Junior Software Developer Jobs in England

Junior Software Developer
UK > England

The median Junior Software Developer salary in England is £31,188 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 655 786 788
Rank change year-on-year +131 +2 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 7 47 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.055% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.058% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 37 48
10th Percentile £25,444 - £26,250
25th Percentile £26,484 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,188 £32,500 £34,324
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -5.31% +5.61%
75th Percentile £89,000 £43,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £182,600 £53,000 £56,250
UK median annual salary £31,188 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.04% - -

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 41,555 80,517 84,778
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.48% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,558 60,256 53,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £42,415 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Developer in England

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior Software Developer in England

Junior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Developer in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Developer in England

Junior Software 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 Software Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +63 4 £136,688 +397.05% 4
West Midlands +49 3 £245,000 +790.91%
South West +114 2 £34,000 +4.62% 2
North of England +81 1 £25,500 -7.27% 7
East Midlands +53 1 £28,375 -18.93% 4
North East - 1 £25,500 - 1
Junior Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Junior Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) JWT
4 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) React
4 1 (14.29%) API Development
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) Front End Development
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) SOLID

Junior Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) NServiceBus
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Law
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5
2 1 (14.29%) JWT
2 1 (14.29%) Material Design
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Microservices
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) API Development
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Front End Development
2 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) SOLID
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft