Junior Backend Developer Job Trends in Sheffield

Junior Backend Developer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Junior Backend Developer salary in Sheffield is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 387 739 391
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.73% 95.85% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 287 399 316
10th Percentile £26,550 £33,385 £24,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £54,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.03% -11.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,806 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £69,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £41,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.48% +16.67% -10.00%

Junior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Junior Backend 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 Sheffield region featuring Junior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Junior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript