Junior Jobs in Somerset

Junior
South West > Somerset

The median Junior salary in Somerset is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 42 50
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 18 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 4.72% 2.11% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.37% 2.28% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 7
10th Percentile £24,000 £20,500 £24,550
25th Percentile £25,000 £21,250 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £46,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.62% +54.17% -12.73%
75th Percentile £42,627 £55,000 £38,750
90th Percentile - - £40,212
South West median annual salary £33,000 £28,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -18.57% +15.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 335 746 455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.93% 92.56% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 201 591 350
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £28,156
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £72,884 £70,000 £70,125
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Somerset

Junior
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Junior in Somerset

Junior
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in Somerset

Junior
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 July 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
Bath +6 6 - - 1
Shepton Mallet +3 4 £27,000 -
Yeovil 0 4 £40,101 +82.28%
Portishead - 3 £26,000 -
Weston-super-Mare - 2 - -
Clevedon - 2 - -
Taunton +3 1 £21,000 -
Junior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 Somerset region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 9 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (33.33%) Retail
5 6 (33.33%) Data Management
5 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (33.33%) SQL
5 6 (33.33%) VBA
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (33.33%) Data Mining
5 6 (33.33%) Azure
5 6 (33.33%) Facebook
5 6 (33.33%) Performance Management
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (33.33%) WFM
5 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
5 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 6 (33.33%) Coaching
5 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (33.33%) Data Structures
5 6 (33.33%) Power BI
5 6 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
6 5 (27.78%) Degree
7 4 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
7 4 (22.22%) Physics

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (5.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (22.22%) Simulink
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
3 1 (5.56%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
1 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 6 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 6 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Retail
3 4 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 4 (22.22%) Electronics
4 3 (16.67%) Games
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) RESTEasy
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) HTML5
2 1 (5.56%) jQuery
2 1 (5.56%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) Sass
2 1 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Android
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (33.33%) Coaching
4 6 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
4 6 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 6 (33.33%) Data Management
4 6 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 6 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 6 (33.33%) WFM
5 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
6 4 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
6 4 (22.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 4 (22.22%) Physics
6 4 (22.22%) PLM
6 4 (22.22%) Project Management
6 4 (22.22%) SysML
6 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (22.22%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
1 6 (33.33%) VBA
2 4 (22.22%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Facebook
3 4 (22.22%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) Adobe
4 1 (5.56%) WooCommerce