Junior Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Junior Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Junior Developer salary in Birmingham is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 130 120
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 7 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.48% 0.62% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.66% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 18
10th Percentile £23,750 - £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £24,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -53.04% +76.92%
75th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £160,500 £36,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £27,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year +18.18% -33.33% +26.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

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

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,382 2,571 1,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 94.31% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 798 2,098 1,426
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,991 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,900 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,914 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in Birmingham

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Junior Developer in Birmingham

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Law
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) J2EE
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 1 (14.29%) Middleware
4 1 (14.29%) MVC
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) X++
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) GWT
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) JPA
4 1 (14.29%) Git
4 1 (14.29%) RESTful
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
2 1 (14.29%) GWT
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5
2 1 (14.29%) J2EE
2 1 (14.29%) JPA
2 1 (14.29%) Material Design
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) API Design
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat