Junior Developer Job Trends in the South West

Junior Developer
England > South West

The median Junior Developer salary in the South West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 207 203
Rank change year-on-year +50 -4 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 15 14 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.38% 0.23% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.24% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 19
10th Percentile £21,500 - £25,850
25th Percentile £23,750 £24,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,243 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -19.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £36,500 £36,000 £52,370
England median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -19.46% -0.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,650 5,747 4,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.26% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,430 3,555 3,321
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,443
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -2.28% +5.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,168 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% -4.17% -

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the South West

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the South West

Junior Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Somerset -1 4 £21,000 -40.00%
Dorset - 4 - -
Bristol +40 3 £30,000 +25.00% 1
Wiltshire - 3 - - 1
Gloucestershire +30 1 £35,000 -
Junior Developer
England

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Junior 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 South West region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Azure
1 8 (53.33%) BusinessObjects
1 8 (53.33%) Coaching
1 8 (53.33%) Commercial Awareness
1 8 (53.33%) Customer Experience
1 8 (53.33%) Data Analysis
1 8 (53.33%) Data Management
1 8 (53.33%) Data Mining
1 8 (53.33%) Facebook
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (53.33%) Performance Management
1 8 (53.33%) Power BI
1 8 (53.33%) Power Platform
1 8 (53.33%) Service Delivery
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
1 8 (53.33%) VBA
1 8 (53.33%) WFM
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (26.67%) Java
2 4 (26.67%) Operational Stability
2 4 (26.67%) SDLC
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Umbraco
1 1 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe XD
2 1 (6.67%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
1 8 (53.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) BusinessObjects
1 8 (53.33%) Data Mining
1 8 (53.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (53.33%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
1 1 (6.67%) HTML5
1 1 (6.67%) jQuery
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) Sass
1 1 (6.67%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Coaching
1 8 (53.33%) Commercial Awareness
1 8 (53.33%) Customer Experience
1 8 (53.33%) Data Analysis
1 8 (53.33%) Data Management
1 8 (53.33%) Performance Management
1 8 (53.33%) Service Delivery
1 8 (53.33%) WFM
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (26.67%) Operational Stability
2 4 (26.67%) SDLC
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.67%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
1 8 (53.33%) VBA
2 4 (26.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) C
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) PHP
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Facebook
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) WooCommerce