Senior Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Developer salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 86 111
Rank change year-on-year -55 +25 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 40 166 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.86% 3.33% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 3.62% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 26 117 45
10th Percentile £56,500 £50,000 £51,450
25th Percentile £61,938 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,000 £70,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% -6.38% -2.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,182 4,586 3,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 92.00% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 2,322 2,521
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £66,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the West Midlands

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham -19 23 £65,000 +13.04% 7
Coventry +6 6 £60,000 -33.33% 8
Warwickshire -3 5 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Solihull -4 3 - - 1
Worcestershire -13 1 £100,000 +53.85% 7
Shropshire -15 1 £75,000 - 14
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 20 (50.00%) Azure
2 19 (47.50%) C#
3 16 (40.00%) .NET
4 14 (35.00%) Agile
5 12 (30.00%) DevOps
5 12 (30.00%) TDD
6 11 (27.50%) CI/CD
7 10 (25.00%) SQL
7 10 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 9 (22.50%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (20.00%) Java
10 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (17.50%) Serverless
10 7 (17.50%) Spring
11 6 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
11 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
11 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
12 5 (12.50%) Blazor
12 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
12 5 (12.50%) Microservices
12 5 (12.50%) Power Platform
12 5 (12.50%) Python
12 5 (12.50%) SDLC
12 5 (12.50%) Spring Boot
12 5 (12.50%) TypeScript
13 4 (10.00%) .NET Core
13 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
13 4 (10.00%) AWS
13 4 (10.00%) CRM

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (17.50%) Serverless
4 5 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 4 (10.00%) AWS
6 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Functions
7 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.00%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.50%) Azure AI
8 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.50%) GitHub
8 1 (2.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Network Security
1 1 (2.50%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JUnit
1 3 (7.50%) Maven
2 2 (5.00%) Git
2 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.00%) Mockito
3 1 (2.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) MSTest
3 1 (2.50%) NUnit
3 1 (2.50%) Selenium
3 1 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Electronics
4 1 (2.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (40.00%) .NET
2 7 (17.50%) Spring
3 5 (12.50%) Blazor
3 5 (12.50%) Spring Boot
4 4 (10.00%) .NET Core
4 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (10.00%) HTML
4 4 (10.00%) REST
5 3 (7.50%) .NET Framework
5 3 (7.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (7.50%) React
6 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
6 2 (5.00%) CSS
6 2 (5.00%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.00%) RESTful
7 1 (2.50%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (2.50%) Django
7 1 (2.50%) SOAP
7 1 (2.50%) WCF
7 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Agile
2 12 (30.00%) DevOps
2 12 (30.00%) TDD
3 11 (27.50%) CI/CD
4 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 5 (12.50%) Microservices
6 5 (12.50%) SDLC
7 4 (10.00%) CRM
7 4 (10.00%) MVC
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (7.50%) Code Quality
8 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (7.50%) Pair Programming
8 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.50%) Scrum
8 3 (7.50%) Software Architecture
8 3 (7.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) C#
2 10 (25.00%) SQL
3 8 (20.00%) Java
4 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 5 (12.50%) Python
5 5 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 2 (5.00%) Kotlin
6 2 (5.00%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.00%) Scala
6 2 (5.00%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.50%) Bicep
7 1 (2.50%) C
7 1 (2.50%) Delphi
7 1 (2.50%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle
3 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft