Junior Jobs in England

Junior
UK > England

The median Junior salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 258 240
Rank change year-on-year +47 -18 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 1,213 1,302 2,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.42% 1.41% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.54% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 929 1,608
10th Percentile £22,500 £24,500 £22,925
25th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £44,063
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £56,250
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in England

Junior
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior in England

Junior
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in England

Junior
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East +28 324 £30,000 -11.76% 63
North of England +90 240 £28,750 -4.17% 60
London -21 238 £37,500 -6.25% 103
Midlands +69 171 £26,500 -29.33% 69
North West +73 154 £27,500 -8.33% 30
South West -13 128 £30,000 - 48
West Midlands +57 116 £27,000 -32.50% 45
East of England -2 107 £27,500 -15.38% 36
Yorkshire +84 72 £32,500 +0.78% 17
East Midlands +10 55 £25,000 -28.57% 24
North East -15 14 £27,750 +0.91% 13
Junior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 379 (31.24%) Degree
2 281 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 196 (16.16%) Agile
4 193 (15.91%) C#
5 190 (15.66%) Microsoft
6 181 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (14.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 161 (13.27%) SQL
9 148 (12.20%) Computer Science
10 145 (11.95%) JavaScript
11 142 (11.71%) Finance
12 141 (11.62%) Python
13 140 (11.54%) Azure
14 134 (11.05%) .NET
14 134 (11.05%) Software Engineering
15 109 (8.99%) Windows
15 109 (8.99%) Mentoring
16 102 (8.41%) Manufacturing
17 99 (8.16%) Electronics
18 94 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
19 93 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
20 91 (7.50%) Java
21 89 (7.34%) HTML
22 88 (7.25%) DevOps
23 87 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
24 85 (7.01%) CSS
25 84 (6.92%) Linux
26 82 (6.76%) Docker
26 82 (6.76%) AWS
27 81 (6.68%) SQL Server

