Junior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Junior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 836 882
Rank change year-on-year +65 +46 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 65 114 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 57 95 84
10th Percentile £25,050 £27,094 £26,625
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £41,250 £48,258 £45,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £66,250 £53,125
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Junior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
South East +7 25 £35,000 - 4
North of England +45 17 £30,000 -20.00% 6
Midlands +24 10 £27,500 -8.33% 7
Yorkshire +89 9 £35,000 -12.50% 1
North West +6 8 £30,000 +3.45% 3
South West -18 8 £32,500 +7.18% 5
West Midlands +34 7 £27,500 -12.00% 6
London +100 5 £37,500 -31.82% 3
East Midlands -11 3 £20,000 -25.93% 1
Junior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Junior Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (50.77%) Degree
3 23 (35.38%) C
3 23 (35.38%) C#
3 23 (35.38%) Computer Science
4 18 (27.69%) C++
4 18 (27.69%) Python
5 15 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 14 (21.54%) Electronics
7 12 (18.46%) SQL
7 12 (18.46%) Docker
8 11 (16.92%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (16.92%) .NET
8 11 (16.92%) Java
8 11 (16.92%) Linux
8 11 (16.92%) Agile
8 11 (16.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (15.38%) OO
9 10 (15.38%) React
10 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
10 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (12.31%) Social Skills
11 8 (12.31%) Full Stack Development
11 8 (12.31%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
12 7 (10.77%) Spring
12 7 (10.77%) Google
12 7 (10.77%) Manufacturing
13 6 (9.23%) PHP
13 6 (9.23%) Embedded C

Junior Software Engineer 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 2 (3.08%) Apache
1 2 (3.08%) CMS
1 2 (3.08%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) AWS
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
3 2 (3.08%) GCP
3 2 (3.08%) GitHub
3 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) HTTP
1 4 (6.15%) Internet
1 4 (6.15%) RS-232
2 1 (1.54%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.54%) FlexRay
2 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.54%) Wireless
2 1 (1.54%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) GIS
1 2 (3.08%) MySQL
1 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.08%) Redis
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.08%) Git
3 1 (1.54%) GDB
3 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (21.54%) Electronics
2 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.31%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.69%) Finance
6 4 (6.15%) Legal
6 4 (6.15%) Marketing
6 4 (6.15%) Tech for Good
6 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.08%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.54%) Automotive
8 1 (1.54%) Law
8 1 (1.54%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.92%) .NET
2 10 (15.38%) React
3 7 (10.77%) Spring
4 6 (9.23%) WPF
5 4 (6.15%) Laravel
5 4 (6.15%) REST
6 3 (4.62%) CSS
7 2 (3.08%) ASP.NET
7 2 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 2 (3.08%) Celery
7 2 (3.08%) Dask
7 2 (3.08%) Django
7 2 (3.08%) Flask
7 2 (3.08%) GeoJSON
7 2 (3.08%) GeoPandas
7 2 (3.08%) HTML
7 2 (3.08%) LAPP Stack
7 2 (3.08%) NumPy
8 1 (1.54%) Kafka
8 1 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (12.31%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (9.23%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (6.15%) CAN bus
4 4 (6.15%) IoT
4 4 (6.15%) Robotics
5 3 (4.62%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.92%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (35.38%) Computer Science
3 11 (16.92%) Agile
4 10 (15.38%) OO
5 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.31%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.23%) Code Quality
8 6 (9.23%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (7.69%) Embedded Software Development
10 4 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (6.15%) CI/CD
10 4 (6.15%) Coaching
10 4 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (6.15%) Decision-Making
10 4 (6.15%) DevOps
10 4 (6.15%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (6.15%) Programme Management
10 4 (6.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 3 (4.62%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 23 (35.38%) C
1 23 (35.38%) C#
2 18 (27.69%) C++
2 18 (27.69%) Python
3 15 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 12 (18.46%) SQL
5 11 (16.92%) Java
6 6 (9.23%) Embedded C
6 6 (9.23%) PHP
7 4 (6.15%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.62%) Go
9 2 (3.08%) Ada
10 1 (1.54%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 33 (50.77%) Degree
2 11 (16.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) ISO 26262
1 1 (1.54%) MISRA
1 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 12 (18.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) Google
2 4 (6.15%) SAP
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.54%) F5