Junior Jobs in the City of London

Junior
Central London > City of London

The median Junior salary in the City of London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 132 136
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 21 48 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.10% 1.43% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.49% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 15 41 87
10th Percentile £29,200 £28,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £56,875 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,750 £78,750 £66,250
Central London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,788 3,216 4,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,355 2,524 3,637
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,150
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

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
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the City of London.

Salary trend for Junior in the City of London

Junior
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram 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 29 May 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 City of London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Law
1 8 (38.10%) Analytics
2 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Legal
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (23.81%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (23.81%) Content Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Accessibility
4 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (23.81%) Behavioural Analytics
4 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 5 (23.81%) SEO
4 5 (23.81%) Publishing
4 5 (23.81%) CMS
4 5 (23.81%) Content Management
4 5 (23.81%) Python
5 4 (19.05%) Azure
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) SQL
6 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Linux
6 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (14.29%) AWS
6 3 (14.29%) Git
6 3 (14.29%) Time Management
6 3 (14.29%) Degree

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 5 (23.81%) CMS
2 2 (9.52%) Confluence
3 1 (4.76%) Ethereum
3 1 (4.76%) Solana
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (9.52%) Amazon S3
3 2 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) Serverless
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (9.52%) Internet
3 1 (4.76%) DHCP
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) VLAN
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Law
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Legal
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (23.81%) Publishing
4 2 (9.52%) Advertising
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) 802.1X
1 2 (9.52%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) HTML5
2 1 (4.76%) Pandas
2 1 (4.76%) React
2 1 (4.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Bitcoin
2 1 (4.76%) Blockchain
2 1 (4.76%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Windows
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Analytics
2 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Behavioural Analytics
4 5 (23.81%) Content Management
4 5 (23.81%) Content Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
4 5 (23.81%) SEO
4 5 (23.81%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (23.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 3 (14.29%) Time Management
7 2 (9.52%) Application Security
7 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
7 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
7 2 (9.52%) Task Automation
7 2 (9.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Python
2 4 (19.05%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) Bash
3 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) CCNA
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Accessibility
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
3 1 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kibana
1 2 (9.52%) logstash
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Checkmarx
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow