Junior Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Junior Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in the South East is £39,370 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 368 347 320
Rank change year-on-year -21 -27 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 36 30 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.19% 0.23% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.25% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 33 25 36
10th Percentile £28,500 - £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,370 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.48% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £40,048 £37,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £41,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Junior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Engineer in the South East

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Junior Software Engineer in the South East

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Junior Software Engineer in the South East

Junior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley -3 13 £29,000 -15.51% 1
Surrey -8 9 £40,000 +14.29%
Hampshire -44 8 £38,750 +10.71% 2
Buckinghamshire -17 7 £39,370 +14.70% 1
Oxfordshire -3 6 £29,000 -17.14%
Sussex - 3 £32,500 -
Kent -18 2 £31,250 +4.17%
West Sussex - 1 - -
Junior Software Engineer
England

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Junior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (55.56%) Degree
3 15 (41.67%) C
3 15 (41.67%) C++
4 14 (38.89%) Python
4 14 (38.89%) Computer Science
5 11 (30.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 8 (22.22%) Java
7 8 (22.22%) C#
7 8 (22.22%) Agile
7 8 (22.22%) Spring
7 8 (22.22%) React
8 7 (19.44%) OO
9 6 (16.67%) .NET
9 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
9 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 6 (16.67%) WPF
9 6 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (16.67%) Docker
9 6 (16.67%) Code Quality
10 5 (13.89%) Linux
10 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
11 4 (11.11%) Git
11 4 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
11 4 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
11 4 (11.11%) TypeScript

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (5.56%) Apache
1 2 (5.56%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) AWS
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
1 2 (5.56%) GitHub
1 2 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) GIS
1 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Git
2 2 (5.56%) LabVIEW
2 2 (5.56%) Subversion
3 1 (2.78%) GDB
3 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
3 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Electronics
4 3 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.78%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.22%) React
1 8 (22.22%) Spring
2 6 (16.67%) .NET
2 6 (16.67%) WPF
3 2 (5.56%) Celery
3 2 (5.56%) Dask
3 2 (5.56%) Django
3 2 (5.56%) Flask
3 2 (5.56%) GeoJSON
3 2 (5.56%) GeoPandas
3 2 (5.56%) LAPP Stack
3 2 (5.56%) NumPy
4 1 (2.78%) CSS
4 1 (2.78%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.78%) Graphic Design
1 1 (2.78%) IoT
1 1 (2.78%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Linux
2 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (38.89%) Computer Science
3 8 (22.22%) Agile
4 7 (19.44%) OO
5 6 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 6 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (11.11%) Coaching
6 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 4 (11.11%) DevOps
6 4 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
6 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 4 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (8.33%) Mathematics
7 3 (8.33%) Scrum
8 2 (5.56%) BDD
8 2 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (5.56%) Programme Management
8 2 (5.56%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) C
1 15 (41.67%) C++
2 14 (38.89%) Python
3 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (22.22%) C#
4 8 (22.22%) Java
5 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
6 2 (5.56%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.78%) Ada
7 1 (2.78%) Go
7 1 (2.78%) Kotlin
7 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) Degree
2 11 (30.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 6 (16.67%) Docker
2 2 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) F5
2 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft