Junior Jobs in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 151 213
Rank change year-on-year -43 +62 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 61 208 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.91% 1.46% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 1.55% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 165 84
10th Percentile £23,500 £22,200 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,453 £24,000 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £27,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% -22.86% -
75th Percentile £42,627 £33,750 £45,000
90th Percentile - £43,250 £60,500
England median annual salary £36,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% -

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 6,135 13,411 7,554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 94.26% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,855 9,468 4,495
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 24 June 2025.

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 24 June 2025. 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 +18 40 £38,250 +44.34% 69
West Midlands -28 21 £32,500 +20.37% 74
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 24 (39.34%) Project Management
2 24 (39.34%) Degree
3 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (26.23%) UML
4 16 (26.23%) Mathematics
4 16 (26.23%) Physics
4 16 (26.23%) Computer Science
4 16 (26.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (24.59%) IBM
6 14 (22.95%) MATLAB
6 14 (22.95%) Simulink
6 14 (22.95%) SysML
6 14 (22.95%) Electronics
6 14 (22.95%) Aerospace
6 14 (22.95%) PLM
6 14 (22.95%) Teamcenter
6 14 (22.95%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (22.95%) Systems Engineering
6 14 (22.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 14 (22.95%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 12 (19.67%) Law
8 9 (14.75%) Linux
8 9 (14.75%) SQL
8 9 (14.75%) Mentoring
9 8 (13.11%) C#
9 8 (13.11%) HTML
9 8 (13.11%) CSS
9 8 (13.11%) Business Intelligence

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 5 (8.20%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) Apache
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) CMS
3 1 (1.64%) IIS
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (22.95%) Simulink
2 3 (4.92%) Adobe XD
2 3 (4.92%) Sketch
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (22.95%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
1 6 (9.84%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.56%) AWS
2 4 (6.56%) Figma
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.28%) SaaS
4 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) Datadog
4 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.64%) GCP
4 1 (1.64%) Kong
4 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.64%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) DHCP
1 2 (3.28%) DNS
1 2 (3.28%) Firewall
1 2 (3.28%) LAN
1 2 (3.28%) Network Security
1 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.28%) VLAN
1 2 (3.28%) VPN
1 2 (3.28%) WAN
1 2 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.64%) Calico
2 1 (1.64%) PBX
2 1 (1.64%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Power BI
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) FileMaker
3 2 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.64%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.64%) MySQL
4 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (22.95%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (8.20%) JIRA
3 3 (4.92%) Git
4 2 (3.28%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.28%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (1.64%) NUnit
General
1 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Aerospace
2 14 (22.95%) Electronics
3 12 (19.67%) Law
4 8 (13.11%) Finance
5 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.92%) Automotive
7 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Games
8 1 (1.64%) iGaming
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.11%) CSS
1 8 (13.11%) HTML
2 5 (8.20%) .NET
3 4 (6.56%) Middleware
3 4 (6.56%) REST
4 2 (3.28%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.28%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.28%) HTML5
4 2 (3.28%) JSP
5 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (1.64%) Django
5 1 (1.64%) Flask
5 1 (1.64%) GWT
5 1 (1.64%) J2EE
5 1 (1.64%) JPA
5 1 (1.64%) JSON
5 1 (1.64%) OAuth
5 1 (1.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.92%) Animation
2 3 (4.92%) Video Editing
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) IoT
4 1 (1.64%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) Linux
2 5 (8.20%) Windows
3 1 (1.64%) Rocky
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) Project Management
2 23 (37.70%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (26.23%) Computer Science
3 16 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (26.23%) Mathematics
3 16 (26.23%) Physics
3 16 (26.23%) UML
4 14 (22.95%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 14 (22.95%) PLM
4 14 (22.95%) SysML
4 14 (22.95%) Systems Engineering
5 9 (14.75%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (11.48%) Agile
8 6 (9.84%) Change Management
8 6 (9.84%) Data Privacy
8 6 (9.84%) Line Management
8 6 (9.84%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.84%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.95%) MATLAB
2 9 (14.75%) SQL
3 8 (13.11%) C#
4 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.56%) Python
6 3 (4.92%) Java
7 2 (3.28%) Ada
7 2 (3.28%) Rust
8 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (39.34%) Degree
2 16 (26.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) CCNA
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.28%) JNCIA
4 2 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.64%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.28%) PMO
1 2 (3.28%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) P3O
2 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.28%) Terraform
2 1 (1.64%) Istio
2 1 (1.64%) Rancher
Vendors
1 15 (24.59%) IBM
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.20%) SAP
3 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.92%) Adobe
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
5 2 (3.28%) Juniper
6 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.64%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (1.64%) VMware