Junior Jobs in Manchester

Junior
North West > Manchester

The median Junior salary in Manchester is £33,750 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 146 141 181
Rank change year-on-year -5 +40 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 20 81 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.89% 1.48% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.56% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 16 77 49
10th Percentile £24,875 £22,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £24,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £27,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -5.17% -17.14%
75th Percentile £45,625 £31,865 £42,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £50,000
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
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,037 5,181 4,268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 94.72% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 3,964 2,576
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,988 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,503 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -6.95% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,305 £82,500
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Manchester

Junior
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Junior in Manchester

Junior
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Junior in Manchester

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

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 Manchester region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
3 6 (30.00%) AWS
4 5 (25.00%) Marketing
4 5 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Accessibility
5 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (20.00%) Linux
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) QA
5 4 (20.00%) Azure
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
6 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
6 3 (15.00%) Resource Management
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) CCNA
6 3 (15.00%) Windows
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (15.00%) Juniper
6 3 (15.00%) LAN
6 3 (15.00%) WAN
6 3 (15.00%) Firewall
6 3 (15.00%) Retail
6 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) Moodle
1 1 (5.00%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (10.00%) AWS IoT
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Boomi
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) iPaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) VLAN
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Big Data
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) TimescaleDB
2 1 (5.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.00%) Power Query
2 1 (5.00%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Postman
1 1 (5.00%) YouTrack
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Marketing
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Advertising
4 2 (10.00%) Cantonese Language
4 2 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) React
2 2 (10.00%) NestJS
2 2 (10.00%) Node.js
2 2 (10.00%) RESTful
3 1 (5.00%) .NET
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) JSON
3 1 (5.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) SOAP
3 1 (5.00%) Web Services
3 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) IoT
1 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (10.00%) Tandem
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (20.00%) DevOps
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (15.00%) Resource Management
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (10.00%) GitOps
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (10.00%) Logistics
4 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (10.00%) PHP
4 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.00%) C#
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (5.00%) Go
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) CCNA
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.00%) JNCIA
3 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) Puppet
1 2 (10.00%) Salt
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco
2 3 (15.00%) Juniper
3 2 (10.00%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (5.00%) Aruba
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) Facebook
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) Google
4 1 (5.00%) Informatica
4 1 (5.00%) MuleSoft