Junior Jobs in the North East

Junior
England > North East

The median Junior salary in the North East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 August 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 82 66
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 +21
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Junior 6 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.36% 0.87% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.92% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 4
10th Percentile £24,000 - £27,750
25th Percentile £24,969 £25,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £34,063
Median % change year-on-year - -11.93% +23.86%
75th Percentile £32,719 £36,338 £37,347
90th Percentile £33,625 - £37,971
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,833 £35,000
% change year-on-year +2.10% -9.05% -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 1,249 1,414 668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.39% 94.20% 79.71%
Number of salaries quoted 733 1,011 529
10th Percentile £25,084 £25,750 £30,717
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £52,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the North East

Junior
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the North East

Junior
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the North East region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Durham +5 4 £30,375 -6.54% 3
Tyne and Wear +9 2 £24,000 -11.11% 11
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 North East region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) Entity Framework
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) SDLC
1 2 (33.33%) SOLID
1 2 (33.33%) WebAssembly
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Blazor
1 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Java

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) Blazor
1 2 (33.33%) Entity Framework
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) WebAssembly
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
1 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) OOP
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) SDLC
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) SOLID
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft