Junior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Junior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in England is £40,101 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 778 835
Rank change year-on-year +158 +57 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 38 66 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.077% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.082% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 57 96
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.39% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,627 £41,250 £49,286
90th Percentile - £42,500 £66,250
UK median annual salary £40,101 £32,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year +23.39% -10.34% +3.57%

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 42,114 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,536 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £38,125 £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 £71,915 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 5 May 2025.

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 5 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
North of England +69 13 £40,000 +33.33% 1
South East +88 11 £33,500 -4.29% 12
Yorkshire +76 9 £40,050 +14.43%
South West +113 6 £40,101 +23.39% 11
North West +18 4 £40,000 +33.33%
London +103 3 £40,000 +6.67% 22
Midlands +53 2 £40,101 +45.82% 5
East Midlands +43 2 £40,101 +100.50% 1
East of England - 2 £40,101 - 5
Junior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 38 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 29 (76.32%) Degree
3 27 (71.05%) Python
4 26 (68.42%) Java
5 25 (65.79%) SQL
5 25 (65.79%) C#
5 25 (65.79%) Mathematics
6 24 (63.16%) Physics
7 19 (50.00%) Linux
8 18 (47.37%) OO
8 18 (47.37%) Mentoring
9 17 (44.74%) SDLC
9 17 (44.74%) HTML
10 16 (42.11%) Apache
10 16 (42.11%) UML
10 16 (42.11%) CSS
10 16 (42.11%) JSP
10 16 (42.11%) Windows
10 16 (42.11%) Ada
10 16 (42.11%) OOD
10 16 (42.11%) ETL
10 16 (42.11%) Eclipse
10 16 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (42.11%) Middleware
10 16 (42.11%) Unit Testing
10 16 (42.11%) Eclipse RCP
10 16 (42.11%) Rust
10 16 (42.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (42.11%) Business Analytics
10 16 (42.11%) Analytics

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 16 (42.11%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) AWS
2 2 (5.26%) AWS IoT
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Big Data
2 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.26%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.26%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 16 (42.11%) Eclipse
1 16 (42.11%) Eclipse RCP
2 5 (13.16%) Git
General
1 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.89%) Retail
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (44.74%) HTML
2 16 (42.11%) CSS
2 16 (42.11%) JSP
2 16 (42.11%) Middleware
3 15 (39.47%) Node.js
4 7 (18.42%) React
5 4 (10.53%) RESTful
6 3 (7.89%) .NET
7 2 (5.26%) NestJS
7 2 (5.26%) React Native
8 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
8 1 (2.63%) JSON
8 1 (2.63%) Vue
8 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.26%) IoT
3 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.63%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (50.00%) Linux
2 16 (42.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (65.79%) Mathematics
3 24 (63.16%) Physics
4 18 (47.37%) Mentoring
4 18 (47.37%) OO
5 17 (44.74%) SDLC
6 16 (42.11%) Analytics
6 16 (42.11%) Business Analytics
6 16 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (42.11%) ETL
6 16 (42.11%) OOD
6 16 (42.11%) UML
6 16 (42.11%) Unit Testing
7 14 (36.84%) Computer Science
8 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.53%) CI/CD
9 4 (10.53%) Clean Code
9 4 (10.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (71.05%) Python
2 26 (68.42%) Java
3 25 (65.79%) C#
3 25 (65.79%) SQL
4 16 (42.11%) Ada
4 16 (42.11%) Rust
5 13 (34.21%) JavaScript
6 10 (26.32%) TypeScript
7 7 (18.42%) C++
8 3 (7.89%) Clojure
9 2 (5.26%) Bicep
9 2 (5.26%) PHP
10 1 (2.63%) C
10 1 (2.63%) Embedded C
10 1 (2.63%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 29 (76.32%) Degree
2 16 (42.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (2.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Terraform
2 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes