BREW Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BREW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 569 547
Rank change year-on-year +57 -22 +231
Permanent jobs citing BREW 3 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.024% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.078% 0.12% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -61.54% +56.63%
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £25,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +80.00% -61.54% +56.63%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

BREW falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,843 7,225 7,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.13% 19.32% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,946 4,080 5,735
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BREW relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BREW job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BREW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BREW

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BREW within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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 - 3 £45,000 -
Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
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