Junior Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 682 733
Rank change year-on-year -47 +51 -134
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Developer 46 72 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 37 36 127
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,625 £18,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,063 £37,500
90th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £34,324 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.60% +5.61% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Junior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East -6 14 £35,000 +1.97% 1
North of England +52 13 £27,500 -21.43% 5
West Midlands +17 9 £32,500 -10.34% 3
Midlands +1 9 £32,500 -7.14% 5
Yorkshire +80 8 £27,500 -21.43%
North West +9 5 £27,500 -21.43% 4
South West -25 5 £30,000 -25.90% 8
East of England -25 4 £27,000 - 1
Scotland -58 1 £29,000 +11.54% 4
Junior Software Developer
UK

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Junior Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Junior Software Developer in the job title.

1 30 (65.22%) C#
2 22 (47.83%) Degree
3 19 (41.30%) JavaScript
4 18 (39.13%) Java
5 16 (34.78%) SQL
6 14 (30.43%) SQL Server
6 14 (30.43%) CSS
6 14 (30.43%) Computer Science
7 13 (28.26%) HTML
7 13 (28.26%) Agile
8 11 (23.91%) .NET
8 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
9 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
9 10 (21.74%) Python
9 10 (21.74%) Finance
10 9 (19.57%) C++
11 8 (17.39%) OO
11 8 (17.39%) Scrum
11 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
12 7 (15.22%) Linux
12 7 (15.22%) Docker
12 7 (15.22%) Design Patterns
12 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (13.04%) Full Stack Development
13 6 (13.04%) Mathematics
13 6 (13.04%) Git
13 6 (13.04%) HTML5
13 6 (13.04%) REST
13 6 (13.04%) Microsoft

Junior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.17%) CMS
1 1 (2.17%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (8.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.87%) MySQL
3 3 (6.52%) MongoDB
3 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
3 3 (6.52%) Redis
4 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Git
2 4 (8.70%) Gradle
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (8.70%) Visual Studio
3 3 (6.52%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (2.17%) Android Studio
4 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.17%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
2 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Electronics
4 4 (8.70%) Games
4 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.52%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (30.43%) CSS
2 13 (28.26%) HTML
3 11 (23.91%) .NET
4 6 (13.04%) HTML5
4 6 (13.04%) REST
5 4 (8.70%) .NET Framework
5 4 (8.70%) Flask
5 4 (8.70%) Pandas
5 4 (8.70%) React
5 4 (8.70%) Tkinter
5 4 (8.70%) XML
6 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (6.52%) Laravel
6 3 (6.52%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (6.52%) Svelte
6 3 (6.52%) XSLT
7 2 (4.35%) EJB
7 2 (4.35%) JavaBeans
7 2 (4.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Hackathon
1 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.35%) e-Health
2 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 13 (28.26%) Agile
3 8 (17.39%) OO
3 8 (17.39%) Scrum
3 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
4 7 (15.22%) Design Patterns
4 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.04%) Full Stack Development
5 6 (13.04%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.04%) TDD
6 5 (10.87%) Asset Management
6 5 (10.87%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.87%) Defect Management
6 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (8.70%) Chemistry
7 4 (8.70%) DevOps
7 4 (8.70%) OOP
8 3 (6.52%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (65.22%) C#
2 19 (41.30%) JavaScript
3 18 (39.13%) Java
4 16 (34.78%) SQL
5 10 (21.74%) Python
6 9 (19.57%) C++
7 5 (10.87%) C
7 5 (10.87%) PHP
8 4 (8.70%) Bash
8 4 (8.70%) Shell Script
9 3 (6.52%) Go
10 2 (4.35%) Fortran
11 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) GDPR
1 2 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Oracle
3 3 (6.52%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) YouTube