Developer Job Trends in Stafford

Developer
Staffordshire > Stafford

The median Developer salary in Stafford is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 7 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Stafford 10.45% 11.59% 16.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.86% 12.90% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile - £41,750 -
25th Percentile - - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +35.71%
75th Percentile £59,344 - £51,250
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stafford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stafford. 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 Stafford with a recognized job title 59 62 31
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 89.86% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 52 52 27
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,400 £31,120
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,754 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,344 £43,098
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +21.45% +2.01%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £66,250
Staffordshire median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -1.23% -10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Stafford

Developer
Salary Trend in Stafford

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stafford.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Stafford

Developer
Salary Histogram in Stafford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Stafford over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Stafford

Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 Stafford region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) Laravel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) Vue
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
General
1 5 (71.43%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Laravel
1 2 (28.57%) Vue
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (14.29%) Release Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft