Junior Jobs in the East Midlands

Junior
England > East Midlands

The median Junior salary in the East Midlands is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 132 148
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 37 56 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.40% 1.27% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.35% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34 51 26
10th Percentile £23,125 £19,250 £21,750
25th Percentile £24,375 £21,000 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £25,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% -28.57% +33.33%
75th Percentile £42,627 £33,125 £45,000
90th Percentile - £37,500 £61,875
England median annual salary £36,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,516 4,161 2,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 94.50% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 3,024 1,355
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the East Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Junior in the East Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in the East Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Northamptonshire -17 19 £25,500 +5.20% 7
Lincolnshire +20 13 £40,101 +100.50% 2
Nottinghamshire +13 2 £29,250 -2.50% 7
Derbyshire +6 2 £40,000 +60.00% 6
Leicestershire +32 1 £42,500 +13.33%
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 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 East Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 20 (54.05%) Degree
3 19 (51.35%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (43.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (43.24%) Mathematics
4 16 (43.24%) Physics
4 16 (43.24%) UML
4 16 (43.24%) Project Management
5 15 (40.54%) Computer Science
6 14 (37.84%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (37.84%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 14 (37.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 14 (37.84%) MATLAB
6 14 (37.84%) Simulink
6 14 (37.84%) IBM
6 14 (37.84%) SysML
6 14 (37.84%) Aerospace
6 14 (37.84%) Electronics
6 14 (37.84%) PLM
6 14 (37.84%) Teamcenter
6 14 (37.84%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (18.92%) Law
8 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
9 5 (13.51%) Driving Licence
10 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
10 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (10.81%) C#
10 4 (10.81%) SQL
10 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (8.11%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) Apache
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.70%) FileMaker
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (8.11%) JIRA
3 2 (5.41%) Eclipse
3 2 (5.41%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (2.70%) Git
4 1 (2.70%) NUnit
General
1 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Aerospace
2 14 (37.84%) Electronics
3 7 (18.92%) Law
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.41%) CSS
1 2 (5.41%) HTML
1 2 (5.41%) JSP
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
1 2 (5.41%) REST
2 1 (2.70%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.70%) JWT
2 1 (2.70%) OAuth
2 1 (2.70%) React
2 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (43.24%) Mathematics
2 16 (43.24%) Physics
2 16 (43.24%) Project Management
2 16 (43.24%) UML
3 15 (40.54%) Computer Science
4 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (37.84%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 14 (37.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 14 (37.84%) PLM
4 14 (37.84%) SysML
4 14 (37.84%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (8.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.11%) Software Delivery
7 3 (8.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.81%) C#
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 2 (5.41%) Ada
3 2 (5.41%) Java
3 2 (5.41%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) Rust
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Degree
2 16 (43.24%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.70%) Rancher
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) IBM
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) VMware