Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Developer salary in Birmingham is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 530 268 884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.88% 14.91% 28.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.85% 16.06% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 470 230 661
10th Percentile £36,125 £41,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +6.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,969 1,669 3,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,354 1,299 2,256
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Developer in Birmingham

Developer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Birmingham

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 152 (28.68%) JavaScript
2 146 (27.55%) C#
3 136 (25.66%) .NET
4 128 (24.15%) Agile
5 124 (23.40%) Azure
6 123 (23.21%) SQL
7 111 (20.94%) Microsoft
8 102 (19.25%) Full Stack Development
9 101 (19.06%) HTML
10 79 (14.91%) Social Skills
11 78 (14.72%) CSS
12 63 (11.89%) AngularJS
13 58 (10.94%) TypeScript
14 57 (10.75%) User Experience
15 56 (10.57%) DevOps
15 56 (10.57%) React
16 52 (9.81%) Power Platform
17 51 (9.62%) Java
18 48 (9.06%) Software Engineering
19 47 (8.87%) Git
19 47 (8.87%) Mentoring
20 45 (8.49%) SQL Server
21 44 (8.30%) Front End Development
21 44 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
22 43 (8.11%) .NET Core
22 43 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
23 42 (7.92%) Vue
24 41 (7.74%) Scrum
24 41 (7.74%) Finance
25 40 (7.55%) ASP.NET

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 22 (4.15%) OpenEdge
2 19 (3.58%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.08%) Appian
3 11 (2.08%) IIS
4 8 (1.51%) WordPress
5 7 (1.32%) nginx
6 5 (0.94%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.57%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache
8 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
8 2 (0.38%) Totara
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Mendix
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (3.40%) Shopify
2 12 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.13%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.57%) Magento
5 2 (0.38%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.19%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 124 (23.40%) Azure
2 52 (9.81%) Power Platform
3 38 (7.17%) AWS
4 34 (6.42%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.15%) SaaS
7 16 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.64%) PowerApps
9 12 (2.26%) Power Automate
10 10 (1.89%) Serverless
11 9 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon Kinesis
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.94%) GCP
13 5 (0.94%) GitHub
13 5 (0.94%) npm
14 4 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.38%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.94%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.57%) DNS
2 3 (0.57%) Firewall
2 3 (0.57%) SSL
3 2 (0.38%) 4G
3 2 (0.38%) 5G
3 2 (0.38%) HTTP
4 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.91%) Power BI
3 15 (2.83%) MySQL
4 13 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.94%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.94%) Tableau
10 4 (0.75%) InterSystems Cache
11 3 (0.57%) Power Query
11 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.38%) GIS
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.38%) OLTP
13 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 47 (8.87%) Git
2 18 (3.40%) Visual Studio
3 14 (2.64%) JIRA
4 10 (1.89%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.51%) Selenium
6 6 (1.13%) GitLab
6 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.94%) Jasmine
7 5 (0.94%) Karma Test Runner
7 5 (0.94%) webpack
8 4 (0.75%) JUnit
9 3 (0.57%) gulp
9 3 (0.57%) JMeter
9 3 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) GCC
11 1 (0.19%) Grunt
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) Sourcetree
11 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (14.91%) Social Skills
2 41 (7.74%) Finance
3 21 (3.96%) Retail
4 18 (3.40%) Law
5 16 (3.02%) Automotive
5 16 (3.02%) Games
6 13 (2.45%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.70%) Marketing
9 8 (1.51%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.94%) Advertising
10 5 (0.94%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (0.94%) Legal
11 3 (0.57%) Banking
12 2 (0.38%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.38%) iGaming
12 2 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (25.66%) .NET
2 101 (19.06%) HTML
3 78 (14.72%) CSS
4 63 (11.89%) AngularJS
5 56 (10.57%) React
6 43 (8.11%) .NET Core
7 42 (7.92%) Vue
8 40 (7.55%) ASP.NET
9 38 (7.17%) jQuery
10 37 (6.98%) .NET Framework
11 32 (6.04%) RESTful
12 26 (4.91%) Entity Framework
12 26 (4.91%) Laravel
12 26 (4.91%) Node.js
13 25 (4.72%) Web Services
14 23 (4.34%) REST
15 22 (4.15%) Sass
16 17 (3.21%) ASP.NET Web API
16 17 (3.21%) JSON
17 16 (3.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.15%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.26%) Low-Code
4 11 (2.08%) AS400
4 11 (2.08%) iSeries
5 10 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.51%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.13%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.75%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.75%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.57%) IoT
10 3 (0.57%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.57%) NHS
10 3 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.38%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.53%) Linux
2 11 (2.08%) Windows
3 5 (0.94%) Android
4 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (24.15%) Agile
2 102 (19.25%) Full Stack Development
3 57 (10.75%) User Experience
4 56 (10.57%) DevOps
5 48 (9.06%) Software Engineering
6 47 (8.87%) Mentoring
7 44 (8.30%) Front End Development
7 44 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
9 41 (7.74%) Scrum
10 32 (6.04%) CI/CD
10 32 (6.04%) SDLC
10 32 (6.04%) Web Development
11 31 (5.85%) Customer Service
12 30 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (5.47%) Clean Code
13 29 (5.47%) MVC
14 27 (5.09%) Computer Science
14 27 (5.09%) UX Design
15 24 (4.53%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 152 (28.68%) JavaScript
2 146 (27.55%) C#
3 123 (23.21%) SQL
4 58 (10.94%) TypeScript
5 51 (9.62%) Java
6 40 (7.55%) PHP
7 21 (3.96%) Python
8 19 (3.58%) C++
8 19 (3.58%) T-SQL
9 13 (2.45%) Go
10 11 (2.08%) RPG
10 11 (2.08%) RPG IV
10 11 (2.08%) RPG/400
11 8 (1.51%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.32%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 6 (1.13%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.94%) VB
14 5 (0.94%) VB6
15 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.57%) XAML
Qualifications
1 38 (7.17%) Degree
2 22 (4.15%) SC Cleared
2 22 (4.15%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.32%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.77%) QA
2 13 (2.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (2.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.32%) SCOM
3 2 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 111 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.08%) Google
2 11 (2.08%) IBM
3 10 (1.89%) YouTube
4 8 (1.51%) DevExpress
4 8 (1.51%) Progress
5 7 (1.32%) Adobe
5 7 (1.32%) Facebook
5 7 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.32%) Xamarin
6 6 (1.13%) Oracle
7 5 (0.94%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.75%) Databricks
8 4 (0.75%) InterSystems
8 4 (0.75%) Jaspersoft
8 4 (0.75%) WooCommerce
9 3 (0.57%) Informatica
9 3 (0.57%) Zend
10 2 (0.38%) BT