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 £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 134 147
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 3 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.082% 0.21% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.23% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £44,875 £38,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £39,375 £67,500 £41,875
90th Percentile £39,750 £94,500 £47,250
Central London median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% -23.81%

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.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 3,498 1,777 2,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.55% 94.87% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 1,382 2,057
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - £118,750 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £71,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +2.11% -5.33%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 August 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.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) VBA
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Apex Code
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce