Junior Contracts in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior daily rate in the City of London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 105 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 +40 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 14 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.82% 0.88% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.93% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 15
10th Percentile £222 £123 £109
25th Percentile £225 £124 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £216 £230
Median % change year-on-year +61.85% -5.98% -29.23%
75th Percentile £388 £338 £499
90th Percentile £410 £350 £619
Central London median daily rate £250 £216 £225
% change year-on-year +15.61% -3.89% -30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.50 - £12.50

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 1,589 2,047 3,281
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 95.12% 95.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,429 2,223
10th Percentile £352 £343 £363
25th Percentile £453 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.90%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 20
10th Percentile £18.70 £14.18 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -35.71% -5.41%
75th Percentile £46.25 £29.38 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £40.00 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.26% -22.86% -8.50%

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 31 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 31 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 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) API Management
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) Web Services
3 3 (21.43%) B2B
3 3 (21.43%) webMethods
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Axway
3 3 (21.43%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
3 3 (21.43%) NoSQL
4 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Spring Boot
4 2 (14.29%) Spring
4 2 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (7.14%) C#
5 1 (7.14%) Citrix
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Windows
5 1 (7.14%) Linux
5 1 (7.14%) Python
5 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) .NET
5 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.14%) JUnit

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (7.14%) Spotfire
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Fiddler
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) JUnit
1 1 (7.14%) Maven
1 1 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Web Services
2 2 (14.29%) Spring
2 2 (14.29%) Spring Boot
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) Apache Camel
3 1 (7.14%) OpenAPI
3 1 (7.14%) Quarkus
3 1 (7.14%) Swagger
3 1 (7.14%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) API Management
2 3 (21.43%) B2B
2 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
4 1 (7.14%) Regression Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) Server Management
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) C#
3 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Axway
1 3 (21.43%) webMethods
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix
2 1 (7.14%) Databricks
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) WSO2