Junior Jobs in Manchester

Junior
North West > Manchester

The median Junior salary in Manchester is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 190 185
Rank change year-on-year +50 -5 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 81 55 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.46% 1.19% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.30% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 77 49 69
10th Percentile £22,250 £21,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £30,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £31,865 £39,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £36,250 £48,000 £77,750
North West median annual salary £27,500 £30,150 £35,000
% change year-on-year -8.79% -13.86% +22.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,250 4,244 5,554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.92% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,993 2,577 3,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,159 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in Manchester

Junior
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Bolton +7 3 £30,750 -12.14% 1
Salford - 2 £29,000 -
Stockport - 2 £24,250 -
Altrincham - 2 £22,000 -
Junior
North West

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

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

1 30 (37.04%) Mentoring
2 24 (29.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 22 (27.16%) Coaching
4 21 (25.93%) Agile
5 20 (24.69%) C#
5 20 (24.69%) Public Sector
6 19 (23.46%) YouTube
7 16 (19.75%) Degree
8 14 (17.28%) JavaScript
9 13 (16.05%) Java
9 13 (16.05%) Azure
10 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (14.81%) Full Stack Development
10 12 (14.81%) DevOps
11 11 (13.58%) Customer Service
12 10 (12.35%) Vue
12 10 (12.35%) User Experience
12 10 (12.35%) React
12 10 (12.35%) AngularJS
12 10 (12.35%) .NET
13 9 (11.11%) CI/CD
14 8 (9.88%) UX Design
14 8 (9.88%) SEO
14 8 (9.88%) HTML
14 8 (9.88%) CSS
15 7 (8.64%) Photoshop
15 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
15 7 (8.64%) TDD
15 7 (8.64%) BDD

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 6 (7.41%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (8.64%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.23%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.23%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.05%) Azure
2 6 (7.41%) AWS
2 6 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.23%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Firewall
1 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.23%) Network Security
1 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (4.94%) MongoDB
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.70%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.47%) Big Data
3 2 (2.47%) MySQL
4 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Git
1 6 (7.41%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (29.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 22 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 20 (24.69%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.41%) Automotive
5 5 (6.17%) Retail
6 4 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.94%) Games
7 3 (3.70%) Finance
7 3 (3.70%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.23%) Billing
8 1 (1.23%) Marketing
8 1 (1.23%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.35%) .NET
1 10 (12.35%) AngularJS
1 10 (12.35%) React
1 10 (12.35%) Vue
2 8 (9.88%) CSS
2 8 (9.88%) HTML
3 6 (7.41%) Ajax
3 6 (7.41%) LESS
3 6 (7.41%) Sass
4 4 (4.94%) .NET Core
4 4 (4.94%) .NET Framework
4 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET
4 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (4.94%) Entity Framework
4 4 (4.94%) Laravel
4 4 (4.94%) Node.js
5 2 (2.47%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.94%) EPoS
3 3 (3.70%) Social Media
4 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.23%) Blog
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.23%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.23%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.70%) Windows
2 2 (2.47%) Linux
2 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.23%) Unix
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.23%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (37.04%) Mentoring
2 22 (27.16%) Coaching
3 21 (25.93%) Agile
4 12 (14.81%) DevOps
4 12 (14.81%) Full Stack Development
4 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.58%) Customer Service
6 10 (12.35%) User Experience
7 9 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 8 (9.88%) SEO
8 8 (9.88%) UX Design
9 7 (8.64%) BDD
9 7 (8.64%) TDD
10 6 (7.41%) Adaptive Web Design
10 6 (7.41%) B2B
10 6 (7.41%) Content Management
10 6 (7.41%) Front End Development
10 6 (7.41%) Web Development
11 5 (6.17%) Project Management
11 5 (6.17%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (24.69%) C#
2 14 (17.28%) JavaScript
3 13 (16.05%) Java
4 5 (6.17%) Python
5 4 (4.94%) PHP
5 4 (4.94%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (19.75%) Degree
2 6 (7.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.23%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (7.41%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (23.46%) YouTube
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.41%) Adobe
4 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.47%) Google
6 1 (1.23%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.23%) BMC
6 1 (1.23%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.23%) Facebook
6 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.23%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.23%) Instagram
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) TikTok
6 1 (1.23%) Twitter
6 1 (1.23%) Workday