Junior Jobs in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £26,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 212 176
Rank change year-on-year +54 -36 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 168 121 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.47% 1.24% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.38% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 148 94 166
10th Percentile £21,000 £25,510 £22,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £31,313 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +23.08% +28.98%
75th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,375 £69,625 £58,750
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 10,771 8,748 10,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.46% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 4,815 7,203
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,551 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands +62 113 £26,500 -33.75% 51
East Midlands +1 55 £25,750 -35.63% 32
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 38 (22.62%) Degree
2 32 (19.05%) C#
2 32 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 29 (17.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (16.07%) Mentoring
4 27 (16.07%) Microsoft
5 23 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 21 (12.50%) Agile
7 19 (11.31%) Marketing
8 18 (10.71%) Software Engineering
8 18 (10.71%) Azure
8 18 (10.71%) DevOps
9 16 (9.52%) SQL
9 16 (9.52%) .NET
9 16 (9.52%) Java
9 16 (9.52%) AWS
10 15 (8.93%) Computer Science
10 15 (8.93%) HTML
10 15 (8.93%) Public Sector
11 14 (8.33%) YouTube
11 14 (8.33%) Coaching
11 14 (8.33%) CSS
11 14 (8.33%) Python
11 14 (8.33%) Finance
12 13 (7.74%) Electronics
12 13 (7.74%) Manufacturing
12 13 (7.74%) Windows
12 13 (7.74%) Project Planning
12 13 (7.74%) Computer Science Degree

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (6.55%) WordPress
2 4 (2.38%) CMS
3 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.19%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.60%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.38%) Trello
4 3 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (1.79%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.79%) Adobe XD
4 3 (1.79%) Sketch
5 2 (1.19%) InDesign
5 2 (1.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.60%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 8 (4.76%) Magento
2 6 (3.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.71%) Azure
2 16 (9.52%) AWS
3 12 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.14%) SaaS
4 8 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.98%) Google Docs
5 5 (2.98%) Google Sheets
6 4 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.38%) Figma
6 4 (2.38%) GitHub
6 4 (2.38%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.79%) GCP
8 2 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.19%) Serverless
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.79%) Broadband
2 3 (1.79%) Network Security
3 2 (1.19%) DHCP
3 2 (1.19%) DNS
3 2 (1.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.60%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.17%) Power BI
1 7 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.38%) Metadata
3 2 (1.19%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.19%) FileMaker
3 2 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.19%) Tableau
4 1 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Postman
General
1 32 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (11.31%) Marketing
4 15 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.33%) Finance
6 13 (7.74%) Electronics
6 13 (7.74%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (6.55%) Law
9 10 (5.95%) Retail
10 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.79%) Banking
12 3 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.19%) Games
13 2 (1.19%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.19%) Legal
13 2 (1.19%) Police
14 1 (0.60%) Automotive
14 1 (0.60%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.52%) .NET
2 15 (8.93%) HTML
3 14 (8.33%) CSS
4 12 (7.14%) React
5 6 (3.57%) RESTful
5 6 (3.57%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (2.98%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.98%) JSON
6 5 (2.98%) React Native
6 5 (2.98%) Vue
7 4 (2.38%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.38%) Node.js
7 4 (2.38%) REST
8 3 (1.79%) Ember.js
8 3 (1.79%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.79%) KnockoutJS
8 3 (1.79%) Laravel
8 3 (1.79%) Next.js
8 3 (1.79%) Symfony
8 3 (1.79%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.98%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.98%) Photography
5 4 (2.38%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.19%) Animation
7 2 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.19%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (1.19%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.19%) Social Media
8 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.74%) Windows
2 3 (1.79%) Linux
3 2 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.07%) Mentoring
2 23 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (12.50%) Agile
4 18 (10.71%) DevOps
4 18 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 15 (8.93%) Computer Science
6 14 (8.33%) Coaching
7 13 (7.74%) Project Planning
8 12 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (7.14%) Project Management
9 11 (6.55%) Customer Service
10 10 (5.95%) Schematic Capture
11 8 (4.76%) Asset Management
11 8 (4.76%) Clean Code
11 8 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
11 8 (4.76%) Test Automation
11 8 (4.76%) Web Development
12 7 (4.17%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (4.17%) MVC
12 7 (4.17%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 32 (19.05%) C#
2 21 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 16 (9.52%) Java
3 16 (9.52%) SQL
4 14 (8.33%) Python
5 12 (7.14%) PHP
6 6 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.38%) C++
8 3 (1.79%) C
9 2 (1.19%) Go
9 2 (1.19%) R
10 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.60%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (22.62%) Degree
2 13 (7.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.79%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.19%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.19%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.19%) MCSA
6 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) APMP
7 1 (0.60%) CEH
7 1 (0.60%) CISM
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) OSCP
7 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.17%) SLA
2 5 (2.98%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.38%) PMO
4 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.19%) QA
5 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (5.95%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (5.95%) Firmware
2 9 (5.36%) Docker
3 6 (3.57%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.98%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (2.98%) Terraform
2 2 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.33%) YouTube
3 12 (7.14%) Google
4 10 (5.95%) Adobe
4 10 (5.95%) EMC
5 5 (2.98%) Dell
6 3 (1.79%) Zend
7 2 (1.19%) Databricks
7 2 (1.19%) F5
7 2 (1.19%) IFS
7 2 (1.19%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.60%) Cadence
8 1 (0.60%) NEC
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle
8 1 (0.60%) Progress
8 1 (0.60%) SAP
8 1 (0.60%) Xamarin