Junior Job Trends in the South East

Junior
England > South East

The median Junior salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 144 132
Rank change year-on-year +105 -12 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 599 101 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.25% 1.48% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.50% 1.75% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 150 86 232
10th Percentile £26,450 £25,875 £22,525
25th Percentile - £26,750 £25,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -11.76%
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,438 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

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

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 13,297 5,777 15,161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 84.41% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,784 3,628 11,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.37%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 South East.

Junior job vacancy trend in the South East

Junior
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the South East

Junior
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior in the South East

Junior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Thames Valley +91 160 £40,000 +19.40% 24
Hampshire +49 133 £30,000 - 10
Kent +6 110 £28,000 -6.67% 7
Surrey +40 83 £30,000 -33.33% 4
East Sussex +20 65 £30,000 - 3
Berkshire +45 60 £42,500 +26.87% 12
Buckinghamshire +29 54 £37,500 +40.19% 5
West Sussex +13 47 £35,000 +7.69% 5
Oxfordshire +17 46 £45,000 -8.16% 7
Sussex - 1 £127,185 - 4
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 South East region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 425 (70.95%) Microsoft
2 400 (66.78%) Azure
2 400 (66.78%) Azure Certification
3 217 (36.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 210 (35.06%) Cybersecurity
5 205 (34.22%) SQL
6 204 (34.06%) Mentoring
7 202 (33.72%) AI
7 202 (33.72%) Python
8 201 (33.56%) Power Platform
9 200 (33.39%) Azure AI
9 200 (33.39%) Business Intelligence
9 200 (33.39%) CompTIA CySA+
9 200 (33.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 200 (33.39%) ForeScout
9 200 (33.39%) Power BI
9 200 (33.39%) Tableau
10 31 (5.18%) Degree
11 27 (4.51%) Customer Service
12 20 (3.34%) Software Engineering
13 19 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
14 15 (2.50%) Business Development
15 12 (2.00%) Data Management
15 12 (2.00%) Validation
16 11 (1.84%) Visualisation
17 10 (1.67%) Clinical Data Management
17 10 (1.67%) Data Acquisition
17 10 (1.67%) Data Cleansing
17 10 (1.67%) Data Collection
17 10 (1.67%) Data Visualisation

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (0.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 217 (36.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 400 (66.78%) Azure
2 201 (33.56%) Power Platform
3 200 (33.39%) Azure AI
4 9 (1.50%) SaaS
5 6 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.50%) GitHub
7 2 (0.33%) AWS
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.17%) DHCP
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
3 1 (0.17%) Firewall
3 1 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.17%) VLAN
3 1 (0.17%) VoIP
3 1 (0.17%) VPN
3 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (33.39%) Power BI
1 200 (33.39%) Tableau
2 10 (1.67%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (0.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 431 (71.95%) Social Skills
2 15 (2.50%) Public Sector
3 14 (2.34%) Finance
4 11 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (1.17%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.00%) Automotive
7 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (0.67%) Banking
8 4 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.50%) Electronics
9 3 (0.50%) Legal
9 3 (0.50%) Marketing
9 3 (0.50%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.33%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.17%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.17%) Law
11 1 (0.17%) Military
11 1 (0.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.83%) .NET
2 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
2 3 (0.50%) HTML
2 3 (0.50%) React
3 1 (0.17%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.17%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.17%) NumPy
3 1 (0.17%) Pandas
3 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.17%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 9 (1.50%) Driving Licence
3 7 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
4 6 (1.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (0.50%) IoT
5 3 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.33%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.33%) NHS
6 2 (0.33%) PMI
6 2 (0.33%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.17%) CCTV
7 1 (0.17%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.17%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.17%) Linux
2 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (35.06%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (34.06%) Mentoring
3 202 (33.72%) AI
4 200 (33.39%) Business Intelligence
5 27 (4.51%) Customer Service
6 20 (3.34%) Software Engineering
7 15 (2.50%) Business Development
8 12 (2.00%) Data Management
8 12 (2.00%) Validation
9 11 (1.84%) Visualisation
10 10 (1.67%) Clinical Data Management
10 10 (1.67%) Data Acquisition
10 10 (1.67%) Data Cleansing
10 10 (1.67%) Data Collection
10 10 (1.67%) Data Visualisation
10 10 (1.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
11 9 (1.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (1.50%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (1.17%) Time Management
13 6 (1.00%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 205 (34.22%) SQL
2 202 (33.72%) Python
3 5 (0.83%) PHP
4 3 (0.50%) C#
4 3 (0.50%) C++
4 3 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.33%) Java
6 1 (0.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 400 (66.78%) Azure Certification
2 200 (33.39%) CompTIA CySA+
2 200 (33.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 31 (5.18%) Degree
4 5 (0.83%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.67%) CHECK Team Leader
5 4 (0.67%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (0.67%) City & Guilds
5 4 (0.67%) HNC
5 4 (0.67%) HND
5 4 (0.67%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (0.67%) OSCP
6 3 (0.50%) CCNA
6 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.33%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.33%) Cyber Scheme
7 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.67%) Good Clinical Practice
2 2 (0.33%) GDPR
2 2 (0.33%) GRC
2 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.33%) NCSC
2 2 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.50%) Firmware
3 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.67%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.17%) Ansible
2 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 425 (70.95%) Microsoft
2 200 (33.39%) ForeScout
3 7 (1.17%) Siemens
4 5 (0.83%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.17%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.17%) Cisco
5 1 (0.17%) HP
5 1 (0.17%) IBM
5 1 (0.17%) Meraki
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle
5 1 (0.17%) Peregrine
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.17%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (0.17%) WatchGuard
5 1 (0.17%) Wonderware