Junior Software Engineer
UK
The median Junior Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 522 | 592 | 755 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +163 | +86 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | 0.002% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.010% | 0.002% | 0.008% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £225 | £500 | £548 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -55.00% | -8.68% | +39.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £225 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -55.00% | +11.11% | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 28,863 | 41,326 | 65,756 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.82% | 93.09% | 94.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,610 | 27,362 | 45,764 |
| 10th Percentile | £291 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +5.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £496 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.28% | -0.80% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 857 | 2,119 | 1,648 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.97 | £13.29 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £17.24 | £17.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £37.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.33% | +7.14% | +62.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.56 | £74.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.88 | £40.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.81% | +33.33% | +62.16% |
Junior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Junior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Junior Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Engineer.
Junior Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Engineer.
Junior Software Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 January 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +68 | 2 | £225 | -55.00% | 17 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £225 | - | |
| England | +94 | 1 | - | - | 28 |
| London | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 January 2025, Junior Software Engineer contract 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 contract job ads featuring Junior Software Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: