Junior Jobs in the South West

Junior
England > South West

The median Junior salary in the South West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 156 176
Rank change year-on-year +44 +20 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 72 138 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.05% 1.41% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.47% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 47 115 56
10th Percentile £25,375 £21,350 £23,823
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £42,627 £35,000 £40,000
90th Percentile - £47,000 £50,560
England median annual salary £36,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,296 9,393 5,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 96.17% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 6,889 3,677
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,945 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in the South West

Junior
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Somerset +11 21 £40,101 +68.84% 16
Bristol +37 18 £40,101 +22.44% 22
Gloucestershire +65 15 £32,500 +8.33% 9
Dorset +44 12 £40,101 +54.23% 7
Wiltshire +10 6 - - 4
Junior
England

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

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

1 36 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 35 (48.61%) Degree
3 28 (38.89%) Computer Science
4 26 (36.11%) Mathematics
4 26 (36.11%) Physics
5 24 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 23 (31.94%) UML
6 23 (31.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (30.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (29.17%) Project Management
8 21 (29.17%) Electronics
9 20 (27.78%) Aerospace
9 20 (27.78%) PLM
9 20 (27.78%) Teamcenter
9 20 (27.78%) MATLAB
9 20 (27.78%) Simulink
9 20 (27.78%) IBM
9 20 (27.78%) SysML
9 20 (27.78%) Rational DOORS
9 20 (27.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 20 (27.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 20 (27.78%) Systems Engineering
10 19 (26.39%) SQL
11 18 (25.00%) Retail
11 18 (25.00%) Data Management
12 17 (23.61%) Data Analysis
13 16 (22.22%) Azure
13 16 (22.22%) Coaching
14 15 (20.83%) Analytical Skills

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (4.17%) Apache
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
2 1 (1.39%) NServiceBus
2 1 (1.39%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (27.78%) Simulink
2 15 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (20.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.39%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.39%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 20 (27.78%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 15 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.39%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.83%) BusinessObjects
1 15 (20.83%) Data Mining
1 15 (20.83%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Big Data
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (27.78%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.17%) Eclipse
2 3 (4.17%) Eclipse RCP
3 2 (2.78%) Git
4 1 (1.39%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 35 (48.61%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.17%) Electronics
3 20 (27.78%) Aerospace
4 18 (25.00%) Retail
5 15 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Finance
6 2 (2.78%) Games
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) HTML
2 5 (6.94%) CSS
3 3 (4.17%) JSP
3 3 (4.17%) Middleware
4 2 (2.78%) .NET
4 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.78%) RESTEasy
5 1 (1.39%) HTML5
5 1 (1.39%) jQuery
5 1 (1.39%) REST
5 1 (1.39%) RESTful
5 1 (1.39%) Sass
5 1 (1.39%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) IoT
5 1 (1.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.50%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Android
3 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (38.89%) Computer Science
3 26 (36.11%) Mathematics
3 26 (36.11%) Physics
4 23 (31.94%) UML
5 22 (30.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (29.17%) Project Management
7 20 (27.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 20 (27.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 20 (27.78%) PLM
7 20 (27.78%) SysML
7 20 (27.78%) Systems Engineering
8 18 (25.00%) Data Management
9 17 (23.61%) Data Analysis
10 16 (22.22%) Coaching
11 15 (20.83%) Commercial Awareness
11 15 (20.83%) Customer Experience
11 15 (20.83%) Performance Management
11 15 (20.83%) Service Delivery
11 15 (20.83%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) MATLAB
2 19 (26.39%) SQL
3 15 (20.83%) VBA
4 9 (12.50%) Java
5 7 (9.72%) Python
6 6 (8.33%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.94%) C#
8 3 (4.17%) Ada
8 3 (4.17%) Clojure
8 3 (4.17%) Rust
9 1 (1.39%) Bash
9 1 (1.39%) C
9 1 (1.39%) C++
9 1 (1.39%) PHP
9 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (48.61%) Degree
2 23 (31.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.78%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.39%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.78%) IBM
3 15 (20.83%) Facebook
4 1 (1.39%) Adobe
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco
4 1 (1.39%) SAP
4 1 (1.39%) WooCommerce