Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Developer salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 459 281 905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.12% 14.95% 29.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.06% 16.06% 30.27%
Number of salaries quoted 418 240 683
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,875 £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

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,690 1,750 2,990
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 93.13% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 1,346 2,270
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,251 £83,750
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 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Birmingham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 135 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 131 (28.54%) C#
3 119 (25.93%) Agile
3 119 (25.93%) Azure
4 117 (25.49%) .NET
5 108 (23.53%) SQL
6 102 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 95 (20.70%) HTML
8 91 (19.83%) Full Stack Development
9 73 (15.90%) Social Skills
10 72 (15.69%) CSS
11 57 (12.42%) AngularJS
11 57 (12.42%) User Experience
12 55 (11.98%) TypeScript
13 53 (11.55%) DevOps
14 52 (11.33%) Power Platform
15 51 (11.11%) React
16 49 (10.68%) Software Engineering
17 45 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
18 44 (9.59%) Git
19 43 (9.37%) Java
20 42 (9.15%) Mentoring
20 42 (9.15%) Front End Development
21 41 (8.93%) Finance
22 39 (8.50%) Scrum
22 39 (8.50%) Vue
22 39 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
23 37 (8.06%) SQL Server
24 36 (7.84%) PHP
25 35 (7.63%) .NET Core

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 21 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.49%) OpenEdge
3 9 (1.96%) IIS
4 8 (1.74%) Appian
4 8 (1.74%) WordPress
5 7 (1.53%) nginx
6 5 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.65%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Apache
8 2 (0.44%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.22%) Mendix
9 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (3.49%) Shopify
2 12 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.65%) Magento
4 2 (0.44%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.22%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 119 (25.93%) Azure
2 52 (11.33%) Power Platform
3 33 (7.19%) AWS
4 30 (6.54%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.92%) SaaS
7 14 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.05%) PowerApps
8 13 (2.83%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.18%) Serverless
11 5 (1.09%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.09%) GCP
11 5 (1.09%) GitHub
11 5 (1.09%) npm
12 4 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.09%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.65%) DNS
2 3 (0.65%) Firewall
2 3 (0.65%) SSL
3 2 (0.44%) 4G
3 2 (0.44%) 5G
3 2 (0.44%) HTTP
4 1 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.88%) Power BI
3 15 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.27%) MySQL
4 13 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.31%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.09%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.09%) Tableau
8 4 (0.87%) InterSystems Cache
8 4 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.44%) GIS
10 2 (0.44%) Power Query
10 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.22%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 44 (9.59%) Git
2 19 (4.14%) Visual Studio
3 14 (3.05%) JIRA
4 11 (2.40%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.74%) Selenium
6 7 (1.53%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.31%) GitLab
8 5 (1.09%) Jasmine
8 5 (1.09%) Karma Test Runner
8 5 (1.09%) webpack
9 4 (0.87%) JUnit
10 3 (0.65%) gulp
10 3 (0.65%) JMeter
11 2 (0.44%) GCC
11 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.22%) Mercurial
12 1 (0.22%) Moq
12 1 (0.22%) NUnit
12 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 73 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 41 (8.93%) Finance
3 16 (3.49%) Automotive
3 16 (3.49%) Retail
4 14 (3.05%) Games
5 13 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (2.83%) Manufacturing
5 13 (2.83%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.40%) Law
7 10 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.74%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.74%) Marketing
9 5 (1.09%) Advertising
9 5 (1.09%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.09%) Legal
10 3 (0.65%) Banking
11 2 (0.44%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.44%) iGaming
11 2 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (25.49%) .NET
2 95 (20.70%) HTML
3 72 (15.69%) CSS
4 57 (12.42%) AngularJS
5 51 (11.11%) React
6 39 (8.50%) Vue
7 35 (7.63%) .NET Core
8 34 (7.41%) jQuery
9 32 (6.97%) RESTful
10 28 (6.10%) ASP.NET
11 26 (5.66%) .NET Framework
11 26 (5.66%) Web Services
12 25 (5.45%) Node.js
13 23 (5.01%) Laravel
13 23 (5.01%) REST
14 22 (4.79%) Sass
15 17 (3.70%) Entity Framework
15 17 (3.70%) JSON
16 16 (3.49%) XML
17 15 (3.27%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.79%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.40%) AS400
3 11 (2.40%) iSeries
4 10 (2.18%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.31%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.31%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.65%) NHS
10 3 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.44%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.44%) IoT
11 2 (0.44%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.36%) Linux
2 6 (1.31%) Windows
3 5 (1.09%) Android
4 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (25.93%) Agile
2 91 (19.83%) Full Stack Development
3 57 (12.42%) User Experience
4 53 (11.55%) DevOps
5 49 (10.68%) Software Engineering
6 45 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
7 42 (9.15%) Front End Development
7 42 (9.15%) Mentoring
8 39 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (8.50%) Scrum
9 31 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (6.75%) SDLC
9 31 (6.75%) Web Development
10 30 (6.54%) CI/CD
11 29 (6.32%) Customer Service
12 28 (6.10%) UX Design
13 26 (5.66%) Clean Code
14 25 (5.45%) Continuous Integration
15 23 (5.01%) MVC
16 22 (4.79%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 135 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 131 (28.54%) C#
3 108 (23.53%) SQL
4 55 (11.98%) TypeScript
5 43 (9.37%) Java
6 36 (7.84%) PHP
7 18 (3.92%) Python
8 17 (3.70%) C++
9 16 (3.49%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.83%) Go
11 11 (2.40%) RPG
11 11 (2.40%) RPG IV
11 11 (2.40%) RPG/400
12 6 (1.31%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.09%) VB
13 5 (1.09%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.09%) VB6
14 3 (0.65%) Dart
14 3 (0.65%) FoxPro (VFP)
14 3 (0.65%) XAML
Qualifications
1 33 (7.19%) Degree
2 18 (3.92%) SC Cleared
2 18 (3.92%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.44%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.92%) QA
2 13 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (3.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.65%) SCOM
2 3 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 102 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.61%) Google
3 11 (2.40%) IBM
4 10 (2.18%) YouTube
5 8 (1.74%) Adobe
5 8 (1.74%) DevExpress
5 8 (1.74%) Progress
6 7 (1.53%) Facebook
6 7 (1.53%) Xamarin
7 6 (1.31%) Databricks
8 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.87%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.87%) InterSystems
9 4 (0.87%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (0.87%) Oracle
9 4 (0.87%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.65%) Informatica
10 3 (0.65%) Zend
11 2 (0.44%) Infor