Junior Developer
UK

The median Junior Developer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 608 577
Rank change year-on-year +10 -31 -195
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 318 400 848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.40% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.43% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 292 283 619
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,025 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £58,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the UK

Junior Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the UK

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

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 IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +40 299 £32,500 -7.14% 66
UK excluding London -39 239 £30,000 -11.76% 48
Work from Home +21 125 £35,000 - 42
London +63 74 £40,000 -5.88% 26
North of England +72 67 £30,000 -6.25% 13
Midlands -2 52 £27,500 -21.43% 8
South East -26 52 £32,500 -4.41% 6
North West +29 44 £30,000 -20.00% 8
East of England +6 35 £30,000 +3.45% 2
West Midlands +9 34 £27,500 -33.33% 6
Yorkshire +90 23 £30,000 -6.25% 2
South West -25 19 £28,000 -20.00% 10
East Midlands -11 18 £28,750 +0.88% 2
Scotland -65 8 £30,000 -20.00% 6
Wales +1 5 £42,500 +41.67% 3
Northern Ireland +22 1 £35,000 -6.67%

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 136 (42.77%) C#
2 122 (38.36%) JavaScript
3 108 (33.96%) .NET
3 108 (33.96%) Degree
4 103 (32.39%) Agile
5 90 (28.30%) SQL
6 75 (23.58%) HTML
7 73 (22.96%) CSS
7 73 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (22.64%) PHP
9 71 (22.33%) Finance
10 70 (22.01%) Computer Science
11 63 (19.81%) SQL Server
12 55 (17.30%) TDD
13 54 (16.98%) Java
13 54 (16.98%) Software Engineering
13 54 (16.98%) Git
13 54 (16.98%) Azure
14 53 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
14 53 (16.67%) Social Skills
15 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
15 51 (16.04%) Docker
16 49 (15.41%) React
17 47 (14.78%) Web Development
18 42 (13.21%) Microsoft
19 40 (12.58%) Laravel
20 37 (11.64%) AWS
20 37 (11.64%) .NET Framework
21 36 (11.32%) DevOps
22 35 (11.01%) AngularJS

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (6.60%) WordPress
2 12 (3.77%) CMS
3 8 (2.52%) IIS
4 5 (1.57%) Confluence
5 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.26%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Drupal
7 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.83%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.57%) InDesign
5 4 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.52%) Magento
1 8 (2.52%) Shopify
2 3 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.98%) Azure
2 37 (11.64%) AWS
3 25 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.03%) SaaS
6 13 (4.09%) GitHub
7 8 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.89%) Serverless
10 5 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.57%) npm
10 5 (1.57%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.57%) Yarn
11 3 (0.94%) GCP
12 2 (0.63%) Figma
12 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Pipelines
13 1 (0.31%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (19.81%) SQL Server
2 27 (8.49%) MySQL
3 18 (5.66%) Power BI
4 13 (4.09%) MS Access
5 12 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (2.52%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.26%) Redis
10 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.94%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.63%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.31%) ArangoDB
12 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.31%) GIS
12 1 (0.31%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 54 (16.98%) Git
2 24 (7.55%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.20%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.89%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.57%) JIRA
7 4 (1.26%) GitLab
7 4 (1.26%) Gradle
7 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.94%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.63%) git-flow
9 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.63%) webpack
10 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.31%) Maven
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
General
1 71 (22.33%) Finance
2 53 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 29 (9.12%) Marketing
4 20 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.97%) Law
5 19 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.09%) Games
8 12 (3.77%) Back Office
9 9 (2.83%) Retail
10 8 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.20%) Automotive
12 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.57%) Legal
14 4 (1.26%) Electronics
15 3 (0.94%) Aviation
15 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.94%) Publishing
16 2 (0.63%) Advertising
17 1 (0.31%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (33.96%) .NET
2 75 (23.58%) HTML
3 73 (22.96%) CSS
4 49 (15.41%) React
5 40 (12.58%) Laravel
6 37 (11.64%) .NET Framework
7 35 (11.01%) AngularJS
8 30 (9.43%) Vue
9 29 (9.12%) ASP.NET
10 24 (7.55%) Web Services
11 19 (5.97%) ASP.NET Web API
11 19 (5.97%) JSON
12 18 (5.66%) REST
13 17 (5.35%) .NET Core
13 17 (5.35%) Entity Framework
14 16 (5.03%) Node.js
15 15 (4.72%) Doctrine
15 15 (4.72%) HTML5
16 13 (4.09%) React Native
17 11 (3.46%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.18%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (5.66%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.26%) Graphic Design
4 4 (1.26%) Hackathon
4 4 (1.26%) Life Science
4 4 (1.26%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (0.94%) Social Media
6 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.63%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.63%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.63%) e-Health
6 2 (0.63%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.31%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.97%) Linux
2 4 (1.26%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.94%) Unix
3 3 (0.94%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) Android
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.39%) Agile
2 73 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (22.01%) Computer Science
4 55 (17.30%) TDD
5 54 (16.98%) Software Engineering
6 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
7 47 (14.78%) Web Development
8 36 (11.32%) DevOps
9 29 (9.12%) OOP
10 28 (8.81%) Mentoring
11 27 (8.49%) Clean Code
12 24 (7.55%) E-Commerce
12 24 (7.55%) Scrum
13 23 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (6.92%) Roadmaps
15 20 (6.29%) Microservices
16 18 (5.66%) CI/CD
16 18 (5.66%) MVC
16 18 (5.66%) SDLC
16 18 (5.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 136 (42.77%) C#
2 122 (38.36%) JavaScript
3 90 (28.30%) SQL
4 72 (22.64%) PHP
5 54 (16.98%) Java
6 32 (10.06%) Python
7 22 (6.92%) C++
8 20 (6.29%) TypeScript
9 15 (4.72%) Go
10 8 (2.52%) C
10 8 (2.52%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.20%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.26%) Bash
13 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.31%) R
14 1 (0.31%) RPG
14 1 (0.31%) Ruby
14 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 108 (33.96%) Degree
2 53 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.89%) HND
4 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.63%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.31%) PhD
5 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.57%) QA
2 4 (1.26%) GDPR
3 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (16.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 42 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.77%) Adobe
3 11 (3.46%) YouTube
4 10 (3.14%) Oracle
5 9 (2.83%) F5
6 4 (1.26%) Google
7 3 (0.94%) SAP
7 3 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.94%) Zend
8 2 (0.63%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.63%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.31%) Cadence
9 1 (0.31%) IBM
9 1 (0.31%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.31%) Xamarin