Junior Jobs in Edinburgh

Junior
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Junior salary in Edinburgh is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 143 139
Rank change year-on-year +50 -4 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 21 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.36% 0.45% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 0.47% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 14
10th Percentile - £23,375 £21,075
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,313 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £37,500 £40,938 £38,375
90th Percentile £46,285 £43,125 £40,875
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,480 2,118 2,225
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 95.45% 97.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 1,233 1,396
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,331 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,275
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,597 £84,056
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Edinburgh

Junior
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Junior in Edinburgh

Junior
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 Edinburgh region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Project Management
3 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 7 (33.33%) C
3 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 7 (33.33%) Wireless
3 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
3 7 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 7 (33.33%) Physics
3 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 7 (33.33%) Firmware
3 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 7 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (14.29%) Python
5 3 (14.29%) SQL
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 2 (9.52%) Pandas
6 2 (9.52%) User Experience
6 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
6 2 (9.52%) Natural Language Processing
6 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.52%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (9.52%) User Stories
6 2 (9.52%) XGBoost
6 2 (9.52%) Random Forest

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure App Service
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) IaaS
2 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Marketing
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Pandas
1 2 (9.52%) XGBoost
2 1 (4.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
1 2 (9.52%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 7 (33.33%) Physics
2 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (9.52%) Econometrics
5 2 (9.52%) Kanban
5 2 (9.52%) LLM
5 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning
5 2 (9.52%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (9.52%) Scrum
5 2 (9.52%) Statistical Modelling
5 2 (9.52%) Use Case
5 2 (9.52%) User Experience
5 2 (9.52%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) C
1 7 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 3 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Bicep
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) ConnectWise