Junior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Junior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Junior salary in the Thames Valley is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 101 153
Rank change year-on-year -60 +52 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 28 167 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.82% 2.28% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 2.41% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26 96 58
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,500 £25,200
25th Percentile £26,313 £26,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,250 £34,662
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -9.84% -0.97%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £39,717
90th Percentile £51,000 £46,250 £45,000
South East median annual salary £33,500 £31,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +8.06% -8.82% +4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,964 6,936 5,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.64% 94.77% 89.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 4,694 3,040
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,313 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Thames Valley

Junior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Junior 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 8 June 2025.

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 8 June 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
Oxfordshire +8 13 £28,500 -32.94% 13
Berkshire +18 11 £33,500 +11.67% 70
Buckinghamshire -39 4 £27,000 -10.00% 14
Junior
South East

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 Thames Valley region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 9 (32.14%) Python
2 8 (28.57%) Java
3 7 (25.00%) Degree
4 6 (21.43%) C#
4 6 (21.43%) SQL
4 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 5 (17.86%) Mathematics
5 5 (17.86%) Physics
5 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (17.86%) Bash
5 5 (17.86%) Node.js
5 5 (17.86%) High Availability
5 5 (17.86%) Docker
5 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (17.86%) B2B Sales
5 5 (17.86%) C++
5 5 (17.86%) Linux
5 5 (17.86%) B2B
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
5 5 (17.86%) VMware
5 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 4 (14.29%) SUSE
6 4 (14.29%) NFS
6 4 (14.29%) SAP
6 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 4 (14.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
6 4 (14.29%) Azure
7 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
2 1 (3.57%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
1 1 (3.57%) JUnit
General
1 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Billing
3 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Node.js
2 2 (7.14%) .NET
2 2 (7.14%) CSS
2 2 (7.14%) HTML
2 2 (7.14%) Spring
3 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.57%) Bootstrap
3 1 (3.57%) Kafka
3 1 (3.57%) React
3 1 (3.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
2 4 (14.29%) SUSE
2 4 (14.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 2 (7.14%) Windows
3 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (17.86%) B2B
2 5 (17.86%) B2B Sales
2 5 (17.86%) High Availability
2 5 (17.86%) Mathematics
2 5 (17.86%) Physics
2 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
3 4 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.14%) Content Management
5 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.57%) DevOps
6 1 (3.57%) Email Management
6 1 (3.57%) Front End Development
6 1 (3.57%) Line Management
6 1 (3.57%) Project Management
6 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.57%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) Python
2 8 (28.57%) Java
3 6 (21.43%) C#
3 6 (21.43%) SQL
4 5 (17.86%) Bash
4 5 (17.86%) C++
5 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CCNA
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Docker
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.29%) NFS
3 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) VMware
2 4 (14.29%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) Meraki
4 1 (3.57%) NETGEAR
4 1 (3.57%) Snow
4 1 (3.57%) Ubiquiti