Junior Developer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Junior Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.037% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
England median daily rate £425 £274 £325
% change year-on-year +55.25% -15.77% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,415 1,312 1,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 91.17% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,567 844 1,164
10th Percentile £292 £200 £223
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £680
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 57 130
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £11.89
25th Percentile £17.09 £16.67 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.59 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £39.14 £67.50
England median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -12.50%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Birmingham - 1 £540 - 1
Junior Developer
England

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, 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 West Midlands 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 the West Midlands 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