Software Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Software Developer salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 100 157
Rank change year-on-year -52 +57 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 38 191 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.95% 2.26% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 2.40% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 23 179 72
10th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £37,625
25th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £58,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £64,600 £69,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +4.55%

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 3,619 7,951 5,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 94.25% 90.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,852 5,608 3,233
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,656 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the West Midlands

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the West Midlands

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the West Midlands

Software 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 Software Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 24 £67,500 +50.00% 12
Staffordshire -2 3 - - 13
Shropshire +10 2 £60,000 +62.16%
Worcestershire -3 1 £100,000 +135.29% 9
Coventry -11 1 £47,500 -11.21% 5
Warwickshire -14 1 - - 7
Tipton - 1 £47,500 -
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 28 (73.68%) C#
2 17 (44.74%) .NET
3 15 (39.47%) SQL Server
4 12 (31.58%) JavaScript
4 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
5 11 (28.95%) SQL
6 10 (26.32%) .NET Framework
6 10 (26.32%) Azure
6 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (26.32%) Clean Code
7 8 (21.05%) Blazor
8 7 (18.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (18.42%) Infor CloudSuite
8 7 (18.42%) SaaS
8 7 (18.42%) Infor
8 7 (18.42%) Degree
8 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
8 7 (18.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 7 (18.42%) Law
8 7 (18.42%) Web Services
8 7 (18.42%) CRM
8 7 (18.42%) ERP
9 6 (15.79%) WinForms
9 6 (15.79%) Revit
9 6 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
10 5 (13.16%) Terraform
10 5 (13.16%) User Experience
10 5 (13.16%) DevOps

Software 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 1 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Revit
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Infor CloudSuite
1 7 (18.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 4 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) Azure
2 7 (18.42%) SaaS
3 4 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.89%) AWS
5 2 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.26%) GCP
6 1 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (39.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (10.53%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (7.89%) MS Access
5 1 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
1 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (18.42%) Law
2 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.26%) Automotive
3 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (44.74%) .NET
2 10 (26.32%) .NET Framework
3 8 (21.05%) Blazor
4 7 (18.42%) Web Services
5 6 (15.79%) WinForms
6 5 (13.16%) WPF
7 4 (10.53%) Entity Framework
8 3 (7.89%) ADO
8 3 (7.89%) CSS
8 3 (7.89%) HTML
8 3 (7.89%) ODBC
9 2 (5.26%) AngularJS
9 2 (5.26%) OpenMP
10 1 (2.63%) .NET Core
10 1 (2.63%) Google Maps API
10 1 (2.63%) HTML5
10 1 (2.63%) Material Design
10 1 (2.63%) Node.js
10 1 (2.63%) Razor View Engine
10 1 (2.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (7.89%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) CUDA
4 2 (5.26%) SIMD
5 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.63%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Android
2 2 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Clean Code
1 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
2 7 (18.42%) CRM
2 7 (18.42%) ERP
2 7 (18.42%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (13.16%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
3 5 (13.16%) DevOps
3 5 (13.16%) User Experience
4 4 (10.53%) Agile
4 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (10.53%) Project Management
4 4 (10.53%) SDLC
4 4 (10.53%) UX Design
5 3 (7.89%) Android Development
5 3 (7.89%) Integration Testing
5 3 (7.89%) MVC
5 3 (7.89%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 28 (73.68%) C#
2 12 (31.58%) JavaScript
3 11 (28.95%) SQL
4 4 (10.53%) Bicep
4 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 4 (10.53%) Python
5 3 (7.89%) C++
5 3 (7.89%) Delphi
5 3 (7.89%) VB
5 3 (7.89%) XAML
6 2 (5.26%) Rust
7 1 (2.63%) Go
7 1 (2.63%) Java
7 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Terraform
2 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) Infor
3 1 (2.63%) Google