Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Developer salary in the West Midlands is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 13 15 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 398 1,011 1,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.07% 12.48% 24.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.76% 13.28% 25.38%
Number of salaries quoted 334 661 1,408
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,120 7,612 6,919
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 93.95% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,526 4,489 5,296
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,950 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +1.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Developer 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 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 -3 171 £53,250 -7.39% 81
Staffordshire -3 51 £47,500 - 28
Warwickshire +55 47 £50,000 +11.11% 19
Solihull +14 34 £53,750 -2.27% 10
Coventry -19 18 £51,250 -2.57% 13
Shropshire +3 16 £55,000 +20.88% 7
Herefordshire +5 11 £50,000 - 4
Worcestershire -4 10 £60,000 +29.73% 20
West Bromwich +23 5 £46,000 -27.84%
Wolverhampton +12 5 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Wednesbury - 3 £55,000 -
Walsall +13 2 £44,250 +1.72% 2
Bilston - 2 £45,000 -
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 - 1
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, 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 West Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 177 (44.47%) SQL
2 160 (40.20%) .NET
3 151 (37.94%) JavaScript
3 151 (37.94%) Agile
4 149 (37.44%) C#
5 144 (36.18%) Azure
6 111 (27.89%) HTML
7 110 (27.64%) Social Skills
8 108 (27.14%) SQL Server
9 103 (25.88%) Microsoft
10 97 (24.37%) CSS
11 91 (22.86%) Finance
12 85 (21.36%) DevOps
13 66 (16.58%) Git
14 63 (15.83%) AngularJS
14 63 (15.83%) TypeScript
15 62 (15.58%) Degree
16 59 (14.82%) MVC
17 58 (14.57%) AWS
18 57 (14.32%) Java
18 57 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
19 51 (12.81%) Scrum
20 50 (12.56%) .NET Framework
20 50 (12.56%) Power Platform
21 49 (12.31%) ASP.NET
21 49 (12.31%) React
22 48 (12.06%) Mentoring
23 46 (11.56%) RESTful
24 45 (11.31%) Full Stack Development
25 44 (11.06%) CI/CD

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.51%) WordPress
3 5 (1.26%) Appian
3 5 (1.26%) Confluence
4 3 (0.75%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.50%) CMS
5 2 (0.50%) IIS
5 2 (0.50%) MODX
5 2 (0.50%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.50%) Site Server
5 2 (0.50%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.26%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.27%) NetSuite
3 8 (2.01%) Shopify
4 5 (1.26%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (1.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (1.26%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.50%) Orchard Housing
5 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.50%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 144 (36.18%) Azure
2 58 (14.57%) AWS
3 50 (12.56%) Power Platform
4 33 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (6.03%) SaaS
7 19 (4.77%) Serverless
8 14 (3.52%) GCP
8 14 (3.52%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.27%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 11 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.76%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.51%) GitHub
15 5 (1.26%) Azure Storage
15 5 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
16 4 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.50%) AMQP
1 2 (0.50%) BIG-IP
1 2 (0.50%) FTP
1 2 (0.50%) IP Telephony
1 2 (0.50%) MQTT
1 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
1 2 (0.50%) Wireless
2 1 (0.25%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (27.14%) SQL Server
2 34 (8.54%) Power BI
3 27 (6.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (6.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (5.53%) MySQL
6 20 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (4.77%) Relational Database
8 16 (4.02%) Tableau
9 15 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.51%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.01%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.76%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.76%) Power Query
13 6 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.01%) Big Data
15 3 (0.75%) CouchDB
15 3 (0.75%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.75%) OLTP
15 3 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 66 (16.58%) Git
