Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Developer salary in the West Midlands is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 25 7
Rank change year-on-year +12 -18 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 630 229 753
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 6.98% 7.18% 13.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.56% 7.76% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 471 192 499
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 8,333 2,951 5,291
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.51% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,038 1,915 2,810
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,224
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.39% +2.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -4.17%

Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Developer Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Developer Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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
Birmingham -1 262 £65,000 - 56
Staffordshire +46 79 £55,000 +2.44% 25
Coventry +21 70 £62,500 +11.11% 12
Worcestershire +8 51 £65,000 +52.94% 7
Dudley - 33 £55,000 - 6
Warwickshire -7 32 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Shropshire -13 28 £65,000 +33.33% 18
Wolverhampton +10 23 £52,500 +50.00% 4
Herefordshire -2 10 £75,000 +7.14%
Brierley Hill - 9 £45,000 - 2
Solihull +2 6 £65,000 -13.33% 12
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £52,500 - 1
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 West Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#24.4%154
2Azure21.9%138
3.NET21.6%136
3Microsoft21.6%136
5SQL21.0%132
6Agile19.5%123
7Full-Stack Development19.0%120
8JavaScript14.0%88
9Power Platform13.0%82
10Problem-Solving11.4%72
11Power Automate11.0%69
12Java10.0%63
13AI9.8%62
14Business Intelligence9.4%59
14SQL Server9.4%59
14TypeScript9.4%59
17CI/CD9.2%58
18.NET Core9.0%57
19AWS8.9%56
19PowerApps8.9%56
19Security Cleared8.9%56
22Continuous Improvement8.3%52
23Dynamics 3658.1%51
23REST8.1%51
25React7.6%48
26Power BI7.5%47
27DevOps7.3%46
27Mentoring7.3%46
29ASP.NET7.0%44
29SC Cleared7.0%44

Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Developer20.2%127
2Software Developer19.2%121
3Full-Stack Developer10.3%65
4Power Platform Developer10.0%63
5Lead Developer9.8%62
6.NET Developer8.6%54
7Dynamics 365 Developer5.1%32
8Java Developer4.9%31
8Lead Software Developer4.9%31
10Senior Software Developer4.4%28
11SQL Developer4.1%26
12Senior Full-Stack Developer4.0%25
13React Developer3.8%24
14Business Intelligence Developer3.3%21
15Integration Developer3.2%20
16Senior Java Developer3.0%19
17Senior React Developer2.9%18
18Oracle Developer2.7%17
19Lead Dynamics 365 Developer2.5%16
20C# Developer2.4%15
159 Developer jobs in the West Midlands