The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 17 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 73 47 30
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 19 27 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.614% 3.787% 8.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.730% 4.122% 8.583%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 81
Average salary £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,200 £16,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,800 £25,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1098 655 1002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.29% 91.87% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 940 585 919
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
South East

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Junior across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent Junior Salary Histogram

Junior
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone -10 3 £30,000 +20.00%
Rochester - 1 £30,000 -
Junior
South East

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
1 10 (29.41%) CSS
2 9 (26.47%) SQL
3 8 (23.53%) HTML
4 6 (17.65%) PHP
5 5 (14.71%) Java
5 5 (14.71%) C#
5 5 (14.71%) .NET
5 5 (14.71%) OO
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 4 (11.76%) Firewall
6 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
6 4 (11.76%) Finance
6 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 3 (8.824%) Multimedia
7 3 (8.824%) Spring
7 3 (8.824%) Degree
7 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (8.824%) Dojo
7 3 (8.824%) jQuery
7 3 (8.824%) Social Media
7 3 (8.824%) MySQL
7 3 (8.824%) XML
7 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
7 3 (8.824%) E-Commerce
7 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
7 3 (8.824%) OOP
7 3 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.824%) Legal
7 3 (8.824%) Risk Management

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 10 (29.41%) CSS
2 8 (23.53%) HTML
3 5 (14.71%) .NET
4 3 (8.824%) Dojo
4 3 (8.824%) jQuery
4 3 (8.824%) XML
4 3 (8.824%) Spring
4 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
5 2 (5.882%) Ajax
5 2 (5.882%) HTML5
6 1 (2.941%) Node.js
6 1 (2.941%) MooTools
6 1 (2.941%) LINQ
6 1 (2.941%) ASP
6 1 (2.941%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.941%) MDX
6 1 (2.941%) LAMP
6 1 (2.941%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) WordPress
2 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.941%) GlassFish
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
2 2 (5.882%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Firewall
2 3 (8.824%) Intranet
2 3 (8.824%) Internet
3 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.882%) VPN
3 2 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.824%) MySQL
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.941%) DTS
4 1 (2.941%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.941%) PEAR
2 1 (2.941%) Ant
2 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.941%) NetBeans
2 1 (2.941%) Subversion
General
1 4 (11.76%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Legal
2 3 (8.824%) Multimedia
3 2 (5.882%) Marketing
3 2 (5.882%) Back Office
3 2 (5.882%) Retail
4 1 (2.941%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.824%) Social Media
3 2 (5.882%) PMI
3 2 (5.882%) Replication
3 2 (5.882%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.941%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) Windows
1 1 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) OO
1 5 (14.71%) Project Management
2 3 (8.824%) OOD
2 3 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (8.824%) E-Commerce
2 3 (8.824%) OOP
2 3 (8.824%) Risk Management
3 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 2 (5.882%) ERP
3 2 (5.882%) MVC
3 2 (5.882%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
3 2 (5.882%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.941%) Unit Testing
4 1 (2.941%) Web Application Development
4 1 (2.941%) Analytics
4 1 (2.941%) User Stories
4 1 (2.941%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (2.941%) Pay per click
4 1 (2.941%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 9 (26.47%) SQL
3 6 (17.65%) PHP
4 5 (14.71%) C#
4 5 (14.71%) Java
5 1 (2.941%) C++
5 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.941%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.941%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (8.824%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.941%) MCITP
3 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (5.882%) Cisco
1 2 (5.882%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.941%) Google
2 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.941%) Adobe
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle
Tonbridge, Kent
Our client, is based in a semi rural location, therefore you must have your own transport to get there, they are a long established, privately owned software company,...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
PHP, Javascript, SQL, XML, XSLT, PostgreSQL, CSS Jquery, backend php developer... PHP5. The developer will be proficient at PHP5, either commercially or academically... SQL... The SQL will be...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum +bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Dartford, South East
A successful web design/development agency based in Dartford, Kent is looking to recruit a Junior Software Tester / Support Assistant. They are expanding their web development team and...
Salary: £20000 - £24000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013