Software Development Company in Birmingham
The UK's second city, at the heart of its automotive and manufacturing region.
Drema is a software development company in Birmingham building custom software for startups, growing businesses and enterprises across Birmingham, United Kingdom. We deliver for Birmingham clients with a named lead, a planned working rhythm and the same engineering standards on every project.
We build quality, traceability and production systems for manufacturers and matter, time and billing tools for professional firms.
- ERP and operations software
- CRM and sales management systems
- Inventory and warehouse management
- HRMS, payroll and attendance systems
- Billing, invoicing and accounting tools
- School and college management systems
- Hospital and clinic management software
- Production planning and MES
- Workflow and approval systems
- Vendor, dealer and distributor portals
- Field-service and maintenance management
- Reporting and business-intelligence dashboards


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Birmingham and the West Midlands are the centre of British automotive and advanced manufacturing, with carmakers, their suppliers and battery investment.
- Automotive & Mobility
- Manufacturing
- Professional Services
- Banking
- Colmore Business District
- Digbeth
- Innovation Birmingham Campus
- Brindleyplace
- Solihull and the NEC
Buyers are manufacturers and suppliers, professional services firms, public bodies and a growing set of fintech and health-tech companies.
More about the Birmingham market
The city has the largest professional and financial services cluster outside London, a major bank's headquarters and a young, diverse population.
Why choose Drema for software development services in Birmingham?
If you are looking for software development services in Birmingham, you want a partner that builds properly, communicates plainly and is still around after launch. That is how we work.
Safe & Secure
NDA by default, least-privilege access and security review before launch.
You Own Everything
Code, designs and data live in your accounts. No lock-in.
Senior Engineers
The people on your call are the people writing your code.
Transparent Process
Sprint demos, a shared board and honest progress reports.
Modern Technology
Proven, well-supported stacks your future team can maintain.
Fixed First Release
A scoped, priced first milestone before bigger commitments.
Delivered on Time
Short sprints make slippage visible early, while it is fixable.
Support After Launch
Monitoring, fixes and upgrades on a plan that suits you.
Our Software Development Services in Birmingham
Everything under one roof, so a Birmingham business does not have to coordinate separate design, development and support vendors.

Custom Software Development
Software designed around how your business actually runs, instead of bending your process to fit an off-the-shelf product.

Enterprise Application Development
Workflow, approval and operations platforms with SSO, role-based access and a complete audit trail.

ERP & CRM Development
Custom ERP and CRM modules, or the missing layer around an existing ERP, integrated so data is entered once.

System Integration & APIs
Connecting ERP, accounting, CRM, payment and government systems so information flows without re-keying.

Legacy Software Modernisation
Moving old desktop or on-premise systems to modern web platforms in stages, without stopping the business.

Software Maintenance & Support
Taking responsibility for existing software: fixes, upgrades, security patches and new features on a predictable plan.
Technologies behind our custom software.
Business software has to be dependable for years, so we favour proven, well-supported technology: TypeScript or Python services, PostgreSQL, message queues for anything that must not be lost, and web front ends that run on any office machine. Integrations with the ERP, accounting and identity systems you already use are designed in from the start, not added later.
For Birmingham projects we typically host on AWS London or Azure UK South, and integrate with Stripe and GoCardless; Open Banking APIs; Xero and Sage; and Microsoft 365.
Turning ideas into custom software that work.
A structured, agile process that keeps your software development project on time, on budget and visible at every stage.
Process Discovery
We sit with the people doing the work and map how it actually happens, including the informal steps that never made it into the SOP.
Deliverables: Process maps, requirement specification, integration inventory
Solution Design
Data model, roles, workflows and integrations designed and reviewed with you, with a phased rollout plan so one department goes live first.
Deliverables: Architecture document, data model, UI prototypes, phase plan
Iterative Development
Built in sprints with demos to the people who will use it, so feedback arrives while it is still cheap to act on.
Deliverables: Sprint releases on staging, user feedback log
Integration & Data Migration
Connections to ERP, accounting and identity systems, plus migration of historical data with reconciliation reports that prove nothing was lost.
Deliverables: Integration tests, migration and reconciliation reports
Training & Rollout
Role-based training, a supported parallel-running period and a go-live checklist, one department or site at a time.
Deliverables: Training material, user guides, go-live sign-off
Support & Enhancement
Monitoring, fixes, upgrades and new modules on an agreed plan, with documentation kept current so you are never dependent on one person.
Deliverables: SLA-backed support, release notes, updated documentation
Software Development for Birmingham's key industries.
What software development typically means in the sectors at the centre of the Birmingham economy.

Automotive & Mobility Software Development in Birmingham
Dealer network, warranty claims and parts management software.

Manufacturing Software Development in Birmingham
Production planning, quality, maintenance and dispatch systems that talk to the ERP.

Professional Services Software Development in Birmingham
Practice management, timesheets and billing systems for firms.

Banking Software Development in Birmingham
Loan servicing, collections and compliance workflow systems that sit alongside the core banking platform.
Products our team has shipped.
Real products, live today, built end to end by the same engineers who would work on your Birmingham project.
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- Community features
Working with Birmingham clients.
Hours and overlap
Birmingham is 4.5 to 5.5 hours behind India, so your morning overlaps with our afternoon every day.
Meetings and workshops
Remote engagement with a named lead, a regular video sync at an agreed time, and work tracked in your own tools.
Regulation and data
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply, with FCA rules for financial firms. We work under a data processing agreement and the UK's international transfer terms.
Frequently asked questions.
About software development in Birmingham, and about working with Drema.
Do you have a team in Birmingham?
We work with Birmingham clients through one named lead who is your point of contact from kickoff to handover, backed by the same engineering team on every project.
Can custom software work with the systems Birmingham businesses already run?
That is usually the point of building it. We integrate with the ERP, accounting and CRM you already use rather than replacing them, and connect to local rails such as Stripe and GoCardless; Open Banking APIs; and Xero and Sage. We also design for the local rules from day one: UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply, with FCA rules for financial firms. We work under a data processing agreement and the UK's international transfer terms.
How long does software development take for a Birmingham company?
We do not start with a two-year programme. The first department or process is usually live in ten to fourteen weeks, running on real data, and further modules follow on a rolling plan. Integrations and data migration are the parts that most affect timeline, so we assess them in discovery.
Which Birmingham industries do you build custom software for?
Most often Automotive & Mobility, Manufacturing, Professional Services and Banking, because that is where Birmingham's economy is concentrated. We are not limited to those sectors — the engineering transfers — but that is where we can bring the most relevant experience to a first conversation.
Which local systems can you integrate with?
Most Birmingham projects touch Stripe and GoCardless; Open Banking APIs; Xero and Sage; and Microsoft 365. We integrate with what your customers and staff already use, and we check API access and commercial terms for each before committing to a timeline.
Should we build custom software or buy a product?
Buy where your process is genuinely standard — accounting, payroll, email. Build where the process is a source of competitive advantage or where no product fits without workarounds that cost more than the licence. We will tell you when buying is the better answer, including when it means we do less work.
How do you handle integration with our existing systems?
Through whatever interface the system exposes — API, database replica, file exchange or message queue — with an integration layer that isolates your new system from their quirks. We assess the integration surface during scoping because it is a common source of overrun.
Can you meet our security and compliance requirements?
We build with SSO, role-based access, encryption, audit logging and least-privilege as standard, and we work with your security team's requirements directly. Tell us the framework you are held to and we will design against it.
What about the users who resist the change?
Involving them early is the only approach that works. When people who do the job daily shape the design, adoption stops being enforcement. Phased rollout with parallel running also removes the fear of a hard cutover.
How long does an enterprise project take?
First department live in three to five months is a realistic target for a well-scoped process. We deliberately avoid the pattern where nothing is usable for two years, because requirements drift faster than that.
Who owns the code?
You do, entirely, in your repositories. We also document the system and train your team so continuing without us is a genuine option rather than a theoretical one.
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