Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Developer salary in the West Midlands is £51,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 21 4
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,021 645 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.85% 10.09% 20.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.72% 11.18% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 909 467 1,045
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,181 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +6.56% +10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,937 5,767 6,890
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 90.25% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,217 3,278 4,740
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Developer in the West Midlands

Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the West Midlands

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 Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +3 442 £55,000 -2.65% 75
Staffordshire 0 123 £48,750 +2.63% 32
Warwickshire +36 93 £52,500 - 25
Worcestershire +13 67 £50,000 +17.65% 14
Shropshire +15 56 £44,500 -25.83% 5
Coventry +13 34 £53,500 +0.47% 19
Solihull -3 29 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Wolverhampton +27 15 £57,500 +15.00% 8
Herefordshire +1 14 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Walsall - 8 £42,500 - 1
Halesowen -7 7 £60,000 - 6
Wednesbury +2 6 £63,250 +40.56%
Dudley - 5 £40,000 - 4
Sutton Coldfield - 5 £45,000 -
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 -
Kingswinford - 1 £40,000 -
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 378 (37.02%) C#
2 343 (33.59%) .NET
3 313 (30.66%) JavaScript
4 267 (26.15%) Agile
5 259 (25.37%) SQL
6 257 (25.17%) Azure
7 233 (22.82%) Microsoft
7 233 (22.82%) Full Stack Development
8 219 (21.45%) HTML
9 180 (17.63%) SQL Server
10 174 (17.04%) Social Skills
11 167 (16.36%) CSS
12 165 (16.16%) React
13 146 (14.30%) TypeScript
14 139 (13.61%) MVC
15 135 (13.22%) ASP.NET
16 132 (12.93%) AngularJS
17 124 (12.14%) DevOps
18 122 (11.95%) AWS
19 115 (11.26%) .NET Core
20 112 (10.97%) Power Platform
21 109 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
22 108 (10.58%) User Experience
22 108 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
23 105 (10.28%) Git
24 103 (10.09%) PHP
25 102 (9.99%) Finance
26 100 (9.79%) Web Development
27 90 (8.81%) Microservices
28 89 (8.72%) Node.js

