Junior
UK

The median Junior salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 272 255
Rank change year-on-year +48 -17 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 1,322 1,405 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 1.34% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.47% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,010 1,765
10th Percentile £22,500 £24,183 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the UK

Junior
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior in the UK

Junior
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the UK

Junior
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +53 1,216 £30,000 -14.29% 458
UK excluding London +54 1,064 £30,000 -9.09% 376
Work from Home +16 412 £35,000 -0.63% 121
South East +40 325 £30,000 -11.76% 96
North of England +90 245 £29,000 -4.26% 83
London -13 240 £37,500 -6.25% 102
Midlands +50 166 £26,500 -33.75% 84
North West +70 157 £28,000 -6.67% 44
South West +11 129 £30,000 +1.69% 52
West Midlands +55 112 £27,000 -32.50% 56
East of England -3 106 £27,500 -8.33% 47
Yorkshire +92 74 £32,500 - 24
Scotland -26 65 £30,000 -20.00% 11
East Midlands +7 54 £25,000 -33.33% 28
Wales +18 27 £32,500 +8.33% 11
North East -10 14 £27,750 +0.91% 15
Northern Ireland +29 2 £28,500 -24.00% 6

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Junior in the job title.

1 432 (32.68%) Degree
2 334 (25.26%) Social Skills
3 216 (16.34%) Microsoft
4 211 (15.96%) Agile
5 210 (15.89%) C#
6 203 (15.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 197 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
8 181 (13.69%) Computer Science
9 174 (13.16%) SQL
10 165 (12.48%) Software Engineering
11 154 (11.65%) JavaScript
11 154 (11.65%) Finance
11 154 (11.65%) Azure
12 150 (11.35%) Python
13 138 (10.44%) .NET
14 122 (9.23%) Windows
15 116 (8.77%) Mentoring
16 105 (7.94%) Firmware
17 104 (7.87%) Manufacturing
18 103 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
19 102 (7.72%) Java
20 100 (7.56%) Electronics
21 99 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
22 97 (7.34%) DevOps
23 94 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
23 94 (7.11%) HTML
24 92 (6.96%) Linux
25 88 (6.66%) CSS
26 87 (6.58%) AWS
27 86 (6.51%) Docker

