaS
8 2 (0.78%) Boomi
8 2 (0.78%) GitHub
8 2 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.39%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.78%) 4G
1 2 (0.78%) 5G
2 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (28.29%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.71%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.33%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.33%) MySQL
4 4 (1.55%) SQLite
5 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.39%) Event Store
6 1 (0.39%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Power BI
6 1 (0.39%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 27 (10.47%) Visual Studio
2 17 (6.59%) Git
3 5 (1.94%) MSTest
4 4 (1.55%) JIRA
5 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.78%) Android Studio
6 2 (0.78%) GCC
6 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.39%) CMake
7 1 (0.39%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 58 (22.48%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.95%) Finance
3 12 (4.65%) Automotive
3 12 (4.65%) Law
4 10 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.49%) Marketing
6 8 (3.10%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.33%) Health Technology
8 5 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.55%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.16%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (0.78%) Electronics
11 2 (0.78%) Games
11 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.39%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (54.65%) .NET
2 55 (21.32%) HTML
3 48 (18.60%) ASP.NET
4 47 (18.22%) React
5 33 (12.79%) CSS
6 29 (11.24%) ASP.NET MVC
7 28 (10.85%) .NET Core
8 25 (9.69%) AngularJS
9 19 (7.36%) .NET Framework
10 18 (6.98%) RESTful
11 15 (5.81%) Node.js
12 14 (5.43%) Vue
12 14 (5.43%) XML
13 13 (5.04%) Entity Framework
14 12 (4.65%) Laravel
15 10 (3.88%) WinForms
16 9 (3.49%) ASP.NET Core
16 9 (3.49%) PyTorch
16 9 (3.49%) TensorFlow
17 8 (3.10%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.08%) Mobile App
2 11 (4.26%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.49%) CUDA
4 8 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.94%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (1.55%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.55%) Home Automation
7 4 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.78%) Mobile Games
8 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.39%) IoT
9 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.39%) NHS
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.30%) Linux
2 22 (8.53%) Windows
3 5 (1.94%) Android
4 3 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.87%) MVC
2 52 (20.16%) Agile
3 45 (17.44%) Full Stack Development
4 42 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (13.95%) DevOps
6 33 (12.79%) Software Engineering
7 27 (10.47%) Computer Science
8 19 (7.36%) Microservices
9 17 (6.59%) Mentoring
10 15 (5.81%) Unit Testing
11 14 (5.43%) Customer Service
11 14 (5.43%) Front End Development
12 13 (5.04%) Scrum
13 12 (4.65%) Software Testing
13 12 (4.65%) Web Development
14 11 (4.26%) Integration Testing
14 11 (4.26%) Visualisation
15 10 (3.88%) Test Automation
16 9 (3.49%) Deep Learning
16 9 (3.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 160 (62.02%) C#
2 119 (46.12%) SQL
3 74 (28.68%) JavaScript
4 30 (11.63%) TypeScript
5 24 (9.30%) C++
6 17 (6.59%) VB
6 17 (6.59%) VB.NET
7 15 (5.81%) C
7 15 (5.81%) Java
7 15 (5.81%) PHP
7 15 (5.81%) Python
8 9 (3.49%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.10%) Assembly Language
10 4 (1.55%) XAML
11 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.39%) Bash
12 1 (0.39%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (17.05%) Degree
2 13 (5.04%) Master's Degree
3 11 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.94%) PhD
5 2 (0.78%) HND
6 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.04%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.55%) Terraform
2 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.39%) Grafana
Vendors
1 36 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.49%) NVIDIA
3 7 (2.71%) JDA
3 7 (2.71%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.33%) Google
5 5 (1.94%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.55%) Xamarin
7 3 (1.16%) Oracle
7 3 (1.16%) Talend
8 2 (0.78%) DevExpress
8 2 (0.78%) Infor
8 2 (0.78%) Jitterbit
9 1 (0.39%) Denodo
9 1 (0.39%) Quadient
9 1 (0.39%) YouTube