Junior Jobs with Work from Home Options

Junior
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior salary in Work from Home is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 269 262
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 407 512 997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.23% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.29% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 360 457 834
10th Percentile £25,225 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,688 £27,500 £28,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,404 39,812 66,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,887 28,282 41,688
10th Percentile £33,127 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Junior trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Junior.

Junior salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Junior over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Junior salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Junior in the job title.

1 155 (38.08%) Degree
2 130 (31.94%) Social Skills
3 105 (25.80%) Agile
4 86 (21.13%) Finance
5 82 (20.15%) Software Engineering
6 80 (19.66%) Microsoft
6 80 (19.66%) Azure
7 78 (19.16%) SQL
8 76 (18.67%) Computer Science
9 73 (17.94%) C#
10 65 (15.97%) JavaScript
10 65 (15.97%) .NET
11 60 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (13.51%) Python
13 51 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 48 (11.79%) SQL Server
15 47 (11.55%) Git
16 46 (11.30%) Docker
17 43 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
18 40 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
19 38 (9.34%) AWS
20 37 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
20 37 (9.09%) PHP
20 37 (9.09%) Linux
20 37 (9.09%) Project Management
20 37 (9.09%) Wireless
21 34 (8.35%) TDD
21 34 (8.35%) Windows
21 34 (8.35%) Mathematics
22 33 (8.11%) Marketing

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.95%) WordPress
3 10 (2.46%) Confluence
4 9 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.72%) IIS
6 2 (0.49%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.25%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.21%) Trello
3 7 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.72%) Photoshop
4 6 (1.47%) InDesign
5 4 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.72%) Shopify
2 5 (1.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.66%) Azure
2 38 (9.34%) AWS
3 37 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (5.41%) SaaS
5 18 (4.42%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.95%) GCP
8 9 (2.21%) GitHub
9 8 (1.97%) Figma
10 7 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.72%) Serverless
11 6 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.47%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.23%) ClickUp
12 5 (1.23%) npm
12 5 (1.23%) Yarn
13 4 (0.98%) Google Docs
13 4 (0.98%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.09%) Wireless
2 17 (4.18%) Firewall
3 13 (3.19%) Internet
3 13 (3.19%) Unified Communications
4 8 (1.97%) HTTP
5 4 (0.98%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.98%) FTP
5 4 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.74%) LAN
6 3 (0.74%) SAN
6 3 (0.74%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) DNS
7 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.25%) Modbus
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) Network Security
7 1 (0.25%) RS-422
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.95%) Power BI
3 9 (2.21%) MySQL
4 8 (1.97%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.47%) Metadata
6 5 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.23%) Redis
6 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.98%) Big Data
7 4 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.98%) GIS
7 4 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.49%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 47 (11.55%) Git
2 18 (4.42%) JIRA
3 12 (2.95%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.46%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.49%) git-flow
6 2 (0.49%) Selenium
7 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
General
1 130 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 86 (21.13%) Finance
3 51 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.11%) Marketing
6 18 (4.42%) Retail
7 16 (3.93%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.69%) Law
9 14 (3.44%) Legal
10 13 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.95%) Games
12 10 (2.46%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.21%) Banking
13 9 (2.21%) Electronics
14 4 (0.98%) Publishing
15 3 (0.74%) Advertising
15 3 (0.74%) Back Office
15 3 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.49%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (15.97%) .NET
2 29 (7.13%) React
3 28 (6.88%) HTML
4 27 (6.63%) Laravel
5 25 (6.14%) .NET Framework
6 24 (5.90%) CSS
7 21 (5.16%) AngularJS
8 20 (4.91%) ASP.NET
8 20 (4.91%) Vue
9 19 (4.67%) JSON
10 17 (4.18%) REST
11 16 (3.93%) Entity Framework
12 15 (3.69%) Doctrine
13 14 (3.44%) Node.js
14 13 (3.19%) .NET Core
15 12 (2.95%) Web Services
16 9 (2.21%) WPF
17 8 (1.97%) ASP.NET Web API
17 8 (1.97%) HTML5
17 8 (1.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.39%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (3.44%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.95%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.21%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.72%) Social Media
7 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.47%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.47%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.98%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.98%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.98%) FPGA
9 4 (0.98%) Life Science
9 4 (0.98%) Photography
9 4 (0.98%) Robotics
9 4 (0.98%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.09%) Linux
2 34 (8.35%) Windows
3 13 (3.19%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.23%) Debian
4 5 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.74%) CentOS
5 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.49%) Android
6 2 (0.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (25.80%) Agile
2 82 (20.15%) Software Engineering
3 76 (18.67%) Computer Science
4 60 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (9.09%) Project Management
6 34 (8.35%) Mathematics
6 34 (8.35%) TDD
7 29 (7.13%) Customer Service
8 28 (6.88%) Full Stack Development
9 26 (6.39%) Physics
10 25 (6.14%) DevOps
11 22 (5.41%) Clean Code
11 22 (5.41%) E-Commerce
11 22 (5.41%) Scrum
12 21 (5.16%) Change Management
12 21 (5.16%) Customer Experience
12 21 (5.16%) OOP
13 19 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (4.67%) Mentoring
14 18 (4.42%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.16%) SQL
2 73 (17.94%) C#
3 65 (15.97%) JavaScript
4 55 (13.51%) Python
5 37 (9.09%) PHP
6 31 (7.62%) C
7 25 (6.14%) Embedded C
8 21 (5.16%) Java
9 16 (3.93%) C++
10 15 (3.69%) TypeScript
11 12 (2.95%) Bash
12 8 (1.97%) Go
13 6 (1.47%) VB
14 5 (1.23%) R
15 4 (0.98%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (0.98%) Groovy
15 4 (0.98%) VBScript
16 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 155 (38.08%) Degree
2 43 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.44%) CCNA
3 14 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.97%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (1.72%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.74%) PhD
8 3 (0.74%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.25%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) MCSA
10 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.19%) QA
2 11 (2.70%) GDPR
3 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.98%) ISO 20022
5 4 (0.98%) PSD2
6 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) MISRA
System Software
1 46 (11.30%) Docker
2 23 (5.65%) Firmware
3 19 (4.67%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.74%) NFS
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.19%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (3.19%) ServiceCenter
3 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.72%) Terraform
5 3 (0.74%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
5 3 (0.74%) Puppet
6 1 (0.25%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.25%) Grafana
6 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 80 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.18%) Cisco
3 16 (3.93%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.69%) Palo Alto
5 13 (3.19%) Aruba
5 13 (3.19%) Fortinet
5 13 (3.19%) HP
5 13 (3.19%) Meraki
6 11 (2.70%) Adobe
7 8 (1.97%) Google
7 8 (1.97%) VMware
8 6 (1.47%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.98%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.98%) Databricks
10 3 (0.74%) Canon
10 3 (0.74%) IFS
10 3 (0.74%) Intel
10 3 (0.74%) SAP
10 3 (0.74%) Veeam
10 3 (0.74%) Zend