Junior Jobs in Lancashire

Junior
North West > Lancashire

The median Junior salary in Lancashire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 63 59
Rank change year-on-year -67 -4 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 26 30 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.12% 2.19% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.36% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25 30 16
10th Percentile - £26,900 £25,225
25th Percentile £37,574 £27,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £28,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -5.08% +15.69%
75th Percentile £61,250 £33,752 £37,813
90th Percentile - £36,338 £38,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £27,500 £30,125
% change year-on-year +63.64% -8.71% -13.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 2,207 1,273 587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 93.12% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,077 384
10th Percentile £40,620 £27,000 £27,075
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £36,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,309 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Lancashire

Junior
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Junior in Lancashire

Junior
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in Lancashire

Junior
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Preston -19 12 £40,101 +48.52% 4
Lancaster +16 5 £55,000 +67.61% 1
Blackpool -28 4 £56,250 +55.68%
Junior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Lancashire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Social Skills
2 17 (65.38%) Presentation Skills
2 17 (65.38%) LAN
2 17 (65.38%) WAN
2 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 17 (65.38%) CCNA
2 17 (65.38%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (65.38%) Juniper
2 17 (65.38%) Firewall
2 17 (65.38%) JNCIA
2 17 (65.38%) Aruba
2 17 (65.38%) Fortinet
2 17 (65.38%) Palo Alto
2 17 (65.38%) Presales
3 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 8 (30.77%) Mathematics
3 8 (30.77%) Physics
3 8 (30.77%) UML
3 8 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (26.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 7 (26.92%) MATLAB
4 7 (26.92%) Simulink
4 7 (26.92%) Project Management
4 7 (26.92%) IBM
4 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
4 7 (26.92%) SysML
4 7 (26.92%) Electronics

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (3.85%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 17 (65.38%) Firewall
1 17 (65.38%) LAN
1 17 (65.38%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.85%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.85%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 25 (96.15%) Social Skills
2 17 (65.38%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Aerospace
3 7 (26.92%) Electronics
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
1 1 (3.85%) JSP
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Presales
2 8 (30.77%) Mathematics
2 8 (30.77%) Physics
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (30.77%) UML
3 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (26.92%) PLM
3 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 7 (26.92%) SysML
3 7 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Analytics
4 1 (3.85%) Business Analytics
4 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
4 1 (3.85%) SDLC
4 1 (3.85%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.85%) Ada
2 1 (3.85%) C#
2 1 (3.85%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) Rust
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) CCNA
1 17 (65.38%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (65.38%) JNCIA
2 8 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Aruba
1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
1 17 (65.38%) Fortinet
1 17 (65.38%) Juniper
1 17 (65.38%) Palo Alto
2 7 (26.92%) IBM