Hybrid/Remote Junior Backend Developer Job Trends

Junior Backend Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior Backend Developer salary for remote/hybrid work 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 371 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Backend Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £22,500 -
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,256 16,805 18,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 96.24% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 10,446 15,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Junior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Backend Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Backend Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Junior Backend Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Junior Backend Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Junior Backend Developer job vacancies

Junior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Junior Backend 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Junior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Junior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript