The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 23 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 48 47 57
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 19 21 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.204% 3.627% 1.349%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.253% 3.717% 1.421%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 8
Average salary £21,500 £25,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £19,000 £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £26,900 £25,900
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
584 565 563
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 98.48% 97.58% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 497 486 449
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
West Midlands

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Junior across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cannock - 7 £32,000 -
Stafford - 6 £16,000 -
Burton-upon-Trent -9 2 £21,250 +11.84%
Junior
West Midlands

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 22 (66.67%) .NET
2 20 (60.61%) C#
3 18 (54.55%) Java
4 16 (48.48%) Computer Science
5 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
5 15 (45.45%) C++
6 8 (24.24%) SQL
7 7 (21.21%) Project Management
8 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
9 5 (15.15%) ITIL
9 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
9 5 (15.15%) CSS
9 5 (15.15%) HTML
9 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (15.15%) Service Management
10 4 (12.12%) PHP
10 4 (12.12%) OO
10 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (9.091%) Retail
11 3 (9.091%) Windows
11 3 (9.091%) OOP
11 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
11 3 (9.091%) MySQL
11 3 (9.091%) XML
11 3 (9.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (6.061%) MVC
12 2 (6.061%) Finance
12 2 (6.061%) SharePoint
12 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET
12 2 (6.061%) VB.NET

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 22 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (15.15%) CSS
2 5 (15.15%) HTML
3 3 (9.091%) XML
4 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET
4 2 (6.061%) Ajax
4 2 (6.061%) NHibernate
4 2 (6.061%) jQuery
4 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (6.061%) Ninject
4 2 (6.061%) REST
4 2 (6.061%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
5 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.030%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.061%) Windows Azure
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.030%) Magento
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) PowerPivot
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.030%) MS Project
1 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) MySQL
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.030%) PerformancePoint
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.030%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (3.030%) OLTP
4 1 (3.030%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (9.091%) Retail
2 2 (6.061%) Finance
3 1 (3.030%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.030%) iSeries
2 1 (3.030%) AS400
2 1 (3.030%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 7 (21.21%) Project Management
3 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 5 (15.15%) ITIL
4 5 (15.15%) Service Management
5 4 (12.12%) OO
6 3 (9.091%) OOP
6 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 2 (6.061%) MVC
7 2 (6.061%) TDD
7 2 (6.061%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (6.061%) Resource Management
8 1 (3.030%) Time Management
8 1 (3.030%) ERP
8 1 (3.030%) Data Modelling
8 1 (3.030%) ETL
8 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.030%) Information Security
8 1 (3.030%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) C#
2 18 (54.55%) Java
3 15 (45.45%) C++
4 8 (24.24%) SQL
5 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
6 4 (12.12%) PHP
7 2 (6.061%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (6.061%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) CISSP
3 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.030%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.030%) COBIT
2 1 (3.030%) QA
2 1 (3.030%) ISO/IEC 17799
Vendors
1 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.030%) JD Edwards
2 1 (3.030%) IBM