Junior Software Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Junior Software Developer
UK > England

The median Junior Software Developer daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 484 546
Rank change year-on-year -96 +62 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £115 -
Median % change year-on-year +160.87% - -
UK median daily rate £300 £225 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

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

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 36,659 22,788 34,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.72% 92.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,966 15,194 23,034
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,474 881 2,397
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.41 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.79 £19.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.06% -8.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.47 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% -22.22%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Junior Software Developer job vacancy trend in England

Junior Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in England

Junior Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in England

Junior Software Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -46 5 £300 +160.87% 1
Junior Software Developer
UK

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, Junior Software 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 England region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared