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 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 77 122
Rank change year-on-year -41 +45 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 48 186 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.38% 3.44% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 3.69% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 33 125 55
10th Percentile - £50,000 £51,450
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,750 £75,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -3.45%

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 3,206 5,041 3,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 93.14% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 2,611 2,628
10th Percentile £28,725 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 11 November 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 11 November 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 -29 22 £65,000 +13.04% 6
Warwickshire +24 11 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Coventry +9 6 £57,600 -36.00% 2
Solihull -4 3 - -
Worcestershire +1 1 £100,000 +53.85%
Shropshire -12 1 £75,000 -
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 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 25 (52.08%) C#
2 22 (45.83%) .NET
2 22 (45.83%) Azure
3 21 (43.75%) Agile
4 18 (37.50%) SQL
5 16 (33.33%) DevOps
6 14 (29.17%) JavaScript
7 12 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 12 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 12 (25.00%) TDD
8 11 (22.92%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
10 8 (16.67%) CRM
10 8 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
11 7 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 7 (14.58%) HTML
11 7 (14.58%) Java
11 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
11 7 (14.58%) React
11 7 (14.58%) SDLC
11 7 (14.58%) Serverless
11 7 (14.58%) Spring
12 6 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (12.50%) Microservices
12 6 (12.50%) Power Platform
12 6 (12.50%) Python
12 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (12.50%) TypeScript
13 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET

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 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (45.83%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (14.58%) Serverless
4 6 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 5 (10.42%) AWS
6 3 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.17%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.17%) SaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.08%) GitHub
8 1 (2.08%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.25%) Power BI
4 2 (4.17%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.08%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.08%) Power Query
5 1 (2.08%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JUnit
2 2 (4.17%) Maven
2 2 (4.17%) Mockito
3 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.08%) Git
3 1 (2.08%) GitLab
3 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) MSTest
3 1 (2.08%) NUnit
3 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 13 (27.08%) Public Sector
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Law
3 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Electronics
5 1 (2.08%) Games
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (45.83%) .NET
2 7 (14.58%) HTML
2 7 (14.58%) React
2 7 (14.58%) Spring
3 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET
3 5 (10.42%) Blazor
3 5 (10.42%) CSS
3 5 (10.42%) Spring Boot
4 4 (8.33%) .NET Core
4 4 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (6.25%) .NET Framework
5 3 (6.25%) REST
5 3 (6.25%) RESTful
6 2 (4.17%) AngularJS
6 2 (4.17%) Entity Framework
6 2 (4.17%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
7 1 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (2.08%) Next.js
7 1 (2.08%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Android
1 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Agile
2 16 (33.33%) DevOps
3 12 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 12 (25.00%) TDD
4 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (16.67%) CRM
6 7 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
6 7 (14.58%) SDLC
7 6 (12.50%) Microservices
8 5 (10.42%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (10.42%) Customer Service
8 5 (10.42%) Front End Development
8 5 (10.42%) MVC
8 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (8.33%) Software Architecture
9 4 (8.33%) Software Engineering
9 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (6.25%) Code Quality
10 3 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 25 (52.08%) C#
2 18 (37.50%) SQL
3 14 (29.17%) JavaScript
4 7 (14.58%) Java
5 6 (12.50%) Python
5 6 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.17%) Kotlin
6 2 (4.17%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.17%) Scala
6 2 (4.17%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.08%) Bicep
7 1 (2.08%) C
7 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.08%) Delphi
7 1 (2.08%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Oracle
2 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.17%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.08%) Databricks
4 1 (2.08%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) Xamarin