2 35 (8.79%) Visual Studio
3 20 (5.03%) Maven
4 15 (3.77%) JIRA
5 14 (3.52%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.76%) GitLab
7 6 (1.51%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (1.26%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.26%) JUnit
8 5 (1.26%) Moq
8 5 (1.26%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.01%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.01%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (1.01%) Subversion
10 3 (0.75%) Postman
11 2 (0.50%) SoapUI
General
1 110 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 91 (22.86%) Finance
3 37 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (7.04%) Law
5 16 (4.02%) Banking
6 13 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.76%) Games
7 11 (2.76%) Legal
7 11 (2.76%) Retail
8 10 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.01%) Marketing
9 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.76%) Automotive
11 5 (1.26%) Back Office
11 5 (1.26%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.01%) Advertising
13 2 (0.50%) Electronics
13 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.50%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (40.20%) .NET
2 111 (27.89%) HTML
3 97 (24.37%) CSS
4 63 (15.83%) AngularJS
5 50 (12.56%) .NET Framework
6 49 (12.31%) ASP.NET
6 49 (12.31%) React
7 46 (11.56%) RESTful
8 42 (10.55%) Entity Framework
9 41 (10.30%) HTML5
10 40 (10.05%) .NET Core
10 40 (10.05%) REST
11 37 (9.30%) Node.js
11 37 (9.30%) Web Services
12 36 (9.05%) ASP.NET Web API
12 36 (9.05%) jQuery
13 27 (6.78%) XML
14 26 (6.53%) Spring Boot
15 24 (6.03%) Spring
16 22 (5.53%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.03%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.28%) Mobile App
3 17 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.76%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.51%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.76%) IoT
9 6 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.26%) NHS
11 3 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.75%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.75%) FMCG
11 3 (0.75%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.75%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.52%) Android
2 11 (2.76%) Apple iOS
2 11 (2.76%) Linux
3 6 (1.51%) Windows
4 4 (1.01%) QNX Neutrino
5 2 (0.50%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (37.94%) Agile
2 85 (21.36%) DevOps
3 59 (14.82%) MVC
4 57 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (12.81%) Scrum
6 48 (12.06%) Mentoring
7 45 (11.31%) Full Stack Development
8 44 (11.06%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (11.06%) CI/CD
9 40 (10.05%) SDLC
9 40 (10.05%) User Experience
10 39 (9.80%) TDD
10 39 (9.80%) Test Automation
11 38 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (8.79%) Microservices
13 31 (7.79%) Computer Science
14 29 (7.29%) Design Patterns
14 29 (7.29%) Front End Development
15 27 (6.78%) Coaching
15 27 (6.78%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 177 (44.47%) SQL
2 151 (37.94%) JavaScript
3 149 (37.44%) C#
4 63 (15.83%) TypeScript
5 57 (14.32%) Java
6 37 (9.30%) T-SQL
7 27 (6.78%) Python
8 22 (5.53%) VB.NET
9 15 (3.77%) PHP
10 12 (3.02%) C++
11 9 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (2.26%) VB
12 8 (2.01%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.76%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.51%) VBScript
15 5 (1.26%) Perl
16 4 (1.01%) Go
16 4 (1.01%) Groovy
16 4 (1.01%) Swift
16 4 (1.01%) XAML
Qualifications
1 62 (15.58%) Degree
2 19 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.01%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.01%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.75%) MCITP
5 3 (0.75%) MCTS
6 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.77%) QA
2 9 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.75%) PMO
4 2 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (7.29%) Docker
2 5 (1.26%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 103 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.77%) Salesforce
3 14 (3.52%) Google
4 9 (2.26%) SAP
5 7 (1.76%) Xamarin
6 6 (1.51%) Alteryx
6 6 (1.51%) Databricks
6 6 (1.51%) Oracle
7 5 (1.26%) Adobe
7 5 (1.26%) Unisys
7 5 (1.26%) Xero
8 4 (1.01%) QNX
9 3 (0.75%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.75%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.75%) Micro Focus
9 3 (0.75%) Progress
9 3 (0.75%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.75%) UiPath
10 2 (0.50%) F5
10 2 (0.50%) SYSPRO