Junior Jobs in London

Junior
England > London

The median Junior salary in London is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 273 324
Rank change year-on-year -14 +51 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 239 471 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.31% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.37% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 213 368 557
10th Percentile £24,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,563 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,125 £62,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in London

Junior
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Junior in London

Junior
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +15 54 £40,000 -5.88% 14
West London -10 8 £30,000 - 4
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 70 (29.29%) Agile
2 67 (28.03%) Degree
3 58 (24.27%) Finance
4 49 (20.50%) C#
4 49 (20.50%) Microsoft
4 49 (20.50%) Social Skills
5 47 (19.67%) SQL
6 45 (18.83%) Python
7 43 (17.99%) Azure
8 40 (16.74%) Software Engineering
9 37 (15.48%) .NET
9 37 (15.48%) Computer Science
10 35 (14.64%) Git
10 35 (14.64%) Docker
11 33 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (12.55%) AWS
13 29 (12.13%) TDD
14 28 (11.72%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (10.88%) JavaScript
15 26 (10.88%) DevOps
16 25 (10.46%) Windows
17 24 (10.04%) Active Directory
18 23 (9.62%) Java
19 21 (8.79%) HTML
19 21 (8.79%) Greenfield Project
20 20 (8.37%) SQL Server
20 20 (8.37%) OOP
21 19 (7.95%) PHP
21 19 (7.95%) Laravel
22 17 (7.11%) Mentoring

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 16 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.77%) Confluence
3 6 (2.51%) IIS
4 5 (2.09%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.09%) Site Server
5 4 (1.67%) WordPress
6 3 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.84%) CMS
8 1 (0.42%) Apache
8 1 (0.42%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.42%) JBoss
Applications
1 17 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) InDesign
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.84%) Trello
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.99%) Azure
2 30 (12.55%) AWS
3 15 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.77%) GCP
5 8 (3.35%) GitHub
6 6 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.51%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.09%) Figma
8 4 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.67%) Azure Pipelines
8 4 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.67%) npm
8 4 (1.67%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.67%) Serverless
8 4 (1.67%) Yarn
9 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.26%) SaaS
10 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.86%) Internet
2 8 (3.35%) DNS
3 6 (2.51%) HTTP
4 5 (2.09%) iSCSI
4 5 (2.09%) NAS
5 4 (1.67%) Firewall
5 4 (1.67%) WAN
5 4 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.26%) LAN
6 3 (1.26%) SAN
6 3 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.84%) SMTP
7 2 (0.84%) SSH
7 2 (0.84%) VPN
8 1 (0.42%) DHCP
8 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.93%) MySQL
3 6 (2.51%) Redis
4 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.84%) Big Data
6 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.84%) GIS
6 2 (0.84%) Power BI
6 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.42%) OLAP
7 1 (0.42%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 35 (14.64%) Git
2 14 (5.86%) JIRA
3 8 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.51%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.84%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Ant
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (24.27%) Finance
2 49 (20.50%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.60%) Legal
7 9 (3.77%) Marketing
7 9 (3.77%) Retail
8 8 (3.35%) Games
9 7 (2.93%) Publishing
10 6 (2.51%) Billing
11 4 (1.67%) Advertising
11 4 (1.67%) Back Office
11 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.26%) Law
13 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.42%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.42%) German Language
14 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (15.48%) .NET
2 21 (8.79%) HTML
3 19 (7.95%) Laravel
4 16 (6.69%) CSS
5 15 (6.28%) AngularJS
5 15 (6.28%) Doctrine
6 13 (5.44%) REST
7 12 (5.02%) ASP.NET
8 11 (4.60%) Web Services
9 10 (4.18%) .NET Framework
9 10 (4.18%) JSON
10 9 (3.77%) Kafka
10 9 (3.77%) React
11 7 (2.93%) Entity Framework
12 6 (2.51%) HTML5
12 6 (2.51%) JSON Schema
12 6 (2.51%) RESTful
13 5 (2.09%) Vue
14 4 (1.67%) OpenAPI
14 4 (1.67%) VuePress
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.79%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.35%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (2.93%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.51%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.51%) Blackberry
5 5 (2.09%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.67%) Social Media
7 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.26%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.26%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.26%) Life Science
7 3 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.84%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.84%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.46%) Windows
2 16 (6.69%) Linux
3 9 (3.77%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.67%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.26%) CentOS
5 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.84%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.84%) Debian
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.29%) Agile
2 40 (16.74%) Software Engineering
3 37 (15.48%) Computer Science
4 33 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (12.13%) TDD
6 26 (10.88%) DevOps
7 20 (8.37%) OOP
8 17 (7.11%) Clean Code
8 17 (7.11%) Mentoring
8 17 (7.11%) Roadmaps
9 16 (6.69%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.69%) Full Stack Development
9 16 (6.69%) Microservices
9 16 (6.69%) Unit Testing
10 15 (6.28%) Data Science
10 15 (6.28%) Logistics
10 15 (6.28%) Test Automation
10 15 (6.28%) Time Management
11 13 (5.44%) Analytics
11 13 (5.44%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.50%) C#
2 47 (19.67%) SQL
3 45 (18.83%) Python
4 26 (10.88%) JavaScript
5 23 (9.62%) Java
6 19 (7.95%) PHP
7 9 (3.77%) C++
8 7 (2.93%) Bash
9 5 (2.09%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.67%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.42%) C
11 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.42%) R
11 1 (0.42%) Ruby
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (28.03%) Degree
2 28 (11.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.02%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.35%) PhD
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.26%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.84%) APMP
6 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.84%) ISEB
6 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) MCDST
7 1 (0.42%) MCP
7 1 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.18%) QA
2 6 (2.51%) GMP
3 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.67%) ISO 20022
3 4 (1.67%) PSD2
4 2 (0.84%) GDPR
4 2 (0.84%) PMO
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (14.64%) Docker
2 24 (10.04%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.26%) NFS
6 2 (0.84%) Varnish
6 2 (0.84%) vSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.35%) Terraform
3 6 (2.51%) Ansible
3 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.51%) Puppet
4 2 (0.84%) Packer
4 2 (0.84%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.42%) Nagios
5 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.60%) YouTube
3 8 (3.35%) VMware
4 5 (2.09%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.09%) Juniper
5 4 (1.67%) Cisco
5 4 (1.67%) Google
5 4 (1.67%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.26%) Adobe
6 3 (1.26%) Intel
7 2 (0.84%) Blue Prism
7 2 (0.84%) BT
7 2 (0.84%) Canon
7 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.84%) Veeam
8 1 (0.42%) Adyen
8 1 (0.42%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.42%) New Relic
8 1 (0.42%) Rapid7