Junior Contracts in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior daily rate in the City of London is £319, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 105 153
Rank change year-on-year 0 +48 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 15 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.86% 0.87% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.92% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 13
10th Percentile £223 £123 £120
25th Percentile £253 £124 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £216 £250
Median % change year-on-year +47.63% -13.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £397 £338 £580
90th Percentile £439 £350 £632
Central London median daily rate £282 £216 £228
% change year-on-year +30.29% -4.95% -30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,626 2,066 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.08% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,469 2,338
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% +5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
4 3 (20.00%) Data Structures
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (13.33%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
5 2 (13.33%) API Management
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Spring
5 2 (13.33%) Java
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) Windows
6 1 (6.67%) Linux
6 1 (6.67%) Python
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (6.67%) Spotfire
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
1 1 (6.67%) JUnit
1 1 (6.67%) Maven
1 1 (6.67%) Postman
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.67%) French Language
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Spring
1 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (6.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) Apache Camel
2 1 (6.67%) OpenAPI
2 1 (6.67%) Quarkus
2 1 (6.67%) Swagger
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
2 1 (6.67%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (13.33%) Analytics
2 2 (13.33%) API Management
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Agile
3 1 (6.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 1 (6.67%) B2B
3 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.67%) Data Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (6.67%) Information Security
3 1 (6.67%) Microservices
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Argo
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Axway
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) webMethods
2 1 (6.67%) WSO2