Junior Jobs in Central London

Junior
London > Central London

The median Junior salary in Central London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 133 145
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 23 62 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.97% 1.63% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.71% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 20 49 86
10th Percentile £27,300 £28,250 £29,375
25th Percentile £34,188 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.51% +8.13%
75th Percentile £62,188 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £71,375 £78,750 £66,250
London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,196 3,631 4,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 95.33% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 2,747 3,927
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

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
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Central London over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in Central London

Junior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +12 23 £45,000 +12.50% 12
City of Westminster -5 3 £26,000 -22.39% 1
Junior
London

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2025, Junior 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 permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 8 (34.78%) Python
4 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) SQL
6 5 (21.74%) Azure
6 5 (21.74%) Law
7 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (17.39%) Project Management
7 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
7 4 (17.39%) Windows
7 4 (17.39%) Linux
7 4 (17.39%) Analytics
7 4 (17.39%) Degree
7 4 (17.39%) Git
8 3 (13.04%) Time Management
8 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
8 3 (13.04%) Workflow
8 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (13.04%) AWS
8 3 (13.04%) Bash
8 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
8 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
8 3 (13.04%) Cisco
8 3 (13.04%) Firewall
8 3 (13.04%) Legal
8 3 (13.04%) Advertising

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 (8.70%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) CMS
2 1 (4.35%) Ethereum
2 1 (4.35%) Solana
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (8.70%) Amazon S3
3 2 (8.70%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.70%) SaaS
3 2 (8.70%) Serverless
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.70%) DHCP
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) Internet
3 2 (8.70%) LAN
3 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) VLAN
3 2 (8.70%) VPN
3 2 (8.70%) WAN
4 1 (4.35%) ADSL
4 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.35%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) EDRMS
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Law
4 3 (13.04%) Advertising
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Japanese Language
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
1 2 (8.70%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (8.70%) Pandas
1 2 (8.70%) React
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) HTML5
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.70%) Reinsurance
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Bitcoin
3 1 (4.35%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Analytics
2 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (13.04%) Time Management
3 3 (13.04%) User Experience
3 3 (13.04%) Workflow
4 2 (8.70%) Application Security
4 2 (8.70%) Containerisation
4 2 (8.70%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (8.70%) Fintech
4 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
4 2 (8.70%) SDLC
4 2 (8.70%) Secure Coding
4 2 (8.70%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) Bash
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) CCNA
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kibana
1 2 (8.70%) logstash
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Checkmarx
3 2 (8.70%) HP
3 2 (8.70%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Apple
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow