Junior Jobs in South Wales

Junior
Wales > South Wales

The median Junior salary in South Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 85 98
Rank change year-on-year +22 +13 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 3 19 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.31% 1.21% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 1.32% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 11
10th Percentile - £22,450 £25,313
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +7.44% +0.83%
75th Percentile £52,500 £39,375 £49,375
90th Percentile - £43,750 £50,000
Wales median annual salary £40,101 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +23.39% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 788 1,440 1,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.43% 91.37% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 464 970 556
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,154 £45,569 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -4.07% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £64,438
90th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.59%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in South Wales

Junior
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Junior in South Wales

Junior
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Newport -18 2 - -
Cardiff +34 1 £45,000 +50.00% 5
Junior
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 South Wales region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VBA
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) WFM
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Facebook
1 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) WFM
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Facebook
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft