Junior IT Engineer Jobs in England

Junior IT Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior IT Engineer salary in England is £22,500 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 672 811 892
Rank change year-on-year +139 +81 +224
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer 23 36 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.042% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.044% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 19
10th Percentile - £20,600 £19,500
25th Percentile £21,250 £20,750 £19,980
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £23,000 £21,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £29,375
90th Percentile £31,750 £31,833 £33,750
UK median annual salary £22,500 £23,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +6.98% -4.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Junior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior IT Engineer in England

Junior IT Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior IT Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Junior IT Engineer in England

Junior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior IT Engineer in England

Junior IT Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior IT Engineer within the England 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
East of England +42 13 £22,500 -29.32% 5
South East +87 5 £27,500 +27.91%
South West +119 3 £27,000 +18.68% 1
London - 2 £32,500 - 3
Junior IT Engineer
UK

Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Junior IT Engineer 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 England region featuring Junior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 17 (73.91%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (69.57%) Driving Licence
4 4 (17.39%) Windows
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.04%) Azure
6 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
6 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
6 2 (8.70%) Nutanix
6 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (8.70%) VMS
6 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
6 2 (8.70%) Internet
6 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (8.70%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) VMware
6 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (8.70%) SaaS
6 2 (8.70%) Confluence
7 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.35%) Meraki
7 1 (4.35%) Android
7 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (4.35%) Logistics

Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Nutanix
3 2 (8.70%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Internet
1 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) VMS
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
3 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.35%) Inventory Control
4 1 (4.35%) Inventory Management
4 1 (4.35%) Logistics
4 1 (4.35%) Presales
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
1 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Meraki
3 1 (4.35%) Sophos