Junior Jobs in the South West

Junior
England > South West

The median Junior salary in the South West is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 161 170
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 128 114 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.39% 1.65% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.85% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 105 72 139
10th Percentile £21,250 £24,146 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,336 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,975 £40,000
90th Percentile £47,000 £42,847 £42,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,876 6,171 7,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.23% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,471 3,836 5,152
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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
Wiltshire +36 46 £30,000 -25.00% 6
Bristol +2 24 £35,000 +9.38% 19
Gloucestershire -17 20 £30,000 -14.29% 2
Somerset +3 16 £21,000 -21.26% 9
Dorset -24 11 £26,000 -20.00% 3
Devon -12 9 £31,000 +20.76% 4
Cornwall -21 1 - - 1
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 38 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) SQL
3 20 (15.63%) Project Management
3 20 (15.63%) Degree
3 20 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (13.28%) Agile
4 17 (13.28%) Software Engineering
4 17 (13.28%) JavaScript
5 16 (12.50%) Linux
6 14 (10.94%) Security Cleared
7 13 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (8.59%) Python
8 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
9 10 (7.81%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (7.81%) Microsoft
10 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
10 9 (7.03%) CRM
10 9 (7.03%) Java
11 8 (6.25%) Finance
11 8 (6.25%) .NET
11 8 (6.25%) C
11 8 (6.25%) HTML
11 8 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (5.47%) Marketing
12 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
12 7 (5.47%) C++
12 7 (5.47%) CSS
12 7 (5.47%) PHP
12 7 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management

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 4 (3.13%) WordPress
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.56%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (1.56%) InDesign
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.56%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Magento
1 1 (0.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.16%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.13%) Azure
3 3 (2.34%) AWS
3 3 (2.34%) SaaS
4 2 (1.56%) GitHub
5 1 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.78%) GCP
5 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) ADSL
1 1 (0.78%) DHCP
1 1 (0.78%) DNS
1 1 (0.78%) Firewall
1 1 (0.78%) Network Security
1 1 (0.78%) SNMP
1 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.91%) MySQL
2 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.78%) Big Data
3 1 (0.78%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.78%) GIS
3 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.78%) Power BI
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Gradle
1 4 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.78%) Git
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.78%) Selenium
3 1 (0.78%) Spinnaker
General
1 38 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Finance
4 7 (5.47%) Marketing
5 5 (3.91%) Military
6 4 (3.13%) Advertising
6 4 (3.13%) Banking
6 4 (3.13%) Law
7 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.56%) Retail
9 1 (0.78%) Automotive
9 1 (0.78%) Electronics
9 1 (0.78%) Games
9 1 (0.78%) Legal
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) .NET
1 8 (6.25%) HTML
2 7 (5.47%) CSS
3 6 (4.69%) Pandas
4 5 (3.91%) LAMP
4 5 (3.91%) React
5 4 (3.13%) Flask
5 4 (3.13%) jQuery
5 4 (3.13%) Tkinter
6 2 (1.56%) JSON
6 2 (1.56%) Kafka
6 2 (1.56%) XGBoost
7 1 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.78%) JSON Schema
7 1 (0.78%) KML
7 1 (0.78%) Node.js
7 1 (0.78%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.78%) REST
7 1 (0.78%) RESTEasy
7 1 (0.78%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.81%) Renewable Energy
2 8 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.91%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.34%) PMI
5 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.56%) Animation
6 2 (1.56%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.56%) Equities
6 2 (1.56%) FPGA
6 2 (1.56%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.78%) CCTV
7 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.50%) Linux
2 6 (4.69%) Windows
3 4 (3.13%) Unix
3 4 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.78%) Android
4 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
1 20 (15.63%) Project Management
2 17 (13.28%) Agile
2 17 (13.28%) Software Engineering
3 9 (7.03%) CRM
4 7 (5.47%) Decision-Making
4 7 (5.47%) Project Delivery
4 7 (5.47%) Roadmaps
4 7 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (4.69%) B2B
5 6 (4.69%) Computer Science
5 6 (4.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (3.91%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (3.91%) Contingency Planning
6 5 (3.91%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (3.91%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.91%) Fintech
6 5 (3.91%) OOP
6 5 (3.91%) Risk Management
6 5 (3.91%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.19%) SQL
2 17 (13.28%) JavaScript
3 11 (8.59%) Python
4 9 (7.03%) Java
5 8 (6.25%) C
6 7 (5.47%) C++
6 7 (5.47%) PHP
7 5 (3.91%) Bash
7 5 (3.91%) C#
8 4 (3.13%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.63%) Degree
2 14 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.78%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.78%) OSCP
7 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) QA
2 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.78%) NCSC
2 1 (0.78%) NIST
2 1 (0.78%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.69%) Docker
3 2 (1.56%) Firmware
4 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.13%) ConnectWise
3 2 (1.56%) Adobe
3 2 (1.56%) Oracle
4 1 (0.78%) Cisco
4 1 (0.78%) Google
4 1 (0.78%) IFS
4 1 (0.78%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.78%) VMware