Junior Jobs in South Yorkshire

Junior
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Junior salary in South Yorkshire is £29,000 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 45 76 96
Rank change year-on-year +31 +20 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 8 22 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.86% 1.50% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.61% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 12
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £26,450
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,488
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £36,131 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year -19.74% +17.50% +13.99%
75th Percentile £32,688 £62,500 £34,688
90th Percentile £35,625 - £38,175
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,050 £30,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year +33.50% -6.98% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 394 1,364 1,210
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.79% 85.75%
Number of salaries quoted 252 1,084 533
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,913 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,772 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,136 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -6.41% +5.00%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in South Yorkshire

Junior
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Junior in South Yorkshire

Junior
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +32 8 £29,000 -19.74% 11
Junior
Yorkshire

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

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 Yorkshire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Groovy
1 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
1 3 (37.50%) Java
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) B2B Sales
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Generation
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Broadband
2 2 (25.00%) VoIP
2 2 (25.00%) B2B
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Bootstrap
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Robotics
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 1 (12.50%) Firmware

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Broadband
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Bootstrap
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) B2B
2 2 (25.00%) B2B Sales
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Generation
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Conversational UI
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Groovy
1 3 (37.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft