Junior Software Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

Junior Software Developer
England > Midlands

The median Junior Software Developer salary in the Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 235 232
Rank change year-on-year +22 -3 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 3 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.039% 0.016% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.017% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £24,850
25th Percentile £31,250 - £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £245,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -86.73% +730.51% -21.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £34,125
90th Percentile - - £36,150
England median annual salary £36,250 £41,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -12.12% +17.86% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,023 6,006 5,404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 94.18% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,267 2,799 4,460
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,374
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,600 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Junior Software Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

Junior Software Developer
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
East Midlands - 3 £32,500 -
Junior Software Developer
England

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 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 Midlands region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Doctrine
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Symfony

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (33.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Doctrine
1 1 (33.33%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL