Junior Developer Jobs in the City of London

Junior Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Junior Developer salary in the City of London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 216 240
Rank change year-on-year +48 +24 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 14 18 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.42% 0.38% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.39% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 39
10th Percentile £35,500 £27,600 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +23.53% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £67,000 £62,500
Central London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +20.69% +2.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,220 4,571 6,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 96.48% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,569 3,851 5,615
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the City of London

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the City of London

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the City of London

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Junior 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 City of London region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Software Engineering
2 8 (57.14%) C#
3 7 (50.00%) .NET
3 7 (50.00%) Degree
4 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 6 (42.86%) Azure
4 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) Finance
5 5 (35.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) AWS
6 4 (28.57%) RESTful
7 3 (21.43%) HTML
7 3 (21.43%) Java
7 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
7 3 (21.43%) CSS
7 3 (21.43%) Web Services
7 3 (21.43%) Python
8 2 (14.29%) React
8 2 (14.29%) DevOps
8 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 2 (14.29%) High-Frequency Trading
8 2 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
8 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
8 2 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
8 2 (14.29%) DeFi
8 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 2 (14.29%) SQL
8 2 (14.29%) Migration
8 2 (14.29%) Middleware

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (7.14%) Hyperledger
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) MySQL
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) IntelliJ
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Games
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) RESTful
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
3 3 (21.43%) CSS
3 3 (21.43%) HTML
3 3 (21.43%) Web Services
4 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 2 (14.29%) Middleware
4 2 (14.29%) React
5 1 (7.14%) Kafka
5 1 (7.14%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (7.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.14%) Blockchain
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Software Engineering
2 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) DeFi
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (14.29%) High-Frequency Trading
4 2 (14.29%) Low Latency
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
4 2 (14.29%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.14%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.14%) Scrum
5 1 (7.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (21.43%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (7.14%) Apex Code
4 1 (7.14%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Google
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce