Software Developer Jobs in Staffordshire

Software Developer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Software Developer salary in Staffordshire is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 47 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 -15 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 29 19 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.86% 3.61% 6.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 3.90% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 29 19 13
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +53.85% -18.24%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £54,000 £46,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 974 487 590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.06% 92.59% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 719 376 419
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,896
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tamworth -12 9 £47,500 -5.00%
Stoke-on-Trent -10 6 £43,750 -2.78% 5
Burton-upon-Trent - 3 £60,000 - 1
Software Developer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Staffordshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) .NET
2 19 (65.52%) SQL
3 18 (62.07%) C#
4 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
5 12 (41.38%) VB.NET
6 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
7 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
8 8 (27.59%) Windows
8 8 (27.59%) WinForms
9 7 (24.14%) Unit Testing
9 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (17.24%) Software Testing
11 4 (13.79%) WPF
11 4 (13.79%) JDA
11 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
11 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (13.79%) Clean Code
11 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
12 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
12 3 (10.34%) MVC
12 3 (10.34%) Agile
13 2 (6.90%) TDD
13 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
13 2 (6.90%) Automotive
13 2 (6.90%) Git
13 2 (6.90%) OOP
13 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio
13 2 (6.90%) VB
13 2 (6.90%) Coaching
13 2 (6.90%) Lean Software Development

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
1 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
1 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Automotive
4 1 (3.45%) Electronics
4 1 (3.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (68.97%) .NET
2 8 (27.59%) WinForms
3 4 (13.79%) WPF
4 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (3.45%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (24.14%) Unit Testing
2 5 (17.24%) Software Testing
3 4 (13.79%) Clean Code
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
4 3 (10.34%) MVC
5 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.90%) Coaching
5 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.90%) Design Patterns
5 2 (6.90%) DevOps
5 2 (6.90%) Lean Software Development
5 2 (6.90%) OOP
5 2 (6.90%) TDD
6 1 (3.45%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 19 (65.52%) SQL
2 18 (62.07%) C#
3 12 (41.38%) VB.NET
4 2 (6.90%) VB
5 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) JDA
2 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) DevExpress