Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Developer salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 21 3
Rank change year-on-year +14 -18 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,004 700 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.19% 10.17% 21.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.11% 11.29% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 896 505 1,121
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +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 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 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
Birmingham +3 433 £55,000 -3.51% 82
Staffordshire +1 113 £47,500 - 29
Warwickshire +44 90 £47,495 -5.01% 20
Worcestershire +12 67 £50,000 +17.65% 15
Shropshire +13 57 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Coventry +11 35 £53,500 +0.47% 12
Solihull -3 28 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Wolverhampton +30 14 £60,500 +21.00% 3
Herefordshire +4 12 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Walsall - 9 £42,500 - 2
Halesowen -7 7 £60,000 -
Wednesbury -3 6 £63,250 +40.56%
Dudley - 5 £40,000 - 2
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £45,000 - 1
Stourbridge - 3 £45,000 -
Kingswinford - 1 £40,000 -
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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.

1 381 (37.95%) C#
2 348 (34.66%) .NET
3 311 (30.98%) JavaScript
4 274 (27.29%) SQL
5 264 (26.29%) Agile
6 261 (26.00%) Azure
7 232 (23.11%) Full Stack Development
8 225 (22.41%) Microsoft
9 218 (21.71%) HTML
10 180 (17.93%) SQL Server
11 172 (17.13%) Social Skills
12 166 (16.53%) CSS
13 162 (16.14%) React
14 154 (15.34%) TypeScript
15 143 (14.24%) MVC
16 136 (13.55%) ASP.NET
17 135 (13.45%) AngularJS
18 127 (12.65%) DevOps
19 122 (12.15%) AWS
20 118 (11.75%) .NET Core
21 114 (11.35%) Git
22 108 (10.76%) Power Platform
23 106 (10.56%) User Experience
24 104 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
24 104 (10.36%) Finance
25 103 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
26 98 (9.76%) PHP
27 97 (9.66%) Web Development
28 94 (9.36%) Node.js
29 88 (8.76%) Microservices

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 39 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.39%) WordPress
3 19 (1.89%) OpenEdge
4 17 (1.69%) nginx
5 13 (1.29%) CMS
6 10 (1.00%) Appian
6 10 (1.00%) IIS
7 7 (0.70%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) Apache
9 2 (0.20%) Confluence
9 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.100%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.100%) Drupal
10 1 (0.100%) Mendix
10 1 (0.100%) Moodle
10 1 (0.100%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.100%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (1.39%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.100%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.100%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.09%) Shopify
2 15 (1.49%) Magento
3 12 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.60%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.30%) ProductWriter
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.20%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.100%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.100%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 261 (26.00%) Azure
2 122 (12.15%) AWS
3 108 (10.76%) Power Platform
4 54 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (4.98%) PowerApps
6 40 (3.98%) Power Automate
7 35 (3.49%) GitHub
8 34 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (3.39%) SaaS
8 34 (3.39%) Serverless
9 26 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (1.39%) GCP
11 12 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.00%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (0.80%) Figma
13 8 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.29%) Firewall
2 7 (0.70%) Intranet
3 5 (0.50%) HTTP
3 5 (0.50%) Internet
3 5 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.40%) MQTT
5 3 (0.30%) DNS
5 3 (0.30%) FTP
5 3 (0.30%) SSL
6 2 (0.20%) 4G
6 2 (0.20%) 5G
6 2 (0.20%) AMQP
6 2 (0.20%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.100%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (17.93%) SQL Server
2 73 (7.27%) Power BI
3 53 (5.28%) MySQL
4 36 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 35 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (2.69%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.59%) Relational Database
9 24 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 22 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (1.79%) DynamoDB
12 15 (1.49%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 10 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
15 10 (1.00%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.60%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.50%) Tableau
