Junior Jobs in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 212 176
Rank change year-on-year +50 -36 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 166 114 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.42% 1.18% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.32% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 146 89 159
10th Percentile £21,000 £26,060 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% +23.08% +25.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,125 £70,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 10,986 8,613 10,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.50% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,233 4,790 7,091
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
West Midlands +55 112 £27,000 -32.50% 54
East Midlands +2 54 £25,000 -39.39% 29
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 39 (23.49%) Degree
2 35 (21.08%) Social Skills
3 33 (19.88%) C#
4 31 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (16.87%) Microsoft
6 27 (16.27%) Mentoring
7 25 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (13.25%) Agile
9 21 (12.65%) JavaScript
10 19 (11.45%) Marketing
11 18 (10.84%) Software Engineering
11 18 (10.84%) Azure
12 17 (10.24%) AWS
12 17 (10.24%) DevOps
13 16 (9.64%) SQL
13 16 (9.64%) .NET
13 16 (9.64%) Java
13 16 (9.64%) Computer Science
14 15 (9.04%) HTML
14 15 (9.04%) Public Sector
15 14 (8.43%) YouTube
15 14 (8.43%) Coaching
15 14 (8.43%) Windows
15 14 (8.43%) CSS
15 14 (8.43%) Python
15 14 (8.43%) Finance
16 13 (7.83%) Manufacturing
16 13 (7.83%) Electronics
16 13 (7.83%) Project Management
16 13 (7.83%) Project Planning

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (6.63%) WordPress
2 4 (2.41%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.20%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (2.41%) Trello
5 3 (1.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.81%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.20%) Adobe XD
6 2 (1.20%) InDesign
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.20%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.20%) Sketch
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.60%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Magento
2 6 (3.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.84%) Azure
2 17 (10.24%) AWS
3 13 (7.83%) SaaS
4 12 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.01%) Google Docs
6 5 (3.01%) Google Sheets
7 4 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.41%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.81%) Figma
8 3 (1.81%) GCP
8 3 (1.81%) GitHub
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.20%) Serverless
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.41%) Broadband
3 3 (1.81%) Network Security
4 2 (1.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.60%) DHCP
5 1 (0.60%) DNS
5 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.60%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.60%) Internet
5 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.22%) Power BI
3 4 (2.41%) Metadata
4 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.20%) FileMaker
4 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.20%) Tableau
5 1 (0.60%) Big Data
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Postman
General
1 35 (21.08%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (11.45%) Marketing
4 15 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.43%) Finance
6 13 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.83%) Electronics
6 13 (7.83%) Manufacturing
7 10 (6.02%) Law
8 9 (5.42%) Retail
9 8 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.81%) Banking
11 3 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Games
12 2 (1.20%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.20%) Legal
12 2 (1.20%) Police
13 1 (0.60%) Automotive
13 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.64%) .NET
2 15 (9.04%) HTML
3 14 (8.43%) CSS
4 12 (7.23%) React
5 6 (3.61%) RESTful
5 6 (3.61%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (3.01%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.01%) JSON
6 5 (3.01%) React Native
6 5 (3.01%) Vue
7 4 (2.41%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.41%) Node.js
7 4 (2.41%) REST
8 3 (1.81%) CakePHP
8 3 (1.81%) CodeIgniter
8 3 (1.81%) Ember.js
8 3 (1.81%) KnockoutJS
8 3 (1.81%) Laravel
8 3 (1.81%) Symfony
8 3 (1.81%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.22%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.01%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.01%) Photography
5 4 (2.41%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (2.41%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.20%) Animation
6 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.20%) Social Media
7 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.60%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.43%) Windows
2 4 (2.41%) Linux
3 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.27%) Mentoring
2 25 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (13.25%) Agile
4 18 (10.84%) Software Engineering
5 17 (10.24%) DevOps
6 16 (9.64%) Computer Science
7 14 (8.43%) Coaching
8 13 (7.83%) Customer Service
8 13 (7.83%) Project Management
8 13 (7.83%) Project Planning
9 12 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (6.02%) Schematic Capture
11 9 (5.42%) Asset Management
12 8 (4.82%) Clean Code
12 8 (4.82%) Digital Marketing
12 8 (4.82%) Test Automation
12 8 (4.82%) Web Development
13 7 (4.22%) Full Stack Development
13 7 (4.22%) MVC
13 7 (4.22%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 33 (19.88%) C#
2 21 (12.65%) JavaScript
3 16 (9.64%) Java
3 16 (9.64%) SQL
4 14 (8.43%) Python
5 12 (7.23%) PHP
6 6 (3.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.01%) C++
8 3 (1.81%) C
9 2 (1.20%) Go
9 2 (1.20%) R
10 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.60%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (23.49%) Degree
2 13 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (7.23%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.60%) APMP
7 1 (0.60%) CEH
7 1 (0.60%) CISM
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.60%) MCSA
7 1 (0.60%) MCSE
7 1 (0.60%) OSCP
7 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.82%) SLA
2 5 (3.01%) PCI DSS
2 5 (3.01%) PMO
3 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.20%) QA
4 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.60%) GDPR
4 1 (0.60%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.60%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (6.02%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (6.02%) Firmware
2 8 (4.82%) Docker
3 6 (3.61%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.01%) KVM
5 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.41%) Terraform
2 1 (0.60%) Ansible
2 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.43%) YouTube
3 12 (7.23%) Google
4 10 (6.02%) EMC
5 9 (5.42%) Adobe
6 5 (3.01%) Dell
7 3 (1.81%) Zend
8 2 (1.20%) Databricks
8 2 (1.20%) F5
8 2 (1.20%) IFS
8 2 (1.20%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.60%) Apple
9 1 (0.60%) Cadence
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle
9 1 (0.60%) Progress
9 1 (0.60%) SAP
9 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.60%) VMware
9 1 (0.60%) Xamarin