Systems Developer Jobs in the Midlands

System Developer
England > Midlands

The median System Developer salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 March 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 289 337
Rank change year-on-year +47 +48 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 8 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.13% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 5
10th Percentile - £26,490 £35,753
25th Percentile - £30,000 £36,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,169
90th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £47,718
England median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £43,583
% change year-on-year +19.44% +3.25% +3.87%

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 5,841 9,566 9,320
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 93.92% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,742 7,428 5,098
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,499 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +5.45% -9.69% +1.50%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the Midlands

Systems Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the Midlands

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 March 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 +36 4 £40,000 -
West Midlands +31 4 £35,000 -26.32% 1
Systems Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 2025, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) HND
3 4 (50.00%) ETL
3 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) JIRA
3 4 (50.00%) Zoho
3 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
3 4 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (50.00%) Power BI
3 4 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) jQuery
4 3 (37.50%) Git
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) MySQL
4 3 (37.50%) CSS
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (37.50%) PHP

Systems 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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (37.50%) Amazon S3
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
2 3 (37.50%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) ETL
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 3 (37.50%) MVC
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) PHP
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) VB
3 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Zoho
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft