Junior Database Developer Job Trends

Junior Database Developer
UK

The median Junior Database Developer salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 - 728
Rank change year-on-year - - +440
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Database Developer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £27,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.05%
75th Percentile £28,750 - £28,406
90th Percentile - - £29,363
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,035 68,087 54,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 95.37% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25,680 38,799 41,765
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Junior Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Database Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Database Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Database Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Database Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Database Developer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Database Developer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Database Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 1 £27,500 -
Midlands - 1 £27,500 -
England - 1 £27,500 -
UK excluding London - 1 £27,500 -

Junior Database Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Junior Database Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Database Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) FileMaker
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform

Junior Database Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) FileMaker
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree