Junior Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Junior Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Junior Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £540 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 654 687 713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 94.89% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 463 493
10th Percentile £227 £196 £254
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.54% -2.12%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £725 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 21
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.54
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -1.90% +63.37%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.50 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.44% +5.38% +26.98%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Junior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Junior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Junior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java