Junior Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Junior Developer salary in the West Midlands is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 245 221
Rank change year-on-year +29 -24 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 32 29 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.44% 0.43% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.48% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 30 24 53
10th Percentile £23,250 £27,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £28,438 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £41,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +26.92% +27.45%
75th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £38,250 - £62,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,797 6,058 6,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.07% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,139 3,388 4,754
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham -10 16 £25,500 -55.65% 5
Shropshire - 8 £26,500 - 1
Staffordshire -14 3 £32,500 +35.42% 1
Worcestershire -16 2 £27,500 -31.25%
Junior Developer
England

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 14 (43.75%) Degree
2 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
3 10 (31.25%) Java
4 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
4 9 (28.13%) React
5 8 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (25.00%) AWS
5 8 (25.00%) Magento
5 8 (25.00%) WordPress
5 8 (25.00%) C#
6 7 (21.88%) PHP
6 7 (21.88%) CSS
6 7 (21.88%) Web Development
6 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
6 7 (21.88%) Full Stack Development
7 6 (18.75%) Marketing
7 6 (18.75%) Agile
7 6 (18.75%) HTML
8 5 (15.63%) SQL
8 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
8 5 (15.63%) AngularJS
9 4 (12.50%) Vue
9 4 (12.50%) Node.js
9 4 (12.50%) BDD
9 4 (12.50%) Shopify
9 4 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (12.50%) Clean Code
9 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (12.50%) TDD
9 4 (12.50%) .NET

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (25.00%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Magento
2 4 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (9.38%) GitHub
2 3 (9.38%) SaaS
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Git
General
1 6 (18.75%) Marketing
2 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Finance
2 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (9.38%) Law
2 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Retail
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (28.13%) React
2 7 (21.88%) CSS
3 6 (18.75%) HTML
4 5 (15.63%) AngularJS
5 4 (12.50%) .NET
5 4 (12.50%) Node.js
5 4 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (12.50%) Vue
6 3 (9.38%) CakePHP
6 3 (9.38%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (9.38%) Ember.js
6 3 (9.38%) GraphQL
6 3 (9.38%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (9.38%) Laravel
6 3 (9.38%) Next.js
6 3 (9.38%) React Native
6 3 (9.38%) RESTful
6 3 (9.38%) Symfony
6 3 (9.38%) Zend Framework
7 2 (6.25%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
2 7 (21.88%) Full Stack Development
2 7 (21.88%) Mentoring
2 7 (21.88%) Web Development
3 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
5 4 (12.50%) BDD
5 4 (12.50%) Clean Code
5 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (12.50%) TDD
6 3 (9.38%) CI/CD
6 3 (9.38%) Coaching
6 3 (9.38%) Data Management
6 3 (9.38%) MVC
6 3 (9.38%) OO
6 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.38%) Web Design
7 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.25%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
2 10 (31.25%) Java
3 8 (25.00%) C#
4 7 (21.88%) PHP
5 5 (15.63%) SQL
6 4 (12.50%) C++
7 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
8 2 (6.25%) Go
8 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Google
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.38%) YouTube
1 3 (9.38%) Zend
54 Junior Developer jobs in England