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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 154 173
Rank change year-on-year +28 +19 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 3 15 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.57% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £45,500 £36,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £54,500 £63,500 £57,500
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £43,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,539 2,639 3,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 94.01% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 1,749 2,734
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +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 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 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, 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%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Law
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Pandas
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Reinsurance
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Insurtech
3 1 (33.33%) ION Anvil
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) ION Trading
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (33.33%) WinForms

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Pandas
1 2 (66.67%) React
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) WinForms
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Reinsurance
2 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Insurtech
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ION Trading