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 40 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.97%) WordPress
4 16 (1.21%) CMS
5 10 (0.76%) Confluence
6 7 (0.53%) IIS
7 5 (0.38%) nginx
7 5 (0.38%) Site Server
8 4 (0.30%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) Resin
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.076%) Drupal
11 1 (0.076%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.076%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.076%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.076%) JBoss
11 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 56 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (1.66%) Photoshop
3 17 (1.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 17 (1.29%) InDesign
4 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.68%) Trello
7 4 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.30%) Sketch
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.076%) CorelDRAW
9 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.076%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.076%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Magento
1 9 (0.68%) Shopify
2 3 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.23%) iTrent
3 1 (0.076%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.076%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 154 (11.65%) Azure
2 99 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (6.58%) AWS
4 53 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 45 (3.40%) SaaS
6 34 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 20 (1.51%) GCP
9 19 (1.44%) GitHub
10 13 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (0.98%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.83%) Figma
12 9 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.61%) Serverless
14 7 (0.53%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.53%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.53%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.40%) Wireless
2 36 (2.72%) Firewall
3 35 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.36%) Internet
5 13 (0.98%) DNS
5 13 (0.98%) Unified Communications
6 10 (0.76%) HTTP
7 9 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.61%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.61%) Network Security
9 7 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.45%) VPN
11 5 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.38%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.38%) NAS
11 5 (0.38%) WAN
12 4 (0.30%) Broadband
12 4 (0.30%) DHCP
12 4 (0.30%) FTP
12 4 (0.30%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.18%) MySQL
2 42 (3.18%) Power BI
3 24 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 16 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (0.91%) Big Data
6 12 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (0.83%) MS Access
7 11 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.83%) Redis
8 10 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.45%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.45%) Metadata
9 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.38%) GIS
11 3 (0.23%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.15%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 75 (5.67%) Git
2 33 (2.50%) JIRA
3 30 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.82%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.61%) Selenium
6 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.45%) GitLab
7 6 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (0.38%) Gradle
9 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.23%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.15%) git-flow
11 2 (0.15%) Maven
11 2 (0.15%) Spinnaker
11 2 (0.15%) webpack
12 1 (0.076%) Ant
12 1 (0.076%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.076%) Subversion
General
1 334 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 203 (15.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 154 (11.65%) Finance
4 104 (7.87%) Manufacturing
5 100 (7.56%) Electronics
6 94 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
7 81 (6.13%) Public Sector
8 75 (5.67%) Marketing
9 45 (3.40%) Law
10 41 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.95%) Retail
12 37 (2.80%) Legal
13 25 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.51%) Games
15 15 (1.13%) Back Office
16 13 (0.98%) Advertising
16 13 (0.98%) Banking
17 9 (0.68%) Automotive
17 9 (0.68%) Billing
18 8 (0.61%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (10.44%) .NET
2 94 (7.11%) HTML
3 88 (6.66%) CSS
4 69 (5.22%) React
5 44 (3.33%) Laravel
6 41 (3.10%) .NET Framework
7 36 (2.72%) AngularJS
8 32 (2.42%) Vue
9 31 (2.34%) ASP.NET
9 31 (2.34%) JSON
10 25 (1.89%) REST
11 24 (1.82%) Web Services
12 19 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
13 18 (1.36%) .NET Core
13 18 (1.36%) Spring
14 17 (1.29%) Entity Framework
15 16 (1.21%) Kafka
16 15 (1.13%) HTML5
16 15 (1.13%) Node.js
16 15 (1.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 62 (4.69%) Driving Licence
2 60 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 24 (1.82%) Algorithms
6 23 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 22 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
8 19 (1.44%) Graphic Design
8 19 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.44%) Social Media
9 15 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
10 14 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.06%) FPGA
11 13 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.53%) IoT
15 7 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (9.23%) Windows
2 92 (6.96%) Linux
3 34 (2.57%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.21%) Unix
6 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.38%) Android
8 5 (0.38%) Debian
9 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.23%) CentOS
10 3 (0.23%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.23%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.15%) OS/2
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.076%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (15.96%) Agile
2 197 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (13.69%) Computer Science
4 165 (12.48%) Software Engineering
5 116 (8.77%) Mentoring
6 97 (7.34%) DevOps
7 86 (6.51%) Project Management
8 79 (5.98%) Customer Service
9 78 (5.90%) Project Planning
10 76 (5.75%) Coaching
11 73 (5.52%) Schematic Capture
12 69 (5.22%) Mathematics
13 64 (4.84%) Business Intelligence
14 62 (4.69%) Full Stack Development
15 55 (4.16%) TDD
16 51 (3.86%) Physics
16 51 (3.86%) Web Development
17 46 (3.48%) Decision-Making
18 40 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (3.03%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 210 (15.89%) C#
2 174 (13.16%) SQL
3 154 (11.65%) JavaScript
4 150 (11.35%) Python
5 102 (7.72%) Java
6 79 (5.98%) PHP
7 72 (5.45%) C
8 59 (4.46%) C++
9 32 (2.42%) Embedded C
10 28 (2.12%) TypeScript
11 19 (1.44%) Bash
12 17 (1.29%) Go
13 15 (1.13%) Fortran
14 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.61%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.61%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.53%) R
16 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.45%) VB
17 5 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 432 (32.68%) Degree
2 103 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 54 (4.08%) Security Cleared
4 34 (2.57%) Master's Degree
5 26 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.66%) SC Cleared
7 20 (1.51%) PhD
8 18 (1.36%) CCNA
8 18 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.53%) HND
13 6 (0.45%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.30%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.30%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.65%) QA
2 26 (1.97%) SLA
3 19 (1.44%) GDPR
4 18 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 9 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (0.68%) PMO
6 8 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.45%) GMP
8 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.30%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.30%) NCSC
9 4 (0.30%) PSD2
10 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.15%) NIST
12 1 (0.076%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.076%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.076%) MISRA
12 1 (0.076%) Solvency II
System Software
1 105 (7.94%) Firmware
2 86 (6.51%) Docker
3 79 (5.98%) Embedded Firmware
4 68 (5.14%) Active Directory
5 18 (1.36%) KVM
6 10 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) NFS
9 2 (0.15%) Varnish
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.15%) vSphere
10 1 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (1.29%) Terraform
4 13 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (0.98%) ServiceCenter
5 9 (0.68%) Ansible
6 6 (0.45%) Puppet
7 4 (0.30%) SCCM
8 3 (0.23%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.23%) SCOM
9 2 (0.15%) Packer
9 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.076%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.076%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.076%) Grafana
10 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.076%) Nagios
10 1 (0.076%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.076%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 216 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.45%) EMC
3 49 (3.71%) YouTube
4 33 (2.50%) Adobe
5 31 (2.34%) Google
6 28 (2.12%) Cisco
7 26 (1.97%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.36%) Dell
9 16 (1.21%) Palo Alto
9 16 (1.21%) VMware
10 15 (1.13%) Fortinet
11 14 (1.06%) Meraki
12 13 (0.98%) Aruba
12 13 (0.98%) HP
13 12 (0.91%) Oracle
14 11 (0.83%) Progress
14 11 (0.83%) SAP
15 10 (0.76%) F5
16 7 (0.53%) Red Hat
16 7 (0.53%) Sage