The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 85 98 81
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 207 171 197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.913% 2.412% 2.910%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.051% 2.514% 3.045%
Number of salaries quoted 184 159 179
Average salary £24,000 £24,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £18,000 £16,750
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,750 £26,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6784 6801 6469
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.47% 95.94% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5749 6008 5720
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
England

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Junior across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +16 134 £24,000 -2.04%
Cheshire -6 43 £22,250 -3.26%
Lancashire +4 12 £24,500 +36.11%
Merseyside +25 6 £28,750 +17.34%
Cumbria +4 1 £21,000 +16.66%
Junior
England

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 262 (54.02%) .NET
2 234 (48.25%) ASP.NET
3 226 (46.60%) C#
4 178 (36.70%) SQL
5 151 (31.13%) Degree
6 146 (30.10%) SQL Server
7 141 (29.07%) JavaScript
8 106 (21.86%) HTML
9 101 (20.82%) CSS
10 99 (20.41%) MVC
11 75 (15.46%) Windows
12 74 (15.26%) Computer Science
13 68 (14.02%) .NET Framework
14 65 (13.40%) Microsoft
15 63 (12.99%) Finance
16 62 (12.78%) XML
17 61 (12.58%) jQuery
17 61 (12.58%) ASP.NET MVC
18 55 (11.34%) Web Services
18 55 (11.34%) OO
19 53 (10.93%) Agile Software Development
20 52 (10.72%) Java
21 48 (9.897%) MCTS
22 47 (9.691%) Scrum
23 46 (9.485%) Oracle
24 45 (9.278%) Microsoft Certification
25 44 (9.072%) VB.NET
26 42 (8.660%) PHP
27 41 (8.454%) E-Commerce
27 41 (8.454%) TDD

