The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hertford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 25 17 8
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 4 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 4.938% 13.16% 7.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.128% 13.51% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 2
Average salary £30,000 £22,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
78 37 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 96.30% 97.37% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 76 37 26
Average salary £45,000 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.63% -21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
Hertfordshire

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Junior across the Hertford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertford Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Junior across the Hertford region.

Hertford Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford region that cited Junior in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Junior in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Java
3 4 (66.67%) JSP
3 4 (66.67%) Web Services
3 4 (66.67%) Retail
4 3 (50.00%) JSF
4 3 (50.00%) MVC
4 3 (50.00%) JDBC
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
6 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 1 (16.67%) J2EE
6 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (16.67%) C
6 1 (16.67%) Struts
6 1 (16.67%) XML
6 1 (16.67%) XSLT
6 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
6 1 (16.67%) SDH
6 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco
6 1 (16.67%) DWDM
6 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Spring

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford region that cited Junior in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) JSP
1 4 (66.67%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) JSF
2 3 (50.00%) JDBC
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) Struts
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SDH
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) DWDM
General
1 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco