Junior Developer Jobs in Birmingham

Junior Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Junior Developer salary in Birmingham is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 118 151
Rank change year-on-year -14 +33 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 17 26 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.63% 1.28% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.37% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 43
10th Percentile - £27,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £29,125 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.00% +53.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £30,250 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £37,500 - £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £27,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% +23.08% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,539 1,903 3,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 93.61% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,077 1,444 2,411
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%

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 17 April 2024.

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 17 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 Birmingham region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Java
2 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
3 6 (35.29%) Degree
4 5 (29.41%) C#
4 5 (29.41%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (23.53%) AngularJS
5 4 (23.53%) BDD
5 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
5 4 (23.53%) SQL
5 4 (23.53%) HTML
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) TDD
6 3 (17.65%) Data Management
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Google
6 3 (17.65%) Symfony
6 3 (17.65%) Zend
6 3 (17.65%) Zend Framework
6 3 (17.65%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (17.65%) CakePHP
6 3 (17.65%) Git
6 3 (17.65%) RESTful
6 3 (17.65%) Web Design
6 3 (17.65%) MVC
6 3 (17.65%) PHP
6 3 (17.65%) C++
6 3 (17.65%) OO
6 3 (17.65%) Node.js
6 3 (17.65%) Laravel
6 3 (17.65%) Web Development

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 3 (17.65%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
General
1 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Front Office
3 1 (5.88%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) AngularJS
1 4 (23.53%) HTML
2 3 (17.65%) CakePHP
2 3 (17.65%) CodeIgniter
2 3 (17.65%) Ember.js
2 3 (17.65%) GraphQL
2 3 (17.65%) KnockoutJS
2 3 (17.65%) Laravel
2 3 (17.65%) Next.js
2 3 (17.65%) Node.js
2 3 (17.65%) React
2 3 (17.65%) React Native
2 3 (17.65%) RESTful
2 3 (17.65%) Symfony
2 3 (17.65%) Vue
2 3 (17.65%) Zend Framework
3 2 (11.76%) .NET
3 2 (11.76%) J2EE
4 1 (5.88%) CSS
4 1 (5.88%) J2SE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Full Stack Development
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) BDD
3 4 (23.53%) TDD
4 3 (17.65%) Coaching
4 3 (17.65%) Data Management
4 3 (17.65%) MVC
4 3 (17.65%) OO
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Web Design
4 3 (17.65%) Web Development
5 2 (11.76%) API Development
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
5 2 (11.76%) Microservices
5 2 (11.76%) Software Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Java
2 5 (29.41%) C#
3 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) C++
4 3 (17.65%) PHP
5 2 (11.76%) Go
5 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Google
1 3 (17.65%) YouTube
1 3 (17.65%) Zend
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft