Junior Job Trends in Kent

Junior
South East > Kent

The median Junior salary in Kent is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 59 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 37 18 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.51% 2.53% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.89% 2.89% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 12
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,500 £20,575
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £22,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £28,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -0.60%
75th Percentile £31,875 £45,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £32,500 £53,200 £39,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -4.62% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 951 622 577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 87.36% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 535 239 474
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £23,108
25th Percentile £28,000 £40,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £58,438
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Junior job vacancy trend in Kent

Junior
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Kent

Junior
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Kent region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Chatham +7 10 - -
Canterbury - 10 - -
West Malling - 6 £30,000 -
Rochester +3 1 £35,000 +29.63% 1
Junior
South East

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Junior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 20 (54.05%) Azure
1 20 (54.05%) Azure Certification
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) SQL
3 10 (27.03%) AI
3 10 (27.03%) Azure AI
3 10 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (27.03%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (27.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (27.03%) ForeScout
3 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
3 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (27.03%) Power BI
3 10 (27.03%) Power Platform
3 10 (27.03%) Python
3 10 (27.03%) Tableau
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.11%) .NET
5 3 (8.11%) 3D Modelling
5 3 (8.11%) AngularJS
5 3 (8.11%) Building Information Modelling
5 3 (8.11%) C#
5 3 (8.11%) CAD
5 3 (8.11%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.11%) GitHub
5 3 (8.11%) HTML
5 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.11%) JIRA
5 3 (8.11%) PHP

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (54.05%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) Azure AI
2 10 (27.03%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.11%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Power BI
1 10 (27.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
General
1 23 (62.16%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) .NET
1 3 (8.11%) AngularJS
1 3 (8.11%) HTML
1 3 (8.11%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) AI
1 10 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
2 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.11%) 3D Modelling
3 3 (8.11%) Building Information Modelling
3 3 (8.11%) CAD
3 3 (8.11%) E-Commerce
3 3 (8.11%) Web Development
4 1 (2.70%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) SQL
2 10 (27.03%) Python
3 3 (8.11%) C#
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Azure Certification
2 10 (27.03%) CompTIA CySA+
2 10 (27.03%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) ForeScout