Junior Jobs in Central London

Junior
London > Central London

The median Junior salary in Central London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 151 160
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 52 97 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.38% 1.84% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.92% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 48 91 123
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £27,950
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,875 £66,250 £62,000
London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,598 5,054 7,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 96.10% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,818 4,217 6,457
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +15 46 £40,000 -5.88% 15
West End of London +17 3 £38,000 +4.83%
Camden - 1 £35,000 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £35,000 -
Junior
London

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 19 (36.54%) Degree
2 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 16 (30.77%) C#
3 14 (26.92%) Python
4 13 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 12 (23.08%) Azure
5 12 (23.08%) .NET
5 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 11 (21.15%) Agile
7 10 (19.23%) SQL
8 8 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (13.46%) Finance
9 7 (13.46%) Mathematics
9 7 (13.46%) Statistics
9 7 (13.46%) AWS
10 6 (11.54%) Data Science
10 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
10 6 (11.54%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (11.54%) DevOps
11 5 (9.62%) Docker
11 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (9.62%) Internet
12 4 (7.69%) PHP
12 4 (7.69%) C++
12 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
12 4 (7.69%) Linux
12 4 (7.69%) OOP
12 4 (7.69%) OO
12 4 (7.69%) PhD

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 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Trello
3 1 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Azure
2 7 (13.46%) AWS
3 4 (7.69%) Azure Pipelines
3 4 (7.69%) GCP
4 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.85%) ClickUp
6 1 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.92%) Figma
6 1 (1.92%) GitHub
6 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.92%) SaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) Internet
2 4 (7.69%) HTTP
3 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.92%) VPN
3 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.85%) MySQL
2 2 (3.85%) Redis
2 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.92%) Big Data
3 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Git
1 3 (5.77%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Back Office
4 2 (3.85%) Games
4 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.92%) Advertising
5 1 (1.92%) Law
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) .NET
2 4 (7.69%) Laravel
2 4 (7.69%) REST
3 3 (5.77%) .NET Framework
3 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.77%) CSS
3 3 (5.77%) HTML
3 3 (5.77%) RESTful
3 3 (5.77%) Web Services
4 2 (3.85%) Kafka
4 2 (3.85%) Middleware
5 1 (1.92%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.92%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.92%) NumPy
5 1 (1.92%) Pandas
5 1 (1.92%) Playwright
5 1 (1.92%) React
5 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Algorithms
1 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.92%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.92%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.92%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.92%) Life Science
2 1 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.92%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (1.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Linux
2 3 (5.77%) Windows
3 2 (3.85%) Debian
3 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 13 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 11 (21.15%) Agile
4 7 (13.46%) Mathematics
4 7 (13.46%) Statistics
5 6 (11.54%) Data Science
5 6 (11.54%) DevOps
5 6 (11.54%) Full Stack Development
6 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (7.69%) OO
7 4 (7.69%) OOP
7 4 (7.69%) Physics
7 4 (7.69%) Statistical Modelling
8 3 (5.77%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (5.77%) Microservices
8 3 (5.77%) Project Management
8 3 (5.77%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.77%) C#
2 14 (26.92%) Python
3 10 (19.23%) SQL
4 4 (7.69%) C++
4 4 (7.69%) PHP
5 3 (5.77%) Bash
5 3 (5.77%) Java
6 1 (1.92%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (36.54%) Degree
2 8 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
4 4 (7.69%) PhD
5 1 (1.92%) ISEB
5 1 (1.92%) MCDST
5 1 (1.92%) MCP
5 1 (1.92%) MCSA
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Docker
2 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.77%) Puppet
2 3 (5.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Adobe
2 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (1.92%) Okta
2 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.92%) Rapid7
2 1 (1.92%) Salesforce