Junior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Junior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 802 880
Rank change year-on-year +30 +78 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 91 92 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.095% 0.11% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 77 81 82
10th Percentile £24,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -9.68%
75th Percentile £40,048 £57,500 £43,438
90th Percentile £43,500 £66,250 £48,625
UK median annual salary £32,500 £39,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.20% +12.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Engineer in England

Junior Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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 -21 36 £39,370 +12.48% 3
North of England +24 21 £30,000 -25.00% 4
South West -30 17 £24,000 -36.00% 3
Yorkshire +72 12 £33,750 -15.63%
Midlands -30 12 £27,500 -8.33% 6
North West -16 9 £30,000 -13.04% 3
West Midlands -5 8 £27,500 -8.33% 6
London +65 5 £37,500 -34.78% 6
East Midlands -27 4 £20,000 -35.48%
Junior Software Engineer
UK

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Junior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (37.36%) Degree
3 33 (36.26%) C
4 30 (32.97%) C++
5 28 (30.77%) C#
6 25 (27.47%) Computer Science
7 24 (26.37%) Python
8 21 (23.08%) JavaScript
9 16 (17.58%) Agile
9 16 (17.58%) Java
10 14 (15.38%) Mentoring
10 14 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (14.29%) React
11 13 (14.29%) SQL
11 13 (14.29%) .NET
11 13 (14.29%) Linux
12 12 (13.19%) Electronics
12 12 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
12 12 (13.19%) Social Skills
13 10 (10.99%) OO
13 10 (10.99%) Docker
13 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
13 10 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (9.89%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (9.89%) Spring
15 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
15 8 (8.79%) Full Stack Development
16 7 (7.69%) Code Quality
17 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
17 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.20%) Apache
1 2 (2.20%) CMS
1 2 (2.20%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.10%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (1.10%) Fusion 360
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.10%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.40%) AWS
2 3 (3.30%) Azure
2 3 (3.30%) GitHub
3 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) HTTP
1 4 (4.40%) Internet
1 4 (4.40%) RS-232
2 1 (1.10%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.10%) FlexRay
2 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.10%) Wireless
2 1 (1.10%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) GIS
1 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.20%) Redis
2 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Git
1 4 (4.40%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.20%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.20%) Subversion
3 1 (1.10%) GDB
3 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (13.19%) Electronics
1 12 (13.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.40%) Finance
4 4 (4.40%) Legal
4 4 (4.40%) Marketing
4 4 (4.40%) Tech for Good
5 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.10%) Automotive
7 1 (1.10%) Law
7 1 (1.10%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) .NET
1 13 (14.29%) React
2 9 (9.89%) Spring
3 6 (6.59%) WPF
4 4 (4.40%) CSS
4 4 (4.40%) Laravel
4 4 (4.40%) REST
5 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.30%) HTML
6 2 (2.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (2.20%) Celery
6 2 (2.20%) Dask
6 2 (2.20%) Django
6 2 (2.20%) Flask
6 2 (2.20%) GeoJSON
6 2 (2.20%) GeoPandas
6 2 (2.20%) LAPP Stack
6 2 (2.20%) Node.js
6 2 (2.20%) NumPy
7 1 (1.10%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (9.89%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (4.40%) CAN bus
3 4 (4.40%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.40%) IoT
3 4 (4.40%) Robotics
4 3 (3.30%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.10%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Linux
2 3 (3.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (27.47%) Computer Science
3 16 (17.58%) Agile
4 14 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 10 (10.99%) OO
5 10 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (8.79%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (7.69%) Code Quality
8 6 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.49%) DevOps
9 5 (5.49%) Embedded Software Development
10 4 (4.40%) Coaching
10 4 (4.40%) Decision-Making
10 4 (4.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 4 (4.40%) Software Testing
11 3 (3.30%) CI/CD
11 3 (3.30%) Collaborative Culture
11 3 (3.30%) Mathematics
11 3 (3.30%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (36.26%) C
2 30 (32.97%) C++
3 28 (30.77%) C#
4 24 (26.37%) Python
5 21 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 16 (17.58%) Java
7 13 (14.29%) SQL
8 6 (6.59%) Embedded C
9 5 (5.49%) TypeScript
10 4 (4.40%) PHP
11 2 (2.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (1.10%) Ada
12 1 (1.10%) Go
12 1 (1.10%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (37.36%) Degree
2 14 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.10%) ISO 26262
1 1 (1.10%) MISRA
1 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Docker
2 2 (2.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.49%) Google
2 3 (3.30%) F5
2 3 (3.30%) SAP
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.10%) Autodesk