18 4 (0.40%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 114 (11.35%) Git
2 41 (4.08%) Visual Studio
3 26 (2.59%) JIRA
4 15 (1.49%) Cucumber
4 15 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.29%) Subversion
6 10 (1.00%) GNU Toolchain
7 8 (0.80%) Postman
7 8 (0.80%) Selenium
8 7 (0.70%) Maven
9 6 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.60%) GitLab
10 5 (0.50%) ESLint
10 5 (0.50%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.50%) JUnit
10 5 (0.50%) Karma Test Runner
10 5 (0.50%) MSTest
10 5 (0.50%) webpack
11 4 (0.40%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 172 (17.13%) Social Skills
2 104 (10.36%) Finance
3 58 (5.78%) Manufacturing
4 52 (5.18%) Marketing
5 46 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (3.88%) Law
7 30 (2.99%) Retail
8 27 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (2.39%) Automotive
10 22 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.89%) Games
12 15 (1.49%) Public Sector
13 13 (1.29%) Advertising
14 8 (0.80%) Health Technology
15 7 (0.70%) Banking
15 7 (0.70%) Legal
16 5 (0.50%) Digital Healthcare
17 2 (0.20%) Digital Health
17 2 (0.20%) iGaming
17 2 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 348 (34.66%) .NET
2 218 (21.71%) HTML
3 166 (16.53%) CSS
4 162 (16.14%) React
5 136 (13.55%) ASP.NET
6 135 (13.45%) AngularJS
7 118 (11.75%) .NET Core
8 94 (9.36%) Node.js
9 86 (8.57%) .NET Framework
10 82 (8.17%) ASP.NET MVC
11 81 (8.07%) Entity Framework
12 76 (7.57%) Vue
13 74 (7.37%) ASP.NET Web API
14 67 (6.67%) RESTful
15 55 (5.48%) Laravel
16 50 (4.98%) HTML5
17 48 (4.78%) REST
18 45 (4.48%) jQuery
18 45 (4.48%) JSON
19 39 (3.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.18%) Mobile App
2 40 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 38 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 16 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (1.29%) Algorithms
6 13 (1.29%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.20%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.10%) AS400
8 11 (1.10%) iSeries
9 10 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.00%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.90%) CUDA
10 9 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.80%) Digital Media
12 7 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.98%) Linux
2 29 (2.89%) Windows
3 15 (1.49%) Android
4 10 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.00%) Unix
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.100%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (26.29%) Agile
2 232 (23.11%) Full Stack Development
3 143 (14.24%) MVC
4 127 (12.65%) DevOps
5 106 (10.56%) User Experience
6 104 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
8 97 (9.66%) Web Development
9 88 (8.76%) Microservices
10 81 (8.07%) Software Engineering
11 79 (7.87%) Front End Development
12 78 (7.77%) Scrum
13 68 (6.77%) CI/CD
14 66 (6.57%) Clean Code
14 66 (6.57%) Mentoring
15 59 (5.88%) ERP
16 57 (5.68%) Computer Science
17 56 (5.58%) TDD
18 52 (5.18%) Test Automation
19 47 (4.68%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 381 (37.95%) C#
2 311 (30.98%) JavaScript
3 274 (27.29%) SQL
4 154 (15.34%) TypeScript
5 98 (9.76%) PHP
6 64 (6.37%) Java
7 63 (6.27%) Python
8 43 (4.28%) VB.NET
9 41 (4.08%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.99%) C++
11 19 (1.89%) VB
12 17 (1.69%) Bash
12 17 (1.69%) PowerShell
13 16 (1.59%) C
14 13 (1.29%) Go
15 11 (1.10%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.10%) RPG
15 11 (1.10%) RPG IV
15 11 (1.10%) RPG/400
16 10 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (8.07%) Degree
2 37 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (2.09%) SC Cleared
3 21 (2.09%) Security Cleared
4 13 (1.29%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.50%) PhD
6 3 (0.30%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.20%) HND
8 1 (0.100%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.100%) HNC
8 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.88%) QA
2 15 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.50%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.100%) ITGC
4 1 (0.100%) SLA
System Software
1 72 (7.17%) Docker
2 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.79%) Terraform
3 6 (0.60%) Rancher
4 1 (0.100%) Kibana
Vendors
1 225 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.19%) Google
3 20 (1.99%) Oracle
4 18 (1.79%) Xamarin
5 15 (1.49%) Adobe
5 15 (1.49%) Progress
5 15 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.20%) Facebook
6 12 (1.20%) IBM
7 11 (1.10%) DevExpress
8 9 (0.90%) NVIDIA
8 9 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.80%) Sitecore
9 8 (0.80%) YouTube
10 6 (0.60%) Databricks
10 6 (0.60%) SAP
10 6 (0.60%) SYSPRO
11 5 (0.50%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.50%) Informatica
12 4 (0.40%) JDA