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 34 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.14%) WordPress
4 16 (1.32%) CMS
5 9 (0.74%) Confluence
6 8 (0.66%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) nginx
8 4 (0.33%) Apache
8 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.25%) Site Server
10 2 (0.16%) Resin
11 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.082%) Drupal
11 1 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.082%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.082%) JBoss
Applications
1 52 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (1.81%) Photoshop
4 17 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 17 (1.40%) InDesign
5 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.49%) Trello
9 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.25%) Sketch
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.082%) CorelDRAW
12 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.082%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.082%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.74%) Magento
1 9 (0.74%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.25%) iTrent
3 1 (0.082%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 140 (11.54%) Azure
2 94 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (6.76%) AWS
4 45 (3.71%) Power Platform
5 37 (3.05%) SaaS
6 27 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (1.90%) Entra ID
8 19 (1.57%) GCP
9 17 (1.40%) GitHub
10 12 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (0.82%) Figma
12 9 (0.74%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.58%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.58%) Serverless
14 7 (0.58%) WhatsApp
15 6 (0.49%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.64%) Firewall
2 30 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (1.40%) Wireless
4 16 (1.32%) Internet
5 13 (1.07%) Unified Communications
6 11 (0.91%) DNS
7 10 (0.82%) HTTP
8 8 (0.66%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.66%) Network Security
8 8 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.41%) VPN
10 5 (0.41%) WAN
11 4 (0.33%) Broadband
11 4 (0.33%) FTP
11 4 (0.33%) RS-232
12 3 (0.25%) iSCSI
12 3 (0.25%) LAN
12 3 (0.25%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (6.68%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.13%) MySQL
3 34 (2.80%) Power BI
4 20 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (0.99%) Big Data
7 12 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (0.91%) MS Access
8 11 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (0.91%) Redis
9 9 (0.74%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.49%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.49%) Metadata
10 6 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.41%) GIS
12 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.25%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 71 (5.85%) Git
2 27 (2.23%) JIRA
3 25 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.06%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.33%) Gradle
6 4 (0.33%) Selenium
6 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.25%) GitLab
7 3 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.16%) git-flow
8 2 (0.16%) webpack
9 1 (0.082%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.082%) Ant
9 1 (0.082%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.082%) Postman
9 1 (0.082%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.082%) WebDriver
General
1 281 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 172 (14.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 142 (11.71%) Finance
4 102 (8.41%) Manufacturing
5 99 (8.16%) Electronics
6 87 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
7 81 (6.68%) Public Sector
8 70 (5.77%) Marketing
9 43 (3.54%) Law
10 37 (3.05%) Legal
10 37 (3.05%) Retail
11 29 (2.39%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.57%) Games
14 15 (1.24%) Back Office
15 12 (0.99%) Advertising
16 11 (0.91%) Banking
17 9 (0.74%) Automotive
18 8 (0.66%) Billing
18 8 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (11.05%) .NET
2 89 (7.34%) HTML
3 85 (7.01%) CSS
4 63 (5.19%) React
5 43 (3.54%) Laravel
6 38 (3.13%) .NET Framework
7 33 (2.72%) AngularJS
8 32 (2.64%) ASP.NET
9 30 (2.47%) JSON
10 28 (2.31%) Vue
11 25 (2.06%) REST
11 25 (2.06%) Web Services
12 19 (1.57%) ASP.NET Web API
13 18 (1.48%) .NET Core
14 16 (1.32%) Entity Framework
14 16 (1.32%) HTML5
15 15 (1.24%) Doctrine
15 15 (1.24%) Kafka
15 15 (1.24%) Node.js
16 14 (1.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (4.12%) Driving Licence
3 32 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (1.98%) Algorithms
4 24 (1.98%) Mobile App
5 23 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
6 22 (1.81%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.48%) Graphic Design
7 18 (1.48%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.48%) Social Media
8 16 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 15 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
10 14 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.15%) FPGA
11 12 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 11 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.58%) Life Science
15 7 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (8.99%) Windows
2 84 (6.92%) Linux
3 31 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.99%) Unix
6 8 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.33%) Android
9 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.25%) CentOS
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.16%) Debian
11 2 (0.16%) OS/2
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.082%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (16.16%) Agile
2 181 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (12.20%) Computer Science
4 134 (11.05%) Software Engineering
5 109 (8.99%) Mentoring
6 88 (7.25%) DevOps
7 77 (6.35%) Project Planning
8 76 (6.27%) Customer Service
9 75 (6.18%) Coaching
10 73 (6.02%) Schematic Capture
11 70 (5.77%) Project Management
12 57 (4.70%) Full Stack Development
13 56 (4.62%) Business Intelligence
14 52 (4.29%) TDD
15 49 (4.04%) Web Development
16 43 (3.54%) Decision-Making
16 43 (3.54%) Mathematics
17 36 (2.97%) Cybersecurity
18 35 (2.89%) Continuous Improvement
19 34 (2.80%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 193 (15.91%) C#
2 161 (13.27%) SQL
3 145 (11.95%) JavaScript
4 141 (11.62%) Python
5 91 (7.50%) Java
6 76 (6.27%) PHP
7 54 (4.45%) C++
8 41 (3.38%) C
9 24 (1.98%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.48%) Bash
11 16 (1.32%) Go
12 15 (1.24%) Fortran
13 8 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.58%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.58%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.49%) R
15 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.49%) VB
16 4 (0.33%) Groovy
16 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 379 (31.24%) Degree
2 93 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (4.12%) Security Cleared
4 33 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 23 (1.90%) SC Cleared
6 19 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.57%) PhD
7 18 (1.48%) CCNA
7 18 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.58%) HND
11 6 (0.49%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.33%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.33%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.33%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.33%) OSCP
13 4 (0.33%) PMP
14 3 (0.25%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (1.98%) QA
2 21 (1.73%) SLA
3 18 (1.48%) GDPR
4 13 (1.07%) PCI DSS
5 9 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (0.74%) PMO
6 8 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.49%) GMP
8 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.33%) NCSC
9 4 (0.33%) PSD2
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.16%) NIST
12 1 (0.082%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.082%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.082%) JTAG
12 1 (0.082%) MISRA
System Software
1 82 (6.76%) Docker
2 81 (6.68%) Firmware
3 79 (6.51%) Embedded Firmware
4 64 (5.28%) Active Directory
5 13 (1.07%) KVM
6 9 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.25%) NFS
9 2 (0.16%) Varnish
9 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.16%) vSphere
10 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.32%) Terraform
4 13 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (1.07%) ServiceCenter
5 8 (0.66%) Ansible
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 4 (0.33%) SCCM
8 3 (0.25%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
9 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.082%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.082%) Nagios
10 1 (0.082%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 190 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.94%) EMC
3 49 (4.04%) YouTube
4 32 (2.64%) Adobe
5 28 (2.31%) Google
6 26 (2.14%) Cisco
7 25 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.15%) Fortinet
9 14 (1.15%) VMware
10 13 (1.07%) Aruba
10 13 (1.07%) Dell
10 13 (1.07%) HP
10 13 (1.07%) Meraki
11 12 (0.99%) Oracle
11 12 (0.99%) Progress
12 11 (0.91%) SAP
13 10 (0.82%) F5
14 7 (0.58%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.49%) Sage