Junior Developer Jobs in Wales

Junior Developer
UK > Wales

The median Junior Developer salary in Wales is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 122 129
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 5 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 0.60% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.70% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 13
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £32,500 -
90th Percentile £46,750 £39,000 £41,250
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,864 1,425 1,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 85.64% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 812 1,152
10th Percentile £26,325 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,107 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in Wales

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Junior Developer in Wales

Junior Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
South Wales +9 4 £42,500 +41.67% 2
West Wales -3 1 £42,500 +41.67%
Junior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Wales region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) WinForms
2 3 (60.00%) WPF
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Vue
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (20.00%) Git
3 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1 (20.00%) Advertising
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) WinForms
1 3 (60.00%) WPF
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (20.00%) Degree