Junior Developer Job Trends in the City of London

Junior Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Junior Developer salary in the City of London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	117	122	155
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+33	+15
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer	4	3	15
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London	0.17%	0.19%	0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.18%	0.20%	0.58%
Number of salaries quoted	4	3	4
10^th Percentile	-	£45,500	£36,500
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£46,250	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,500	£50,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-15.00%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£48,750	£53,750	£61,250
90^th Percentile	-	£54,500	£63,500
Central London median annual salary	£48,750	£50,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-2.50%	+5.26%	-9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title	2,284	1,488	2,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	94.85%	94.54%	93.84%
Number of salaries quoted	1,634	1,226	1,730
10^th Percentile	£45,000	£36,750	£45,000
25^th Percentile	£60,000	£53,750	£55,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	£72,500	£73,470
Median % change year-on-year	+10.34%	-1.32%	+1.34%
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£95,000
90^th Percentile	£105,000	£122,500	£115,000
Central London median annual salary	£80,000	£75,000	£72,500
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	+3.45%	-

Junior Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Junior Developer Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Junior Developer Skill Set Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Junior Developer 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	4
2	Accessibility	50.0%	2
2	Agile	50.0%	2
2	Azure	50.0%	2
2	Change Control	50.0%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	50.0%	2
2	Data Architecture	50.0%	2
2	Data Engineering	50.0%	2
2	Data Quality	50.0%	2
2	JavaScript	50.0%	2
2	Mentoring	50.0%	2
2	Microsoft	50.0%	2
2	Microsoft 365	50.0%	2
2	Microsoft Excel	50.0%	2
2	Mobile Application Development	50.0%	2
2	Power Automate	50.0%	2
2	Power Platform	50.0%	2
2	PowerApps	50.0%	2
2	Python	50.0%	2
2	Requirements Gathering	50.0%	2
2	SharePoint	50.0%	2
2	SQL	50.0%	2
2	VBA	50.0%	2
2	Workflow	50.0%	2
25	Android	25.0%	1
25	Android Development	25.0%	1
25	Apple iOS	25.0%	1
25	iOS Development	25.0%	1

Junior Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Developer	50.0%	2
2	Junior Android Developer	25.0%	1
2	Junior iOS Developer	25.0%	1