Junior Jobs in Preston

Junior
Lancashire > Preston

The median Junior salary in Preston is £40,101 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 30 40
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 12 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 3.17% 3.21% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.23% 3.65% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,574 - £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £27,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.52% -8.47% +18.00%
75th Percentile £54,375 - £30,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £31,200 -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 £28,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year +78.57% -5.08% +15.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 371 192 253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 88.07% 86.05%
Number of salaries quoted 265 152 171
10th Percentile - £26,550 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% +5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £49,594
90th Percentile £59,081 £63,625 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,124 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.93% -5.00% +11.76%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Preston

Junior
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in Preston.

Salary trend for Junior in Preston

Junior
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Preston over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in Preston

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Preston region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 8 (66.67%) Physics
2 8 (66.67%) UML
3 7 (58.33%) IBM
3 7 (58.33%) MATLAB
3 7 (58.33%) Simulink
3 7 (58.33%) Project Management
3 7 (58.33%) Electronics
3 7 (58.33%) Aerospace
3 7 (58.33%) PLM
3 7 (58.33%) Teamcenter
3 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
3 7 (58.33%) SysML
3 7 (58.33%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (58.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (58.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Aruba
4 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 4 (33.33%) Presales
4 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 4 (33.33%) JNCIA
4 4 (33.33%) Firewall

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (8.33%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
1 4 (33.33%) LAN
1 4 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (8.33%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (58.33%) Aerospace
2 7 (58.33%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) JSP
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 8 (66.67%) Physics
1 8 (66.67%) UML
2 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (58.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) PLM
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 7 (58.33%) SysML
2 7 (58.33%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Presales
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) OO
4 1 (8.33%) SDLC
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (8.33%) Ada
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Rust
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) CCNA
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) IBM
2 4 (33.33%) Aruba
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 4 (33.33%) Juniper
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto