Junior Software Developer Job Trends in Merseyside

Junior Software Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Junior Software Developer salary in Merseyside is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.092% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile - - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £24,000 - £27,500
% change year-on-year - - -21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,029 368 1,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 82.14% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 640 182 880
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,625
North West median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Junior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in Merseyside

Junior Software Developer
Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Liverpool - 1 £35,000 - 1
Junior Software Developer
North West

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 Merseyside region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Blazor
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) WebAssembly

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Blazor
1 1 (100.00%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft