Systems Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

System Developer
England > West Midlands

The median System Developer salary in the West Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 247 -
Rank change year-on-year +51 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 4 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.090% 0.041% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.044% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% - -
England median annual salary £54,375 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% - -5.26%

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 3,992 6,812 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.09% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 5,151 3,348
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Developer in the West Midlands

Systems Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Developer in the West Midlands

Systems 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 Systems Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Dudley - 4 £35,000 -
Systems Developer
England

Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Zoho
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft

Systems 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Zoho
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft