Junior Job Trends in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 189 159
Rank change year-on-year +140 -30 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 404 42 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.68% 0.74% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 0.81% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 139 36 83
10th Percentile £26,200 £23,750 £22,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +5.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £37,250 £37,313 £35,588
90th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £44,750
England median annual salary £34,000 £32,500 £31,833
% change year-on-year +4.62% +2.10% -9.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 14,135 5,163 9,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 91.20% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9,880 3,246 5,649
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Junior job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
East Midlands +82 213 £30,000 -3.23% 26
West Midlands +98 191 £35,000 +7.69% 22
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 September 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 Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 215 (53.22%) Microsoft
2 210 (51.98%) Azure
3 198 (49.01%) Azure Certification
4 128 (31.68%) Cybersecurity
5 111 (27.48%) SQL
6 110 (27.23%) Microsoft Excel
7 107 (26.49%) Python
8 105 (25.99%) Business Intelligence
8 105 (25.99%) Power BI
8 105 (25.99%) Power Platform
9 103 (25.50%) AI
10 101 (25.00%) Tableau
11 100 (24.75%) Mentoring
12 99 (24.50%) Azure AI
12 99 (24.50%) CompTIA CySA+
12 99 (24.50%) CompTIA Security+
12 99 (24.50%) ForeScout
13 23 (5.69%) Analytics
13 23 (5.69%) SAP
14 18 (4.46%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (3.96%) Agile
15 16 (3.96%) Data Quality
16 14 (3.47%) SaaS
17 13 (3.22%) ERP
18 12 (2.97%) Software Engineering
19 10 (2.48%) Mathematics
19 10 (2.48%) Windows
20 9 (2.23%) JavaScript
20 9 (2.23%) QA
21 8 (1.98%) Data Analysis

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (0.74%) IIS
2 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.25%) Confluence
3 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 110 (27.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.74%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 210 (51.98%) Azure
2 105 (25.99%) Power Platform
3 99 (24.50%) Azure AI
4 14 (3.47%) SaaS
5 6 (1.49%) Boomi
5 6 (1.49%) iPaaS
5 6 (1.49%) Workato
6 5 (1.24%) AWS
6 5 (1.24%) Lucidchart
6 5 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.99%) PaaS
8 2 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.50%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.25%) Fivetran
9 1 (0.25%) GCP
9 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.24%) DHCP
1 5 (1.24%) DNS
1 5 (1.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (25.99%) Power BI
2 101 (25.00%) Tableau
3 3 (0.74%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Git
2 4 (0.99%) JIRA
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 225 (55.69%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.65%) Finance
3 18 (4.46%) Manufacturing
4 8 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (1.98%) Retail
5 7 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.24%) Games
7 5 (1.24%) iGaming
8 4 (0.99%) Electronics
8 4 (0.99%) Legal
9 2 (0.50%) Automotive
9 2 (0.50%) Law
9 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.73%) CSS
1 7 (1.73%) HTML
1 7 (1.73%) REST
2 6 (1.49%) SOAP
3 4 (0.99%) JSON
4 3 (0.74%) jQuery
4 3 (0.74%) Terraform
5 2 (0.50%) .NET
5 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.50%) Hugging Face
5 2 (0.50%) Matplotlib
5 2 (0.50%) NumPy
5 2 (0.50%) Pandas
5 2 (0.50%) scikit-learn
5 2 (0.50%) Streamlit
6 1 (0.25%) ADO
6 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.22%) PKI
2 7 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (1.73%) SCADA
3 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.74%) NHS
4 3 (0.74%) Social Media
5 2 (0.50%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.50%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.25%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.48%) Windows
2 5 (1.24%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.74%) Linux
3 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (31.68%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (25.99%) Business Intelligence
3 103 (25.50%) AI
4 100 (24.75%) Mentoring
5 23 (5.69%) Analytics
6 18 (4.46%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (3.96%) Agile
8 13 (3.22%) ERP
9 12 (2.97%) Software Engineering
10 10 (2.48%) Mathematics
11 8 (1.98%) Data Analysis
11 8 (1.98%) Data Transformation
11 8 (1.98%) Project Planning
12 7 (1.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (1.73%) Resource Management
12 7 (1.73%) Software Testing
13 6 (1.49%) Integration Patterns
13 6 (1.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (1.49%) Validation
13 6 (1.49%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 111 (27.48%) SQL
2 107 (26.49%) Python
3 9 (2.23%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.24%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.99%) C
5 4 (0.99%) C#
5 4 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (0.99%) PHP
6 3 (0.74%) C++
6 3 (0.74%) VBA
7 2 (0.50%) R
7 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) Ruby
8 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.25%) VB
8 1 (0.25%) VB6
Qualifications
1 198 (49.01%) Azure Certification
2 99 (24.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 99 (24.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (1.73%) SC Cleared
3 7 (1.73%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.49%) Degree
5 5 (1.24%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.50%) ACCA
6 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (0.50%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.96%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.23%) QA
3 5 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.50%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.25%) PMO
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 215 (53.22%) Microsoft
2 99 (24.50%) ForeScout
3 23 (5.69%) SAP
4 6 (1.49%) MuleSoft
4 6 (1.49%) Sage
4 6 (1.49%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.49%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.74%) Adobe
6 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.25%) Informatica