Junior Programmer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Junior Programmer
UK

As of 2 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Junior Programmer salary in the UK.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	734	735
Rank change year-on-year	-	+1	+400
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Programmer	0	1	4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	0.001%	0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	0.002%	0.008%
Number of salaries quoted	0	1	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£26,250
25^th Percentile	-	£21,250	£30,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£22,500	£38,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-41.56%	+20.31%
75^th Percentile	-	£23,750	£48,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	£53,150
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	£22,500	£24,500
% change year-on-year	-	-8.16%	-23.44%

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	45,243	64,602	51,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	90.17%	95.05%	95.51%
Number of salaries quoted	27,411	36,584	39,961
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£31,250	£31,509
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£42,200	£42,798
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£57,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-8.70%	-4.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£75,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£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 Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

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