Junior Job Trends in London

Junior
England > London

The median Junior salary in London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 271 284
Rank change year-on-year +58 +13 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 210 136 232
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.05% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.16% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 126 101 205
10th Percentile £26,875 £27,000 £25,727
25th Percentile £31,438 £30,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,754 11,701 21,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 90.63% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,912 7,555 16,645
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.37%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Junior job vacancy trend in London

Junior
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in London

Junior
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior in London

Junior
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Central London +8 29 £38,000 -10.59% 21
West London - 10 £45,000 - 4
South London +20 1 £40,000 -13.51%
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 73 (34.76%) Microsoft
2 52 (24.76%) Azure
3 44 (20.95%) Python
4 42 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 35 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 32 (15.24%) SQL
7 31 (14.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 26 (12.38%) AI
8 26 (12.38%) Power Platform
9 24 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (11.43%) Degree
10 23 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (10.95%) Tableau
11 22 (10.48%) Power BI
12 21 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
12 21 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (10.00%) Software Engineering
13 20 (9.52%) Azure AI
13 20 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
13 20 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 20 (9.52%) ForeScout
14 17 (8.10%) Rust
15 16 (7.62%) Collaborative Working
15 16 (7.62%) High-Frequency Trading
16 13 (6.19%) Agile
17 12 (5.71%) Computer Science
17 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 12 (5.71%) ITIL
17 12 (5.71%) Windows
18 11 (5.24%) Business Development

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.86%) CMS
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) Ethereum
Applications
1 31 (14.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.48%) Sketch
4 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.76%) Azure
2 26 (12.38%) Power Platform
3 20 (9.52%) Azure AI
4 10 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.76%) SaaS
5 6 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.38%) AWS
6 5 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.90%) Figma
7 4 (1.90%) Google Sheets
7 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.43%) GitHub
8 3 (1.43%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.95%) Miro
9 2 (0.95%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.48%) Dagster
10 1 (0.48%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.86%) VPN
2 4 (1.90%) DHCP
2 4 (1.90%) DNS
2 4 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.95%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) 4G
4 1 (0.48%) BGP
4 1 (0.48%) Broadband
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.48%) IOS XR
4 1 (0.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.48%) MPLS
4 1 (0.48%) VLAN
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.95%) Tableau
2 22 (10.48%) Power BI
3 9 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.33%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.95%) DataStage
6 2 (0.95%) MySQL
7 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.86%) JIRA
2 4 (1.90%) Git
3 2 (0.95%) GitLab
3 2 (0.95%) Gradle
3 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.95%) Maven
3 2 (0.95%) Subversion
4 1 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.48%) SpecFlow
General
1 91 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.90%) Finance
3 19 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.67%) Marketing
4 14 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 10 (4.76%) Law
6 8 (3.81%) Banking
7 5 (2.38%) Front Office
7 5 (2.38%) Retail
8 4 (1.90%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.90%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.43%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.95%) Automotive
10 2 (0.95%) Back Office
10 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.29%) CSS
1 9 (4.29%) HTML
2 6 (2.86%) React
3 4 (1.90%) .NET
3 4 (1.90%) XML
4 3 (1.43%) REST
4 3 (1.43%) RESTful
5 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.95%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.95%) Kafka
5 2 (0.95%) LESS
5 2 (0.95%) Middleware
5 2 (0.95%) Node.js
5 2 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.95%) React Native
5 2 (0.95%) Sass
5 2 (0.95%) Spring
5 2 (0.95%) Web Services
5 2 (0.95%) XSLT
6 1 (0.48%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.24%) Social Media
3 10 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.90%) Derivative
6 4 (1.90%) Home Automation
7 3 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.43%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.95%) iPhone
8 2 (0.95%) Life Science
8 2 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.48%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.71%) Windows
2 4 (1.90%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.43%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 26 (12.38%) AI
3 24 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 16 (7.62%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (7.62%) High-Frequency Trading
7 13 (6.19%) Agile
8 12 (5.71%) Computer Science
8 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (5.71%) ITIL
9 11 (5.24%) Business Development
9 11 (5.24%) Fintech
10 10 (4.76%) Incident Management
11 9 (4.29%) Cost Optimisation
11 9 (4.29%) ITSM
11 9 (4.29%) User Experience
12 8 (3.81%) Service Delivery
12 8 (3.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.95%) Python
2 32 (15.24%) SQL
3 17 (8.10%) Rust
4 10 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.33%) C#
5 7 (3.33%) Java
6 5 (2.38%) Bash
7 4 (1.90%) Go
7 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.43%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.48%) C++
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 24 (11.43%) Degree
3 20 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
3 20 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.86%) QA
2 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.43%) SLA
3 2 (0.95%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.95%) PMO
3 2 (0.95%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) EMIR
4 1 (0.48%) MiFID
4 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.43%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.95%) Kibana
2 2 (0.95%) Nagios
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 73 (34.76%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.52%) ForeScout
3 10 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.33%) Google
5 6 (2.86%) BMC
5 6 (2.86%) Remedy
6 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.90%) Xero
7 3 (1.43%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) Aderant
8 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.95%) Charles River
8 2 (0.95%) Citrix
8 2 (0.95%) Commvault
8 2 (0.95%) FNZ
8 2 (0.95%) HP
8 2 (0.95%) iManage
8 2 (0.95%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.95%) Tradeweb
8 2 (0.95%) VMware