Junior Developer Jobs in Reading

Junior Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Junior Developer salary in Reading is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 101 125
Rank change year-on-year +37 +24 +10
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 3 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.55% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £35,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £37,324
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.57% +6.64%
75th Percentile £43,125 £47,500 £38,868
90th Percentile £44,250 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £37,147
% change year-on-year -16.67% +21.14% +6.13%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 478 1,495 1,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.71% 94.20% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 289 839 717
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,750 £81,250 £87,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Junior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in Reading

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Reading

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Junior Developer 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 Reading region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Content Management
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) Bootstrap
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) Bootstrap
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java