Junior Jobs in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 158 202
Rank change year-on-year +10 +44 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 135 90 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.45% 1.60% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.67% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 66 89 139
10th Percentile £24,000 £21,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £44,563
90th Percentile £43,750 £48,800 £62,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,857 5,404 10,677
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 96.23% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,357 3,943 6,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 -29 76 £32,500 - 31
East Midlands +13 58 £30,000 -14.29% 10
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 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 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.67%) SQL
3 35 (25.93%) C#
3 35 (25.93%) Degree
4 27 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (19.26%) Computer Science
6 25 (18.52%) AWS
7 24 (17.78%) Software Engineering
8 22 (16.30%) Microsoft
9 21 (15.56%) Finance
9 21 (15.56%) Customer Service
10 19 (14.07%) Azure
10 19 (14.07%) .NET
10 19 (14.07%) SQL Server
11 18 (13.33%) Python
12 14 (10.37%) C++
13 13 (9.63%) HTML
13 13 (9.63%) JavaScript
13 13 (9.63%) Agile
14 12 (8.89%) Java
14 12 (8.89%) CSS
14 12 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
15 11 (8.15%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (8.15%) Service Delivery
16 10 (7.41%) ERP
16 10 (7.41%) Decision-Making
16 10 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
16 10 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
16 10 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (6.67%) Task Automation

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 3 (2.22%) CMS
1 3 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.22%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.74%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.74%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.74%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.74%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.74%) Revit
5 1 (0.74%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.52%) AWS
2 19 (14.07%) Azure
3 9 (6.67%) Anthropic Claude
3 9 (6.67%) ChatGPT
4 6 (4.44%) SaaS
5 5 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.22%) Sage Pay
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.74%) GCP
8 1 (0.74%) GitHub
8 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.96%) Network Security
2 3 (2.22%) Broadband
2 3 (2.22%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.48%) Firewall
3 2 (1.48%) MPLS
3 2 (1.48%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.74%) 3G
4 1 (0.74%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.74%) PBX
4 1 (0.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.07%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 2 (1.48%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.74%) Git
2 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.56%) Finance
3 9 (6.67%) Retail
4 6 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.44%) Games
5 4 (2.96%) Law
5 4 (2.96%) Marketing
5 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.22%) Advertising
6 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.74%) Automotive
8 1 (0.74%) Electronics
8 1 (0.74%) Police
8 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.07%) .NET
2 13 (9.63%) HTML
3 12 (8.89%) CSS
4 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.22%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 3 (2.22%) Laravel
6 2 (1.48%) React
6 2 (1.48%) React Native
6 2 (1.48%) Vue
7 1 (0.74%) Ajax
7 1 (0.74%) CakePHP
7 1 (0.74%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.74%) jQuery
7 1 (0.74%) Next.js
7 1 (0.74%) Pandas
7 1 (0.74%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (0.74%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.15%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.96%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.96%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.22%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.22%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.48%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.48%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.48%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.48%) SCADA
6 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.74%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.93%) Windows
2 4 (2.96%) Linux
3 2 (1.48%) Unix
3 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (19.26%) Computer Science
3 24 (17.78%) Software Engineering
4 21 (15.56%) Customer Service
5 13 (9.63%) Agile
6 12 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (8.15%) Service Delivery
8 10 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (7.41%) Decision-Making
8 10 (7.41%) ERP
9 9 (6.67%) API Integration
9 9 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.67%) LLM
9 9 (6.67%) Task Automation
9 9 (6.67%) Workflow
10 8 (5.93%) Asset Management
10 8 (5.93%) Defect Management
10 8 (5.93%) ITIL
10 8 (5.93%) Scrum
11 7 (5.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (26.67%) SQL
2 35 (25.93%) C#
3 18 (13.33%) Python
4 14 (10.37%) C++
5 13 (9.63%) JavaScript
6 12 (8.89%) Java
7 7 (5.19%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.96%) PHP
9 1 (0.74%) C
9 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.74%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (25.93%) Degree
2 10 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.22%) CEH
3 3 (2.22%) CISM
3 3 (2.22%) CISSP
3 3 (2.22%) OSCP
4 2 (1.48%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) HND
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.19%) SLA
2 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.44%) Terraform
2 4 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.74%) Grafana
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.96%) Epicor
3 3 (2.22%) Adobe
3 3 (2.22%) Oracle
4 2 (1.48%) Databricks
5 1 (0.74%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.74%) Cadence
5 1 (0.74%) F5
5 1 (0.74%) LogRhythm
5 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.74%) Splunk
5 1 (0.74%) VMware
5 1 (0.74%) Zend