Junior Java Developer Jobs

Junior Java Developer
UK

The median Junior Java Developer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 961 1136
Rank change year-on-year +76 +175 -286
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Java Developer 26 38 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.037% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.040% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 77
10th Percentile £24,000 £34,375 £29,661
25th Percentile £25,125 £40,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £51,646 - £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +14.29% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Java Developer in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Java Developer in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Java Developer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Java Developer in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +76 22 £35,000 -41.67% 7
UK excluding London -9 21 £30,000 -50.00% 4
Work from Home +61 9 £35,000 -41.67% 1
North of England +36 6 £27,500 -21.43% 2
London +108 5 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Midlands +12 5 £24,000 -60.00% 2
West Midlands +11 5 £24,000 -60.00% 2
North West +13 4 £25,750 - 2
Scotland -61 4 £32,500 -
South East - 4 £45,000 -
Yorkshire +89 2 £27,500 -21.43%
East of England +21 1 £47,500 +18.75%
South West -21 1 £46,799 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Junior Java 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 featuring Junior Java Developer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (57.69%) Agile
3 11 (42.31%) TDD
4 10 (38.46%) Python
5 9 (34.62%) C#
5 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
5 9 (34.62%) Full Stack Development
6 8 (30.77%) Spring
7 6 (23.08%) .NET
7 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (23.08%) Kafka
7 6 (23.08%) SDLC
8 5 (19.23%) Microservices
8 5 (19.23%) Docker
8 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
8 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
9 4 (15.38%) J2EE
9 4 (15.38%) Linux
9 4 (15.38%) OOP
9 4 (15.38%) Pair Programming
9 4 (15.38%) Finance
9 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (15.38%) Marketing
9 4 (15.38%) Degree
9 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
9 4 (15.38%) Azure
9 4 (15.38%) AWS
9 4 (15.38%) BDD
9 4 (15.38%) CI/CD

Junior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) AWS
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (11.54%) Relational Database
3 2 (7.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Bitbucket
1 4 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 3 (11.54%) CircleCI
2 3 (11.54%) Git
2 3 (11.54%) GitLab
3 1 (3.85%) Spinnaker
General
1 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Marketing
3 3 (11.54%) Law
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (30.77%) Spring
2 6 (23.08%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) Kafka
3 4 (15.38%) J2EE
3 4 (15.38%) React Native
4 3 (11.54%) React
5 2 (7.69%) CSS
5 2 (7.69%) Django
5 2 (7.69%) EJB
5 2 (7.69%) JavaBeans
5 2 (7.69%) Vue
6 1 (3.85%) Hibernate
6 1 (3.85%) JSON
6 1 (3.85%) REST
6 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (11.54%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) e-Health
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Agile
2 11 (42.31%) TDD
3 9 (34.62%) Full Stack Development
3 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
4 6 (23.08%) SDLC
5 5 (19.23%) Microservices
5 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 4 (15.38%) BDD
6 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 4 (15.38%) DevOps
6 4 (15.38%) Machine Learning
6 4 (15.38%) OOP
6 4 (15.38%) Pair Programming
6 4 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (15.38%) SOLID
7 3 (11.54%) Coaching
7 3 (11.54%) Low Latency
7 3 (11.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (38.46%) Python
3 9 (34.62%) C#
4 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (15.38%) Go
5 4 (15.38%) Kotlin
6 3 (11.54%) Shell Script
6 3 (11.54%) SQL
7 1 (3.85%) C++
7 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Grafana
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) YouTube
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle