Junior Contracts in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior daily rate in the City of London is £275 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 154 171
Rank change year-on-year +45 +17 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 18 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.81% 0.49% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.52% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 20
10th Percentile £123 £120 £130
25th Percentile £130 £213 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £250 £325
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +109.34%
75th Percentile £338 £580 £338
90th Percentile £350 £632 £503
Central London median daily rate £275 £228 £325
% change year-on-year +20.88% -30.00% +115.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £10.12
Central London median hourly rate £18.93 - £10.12
% change year-on-year - - -28.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,102 3,480 3,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.19% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,492 2,360 3,018
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 25 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.98 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 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 City of London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) PMO
2 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) iPhone
3 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.11%) DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Logistics
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Serverless
3 2 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (11.11%) CRM
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.11%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (11.11%) Intranet
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.56%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science

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 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.11%) Serverless
3 1 (5.56%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Intranet
1 2 (11.11%) LAN
1 2 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Mining
1 1 (5.56%) Redis
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.56%) Blazor
1 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (5.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
1 2 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (11.11%) CRM
1 2 (11.11%) DevOps
1 2 (11.11%) Logistics
1 2 (11.11%) Project Management
1 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.56%) Analytics
2 1 (5.56%) API Management
2 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
2 1 (5.56%) Customer Retention
2 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.56%) Data Collection
2 1 (5.56%) Data Modelling
2 1 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
2 1 (5.56%) Task Automation
2 1 (5.56%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) CAPM
2 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Apple
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle