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 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 69 115
Rank change year-on-year -58 +46 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 46 191 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.41% 3.16% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 3.33% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 30 126 71
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £53,750 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -10.34% -

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 2,977 5,744 3,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 94.90% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,990 3,336 2,817
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,225 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -32 21 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Warwickshire +20 9 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Coventry - 7 - - 1
Worcestershire +11 2 £81,250 +25.00%
Solihull -9 2 - -
Shropshire +1 1 £75,000 -
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 30 (65.22%) C#
2 27 (58.70%) .NET
3 21 (45.65%) SQL
4 20 (43.48%) Agile
4 20 (43.48%) Azure
5 16 (34.78%) SQL Server
5 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
6 15 (32.61%) DevOps
7 13 (28.26%) JavaScript
8 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
9 10 (21.74%) HTML
9 10 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (19.57%) CRM
10 9 (19.57%) Dynamics CRM
11 8 (17.39%) MVC
11 8 (17.39%) TDD
11 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
11 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
11 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
11 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
11 8 (17.39%) Blazor
12 7 (15.22%) Software Architecture
12 7 (15.22%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (13.04%) Finance
13 6 (13.04%) Law
13 6 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
13 6 (13.04%) SDLC

Senior 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 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) CMS
2 1 (2.17%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (43.48%) Azure
2 10 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
4 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (13.04%) Serverless
5 5 (10.87%) SaaS
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.35%) AWS
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.17%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (34.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (10.87%) Power BI
4 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.35%) Data Hub
5 2 (4.35%) Metadata
5 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
5 2 (4.35%) SQL CLR
5 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.17%) Power Query
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) MSTest
1 1 (2.17%) NUnit
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Law
4 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Back Office
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Electronics
6 1 (2.17%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (58.70%) .NET
2 10 (21.74%) HTML
3 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET
3 8 (17.39%) Blazor
4 7 (15.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (10.87%) CSS
5 5 (10.87%) React
6 4 (8.70%) .NET Core
6 4 (8.70%) AngularJS
7 3 (6.52%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.52%) RESTful
7 3 (6.52%) Spring
7 3 (6.52%) Spring Boot
8 2 (4.35%) Entity Framework
8 2 (4.35%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (2.17%) ARM Templates
9 1 (2.17%) KnockoutJS
9 1 (2.17%) Next.js
9 1 (2.17%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Android
1 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) Agile
2 15 (32.61%) DevOps
3 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 9 (19.57%) CRM
5 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 8 (17.39%) MVC
5 8 (17.39%) TDD
6 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (15.22%) Software Architecture
7 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
7 6 (13.04%) SDLC
8 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.87%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (10.87%) Front End Development
8 5 (10.87%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
9 4 (8.70%) User Experience
10 3 (6.52%) Microservices
10 3 (6.52%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 30 (65.22%) C#
2 21 (45.65%) SQL
3 13 (28.26%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.70%) T-SQL
4 4 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.52%) Java
5 3 (6.52%) Python
6 2 (4.35%) Kotlin
6 2 (4.35%) Scala
7 1 (2.17%) Bicep
7 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.17%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Failover Clustering
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.35%) Guidewire
3 2 (4.35%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) Xamarin
4 1 (2.17%) Databricks
4 1 (2.17%) SAP