Junior Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 506 462
Rank change year-on-year -28 -44 -136
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 247 232 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.41% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.46% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 225 174 407
10th Percentile £22,950 £25,094 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,967 £39,500
90th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £49,250
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

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 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
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 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the UK excluding London

Junior 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 Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +54 66 £30,000 -5.51% 14
Midlands +17 59 £27,500 -21.43% 13
South East -29 52 £32,500 -4.41% 10
North West +12 42 £30,000 -20.00% 10
West Midlands +9 41 £27,500 -31.25% 6
East of England -12 33 £30,000 +3.45% 4
Yorkshire +61 24 £28,750 -9.45% 3
South West -28 21 £27,500 -21.43% 12
East Midlands -6 18 £27,500 -3.51% 7
Scotland -68 11 £30,000 -20.00% 3
Wales -3 5 £42,500 +41.67% 2
Junior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Junior 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 Developer in the job title.

1 115 (46.56%) C#
2 96 (38.87%) JavaScript
3 82 (33.20%) .NET
4 78 (31.58%) Degree
5 74 (29.96%) SQL
6 63 (25.51%) HTML
7 61 (24.70%) CSS
8 57 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (22.27%) Computer Science
10 54 (21.86%) PHP
10 54 (21.86%) Social Skills
11 51 (20.65%) SQL Server
11 51 (20.65%) Agile
12 46 (18.62%) Java
13 42 (17.00%) React
14 41 (16.60%) Web Development
15 40 (16.19%) Full Stack Development
16 34 (13.77%) Computer Science Degree
16 34 (13.77%) Azure
16 34 (13.77%) Microsoft
17 32 (12.96%) Finance
18 27 (10.93%) Git
18 27 (10.93%) Docker
19 26 (10.53%) AWS
19 26 (10.53%) TDD
20 25 (10.12%) .NET Framework
20 25 (10.12%) Marketing
21 24 (9.72%) MySQL
21 24 (9.72%) DevOps
22 23 (9.31%) Mentoring

Junior 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 21 (8.50%) WordPress
2 11 (4.45%) CMS
3 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.64%) Photoshop
3 5 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.21%) InDesign
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.24%) Magento
1 8 (3.24%) Shopify
2 3 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.77%) Azure
2 26 (10.53%) AWS
3 21 (8.50%) Power Platform
4 16 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.07%) SaaS
6 7 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.02%) GitHub
9 3 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.21%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.81%) Figma
10 2 (0.81%) GCP
10 2 (0.81%) Sage Pay
11 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.40%) MailChimp
11 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (20.65%) SQL Server
2 24 (9.72%) MySQL
3 21 (8.50%) Power BI
4 16 (6.48%) MS Access
5 11 (4.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (4.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (4.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (3.24%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.83%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.62%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.21%) EDRMS
9 3 (1.21%) Redis
10 2 (0.81%) FileMaker
11 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (10.93%) Git
2 16 (6.48%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.83%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.43%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.62%) Gradle
6 4 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.21%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.21%) GitLab
7 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.81%) git-flow
8 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.81%) webpack
9 1 (0.40%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 54 (21.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.96%) Finance
3 25 (10.12%) Marketing
4 19 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.69%) Law
5 18 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.48%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.45%) Back Office
8 8 (3.24%) Games
8 8 (3.24%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.83%) Automotive
10 6 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.02%) Retail
12 4 (1.62%) Electronics
13 2 (0.81%) Advertising
13 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Aviation
14 1 (0.40%) Billing
14 1 (0.40%) Legal
14 1 (0.40%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (33.20%) .NET
2 63 (25.51%) HTML
3 61 (24.70%) CSS
4 42 (17.00%) React
5 25 (10.12%) .NET Framework
6 22 (8.91%) Laravel
6 22 (8.91%) Vue
7 18 (7.29%) AngularJS
8 16 (6.48%) ASP.NET
9 15 (6.07%) ASP.NET Web API
10 14 (5.67%) .NET Core
11 13 (5.26%) Web Services
12 11 (4.45%) Node.js
12 11 (4.45%) React Native
12 11 (4.45%) Sass
13 10 (4.05%) HTML5
13 10 (4.05%) jQuery
13 10 (4.05%) REST
14 9 (3.64%) Ajax
15 8 (3.24%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.29%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.02%) Graphic Design
4 4 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.62%) Social Media
5 3 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (1.21%) Hackathon
5 3 (1.21%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.81%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.81%) e-Health
6 2 (0.81%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.81%) Life Science
7 1 (0.40%) Animation
7 1 (0.40%) AS400
7 1 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.40%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.26%) Linux
2 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.21%) Unix
3 2 (0.81%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (22.27%) Computer Science
3 51 (20.65%) Agile
4 41 (16.60%) Web Development
5 40 (16.19%) Full Stack Development
6 26 (10.53%) TDD
7 24 (9.72%) DevOps
8 23 (9.31%) Mentoring
8 23 (9.31%) Software Engineering
9 22 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (6.88%) Scrum
10 17 (6.88%) User Experience
11 15 (6.07%) CI/CD
11 15 (6.07%) MVC
12 14 (5.67%) ERP
12 14 (5.67%) Microservices
12 14 (5.67%) OOP
13 13 (5.26%) Front End Development
13 13 (5.26%) SDLC
14 12 (4.86%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 115 (46.56%) C#
2 96 (38.87%) JavaScript
3 74 (29.96%) SQL
4 54 (21.86%) PHP
5 46 (18.62%) Java
6 21 (8.50%) C++
7 20 (8.10%) Python
8 16 (6.48%) TypeScript
9 10 (4.05%) Go
10 8 (3.24%) C
11 7 (2.83%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.43%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.62%) Bash
13 4 (1.62%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.40%) RPG
14 1 (0.40%) Rust
14 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 78 (31.58%) Degree
2 34 (13.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.43%) HND
4 2 (0.81%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.02%) QA
2 4 (1.62%) GDPR
3 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (10.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
Vendors
1 34 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.45%) Adobe
3 10 (4.05%) Oracle
4 9 (3.64%) F5
5 8 (3.24%) YouTube
6 4 (1.62%) Google
7 3 (1.21%) SAP
7 3 (1.21%) Zend
8 2 (0.81%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.40%) IBM
9 1 (0.40%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow