Junior Jobs in the South East

Junior
England > South East

The median Junior salary in the South East is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 144 192
Rank change year-on-year -25 +48 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 149 342 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.54% 1.86% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.97% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 132 243 176
10th Percentile £26,025 £22,875 £23,125
25th Percentile £26,938 £26,000 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -8.82% +4.62%
75th Percentile £42,627 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £45,000
England median annual salary £35,500 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +18.33% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,538 17,348 12,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.13% 94.23% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,591 12,223 7,824
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,875 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the South East

Junior
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the South East.

Salary trend for Junior 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 10 June 2025.

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 10 June 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
Hampshire +60 42 £35,000 - 38
Kent +40 33 £31,000 +11.71% 12
Thames Valley -50 28 £33,500 +8.06% 79
Isle of Wight - 16 £40,101 -
Oxfordshire +16 13 £28,500 -32.94% 13
Berkshire +17 11 £33,500 +11.67% 57
Surrey +20 7 £36,500 +8.15% 12
East Sussex +2 7 £29,000 +22.11%
Middlesex -12 6 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -41 4 £27,000 -10.00% 11
West Sussex +28 2 £33,750 +45.16% 4
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 South East region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 64 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 62 (41.61%) Degree
3 59 (39.60%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (32.89%) Computer Science
5 46 (30.87%) Mathematics
5 46 (30.87%) Physics
6 40 (26.85%) UML
6 40 (26.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 39 (26.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (24.83%) Project Management
9 35 (23.49%) MATLAB
9 35 (23.49%) Simulink
9 35 (23.49%) IBM
9 35 (23.49%) PLM
9 35 (23.49%) Teamcenter
9 35 (23.49%) Electronics
9 35 (23.49%) Aerospace
9 35 (23.49%) Rational DOORS
9 35 (23.49%) SysML
9 35 (23.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 35 (23.49%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 35 (23.49%) Systems Engineering
10 32 (21.48%) JavaScript
11 31 (20.81%) HTML
12 30 (20.13%) CSS
13 25 (16.78%) C#
14 23 (15.44%) SQL
15 21 (14.09%) PHP
16 20 (13.42%) Java
17 19 (12.75%) MySQL

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.36%) Apache
2 1 (0.67%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (23.49%) Simulink
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 35 (23.49%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.67%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.05%) AWS
2 7 (4.70%) Azure
3 5 (3.36%) SaaS
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.01%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.34%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.67%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.67%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.67%) GitHub
7 1 (0.67%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.67%) Serverless
7 1 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.34%) Wireless
2 1 (0.67%) Broadband
2 1 (0.67%) Internet
2 1 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.75%) MySQL
2 4 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.34%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.34%) Power BI
4 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) Redis
4 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (23.49%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (9.40%) Git
3 5 (3.36%) Eclipse
3 5 (3.36%) Eclipse RCP
4 2 (1.34%) JIRA
4 2 (1.34%) Postman
4 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.67%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.67%) JUnit
5 1 (0.67%) Metasploit
General
1 64 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.49%) Aerospace
2 35 (23.49%) Electronics
3 10 (6.71%) Retail
4 9 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.01%) Finance
6 3 (2.01%) Law
6 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.34%) Legal
8 1 (0.67%) Aviation
8 1 (0.67%) Billing
8 1 (0.67%) Games
8 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.67%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.67%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (20.81%) HTML
2 30 (20.13%) CSS
3 13 (8.72%) RESTful
4 11 (7.38%) .NET
4 11 (7.38%) Node.js
5 10 (6.71%) Laravel
6 9 (6.04%) CakePHP
7 7 (4.70%) LAMP
7 7 (4.70%) Web Services
8 6 (4.03%) React
9 5 (3.36%) .NET Framework
9 5 (3.36%) JSP
9 5 (3.36%) Middleware
10 4 (2.68%) J2EE
10 4 (2.68%) Next.js
10 4 (2.68%) REST
11 3 (2.01%) ASP.NET
11 3 (2.01%) SOAP
12 2 (1.34%) LINQ
12 2 (1.34%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.01%) Driving Licence
1 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (2.01%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.67%) Blog
3 1 (0.67%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.67%) Credit Risk
3 1 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (0.67%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.67%) Robotics
3 1 (0.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.38%) Linux
1 11 (7.38%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Mac OS
2 4 (2.68%) SUSE
2 4 (2.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.34%) VMS
3 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.67%) Android
4 1 (0.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.67%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (39.60%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (32.89%) Computer Science
3 46 (30.87%) Mathematics
3 46 (30.87%) Physics
4 40 (26.85%) UML
5 39 (26.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (24.83%) Project Management
7 35 (23.49%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 35 (23.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 35 (23.49%) PLM
7 35 (23.49%) SysML
7 35 (23.49%) Systems Engineering
8 18 (12.08%) E-Commerce
9 17 (11.41%) Mentoring
10 13 (8.72%) Agile
10 13 (8.72%) Software Engineering
10 13 (8.72%) Time Management
11 10 (6.71%) MVC
12 9 (6.04%) B2B
12 9 (6.04%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.49%) MATLAB
2 32 (21.48%) JavaScript
3 25 (16.78%) C#
4 23 (15.44%) SQL
5 21 (14.09%) PHP
6 20 (13.42%) Java
7 19 (12.75%) Python
8 6 (4.03%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.36%) Ada
9 5 (3.36%) Bash
9 5 (3.36%) C++
9 5 (3.36%) Rust
10 3 (2.01%) C
11 1 (0.67%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (41.61%) Degree
2 40 (26.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.34%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.34%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.67%) CCNA
5 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.67%) OSCP
5 1 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.01%) QA
2 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.03%) Docker
3 5 (3.36%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.68%) NFS
5 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) Nessus
2 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (23.49%) IBM
2 12 (8.05%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.70%) VMware
4 5 (3.36%) SAP
5 4 (2.68%) Twitter
6 2 (1.34%) Meraki
7 1 (0.67%) Cisco
7 1 (0.67%) Google
7 1 (0.67%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.67%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.67%) Snow
7 1 (0.67%) Sophos
7 1 (0.67%) Ubiquiti