Developer Job Trends in Walsall

Developer
West Midlands > Walsall

The median Developer salary in Walsall is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Walsall 5.88% 1.25% 6.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.67% 1.39% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £61,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +47.06% -2.30%
75th Percentile £43,750 £63,750 £45,125
90th Percentile - - £45,950
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Walsall

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Walsall. 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 Walsall with a recognized job title 30 72 44
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 90.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 37
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £33,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +30.90%
75th Percentile - £42,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £46,500 £70,750 £94,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Walsall

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Walsall

Developer
Salary Trend in Walsall

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Walsall.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Walsall

Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Walsall

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, 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 Walsall region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Linear Regression
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Walsall 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Linear Regression
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft