Junior Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Junior Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Junior Developer salary in Yorkshire is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 162 184
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 7 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile - £24,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £27,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £39,688 £29,250 £32,688
90th Percentile £41,250 £35,700 £35,200
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,888 4,138 3,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.23% 94.65% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,056 2,527
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,257 £40,000 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,850 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.17% -

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Junior Developer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
West Yorkshire +5 4 £35,000 +27.27%
South Yorkshire - 3 £37,500 -
Junior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Junior 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Clean Code
2 5 (71.43%) SaaS
3 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) Fintech
3 4 (57.14%) Front End Development
3 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (57.14%) Java
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Micronaut
3 4 (57.14%) OO
3 4 (57.14%) OOP
3 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Node.js
5 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
6 1 (14.29%) .NET
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
6 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (14.29%) React
6 1 (14.29%) Redux

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) SaaS
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) WPA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Financial Institution
2 2 (28.57%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Micronaut
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) React
3 1 (14.29%) Redux
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Clean Code
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Fintech
2 4 (57.14%) Front End Development
2 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (57.14%) Logistics
2 4 (57.14%) OO
2 4 (57.14%) OOP
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree