Junior Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £31,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 665 584
Rank change year-on-year -25 -81 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 78 71 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.13% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 66 60 64
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,850 £26,625
25th Percentile £25,750 £29,625 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £35,000 £32,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.87% +9.17%
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £37,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £45,737 £47,125
UK median annual salary £32,500 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -15.58% +10.00% -3.45%

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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
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 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Junior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Junior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -10 29 £36,250 +3.57% 5
North of England +43 19 £30,000 -25.00% 3
South West -22 13 £24,000 -36.00% 6
Midlands -7 11 £27,500 -8.33% 11
Yorkshire +67 10 £32,500 -18.75%
North West +2 9 £30,000 +3.45% 3
West Midlands -10 7 £27,500 -8.33% 8
East Midlands -16 4 £20,000 -35.48% 3
Wales +6 3 £24,000 +6.67%
Scotland -63 3 £24,000 -37.66% 4
Junior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Junior Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (39.74%) C
2 31 (39.74%) Degree
3 30 (38.46%) C#
4 26 (33.33%) C++
5 22 (28.21%) Computer Science
6 19 (24.36%) Python
7 16 (20.51%) JavaScript
8 14 (17.95%) Linux
9 13 (16.67%) Java
9 13 (16.67%) Agile
9 13 (16.67%) Mentoring
10 12 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (15.38%) Electronics
10 12 (15.38%) .NET
11 11 (14.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
12 10 (12.82%) OO
12 10 (12.82%) Docker
12 10 (12.82%) React
13 9 (11.54%) SQL
13 9 (11.54%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
15 7 (8.97%) Google
15 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
15 7 (8.97%) Embedded C
16 6 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
16 6 (7.69%) Code Quality
16 6 (7.69%) WPF

Junior Software Engineer 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 2 (2.56%) Apache
1 2 (2.56%) CMS
1 2 (2.56%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.85%) Azure
1 3 (3.85%) GitHub
2 2 (2.56%) AWS
2 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) RS-232
2 1 (1.28%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.28%) FlexRay
2 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.28%) Wireless
2 1 (1.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) GIS
1 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.56%) Redis
2 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.85%) Git
3 1 (1.28%) GDB
3 1 (1.28%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.28%) Subversion
3 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (15.38%) Electronics
2 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.13%) Finance
5 4 (5.13%) Legal
5 4 (5.13%) Tech for Good
6 3 (3.85%) Marketing
6 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.56%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.28%) Automotive
8 1 (1.28%) Law
8 1 (1.28%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) .NET
2 10 (12.82%) React
3 6 (7.69%) Spring
3 6 (7.69%) WPF
4 4 (5.13%) CSS
5 3 (3.85%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.85%) HTML
6 2 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (2.56%) Celery
6 2 (2.56%) Dask
6 2 (2.56%) Django
6 2 (2.56%) Flask
6 2 (2.56%) GeoJSON
6 2 (2.56%) GeoPandas
6 2 (2.56%) LAPP Stack
6 2 (2.56%) NumPy
7 1 (1.28%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.28%) HTML5
7 1 (1.28%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (11.54%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (5.13%) CAN bus
3 4 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (5.13%) IoT
3 4 (5.13%) Robotics
4 3 (3.85%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.95%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (28.21%) Computer Science
3 13 (16.67%) Agile
3 13 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 10 (12.82%) OO
4 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (7.69%) Code Quality
5 6 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (6.41%) DevOps
6 5 (6.41%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (5.13%) Coaching
7 4 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.13%) Decision-Making
7 4 (5.13%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (5.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (3.85%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (3.85%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (3.85%) OOD
8 3 (3.85%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (39.74%) C
2 30 (38.46%) C#
3 26 (33.33%) C++
4 19 (24.36%) Python
5 16 (20.51%) JavaScript
6 13 (16.67%) Java
7 9 (11.54%) SQL
8 7 (8.97%) Embedded C
9 4 (5.13%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.28%) Ada
10 1 (1.28%) Go
10 1 (1.28%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 31 (39.74%) Degree
2 11 (14.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) ISO 26262
1 1 (1.28%) MISRA
1 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) Docker
2 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Google
2 3 (3.85%) SAP
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.28%) F5