Software Developer Jobs in Staffordshire

Software Developer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Software Developer salary in Staffordshire is £40,000 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 61 41 36
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 35 28 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.92% 5.28% 5.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 5.70% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 10
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +53.85% -18.75%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £54,125 £52,950
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 1,154 491 636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.64% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 825 382 438
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,000 £23,633
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.69% +10.63%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,250 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Staffordshire

Software Developer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Stoke-on-Trent -11 11 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Tamworth -13 10 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Burton-upon-Trent -3 3 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Software Developer
West Midlands

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

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

1 23 (65.71%) C#
1 23 (65.71%) .NET
2 22 (62.86%) SQL
3 16 (45.71%) VB.NET
4 15 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
5 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
6 10 (28.57%) Windows
7 9 (25.71%) WinForms
8 8 (22.86%) Unit Testing
9 7 (20.00%) Software Testing
9 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (11.43%) Clean Code
10 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (11.43%) WPF
10 4 (11.43%) MVC
10 4 (11.43%) JDA
10 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
10 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
11 3 (8.57%) OOP
11 3 (8.57%) C++
11 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
11 3 (8.57%) Design Patterns
12 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (5.71%) Coaching
12 2 (5.71%) Git
12 2 (5.71%) AWS
12 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (5.71%) Agile
12 2 (5.71%) Asset Management

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (2.86%) ThingWorx
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Electronics
3 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.86%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (65.71%) .NET
2 9 (25.71%) WinForms
3 4 (11.43%) WPF
4 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET
4 2 (5.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (2.86%) HTML
5 1 (2.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (2.86%) IoT
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Unit Testing
2 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (11.43%) Clean Code
3 4 (11.43%) MVC
4 3 (8.57%) Design Patterns
4 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
4 3 (8.57%) OOP
5 2 (5.71%) Agile
5 2 (5.71%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.71%) Coaching
6 1 (2.86%) Digital Twin
6 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning
6 1 (2.86%) OO
6 1 (2.86%) SDLC
6 1 (2.86%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.86%) SOLID
6 1 (2.86%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (65.71%) C#
2 22 (62.86%) SQL
3 16 (45.71%) VB.NET
4 3 (8.57%) C++
5 2 (5.71%) VB
6 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) JDA
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.86%) AVEVA