The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 22 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 46 51 37
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 12 14 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.449% 2.491% 3.485%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.609% 2.637% 3.591%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 13
Average salary £24,500 £18,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £18,000 £17,200
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,450 £23,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
460 531 362
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 93.88% 94.48% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 409 484 309
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
North West

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Junior Salary Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Blackburn -8 2 £28,500 +58.33%
Burnley - 2 £20,000 -
Preston - 2 £22,000 -
Skelmersdale - 1 £22,000 -
Junior
North West

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 15 (88.24%) .NET
1 15 (88.24%) ASP.NET
2 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 10 (58.82%) C#
4 7 (41.18%) SQL
4 7 (41.18%) XML
4 7 (41.18%) VB.NET
5 5 (29.41%) Degree
5 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
6 4 (23.53%) Silverlight
6 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
7 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
7 3 (17.65%) HTML
7 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
8 2 (11.76%) Windows
8 2 (11.76%) CSS
8 2 (11.76%) Web Services
8 2 (11.76%) IIS
8 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
8 2 (11.76%) XHTML
8 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
8 2 (11.76%) MS Access
8 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
8 2 (11.76%) XSLT
8 2 (11.76%) jQuery
8 2 (11.76%) Umbraco
8 2 (11.76%) Ajax
8 2 (11.76%) HTML5
8 2 (11.76%) Web Design

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 15 (88.24%) .NET
1 15 (88.24%) ASP.NET
2 7 (41.18%) XML
3 4 (23.53%) Silverlight
4 3 (17.65%) HTML
5 2 (11.76%) CSS
5 2 (11.76%) Web Services
5 2 (11.76%) XHTML
5 2 (11.76%) XSLT
5 2 (11.76%) jQuery
5 2 (11.76%) Ajax
5 2 (11.76%) HTML5
5 2 (11.76%) CSS3
6 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.882%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) IIS
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
1 2 (11.76%) Umbraco
2 1 (5.882%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.882%) Xcode
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
3 2 (11.76%) Web Design
4 1 (5.882%) MVC
4 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) TDD
4 1 (5.882%) UML
4 1 (5.882%) OO
4 1 (5.882%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
2 10 (58.82%) C#
3 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 7 (41.18%) VB.NET
4 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) CCNA
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Cisco
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft