Junior Java Developer Job Trends

Junior Java Developer
UK

The median Junior Java Developer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 714 698
Rank change year-on-year +80 -16 +311
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Java Developer 13 11 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.019% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.021% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile £29,000 - £31,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £33,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £46,799
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -14.53% +4.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £60,000 £52,370
90th Percentile £40,000 - £58,685
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £60,000 £46,799
% change year-on-year -41.67% +28.21% +24.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 52,771 53,172 46,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 93.59% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,471 28,551 36,094
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% - -

Junior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Java Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Java Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Java Developer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Java Developer over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Java Developer in the UK

Junior Java Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 December 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
England +86 11 £35,000 -12.50% 30
UK excluding London +87 10 £35,000 -41.67% 29
North of England - 4 £35,000 - 7
Yorkshire - 4 £35,000 - 4
Work from Home +70 2 £33,250 -33.50% 2
London +59 2 £35,000 -12.50% 3
South East +40 2 £39,500 -34.17% 5
Midlands +19 2 £35,750 - 5
West Midlands - 2 £35,750 - 3
Scotland +8 1 £30,000 - 2
South West - 1 - - 4

Junior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Junior Java 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 featuring Junior Java Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) OO
3 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
3 6 (46.15%) OOP
4 5 (38.46%) AWS
4 5 (38.46%) Clean Code
4 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
4 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (38.46%) Degree
4 5 (38.46%) Git
4 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
5 4 (30.77%) DevOps
5 4 (30.77%) Fintech
5 4 (30.77%) Front End Development
5 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (30.77%) Logistics
5 4 (30.77%) Micronaut
5 4 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (30.77%) React
5 4 (30.77%) SaaS
5 4 (30.77%) Spring
6 3 (23.08%) Docker
6 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (23.08%) Hibernate
6 3 (23.08%) Spring Boot
6 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
7 2 (15.38%) JPA

Junior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (7.69%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.69%) MySQL
2 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Gradle
2 1 (7.69%) IntelliJ
2 1 (7.69%) jMock
2 1 (7.69%) JUnit
2 1 (7.69%) Maven
2 1 (7.69%) Subversion
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Micronaut
1 4 (30.77%) React
1 4 (30.77%) Spring
2 3 (23.08%) Hibernate
2 3 (23.08%) Spring Boot
3 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
3 2 (15.38%) JPA
3 2 (15.38%) RESTful
3 2 (15.38%) Web Services
4 1 (7.69%) CSS
4 1 (7.69%) Django
4 1 (7.69%) Flask
4 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
4 1 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (7.69%) Java EE
4 1 (7.69%) Java SE
4 1 (7.69%) Quarkus
4 1 (7.69%) Swing
4 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
1 7 (53.85%) OO
2 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 6 (46.15%) OOP
3 5 (38.46%) Clean Code
3 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
3 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Fintech
4 4 (30.77%) Front End Development
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (30.77%) Logistics
5 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) Scrum
6 2 (15.38%) SDLC
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
7 1 (7.69%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) SAP