The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales 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 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 67 74 80
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 25 21 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 2.024% 1.801% 0.575%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.064% 1.844% 0.605%
Number of salaries quoted 19 20 5
Average salary £23,000 £21,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.52% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,400 £18,000 £21,700
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,750 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1211 1139 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.06% 97.68% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1093 1005 911
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
UK

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Junior across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
North Wales - 9 £30,000 -
South Wales -7 8 £20,500 -2.38%
Junior
UK

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 25 (55.56%) C#
2 24 (53.33%) .NET
2 24 (53.33%) ASP.NET
3 22 (48.89%) SQL Server
4 21 (46.67%) HTML
5 20 (44.44%) jQuery
6 18 (40.00%) JavaScript
7 17 (37.78%) SQL
8 14 (31.11%) Degree
9 9 (20.00%) Test Scripting
9 9 (20.00%) Security Cleared
9 9 (20.00%) V-Model
9 9 (20.00%) Windows
10 8 (17.78%) CSS
10 8 (17.78%) CGI
10 8 (17.78%) Quality Management
11 7 (15.56%) MVC
11 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
12 6 (13.33%) XML
13 5 (11.11%) Cisco
13 5 (11.11%) MS Exchange
13 5 (11.11%) VMware
14 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2007
14 4 (8.889%) XenServer
14 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
14 4 (8.889%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (8.889%) TDD
14 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
14 4 (8.889%) Citrix

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 24 (53.33%) .NET
1 24 (53.33%) ASP.NET
2 21 (46.67%) HTML
3 20 (44.44%) jQuery
4 8 (17.78%) CSS
4 8 (17.78%) CGI
5 6 (13.33%) XML
6 3 (6.667%) XSLT
6 3 (6.667%) LINQ
7 2 (4.444%) JSON
7 2 (4.444%) HTML5
7 2 (4.444%) Node.js
7 2 (4.444%) CSS3
7 2 (4.444%) Ajax
7 2 (4.444%) WinForms
7 2 (4.444%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.222%) SAS
4 1 (2.222%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.222%) MS Office
2 1 (2.222%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.889%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (8.889%) SAN
2 2 (4.444%) Intranet
2 2 (4.444%) DHCP
2 2 (4.444%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.444%) DNS
3 1 (2.222%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (48.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.222%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (6.667%) Finance
1 3 (6.667%) Back Office
2 1 (2.222%) Banking
2 1 (2.222%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) LIMS
1 1 (2.222%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (2.222%) SaaS
1 1 (2.222%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 9 (20.00%) V-Model
2 8 (17.78%) Quality Management
3 7 (15.56%) MVC
4 4 (8.889%) TDD
5 3 (6.667%) Scrum
6 2 (4.444%) Unit Testing
6 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.222%) ITIL
7 1 (2.222%) Information Management
7 1 (2.222%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.222%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.222%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.222%) Analytics
7 1 (2.222%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (55.56%) C#
2 18 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 17 (37.78%) SQL
4 2 (4.444%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.222%) VB
5 1 (2.222%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) QA
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.889%) XenServer
3 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.222%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Cisco
1 5 (11.11%) VMware
2 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.889%) Citrix
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
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Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013