Junior Jobs in the East of England

Junior
England > East of England

The median Junior salary in the East of England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 122 157
Rank change year-on-year -2 +35 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 107 122 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.76% 2.21% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 2.62% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 94 52 83
10th Percentile £22,150 £22,025 £20,750
25th Percentile £24,060 £25,188 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £31,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -0.79% -3.08%
75th Percentile £32,375 £43,125 £37,500
90th Percentile £33,750 £60,000 £42,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 5,704 4,658 5,972
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 84.40% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,353 2,317 2,889
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,300 £76,400
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the East of England

Junior
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Junior in the East of England

Junior
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the East of England

Junior
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cambridgeshire +13 25 £24,240 -33.13% 7
Essex +17 22 £32,500 - 17
Hertfordshire +17 22 £28,500 +3.64% 17
Suffolk 0 22 £27,500 +2.80% 2
Norfolk -29 10 £25,000 +13.64% 4
Bedfordshire +15 6 £30,000 - 6
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 East of England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 33 (30.84%) Microsoft
1 33 (30.84%) Degree
2 26 (24.30%) SQL
3 24 (22.43%) Social Skills
4 23 (21.50%) Windows
5 20 (18.69%) C#
6 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
7 17 (15.89%) HTML
7 17 (15.89%) CSS
8 16 (14.95%) Visual Studio
8 16 (14.95%) .NET
9 15 (14.02%) .NET Framework
9 15 (14.02%) Computer Science
9 15 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (14.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (13.08%) Web Development
10 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Excel
11 13 (12.15%) ERP
11 13 (12.15%) Web Services
11 13 (12.15%) JavaScript
11 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (11.21%) Power Platform
12 12 (11.21%) Power BI
12 12 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (11.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (10.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (10.28%) Back Office
13 11 (10.28%) MS Access
13 11 (10.28%) ASP.NET Web API

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.74%) WordPress
3 2 (1.87%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (3.74%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.74%) InDesign
3 4 (3.74%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) iTrent
2 2 (1.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (11.21%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.48%) Azure
4 6 (5.61%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.80%) AWS
6 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (3.74%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.80%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.80%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
2 12 (11.21%) Power BI
2 12 (11.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (10.28%) MS Access
3 11 (10.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (10.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (6.54%) MySQL
5 3 (2.80%) Big Data
5 3 (2.80%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.80%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.80%) Redis
6 2 (1.87%) Metadata
7 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (14.95%) Visual Studio
2 11 (10.28%) Git
3 5 (4.67%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (2.80%) JIRA
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.87%) git-flow
5 2 (1.87%) webpack
General
1 24 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.28%) Back Office
4 10 (9.35%) Law
5 8 (7.48%) Marketing
6 6 (5.61%) Finance
6 6 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.61%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.93%) Billing
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.89%) CSS
1 17 (15.89%) HTML
2 16 (14.95%) .NET
3 15 (14.02%) .NET Framework
4 13 (12.15%) Web Services
5 11 (10.28%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.74%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.74%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (3.74%) HTML5
7 3 (2.80%) jQuery
7 3 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (2.80%) REST
7 3 (2.80%) RESTful
7 3 (2.80%) XML
7 3 (2.80%) XSLT
8 2 (1.87%) Ajax
8 2 (1.87%) JSON
8 2 (1.87%) Laravel
8 2 (1.87%) Sass
8 2 (1.87%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.35%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.61%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.74%) e-Learning
4 4 (3.74%) Graphic Design
4 4 (3.74%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.74%) Social Media
5 3 (2.80%) CCTV
5 3 (2.80%) Hackathon
5 3 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.87%) Life Science
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (21.50%) Windows
2 7 (6.54%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Android
4 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.02%) Computer Science
2 14 (13.08%) Web Development
3 13 (12.15%) ERP
3 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
6 9 (8.41%) Line Management
6 9 (8.41%) User Experience
7 7 (6.54%) Asset Management
7 7 (6.54%) Mathematics
7 7 (6.54%) Proactive Maintenance
7 7 (6.54%) SDLC
7 7 (6.54%) Software Testing
8 6 (5.61%) Agile
8 6 (5.61%) Customer Service
8 6 (5.61%) DevOps
8 6 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (4.67%) B2B
9 5 (4.67%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.30%) SQL
2 20 (18.69%) C#
3 13 (12.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (9.35%) PHP
5 6 (5.61%) Python
6 5 (4.67%) Java
7 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.87%) R
8 2 (1.87%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.93%) Bash
9 1 (0.93%) C++
9 1 (0.93%) Perl
9 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (30.84%) Degree
2 15 (14.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.41%) Security Cleared
4 7 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.87%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) HND
6 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) Accessibility
1 7 (6.54%) GDPR
1 7 (6.54%) PCI DSS
1 7 (6.54%) SLA
2 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.54%) KVM
3 3 (2.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (30.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.54%) Dell
3 5 (4.67%) Google
3 5 (4.67%) Oracle
4 4 (3.74%) Adobe
4 4 (3.74%) Sage
5 2 (1.87%) VMware
6 1 (0.93%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.93%) YouTube