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 38 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.43%) WordPress
3 21 (2.06%) OpenEdge
4 17 (1.67%) nginx
5 12 (1.18%) CMS
6 11 (1.08%) IIS
7 10 (0.98%) Appian
8 7 (0.69%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.49%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.20%) Apache
10 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.098%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.098%) Confluence
11 1 (0.098%) Drupal
11 1 (0.098%) Mendix
11 1 (0.098%) Moodle
11 1 (0.098%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (1.37%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.098%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.96%) Shopify
2 15 (1.47%) Magento
3 12 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.29%) ProductWriter
7 2 (0.20%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.098%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 257 (25.17%) Azure
2 122 (11.95%) AWS
3 112 (10.97%) Power Platform
4 58 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (5.68%) PowerApps
5 53 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
6 47 (4.60%) Power Automate
7 36 (3.53%) GitHub
8 34 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (3.23%) Serverless
10 32 (3.13%) SaaS
11 25 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
13 10 (0.98%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.88%) Figma
14 9 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (0.78%) GCP
15 8 (0.78%) PaaS
16 6 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.27%) Firewall
2 7 (0.69%) Intranet
3 6 (0.59%) Internet
4 5 (0.49%) HTTP
4 5 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.39%) MQTT
6 3 (0.29%) DNS
6 3 (0.29%) SSL
7 2 (0.20%) 4G
7 2 (0.20%) 5G
7 2 (0.20%) AMQP
7 2 (0.20%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.20%) FTP
8 1 (0.098%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.098%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (17.63%) SQL Server
2 78 (7.64%) Power BI
3 63 (6.17%) MySQL
4 32 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (2.55%) MongoDB
8 24 (2.35%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.76%) DynamoDB
10 18 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.37%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
16 6 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.59%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 105 (10.28%) Git
2 44 (4.31%) Visual Studio
3 23 (2.25%) JIRA
4 14 (1.37%) Cucumber
4 14 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.27%) Subversion
6 10 (0.98%) GNU Toolchain
7 8 (0.78%) Selenium
8 6 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.59%) GitLab
8 6 (0.59%) Postman
9 5 (0.49%) ESLint
9 5 (0.49%) Jasmine
9 5 (0.49%) JUnit
9 5 (0.49%) Karma Test Runner
9 5 (0.49%) MSTest
9 5 (0.49%) webpack
10 4 (0.39%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.39%) Toad
11 3 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 174 (17.04%) Social Skills
2 102 (9.99%) Finance
3 56 (5.48%) Manufacturing
4 50 (4.90%) Marketing
5 43 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (3.72%) Law
7 31 (3.04%) Retail
8 24 (2.35%) Automotive
8 24 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.76%) Games
11 15 (1.47%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.18%) Advertising
13 8 (0.78%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.59%) Banking
15 5 (0.49%) Digital Healthcare
15 5 (0.49%) Legal
16 2 (0.20%) Digital Health
16 2 (0.20%) Police
16 2 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (33.59%) .NET
2 219 (21.45%) HTML
3 167 (16.36%) CSS
4 165 (16.16%) React
5 135 (13.22%) ASP.NET
6 132 (12.93%) AngularJS
7 115 (11.26%) .NET Core
8 89 (8.72%) Node.js
9 84 (8.23%) .NET Framework
10 82 (8.03%) Vue
11 80 (7.84%) ASP.NET MVC
12 79 (7.74%) Entity Framework
13 73 (7.15%) ASP.NET Web API
14 67 (6.56%) RESTful
15 59 (5.78%) Laravel
16 49 (4.80%) HTML5
17 46 (4.51%) JSON
17 46 (4.51%) REST
18 42 (4.11%) XML
19 40 (3.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.78%) Mobile App
2 39 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.62%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
7 13 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.08%) AS400
9 11 (1.08%) iSeries
9 11 (1.08%) Low-Code
10 10 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.88%) CUDA
12 8 (0.78%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.69%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.09%) Linux
2 32 (3.13%) Windows
3 15 (1.47%) Android
4 10 (0.98%) Unix
5 7 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.29%) VMS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.098%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (26.15%) Agile
2 233 (22.82%) Full Stack Development
3 139 (13.61%) MVC
4 124 (12.14%) DevOps
5 109 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
6 108 (10.58%) User Experience
7 100 (9.79%) Web Development
8 90 (8.81%) Microservices
9 83 (8.13%) Front End Development
10 79 (7.74%) Software Engineering
11 73 (7.15%) Scrum
12 66 (6.46%) Mentoring
13 64 (6.27%) Clean Code
14 61 (5.97%) Computer Science
14 61 (5.97%) ERP
15 60 (5.88%) CI/CD
16 55 (5.39%) TDD
17 49 (4.80%) E-Commerce
17 49 (4.80%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 378 (37.02%) C#
2 313 (30.66%) JavaScript
3 259 (25.37%) SQL
4 146 (14.30%) TypeScript
5 103 (10.09%) PHP
6 63 (6.17%) Java
6 63 (6.17%) Python
7 44 (4.31%) VB.NET
8 37 (3.62%) C++
9 35 (3.43%) T-SQL
10 24 (2.35%) VB
11 17 (1.67%) Bash
12 16 (1.57%) C
12 16 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 13 (1.27%) Go
14 12 (1.18%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.08%) RPG
15 11 (1.08%) RPG IV
15 11 (1.08%) RPG/400
16 10 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 88 (8.62%) Degree
2 38 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (2.45%) SC Cleared
3 25 (2.45%) Security Cleared
4 14 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.49%) PhD
6 3 (0.29%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.20%) HND
8 1 (0.098%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.098%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.70%) QA
2 17 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.098%) ITGC
4 1 (0.098%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (6.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.86%) Terraform
3 6 (0.59%) Rancher
4 1 (0.098%) Grafana
4 1 (0.098%) Kibana
4 1 (0.098%) SCOM
Vendors
1 233 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.74%) Oracle
3 21 (2.06%) Google
4 17 (1.67%) Xamarin
5 16 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.47%) Adobe
6 15 (1.47%) Progress
7 13 (1.27%) Facebook
8 12 (1.18%) IBM
9 11 (1.08%) DevExpress
10 9 (0.88%) NVIDIA
10 9 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.88%) YouTube
11 8 (0.78%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.59%) Databricks
12 6 (0.59%) Informatica
13 5 (0.49%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.49%) SAP
13 5 (0.49%) SYSPRO
14 4 (0.39%) Jaspersoft