Junior Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Junior Developer salary in the West Midlands is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 232 243
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 42 20 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.50% 0.35% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.38% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 40 19 46
10th Percentile £23,925 £26,700 £21,875
25th Percentile £24,000 £28,125 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £38,250 - £62,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,925 5,201 7,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.90% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,725 3,210 4,866
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,503
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Junior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Developer in the West Midlands

Junior Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham -14 23 £27,000 -55.00% 3
Shropshire - 8 £26,500 -
Staffordshire -29 5 £32,500 +35.42% 2
Worcestershire -27 2 £27,500 -21.43%
Warwickshire - 1 £32,500 -
Junior Developer
England

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 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 West Midlands region featuring Junior Developer in the job title.

1 20 (47.62%) Degree
2 17 (40.48%) Java
3 15 (35.71%) C#
3 15 (35.71%) Computer Science
4 13 (30.95%) SQL
5 12 (28.57%) Agile
6 11 (26.19%) JavaScript
7 10 (23.81%) AWS
7 10 (23.81%) C++
8 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 9 (21.43%) Finance
8 9 (21.43%) React
9 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
9 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
9 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
9 8 (19.05%) Magento
9 8 (19.05%) WordPress
10 7 (16.67%) Web Development
10 7 (16.67%) Asset Management
10 7 (16.67%) CSS
10 7 (16.67%) PHP
10 7 (16.67%) Scrum
10 7 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
10 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
10 7 (16.67%) Defect Management
11 6 (14.29%) HTML
11 6 (14.29%) Marketing
12 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
12 5 (11.90%) AngularJS

Junior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (19.05%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Magento
2 4 (9.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) AWS
2 4 (9.52%) SaaS
3 3 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (7.14%) GitHub
4 2 (4.76%) Azure
4 2 (4.76%) GCP
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.38%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.76%) Power BI
3 1 (2.38%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Git
General
1 9 (21.43%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Marketing
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.14%) Law
4 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (21.43%) React
2 7 (16.67%) CSS
3 6 (14.29%) HTML
4 5 (11.90%) AngularJS
5 4 (9.52%) .NET
5 4 (9.52%) Node.js
5 4 (9.52%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (9.52%) Vue
6 3 (7.14%) CakePHP
6 3 (7.14%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (7.14%) Ember.js
6 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
6 3 (7.14%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (7.14%) Laravel
6 3 (7.14%) Next.js
6 3 (7.14%) React Native
6 3 (7.14%) RESTful
6 3 (7.14%) Symfony
6 3 (7.14%) Zend Framework
7 2 (4.76%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 12 (28.57%) Agile
3 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 7 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 7 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 7 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
4 7 (16.67%) Scrum
4 7 (16.67%) Web Development
5 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.52%) BDD
6 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (9.52%) Clean Code
6 4 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (9.52%) TDD
7 3 (7.14%) Coaching
7 3 (7.14%) MVC
7 3 (7.14%) OO
7 3 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.14%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) Java
2 15 (35.71%) C#
3 13 (30.95%) SQL
4 11 (26.19%) JavaScript
5 10 (23.81%) C++
6 7 (16.67%) PHP
7 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 2 (4.76%) Go
8 2 (4.76%) Python
9 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (47.62%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Google
2 3 (7.14%) YouTube
2 3 (7.14%) Zend