Junior Jobs in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior salary in the City of London is £41,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 149 168
Rank change year-on-year +19 +19 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 48 88 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.42% 1.84% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.91% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 44 84 97
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,925 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,313 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,375 £66,250 £57,500
Central London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -

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 3,229 4,614 6,737
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 96.47% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,582 3,888 5,640
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £44,950
25th Percentile £53,136 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 20 (41.67%) Degree
2 16 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 15 (31.25%) C#
3 15 (31.25%) Python
4 14 (29.17%) Computer Science
5 12 (25.00%) Azure
6 11 (22.92%) .NET
6 11 (22.92%) Agile
6 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
7 9 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (18.75%) SQL
8 8 (16.67%) Statistics
8 8 (16.67%) Mathematics
8 8 (16.67%) AWS
9 7 (14.58%) Finance
9 7 (14.58%) Data Science
9 7 (14.58%) Master's Degree
10 6 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.50%) Docker
10 6 (12.50%) DevOps
10 6 (12.50%) C++
11 5 (10.42%) Physics
11 5 (10.42%) OOP
11 5 (10.42%) OO
11 5 (10.42%) PhD
11 5 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
11 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (10.42%) GCP
11 5 (10.42%) Statistical Modelling

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 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Trello
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) GCP
4 3 (6.25%) Azure Pipelines
4 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.17%) ClickUp
5 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.33%) HTTP
1 4 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.17%) MySQL
2 2 (4.17%) Redis
2 2 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.08%) Big Data
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.08%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Git
2 3 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
3 1 (2.08%) IntelliJ
3 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Back Office
4 2 (4.17%) Games
4 2 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Advertising
5 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.08%) Law
5 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.92%) .NET
2 4 (8.33%) Laravel
2 4 (8.33%) REST
2 4 (8.33%) RESTful
3 3 (6.25%) .NET Framework
3 3 (6.25%) ASP.NET
3 3 (6.25%) CSS
3 3 (6.25%) HTML
3 3 (6.25%) Web Services
4 2 (4.17%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.17%) Kafka
4 2 (4.17%) Middleware
4 2 (4.17%) React
5 1 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.08%) NumPy
5 1 (2.08%) Pandas
5 1 (2.08%) Vue
5 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Algorithms
1 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.08%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.08%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Linux
2 3 (6.25%) Windows
3 2 (4.17%) Debian
3 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.17%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.08%) Android
4 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 14 (29.17%) Computer Science
3 11 (22.92%) Agile
4 8 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 8 (16.67%) Statistics
5 7 (14.58%) Data Science
6 6 (12.50%) DevOps
6 6 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
6 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (10.42%) OO
7 5 (10.42%) OOP
7 5 (10.42%) Physics
7 5 (10.42%) Statistical Modelling
8 3 (6.25%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.25%) Containerisation
8 3 (6.25%) Creative Thinking
8 3 (6.25%) Microservices
8 3 (6.25%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) C#
1 15 (31.25%) Python
2 9 (18.75%) SQL
3 6 (12.50%) C++
4 4 (8.33%) Java
4 4 (8.33%) PHP
5 3 (6.25%) Bash
6 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.08%) Apex Code
7 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) Degree
2 9 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (14.58%) Master's Degree
4 5 (10.42%) PhD
5 1 (2.08%) ISEB
5 1 (2.08%) MCDST
5 1 (2.08%) MCP
5 1 (2.08%) MCSA
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Docker
2 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.25%) Puppet
2 3 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.08%) Google
2 1 (2.08%) Okta
2 1 (2.08%) Rapid7
2 1 (2.08%) Salesforce