Junior Backend Developer Jobs in England

Junior Backend Developer
UK > England

The median Junior Backend Developer salary in England is £28,375 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 840 928
Rank change year-on-year +188 +88 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Backend Developer 3 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £22,413 £42,000 -
25th Percentile £24,156 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,375 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.25% - -
75th Percentile £33,594 - -
90th Percentile £35,938 - -
UK median annual salary £28,375 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -43.25% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,862 80,543 84,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.48% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,654 60,279 53,593
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,942 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Junior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Backend Developer in England

Junior Backend Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior Backend Developer in England

Junior Backend Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Backend Developer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Backend Developer in England

Junior Backend Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Backend Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +67 2 £25,438 -49.13% 2
West Midlands +50 1 £22,500 -55.00% 2
East of England - 1 £35,000 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £28,375 -
Junior Backend Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Junior Backend 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 England region featuring Junior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Django
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) OAuth
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Python

Junior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) NUnit
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) Django
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) JWT
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) OAuth
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker