Junior Jobs in the North West

Junior
England > North West

The median Junior salary in the North West is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 214 187
Rank change year-on-year +71 -27 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 154 88 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.58% 1.11% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.25% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 149 76 131
10th Percentile £22,950 £21,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,677 £27,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -15.00% +22.81%
75th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £64,250
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,209 7,066 9,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.06% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 4,119 5,473
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,575 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the North West

Junior
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Junior in the North West

Junior
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the North West

Junior
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Manchester +51 81 £28,000 -3.45% 20
Lancashire +5 30 £28,000 -5.08%
Cheshire +5 26 £27,500 -20.86% 6
Merseyside +21 13 £26,500 -33.75% 2
Cumbria - 4 £24,000 - 1
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 North West region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 39 (25.32%) Agile
1 39 (25.32%) Mentoring
2 33 (21.43%) Coaching
2 33 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (20.78%) Social Skills
3 32 (20.78%) C#
4 29 (18.83%) Degree
5 27 (17.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (14.94%) Public Sector
7 22 (14.29%) YouTube
8 20 (12.99%) JavaScript
9 19 (12.34%) Microsoft
10 17 (11.04%) .NET
10 17 (11.04%) Azure
10 17 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (10.39%) Full Stack Development
11 16 (10.39%) DevOps
11 16 (10.39%) Java
12 14 (9.09%) React
12 14 (9.09%) Vue
13 13 (8.44%) Windows
13 13 (8.44%) Software Engineering
14 12 (7.79%) CSS
14 12 (7.79%) Customer Service
15 11 (7.14%) Finance
15 11 (7.14%) Web Development
16 10 (6.49%) Git
16 10 (6.49%) AngularJS
16 10 (6.49%) SQL
16 10 (6.49%) HTML

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (3.90%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Apache
2 1 (0.65%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.19%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.65%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.65%) InDesign
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.04%) Azure
2 10 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.19%) AWS
4 6 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.60%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.60%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.95%) SaaS
8 2 (1.30%) GitHub
9 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.65%) Firewall
2 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.65%) Network Security
2 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.65%) WAN
2 1 (0.65%) Wireless
2 1 (0.65%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.25%) Big Data
3 4 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.60%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.60%) MySQL
4 3 (1.95%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.95%) Power BI
5 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.65%) ArangoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (6.49%) Git
2 6 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) GitLab
3 1 (0.65%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Selenium
3 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (14.94%) Public Sector
4 17 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.14%) Finance
6 7 (4.55%) Automotive
7 5 (3.25%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Games
8 4 (2.60%) Legal
8 4 (2.60%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.60%) Marketing
9 3 (1.95%) Law
10 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Billing
11 1 (0.65%) Electronics
11 1 (0.65%) French Language
11 1 (0.65%) Publishing
11 1 (0.65%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.04%) .NET
2 14 (9.09%) React
2 14 (9.09%) Vue
3 12 (7.79%) CSS
4 10 (6.49%) AngularJS
4 10 (6.49%) HTML
5 7 (4.55%) Laravel
6 6 (3.90%) Ajax
6 6 (3.90%) LESS
6 6 (3.90%) Sass
7 5 (3.25%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.25%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.60%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.60%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (2.60%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (2.60%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.60%) Node.js
9 2 (1.30%) EJB
9 2 (1.30%) JavaBeans
9 2 (1.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.60%) EPoS
3 4 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.95%) IoT
4 3 (1.95%) Social Media
5 2 (1.30%) e-Health
5 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.65%) Blog
6 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.65%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (0.65%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.65%) Photography
6 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.65%) Robotics
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.65%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.44%) Windows
2 8 (5.19%) Linux
3 4 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.32%) Agile
1 39 (25.32%) Mentoring
2 33 (21.43%) Coaching
2 33 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (10.39%) DevOps
3 16 (10.39%) Full Stack Development
4 13 (8.44%) Software Engineering
5 12 (7.79%) Customer Service
6 11 (7.14%) Web Development
7 10 (6.49%) User Experience
8 9 (5.84%) CI/CD
8 9 (5.84%) Data Management
9 8 (5.19%) Business Transformation
9 8 (5.19%) Computer Science
9 8 (5.19%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (5.19%) Front End Development
9 8 (5.19%) Project Management
9 8 (5.19%) Software Delivery
9 8 (5.19%) UX Design
9 8 (5.19%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.78%) C#
2 20 (12.99%) JavaScript
3 16 (10.39%) Java
4 10 (6.49%) SQL
5 8 (5.19%) PHP
5 8 (5.19%) Python
6 5 (3.25%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.95%) C++
8 1 (0.65%) C
8 1 (0.65%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 29 (18.83%) Degree
2 6 (3.90%) HND
3 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.65%) PMP
4 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.95%) QA
2 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.65%) NIST
2 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.55%) Docker
2 4 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) KVM
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (14.29%) YouTube
2 19 (12.34%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.55%) Adobe
5 4 (2.60%) Google
6 2 (1.30%) Oracle
7 1 (0.65%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.65%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.65%) BMC
7 1 (0.65%) Dell
7 1 (0.65%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.65%) Twitter
7 1 (0.65%) Workday