Junior Contract Job Trends in London

Junior
England > London

The median Junior daily rate in London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 271 326
Rank change year-on-year -41 +55 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 68 99 79
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.47% 0.66% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.70% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 67 56
10th Percentile £154 £145 £121
25th Percentile £209 £208 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £309
Median % change year-on-year - -10.93% -5.00%
75th Percentile £352 £431 £388
90th Percentile £422 £556 £441
England median daily rate £269 £275 £325
% change year-on-year -2.27% -15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile - - £20.86
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £22.75
75th Percentile - - £26.93
90th Percentile - - £28.60
England median hourly rate £14.75 £21.63 £22.75
% change year-on-year -31.79% -4.95% +57.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Junior job vacancy trend in London

Junior
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in London

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London

Junior
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Central London -11 12 £269 +20.11% 12
West London - 2 - - 3
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 19 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 14 (20.59%) Agile
4 12 (17.65%) SQL
5 11 (16.18%) Degree
6 10 (14.71%) Python
7 9 (13.24%) Time Management
8 8 (11.76%) Data Modelling
8 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
9 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.29%) Internet
9 7 (10.29%) Server Management
9 7 (10.29%) TCP/IP
9 7 (10.29%) Windows
10 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
10 6 (8.82%) Analytics
10 6 (8.82%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.82%) Data Quality
10 6 (8.82%) JIRA
10 6 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (7.35%) Data Protection
11 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
11 5 (7.35%) Oracle
11 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
11 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
11 5 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (5.88%) Azure
12 4 (5.88%) Break/Fix

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.47%) FileNet
2 1 (1.47%) IIS
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (2.94%) InDesign
4 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.94%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.47%) BondVision
2 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.88%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.41%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) AWS
4 2 (2.94%) Collibra
4 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.94%) GitHub
4 2 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.47%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.47%) dbt
5 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.47%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) Internet
1 7 (10.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.47%) DHCP
2 1 (1.47%) DNS
2 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.94%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.94%) Metadata
2 2 (2.94%) Power BI
3 1 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.47%) Big Data
3 1 (1.47%) DataStage
3 1 (1.47%) Dremio
3 1 (1.47%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
2 3 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.94%) Git
4 1 (1.47%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.47%) GitLab
4 1 (1.47%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (48.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Finance
3 14 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Banking
5 5 (7.35%) Front Office
5 5 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.88%) Marketing
6 4 (5.88%) Retail
7 3 (4.41%) Back Office
7 3 (4.41%) Billing
8 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Law
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (1.47%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.47%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.47%) CSS
2 1 (1.47%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) JSON
2 1 (1.47%) LangChain
2 1 (1.47%) LangGraph
2 1 (1.47%) React
2 1 (1.47%) REST
2 1 (1.47%) XML
2 1 (1.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.94%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.94%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.94%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) Social Media
5 1 (1.47%) FMCG
5 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.47%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.47%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.29%) Windows
2 3 (4.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Unix
3 1 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (20.59%) Agile
3 9 (13.24%) Time Management
4 8 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
5 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
5 7 (10.29%) Server Management
6 6 (8.82%) Analytics
6 6 (8.82%) CI/CD
7 5 (7.35%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.88%) Break/Fix
8 4 (5.88%) Data Analysis
8 4 (5.88%) Data Governance
8 4 (5.88%) Data Management
8 4 (5.88%) Data Transformation
8 4 (5.88%) Project Management
9 3 (4.41%) Accounts Receivable
9 3 (4.41%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (4.41%) Deadline-Driven
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) SQL
2 10 (14.71%) Python
3 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) PHP
4 2 (2.94%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.47%) Bash
5 1 (1.47%) C#
5 1 (1.47%) Java
5 1 (1.47%) Korn
5 1 (1.47%) Rust
5 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.94%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.41%) PMO
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Ambari
1 1 (1.47%) Ansible
1 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.47%) Puppet
1 1 (1.47%) Terraform
1 1 (1.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.35%) Oracle
3 4 (5.88%) HP
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe
4 2 (2.94%) Databricks
4 2 (2.94%) ION Trading
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.94%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.47%) Apple
5 1 (1.47%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.47%) Citrix
5 1 (1.47%) Google
5 1 (1.47%) IBM
5 1 (1.47%) MarketAxess
5 1 (1.47%) Murex
5 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.47%) Pega
5 1 (1.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.47%) Tradeweb
5 1 (1.47%) VMware