Junior Developer Job Trends

Junior Developer
UK

The median Junior Developer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 585 562
Rank change year-on-year -50 -23 +4
Permanent Junior Developer jobs 181 87 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.20% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 152 62 119
10th Percentile £28,050 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £39,063 £41,250 £36,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £47,450 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,477 44,406 65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 89.83% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75,138 26,267 37,427
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,177 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Junior Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Junior Developer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Developer Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Developer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Junior Developer jobs over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the UK

Junior Developer Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Junior Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -59 176 £35,000 +6.06% 41
UK excluding London -68 132 £33,750 +3.85% 13
London -40 48 £40,000 -8.57% 27
North of England -37 44 £35,000 - 3
South West -61 41 £30,000 -
Work from Home -72 33 £37,500 +13.64% 19
South East -65 22 £37,500 +20.00% 3
North West -22 20 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Yorkshire -23 19 £29,665 -18.17% 1
Midlands -65 12 £28,500 +3.64% 5
East of England -43 8 £35,000 -9.68%
East Midlands -47 7 £27,000 -1.82%
West Midlands -43 5 £35,000 -8.50% 5
North East -70 5 £60,000 +95.12%
Scotland +8 4 £35,000 +16.67%
Wales -73 1 £32,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Junior Developer job ads cited 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 Junior Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1JavaScript33.7%61
2Problem-Solving32.0%58
3Degree26.5%48
4Git25.4%46
5Full-Stack Development23.2%42
6Python22.7%41
7Java20.4%37
7React20.4%37
9Microsoft19.9%36
10RESTful18.8%34
11.NET17.7%32
12Computer Science17.1%31
13Computer Science Degree16.0%29
14Azure15.5%28
14C#15.5%28
16C++14.4%26
16SQL14.4%26
18Jakarta EE13.8%25
18Subversion13.8%25
18Web Services13.8%25
21Agile13.3%24
21Eclipse13.3%24
21HTML13.3%24
24CSS12.7%23
24Perl12.7%23
24Struts12.7%23
27Power Platform11.0%20
28AI9.9%18
28JUnit9.9%18
28Technical Architecture9.9%18

Junior Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Junior Java Developer18.8%34
2Junior Software Developer11.6%21
3Junior .NET Developer11.0%20
4Cloud Developer6.6%12
5Power Platform Developer6.1%11
6Graduate Developer5.5%10
6Junior Full-Stack Developer5.5%10
8Junior C# Developer5.0%9
9Digital Developer3.9%7
9Junior Web Developer3.9%7
9Junior WordPress Developer3.9%7
9Product Developer3.9%7
13Business Developer3.3%6
14Digital Marketing Developer2.8%5
14Graduate .NET Developer2.8%5
14Senior Java Developer2.8%5
17Graduate C# Developer2.2%4
17Junior .NET Software Developer2.2%4
17Junior Business Intelligence Developer2.2%4
17Junior iOS Developer2.2%4
43 Junior Developer jobs Nationwide