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 262 (54.02%) .NET
2 234 (48.25%) ASP.NET
3 106 (21.86%) HTML
4 101 (20.82%) CSS
5 68 (14.02%) .NET Framework
6 62 (12.78%) XML
7 61 (12.58%) jQuery
7 61 (12.58%) ASP.NET MVC
8 55 (11.34%) Web Services
9 40 (8.247%) Ajax
9 40 (8.247%) WCF
10 35 (7.216%) WPF
11 33 (6.804%) Razor View Engine
12 32 (6.598%) WinForms
13 29 (5.979%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 28 (5.773%) Unity DI Container
14 28 (5.773%) Castle Windsor
14 28 (5.773%) Ninject
14 28 (5.773%) Spring.NET
15 19 (3.918%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.536%) CMS
2 13 (2.680%) IIS
3 12 (2.474%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.649%) Apache
5 5 (1.031%) nginx
6 4 (0.825%) SAS
6 4 (0.825%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.619%) Magento
8 2 (0.412%) Captiva
8 2 (0.412%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.412%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.206%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.206%) GlassFish
9 1 (0.206%) CICS
9 1 (0.206%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.206%) WordPress
9 1 (0.206%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 34 (7.010%) MS Excel
2 14 (2.887%) MS Office
3 7 (1.443%) Photoshop
4 5 (1.031%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.619%) MS Project
5 3 (0.619%) SPSS
6 1 (0.206%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.206%) InDesign
6 1 (0.206%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 13 (2.680%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.825%) Bond Adapt
2 4 (0.825%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.412%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.412%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.412%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.206%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.206%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.206%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.536%) Internet
2 14 (2.887%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.062%) HTTP
4 6 (1.237%) Intranet
5 5 (1.031%) DHCP
5 5 (1.031%) DNS
6 3 (0.619%) NFC
7 2 (0.412%) Network Security
7 2 (0.412%) Firewall
7 2 (0.412%) FTP
7 2 (0.412%) VPN
8 1 (0.206%) IGMP
8 1 (0.206%) PABX
8 1 (0.206%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.206%) SNMP
8 1 (0.206%) Broadband
8 1 (0.206%) LAN
8 1 (0.206%) VoIP
8 1 (0.206%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (30.10%) SQL Server
2 33 (6.804%) SQL Server 2008
3 29 (5.979%) MySQL
4 23 (4.742%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (3.711%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (3.505%) SQL Server 2005
7 10 (2.062%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 10 (2.062%) Oracle 8/8i
8 7 (1.443%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.237%) Oracle 9i
10 4 (0.825%) Oracle 10g
10 4 (0.825%) SQLPlus
10 4 (0.825%) Oracle 11g
11 3 (0.619%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.619%) MS Access
11 3 (0.619%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.412%) Oracle Discoverer
12 2 (0.412%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.412%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.412%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 31 (6.392%) Visual Studio
2 28 (5.773%) NUnit
2 28 (5.773%) MSTest
2 28 (5.773%) Rhino Mocks
2 28 (5.773%) Moq
3 4 (0.825%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (0.825%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.619%) Xcode
4 3 (0.619%) Git (software)
5 2 (0.412%) Hudson
5 2 (0.412%) JUnit
5 2 (0.412%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.412%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.412%) Maven
6 1 (0.206%) Subversion
6 1 (0.206%) Behat
6 1 (0.206%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.206%) Selenium
General
1 63 (12.99%) Finance
2 15 (3.093%) Telecoms
3 14 (2.887%) Manufacturing
4 11 (2.268%) Back Office
4 11 (2.268%) Marketing
5 9 (1.856%) Retail
6 7 (1.443%) Local Government
7 5 (1.031%) Banking
8 4 (0.825%) Games
9 3 (0.619%) Music
9 3 (0.619%) Electronics
9 3 (0.619%) Automotive
9 3 (0.619%) Legal
10 1 (0.206%) Advertising
10 1 (0.206%) Law
10 1 (0.206%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 74 (15.26%) Computer Science
2 28 (5.773%) Inversion of Control
3 27 (5.567%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (4.124%) Open Source
5 14 (2.887%) W3C
6 11 (2.268%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.237%) Blackberry
7 6 (1.237%) Mathematics
8 5 (1.031%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.031%) PMI
8 5 (1.031%) NHS
8 5 (1.031%) iPhone
9 4 (0.825%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.619%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.619%) Statistics
10 3 (0.619%) Online Gambling
10 3 (0.619%) Java Card
10 3 (0.619%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.619%) Social Media
10 3 (0.619%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (15.46%) Windows
2 36 (7.423%) Linux
3 21 (4.330%) UNIX
4 16 (3.299%) Android
5 13 (2.680%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.856%) Windows Phone
7 5 (1.031%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.619%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.412%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.412%) Solaris
9 2 (0.412%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.412%) SUSE
10 1 (0.206%) Debian
10 1 (0.206%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.206%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.206%) zOS
10 1 (0.206%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (20.41%) MVC
2 55 (11.34%) OO
3 53 (10.93%) Agile Software Development
4 47 (9.691%) Scrum
5 41 (8.454%) E-Commerce
5 41 (8.454%) TDD
6 34 (7.010%) Web Application Development
7 29 (5.979%) Kanban
8 28 (5.773%) Continuous Integration
8 28 (5.773%) MVVM
8 28 (5.773%) Dependency Injection
9 27 (5.567%) Software Testing
10 26 (5.361%) Project Management
11 22 (4.536%) PRINCE2
12 20 (4.124%) CRM
12 20 (4.124%) Software Engineering
12 20 (4.124%) Web Development
13 18 (3.711%) Integration Testing
14 17 (3.505%) Configuration Management
15 16 (3.299%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 226 (46.60%) C#
2 178 (36.70%) SQL
3 141 (29.07%) JavaScript
4 52 (10.72%) Java
5 44 (9.072%) VB.NET
6 42 (8.660%) PHP
7 17 (3.505%) PL/SQL
8 15 (3.093%) VB
9 14 (2.887%) C
10 13 (2.680%) C++
11 12 (2.474%) T-SQL
11 12 (2.474%) VB6
12 7 (1.443%) Perl
13 5 (1.031%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.825%) Ruby
14 4 (0.825%) Python
15 3 (0.619%) ActionScript
16 2 (0.412%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.412%) X++
16 2 (0.412%) Prolog
Qualifications
1 151 (31.13%) Degree
2 48 (9.897%) MCTS
3 45 (9.278%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (6.392%) MCP
5 28 (5.773%) MCAD
5 28 (5.773%) MCSD
6 18 (3.711%) ISEB
7 16 (3.299%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.856%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.031%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.031%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.825%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.412%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.412%) Sun Certification
12 1 (0.206%) SAS Certification
12 1 (0.206%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.206%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.206%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.680%) SLA
2 3 (0.619%) QA
3 1 (0.206%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.206%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.031%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.412%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.412%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.206%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.412%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.206%) Nagios
2 1 (0.206%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 65 (13.40%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.485%) Oracle
3 16 (3.299%) SAP
4 12 (2.474%) PeopleSoft
5 10 (2.062%) JD Edwards
6 6 (1.237%) Adobe
6 6 (1.237%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.237%) Twitter
7 5 (1.031%) Facebook
7 5 (1.031%) Google
7 5 (1.031%) Novell
8 3 (0.619%) KXEN
9 2 (0.412%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.412%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.412%) IBM
9 2 (0.412%) Informatica
9 2 (0.412%) Symbian
10 1 (0.206%) Cisco
10 1 (0.206%) Avaya
10 1 (0.206%) Cognos
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Senitor Associates
Salary: £17000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 23 April 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
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Salary: £17000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + benefits and training
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: From £20,000 to £23,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
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Key Skills You will have good Microsoft .Net skills, ASP.Net preferably with C# (VB.NET applicants considered) and some database skills (SQL Server / MySQL). You should be...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Penrith, North West
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
My Client, a very large business law firm require a Junior Developer / Administrator - Innovation to join the IT Team in an exciting role that's encouraged to introduce...
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Posted: 17 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
1st/ 2nd line support, incident management, trend analysis, windows, SQL My client is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy firms who deal primarily with blue...
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Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
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The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Ideally, you’ll have a full knowledge of PC hardware (including peripherals such as graphics cards, hard drives, RAM and printers) and software, specifically Microsoft 2000, XP and...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Our client encourages creativity at every turn and will give you the opportunity to grow while making a personal impact to their continued growth.The priority of this...
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Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 9 May 2013
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