Junior Software Developer Job Trends in London

Junior Software Developer
England > London

The median Junior Software Developer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 423 431
Rank change year-on-year +33 +8 +246
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 5 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.036% 0.013% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.014% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,150 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £44,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.30% -19.09% +46.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £56,125 £62,188
90th Percentile - £61,450 £63,875
England median annual salary £33,750 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.13% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,453 14,685 16,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.97% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,230 8,588 13,582
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Junior Software Developer job vacancy trend in London

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in London

Junior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Developer in London

Junior Software Developer
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Central London +49 1 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Junior Software Developer
England

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Junior Software 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 London region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Rust
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (20.00%) Django
3 1 (20.00%) Docker

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (20.00%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
1 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Django
1 1 (20.00%) Flask
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (20.00%) Vue
1 1 (20.00%) WinForms
1 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (20.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) OpenUP
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) Rust
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) ION Trading
1 1 (20.00%) SAP