Junior Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Junior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Junior salary in the Thames Valley is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 166 152
Rank change year-on-year +99 -14 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 136 31 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.22% 0.86% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 0.96% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 78
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,000 £23,625
25th Percentile - £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% -8.96%
75th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £51,000 £46,625
South East median annual salary £31,000 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -3.23% -4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 5,813 3,235 6,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.99% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 1,479 4,334
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Junior job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Junior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior in the Thames Valley

Junior
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Berkshire +65 62 £35,000 +4.48% 9
Buckinghamshire +18 39 £35,000 +27.27% 10
Oxfordshire +15 35 £24,000 -15.79% 4
Junior
South East

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Junior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 102 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 96 (70.59%) Azure
2 96 (70.59%) Azure Certification
3 51 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 50 (36.76%) AI
4 50 (36.76%) Mentoring
4 50 (36.76%) Microsoft Excel
5 49 (36.03%) Python
5 49 (36.03%) SQL
6 48 (35.29%) Azure AI
6 48 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (35.29%) CompTIA CySA+
6 48 (35.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 48 (35.29%) ForeScout
6 48 (35.29%) Power BI
6 48 (35.29%) Power Platform
6 48 (35.29%) Tableau
7 10 (7.35%) SaaS
8 9 (6.62%) HP
9 7 (5.15%) AWS
10 6 (4.41%) Ansible
10 6 (4.41%) Bash
10 6 (4.41%) DevOps
10 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (4.41%) Linux
10 6 (4.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (4.41%) Terraform
10 6 (4.41%) Ubuntu
11 4 (2.94%) Software Engineering
12 3 (2.21%) Problem-Solving

Junior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.74%) Jupyter
Applications
1 50 (36.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 96 (70.59%) Azure
2 48 (35.29%) Azure AI
2 48 (35.29%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.35%) SaaS
4 7 (5.15%) AWS
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (35.29%) Power BI
1 48 (35.29%) Tableau
2 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 100 (73.53%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.35%) Retail
3 3 (2.21%) Finance
4 2 (1.47%) Banking
4 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.74%) German Language
5 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
5 1 (0.74%) Law
5 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.74%) Marketing
5 1 (0.74%) Military
5 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
1 1 (0.74%) Matplotlib
1 1 (0.74%) NumPy
1 1 (0.74%) Pandas
1 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.74%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.74%) NHS
2 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.41%) Linux
1 6 (4.41%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (36.76%) AI
2 50 (36.76%) Mentoring
3 48 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (4.41%) DevOps
4 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (2.94%) Software Engineering
6 3 (2.21%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (2.21%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (1.47%) Customer Service
7 2 (1.47%) Decision-Making
7 2 (1.47%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (1.47%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (1.47%) Red Team
8 1 (0.74%) Asset Management
8 1 (0.74%) Change Management
8 1 (0.74%) ITSM
8 1 (0.74%) Neural Network
8 1 (0.74%) Service Delivery
8 1 (0.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (36.03%) Python
1 49 (36.03%) SQL
2 6 (4.41%) Bash
3 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 96 (70.59%) Azure Certification
2 48 (35.29%) CompTIA CySA+
2 48 (35.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (2.21%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.47%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (1.47%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (1.47%) CREST Certified
4 2 (1.47%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (1.47%) OSCP
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.74%) Degree
5 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) HNC
5 1 (0.74%) HND
5 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.47%) NCSC
1 2 (1.47%) QA
2 1 (0.74%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (4.41%) Ansible
1 6 (4.41%) Terraform
2 1 (0.74%) Autotask
Vendors
1 102 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (35.29%) ForeScout
3 9 (6.62%) HP
4 6 (4.41%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.21%) SAP
6 1 (0.74%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.74%) Siemens
6 1 (0.74%) Wonderware