Junior Job Trends in the North of England

Junior
England > North of England

The median Junior salary in the North of England is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 241 197
Rank change year-on-year +199 -44 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 687 74 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.30% 0.79% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.48% 0.89% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 185 60 180
10th Percentile - £24,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £27,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +8.33% -9.79%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,625 £36,338
90th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £42,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 19,726 8,307 17,354
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 88.19% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 4,458 13,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,475 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 North of England.

Junior job vacancy trend in the North of England

Junior
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the North of England

Junior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Yorkshire +116 361 £30,000 -1.64% 23
North West +119 207 £30,000 -14.29% 41
North East +30 119 £24,000 -17.95% 16
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 North of England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 514 (74.82%) Microsoft
2 493 (71.76%) Azure
3 482 (70.16%) Azure Certification
4 279 (40.61%) Mentoring
5 255 (37.12%) Cybersecurity
6 249 (36.24%) SQL
7 248 (36.10%) Microsoft Excel
8 246 (35.81%) Python
9 244 (35.52%) Business Intelligence
9 244 (35.52%) Power BI
9 244 (35.52%) Power Platform
10 243 (35.37%) AI
11 241 (35.08%) Azure AI
11 241 (35.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 241 (35.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 241 (35.08%) ForeScout
11 241 (35.08%) Tableau
12 28 (4.08%) Java
13 24 (3.49%) DevOps
14 19 (2.77%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (2.77%) SaaS
15 16 (2.33%) Customer Service
16 15 (2.18%) Software Engineering
17 14 (2.04%) Degree
18 13 (1.89%) E-Procurement
19 12 (1.75%) Business Development
20 10 (1.46%) Continuous Improvement
20 10 (1.46%) JavaScript
20 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
21 9 (1.31%) CRM

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
2 2 (0.29%) WordPress
3 1 (0.15%) CMS
3 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 248 (36.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.29%) LaTeX
3 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.15%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 493 (71.76%) Azure
2 244 (35.52%) Power Platform
3 241 (35.08%) Azure AI
4 19 (2.77%) SaaS
5 7 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.73%) AWS
7 3 (0.44%) GitHub
7 3 (0.44%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.29%) GCP
8 2 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.29%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.15%) Figma
9 1 (0.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) Internet
2 6 (0.87%) Firewall
3 4 (0.58%) ADSL
3 4 (0.58%) BGP
3 4 (0.58%) MPLS
3 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.58%) VoIP
3 4 (0.58%) VPN
3 4 (0.58%) WAN
3 4 (0.58%) WebEx
4 3 (0.44%) 4G
4 3 (0.44%) 5G
4 3 (0.44%) Broadband
5 2 (0.29%) DNS
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (35.52%) Power BI
2 241 (35.08%) Tableau
3 2 (0.29%) Metadata
3 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.29%) MySQL
3 2 (0.29%) phpMyAdmin
3 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Git
2 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.29%) JIRA
3 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 515 (74.96%) Social Skills
2 10 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (1.02%) Finance
5 6 (0.87%) Law
5 6 (0.87%) Marketing
6 5 (0.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (0.73%) Telecoms
7 4 (0.58%) Retail
8 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.29%) Automotive
9 2 (0.29%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.15%) Advertising
10 1 (0.15%) Billing
10 1 (0.15%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.73%) CSS
1 5 (0.73%) HTML
2 3 (0.44%) .NET
2 3 (0.44%) AngularJS
2 3 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (0.44%) React
2 3 (0.44%) REST
3 2 (0.29%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.29%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.29%) Node.js
3 2 (0.29%) Vue
4 1 (0.15%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.15%) Kafka
4 1 (0.15%) Laravel
4 1 (0.15%) LINQ
4 1 (0.15%) RESTful
4 1 (0.15%) STL
4 1 (0.15%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (0.73%) Driving Licence
1 5 (0.73%) Onboarding
2 4 (0.58%) Data Centre
3 2 (0.29%) AI Agents
3 2 (0.29%) Contactless
4 1 (0.15%) 3D Printing
4 1 (0.15%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.15%) IoT
4 1 (0.15%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.02%) Windows
2 5 (0.73%) Android
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (40.61%) Mentoring
2 255 (37.12%) Cybersecurity
3 244 (35.52%) Business Intelligence
4 243 (35.37%) AI
5 24 (3.49%) DevOps
6 19 (2.77%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (2.33%) Customer Service
8 15 (2.18%) Software Engineering
9 13 (1.89%) E-Procurement
10 12 (1.75%) Business Development
11 10 (1.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (1.31%) CRM
12 9 (1.31%) ITIL
12 9 (1.31%) Time Management
13 7 (1.02%) Agile
13 7 (1.02%) Mathematics
13 7 (1.02%) Performance Metrics
13 7 (1.02%) Project Delivery
14 6 (0.87%) Fintech
14 6 (0.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 249 (36.24%) SQL
2 246 (35.81%) Python
3 28 (4.08%) Java
4 10 (1.46%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.73%) PHP
6 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.44%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.44%) Bash
7 3 (0.44%) C#
8 2 (0.29%) Go
8 2 (0.29%) VBA
9 1 (0.15%) C++
9 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 482 (70.16%) Azure Certification
2 241 (35.08%) CompTIA CySA+
2 241 (35.08%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (2.04%) Degree
4 4 (0.58%) A+ Certification
4 4 (0.58%) CCNA
4 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (0.73%) PMO
2 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.44%) GRC
2 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 6 (0.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.29%) Ansible
1 2 (0.29%) Grafana
1 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
1 2 (0.29%) Terraform
2 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 514 (74.82%) Microsoft
2 241 (35.08%) ForeScout
3 5 (0.73%) Apple
3 5 (0.73%) Salesforce
4 4 (0.58%) Cisco
4 4 (0.58%) Fortinet
4 4 (0.58%) Huawei
4 4 (0.58%) Meraki
4 4 (0.58%) Polycom
5 3 (0.44%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.29%) Google
6 2 (0.29%) WooCommerce