Junior Contracts in Central London

Junior
London > Central London

The median Junior daily rate in Central London is £216 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 154 164
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 19 21 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.78% 0.55% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.58% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 27
10th Percentile £123 £128 £144
25th Percentile £124 £150 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £216 £228 £325
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -30.00% +73.10%
75th Percentile £338 £501 £338
90th Percentile £350 £613 £519
London median daily rate £310 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +12.73% -15.38% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £10.12
London median hourly rate £40.00 £12.25 £16.50
% change year-on-year +226.53% -25.76% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,310 3,622 4,282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.14% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 2,481 3,265
10th Percentile £339 £325 £361
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +5.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £795 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 54
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.31
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.98 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +10.62%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in Central London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in Central London

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +44 19 £216 -13.50% 21
Junior
London

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Junior contract 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 contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) iPhone
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.79%) Logistics
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) PMO
3 3 (15.79%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Serverless
4 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (10.53%) Intranet
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) CRM
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (10.53%) C#
5 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Serverless
3 1 (5.26%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) LAN
1 3 (15.79%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
1 1 (5.26%) Redis
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.26%) Blazor
1 1 (5.26%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) iPhone
2 1 (5.26%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
1 3 (15.79%) Logistics
1 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (10.53%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (10.53%) CRM
2 2 (10.53%) DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Project Management
2 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (5.26%) Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) API Management
3 1 (5.26%) Change Control
3 1 (5.26%) Customer Experience
3 1 (5.26%) Customer Retention
3 1 (5.26%) Data Collection
3 1 (5.26%) Email Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.26%) Task Automation
3 1 (5.26%) User Research
3 1 (5.26%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CAPM
2 1 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Apple
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle