Junior Developer Jobs in England

Junior Developer
UK > England

The median Junior Developer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 570 537
Rank change year-on-year +28 -33 -186
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 307 398 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.43% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.47% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 285 268 550
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £51,400 £60,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in England

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in England.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in England

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in England

Junior Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +68 77 £40,000 -3.61% 21
North of England +78 71 £30,000 -6.98% 12
Midlands +20 51 £27,500 -21.43% 8
South East -38 51 £32,500 -4.41% 2
North West +35 47 £30,000 -20.00% 9
East of England -2 36 £30,000 +3.45% 1
West Midlands +21 33 £27,500 -33.33% 6
Yorkshire +82 24 £30,000 -6.25% 1
South West -25 20 £29,000 -17.14% 5
East Midlands -3 18 £28,750 +0.88% 2
Junior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 England region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 129 (42.02%) C#
2 117 (38.11%) JavaScript
3 108 (35.18%) Degree
4 104 (33.88%) .NET
5 95 (30.94%) Agile
6 82 (26.71%) SQL
7 72 (23.45%) HTML
8 71 (23.13%) PHP
9 70 (22.80%) CSS
10 69 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (21.82%) Finance
12 65 (21.17%) Computer Science
13 59 (19.22%) SQL Server
14 55 (17.92%) Git
15 54 (17.59%) Software Engineering
16 52 (16.94%) Computer Science Degree
17 51 (16.61%) Azure
18 50 (16.29%) TDD
18 50 (16.29%) React
18 50 (16.29%) Full Stack Development
19 49 (15.96%) Docker
19 49 (15.96%) Java
20 48 (15.64%) Social Skills
21 47 (15.31%) Web Development
22 41 (13.36%) Microsoft
23 40 (13.03%) Laravel
24 34 (11.07%) AWS
24 34 (11.07%) .NET Framework
24 34 (11.07%) DevOps
25 33 (10.75%) AngularJS

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.84%) WordPress
2 12 (3.91%) CMS
3 8 (2.61%) IIS
4 4 (1.30%) Confluence
4 4 (1.30%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.93%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.63%) InDesign
5 4 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Magento
1 8 (2.61%) Shopify
2 3 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.61%) Azure
2 34 (11.07%) AWS
3 24 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.56%) SaaS
6 13 (4.23%) GitHub
7 7 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.95%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.63%) Serverless
10 4 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.30%) npm
10 4 (1.30%) Yarn
11 3 (0.98%) GCP
12 2 (0.65%) Figma
13 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 1 (0.33%) MailChimp
13 1 (0.33%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.22%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.12%) MySQL
3 16 (5.21%) Power BI
4 12 (3.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (3.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (3.58%) MS Access
5 11 (3.58%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (2.61%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.30%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.30%) Redis
9 3 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.98%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.65%) FileMaker
11 1 (0.33%) ArangoDB
11 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 55 (17.92%) Git
2 24 (7.82%) Visual Studio
3 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.95%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.95%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.30%) Gradle
5 4 (1.30%) JIRA
5 4 (1.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.65%) git-flow
7 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.65%) webpack
8 1 (0.33%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.33%) GitLab
8 1 (0.33%) Maven
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.33%) Spinnaker
General
1 67 (21.82%) Finance
2 48 (15.64%) Social Skills
3 30 (9.77%) Marketing
4 20 (6.51%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.21%) Law
6 15 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.23%) Games
8 12 (3.91%) Back Office
9 9 (2.93%) Retail
10 8 (2.61%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.28%) Automotive
12 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.30%) Electronics
13 4 (1.30%) Legal
14 3 (0.98%) Aviation
14 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Banking
15 1 (0.33%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (33.88%) .NET
2 72 (23.45%) HTML
3 70 (22.80%) CSS
4 50 (16.29%) React
5 40 (13.03%) Laravel
6 34 (11.07%) .NET Framework
7 33 (10.75%) AngularJS
8 29 (9.45%) ASP.NET
9 28 (9.12%) Vue
10 24 (7.82%) Web Services
11 19 (6.19%) ASP.NET Web API
11 19 (6.19%) JSON
11 19 (6.19%) REST
12 17 (5.54%) .NET Core
13 16 (5.21%) Entity Framework
14 15 (4.89%) Doctrine
14 15 (4.89%) HTML5
14 15 (4.89%) Node.js
15 12 (3.91%) React Native
16 11 (3.58%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.14%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (5.86%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.30%) Graphic Design
4 4 (1.30%) Hackathon
4 4 (1.30%) Life Science
4 4 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (0.98%) Social Media
6 2 (0.65%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.65%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.65%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.65%) e-Health
6 2 (0.65%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.65%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.19%) Linux
2 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.98%) Windows
4 2 (0.65%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.94%) Agile
2 69 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (21.17%) Computer Science
4 54 (17.59%) Software Engineering
5 50 (16.29%) Full Stack Development
5 50 (16.29%) TDD
6 47 (15.31%) Web Development
7 34 (11.07%) DevOps
8 26 (8.47%) Clean Code
8 26 (8.47%) Mentoring
9 25 (8.14%) OOP
10 24 (7.82%) E-Commerce
11 22 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (6.51%) Front End Development
12 20 (6.51%) Microservices
12 20 (6.51%) Roadmaps
12 20 (6.51%) Scrum
13 18 (5.86%) Continuous Integration
13 18 (5.86%) MVC
13 18 (5.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 129 (42.02%) C#
2 117 (38.11%) JavaScript
3 82 (26.71%) SQL
4 71 (23.13%) PHP
5 49 (15.96%) Java
6 31 (10.10%) Python
7 22 (7.17%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.54%) C++
9 13 (4.23%) Go
10 7 (2.28%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.63%) C
12 4 (1.30%) Bash
12 4 (1.30%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.33%) RPG
14 1 (0.33%) Ruby
14 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 108 (35.18%) Degree
2 52 (16.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.95%) HND
4 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.65%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.33%) PhD
5 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.63%) QA
2 4 (1.30%) GDPR
3 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
System Software
1 49 (15.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.91%) Adobe
3 11 (3.58%) YouTube
4 10 (3.26%) Oracle
5 9 (2.93%) F5
6 4 (1.30%) Google
7 3 (0.98%) SAP
7 3 (0.98%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.98%) Zend
8 2 (0.65%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.65%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.33%) Cadence
9 1 (0.33%) IBM
9 1 (0.33%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.33%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.33%) Xamarin