Junior Jobs in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior salary in the City of London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 136 187
Rank change year-on-year +6 +51 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 45 91 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.35% 2.00% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 2.08% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 41 87 87
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £62,500
Central London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,209 4,367 7,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 96.21% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,528 3,648 5,662
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,444 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,220 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £73,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.69% +1.72% +3.57%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the City of London.

Salary trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the City of London

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 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 City of London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 15 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 14 (31.11%) Degree
3 11 (24.44%) .NET
3 11 (24.44%) Agile
3 11 (24.44%) Azure
4 10 (22.22%) C#
5 9 (20.00%) Python
5 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 8 (17.78%) SQL
7 7 (15.56%) AWS
7 7 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (13.33%) DevOps
8 6 (13.33%) Full Stack Development
8 6 (13.33%) Finance
9 5 (11.11%) Linux
9 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.11%) Docker
9 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (8.89%) Kubernetes
10 4 (8.89%) GCP
10 4 (8.89%) HTTP
10 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
10 4 (8.89%) PHP
10 4 (8.89%) Windows
10 4 (8.89%) Internet
10 4 (8.89%) Back Office
10 4 (8.89%) Statistics
10 4 (8.89%) REST

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) AWS
3 4 (8.89%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) Azure Pipelines
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.44%) ClickUp
6 1 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.22%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) HTTP
1 4 (8.89%) Internet
2 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.22%) VPN
2 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) MySQL
2 2 (4.44%) Redis
3 1 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.22%) Big Data
3 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.22%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Git
1 3 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Back Office
4 2 (4.44%) Games
5 1 (2.22%) Advertising
5 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.22%) Law
5 1 (2.22%) Marketing
5 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) .NET
2 4 (8.89%) Laravel
2 4 (8.89%) REST
3 3 (6.67%) .NET Framework
3 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (6.67%) RESTful
3 3 (6.67%) Web Services
4 2 (4.44%) CSS
4 2 (4.44%) HTML
4 2 (4.44%) Kafka
4 2 (4.44%) Middleware
5 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.22%) NumPy
5 1 (2.22%) Pandas
5 1 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.22%) Blockchain
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.22%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (8.89%) Windows
3 2 (4.44%) Debian
3 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 11 (24.44%) Agile
3 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (13.33%) DevOps
4 6 (13.33%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.89%) Statistics
7 3 (6.67%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (6.67%) Data Science
7 3 (6.67%) Innovative Thinking
7 3 (6.67%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.67%) Microservices
7 3 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (4.44%) Containerisation
8 2 (4.44%) DeFi
8 2 (4.44%) Sprint Planning
8 2 (4.44%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) C#
2 9 (20.00%) Python
3 8 (17.78%) SQL
4 4 (8.89%) PHP
5 3 (6.67%) Bash
5 3 (6.67%) Java
6 1 (2.22%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.22%) C++
6 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) MCDST
4 1 (2.22%) MCP
4 1 (2.22%) MCSA
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PhD
4 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) QA
2 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Docker
2 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.22%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.67%) Puppet
2 3 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.22%) Dell
2 1 (2.22%) Okta
2 1 (2.22%) Rapid7
2 1 (2.22%) Salesforce