Junior Jobs in Central London

Junior
London > Central London

The median Junior salary in Central London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 158 165
Rank change year-on-year +16 +7 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 54 96 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.43% 1.87% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.95% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 49 92 120
10th Percentile £28,100 £28,550 £27,375
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,313 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £62,500
London median annual salary £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +3.75% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,604 4,925 7,786
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 95.99% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 4,101 6,369
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,993
25th Percentile £51,625 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,210 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in Central London.

Salary trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Central London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in Central London

Junior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
City of London +4 47 £40,000 -5.88% 17
West End of London +15 4 £36,500 +0.69% 1
City of Westminster -12 1 £33,500 -7.59% 1
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £35,000 -
Camden - 1 £35,000 -
Junior
London

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Junior 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 Central London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 17 (31.48%) Degree
2 16 (29.63%) Software Engineering
3 13 (24.07%) Azure
3 13 (24.07%) C#
4 12 (22.22%) .NET
4 12 (22.22%) Python
4 12 (22.22%) Agile
4 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 11 (20.37%) Computer Science
6 10 (18.52%) SQL
7 8 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (12.96%) Finance
8 7 (12.96%) AWS
9 6 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
9 6 (11.11%) DevOps
10 5 (9.26%) Docker
10 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.26%) Statistics
10 5 (9.26%) Mathematics
10 5 (9.26%) Internet
10 5 (9.26%) Windows
10 5 (9.26%) Linux
10 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
11 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
11 4 (7.41%) HTTP
11 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
11 4 (7.41%) PHP
11 4 (7.41%) Back Office
11 4 (7.41%) Data Science

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) Hyperledger
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) Trello
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) Azure Pipelines
3 4 (7.41%) GCP
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.70%) ClickUp
4 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.85%) Figma
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) Internet
2 4 (7.41%) HTTP
3 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.70%) MySQL
2 2 (3.70%) Redis
2 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.85%) Big Data
3 1 (1.85%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
1 3 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Selenium
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Back Office
4 2 (3.70%) Games
4 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Advertising
5 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.85%) Law
5 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (22.22%) .NET
2 4 (7.41%) Laravel
2 4 (7.41%) REST
3 3 (5.56%) .NET Framework
3 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.56%) CSS
3 3 (5.56%) HTML
3 3 (5.56%) RESTful
3 3 (5.56%) Web Services
4 2 (3.70%) Kafka
4 2 (3.70%) Middleware
5 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.85%) NumPy
5 1 (1.85%) Pandas
5 1 (1.85%) Playwright
5 1 (1.85%) React
5 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Algorithms
1 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.85%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.85%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.85%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.85%) Life Science
2 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.85%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (1.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
1 5 (9.26%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Debian
2 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.70%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Software Engineering
2 12 (22.22%) Agile
3 11 (20.37%) Computer Science
4 6 (11.11%) DevOps
4 6 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (9.26%) Mathematics
5 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.26%) Statistics
6 4 (7.41%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (7.41%) Data Science
7 3 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (5.56%) CI/CD
7 3 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
7 3 (5.56%) Microservices
7 3 (5.56%) Project Management
7 3 (5.56%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (3.70%) Data Analysis
8 2 (3.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) C#
2 12 (22.22%) Python
3 10 (18.52%) SQL
4 4 (7.41%) PHP
5 3 (5.56%) Bash
5 3 (5.56%) Java
6 2 (3.70%) C++
7 1 (1.85%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Degree
2 8 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.70%) PhD
5 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.85%) ISEB
5 1 (1.85%) MCDST
5 1 (1.85%) MCP
5 1 (1.85%) MCSA
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Docker
2 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.85%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.56%) Puppet
2 3 (5.56%) Terraform
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.85%) Adobe
2 1 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (1.85%) Dell
2 1 (1.85%) Okta
2 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.85%) Rapid7
2 1 (1.85%) Salesforce