Junior Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior salary in the UK excluding London is £40,101 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 186 251
Rank change year-on-year -34 +65 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 520 1,078 831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.33% 1.52% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.60% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 415 875 583
10th Percentile £24,000 £22,350 £22,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £24,240 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £30,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -10.45% +3.08%
75th Percentile £42,627 £35,544 £41,000
90th Percentile £51,150 £43,750 £47,500
UK median annual salary £40,101 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.67% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -29 137 £35,000 +16.67% 181
North of England -40 113 £40,101 +40.70% 125
East of England +15 75 £32,500 +17.12% 47
South West +45 68 £37,550 +25.17% 40
North West -79 60 £45,000 +63.64% 80
Midlands -35 58 £34,500 +35.29% 59
Scotland +99 56 £40,101 +33.67% 27
Yorkshire +44 47 £32,500 - 27
East Midlands +23 37 £35,500 +42.00% 26
West Midlands -35 21 £31,250 +15.74% 31
Wales +28 13 £40,101 +23.39% 7
North East +38 6 £29,250 +5.41% 20
Junior
UK

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 280 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 235 (45.19%) Degree
3 216 (41.54%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (32.88%) Mathematics
4 171 (32.88%) Physics
5 165 (31.73%) Computer Science
6 160 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 160 (30.77%) UML
7 158 (30.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (29.42%) Project Management
8 153 (29.42%) Electronics
9 142 (27.31%) Aerospace
10 140 (26.92%) PLM
10 140 (26.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 138 (26.54%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 138 (26.54%) Systems Engineering
11 138 (26.54%) Teamcenter
11 138 (26.54%) SysML
11 138 (26.54%) MATLAB
11 138 (26.54%) Simulink
11 138 (26.54%) IBM
11 138 (26.54%) Rational DOORS
12 82 (15.77%) Microsoft
13 78 (15.00%) SQL
14 64 (12.31%) HTML
15 63 (12.12%) CSS
16 62 (11.92%) Software Engineering
17 60 (11.54%) JavaScript
18 57 (10.96%) Customer Service
19 56 (10.77%) Java

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 22 (4.23%) Apache
2 8 (1.54%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Moodle
6 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.19%) Totara
6 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 138 (26.54%) Simulink
2 36 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.96%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.58%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 138 (26.54%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (9.81%) Azure
2 38 (7.31%) AWS
3 35 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.50%) SaaS
6 7 (1.35%) Figma
7 4 (0.77%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.58%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.58%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.58%) Serverless
9 2 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.38%) Asana
9 2 (0.38%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.38%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.35%) WAN
2 32 (6.15%) Firewall
3 26 (5.00%) LAN
4 12 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.54%) DNS
5 8 (1.54%) VPN
6 6 (1.15%) MPLS
7 5 (0.96%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.58%) Network Security
8 3 (0.58%) VoIP
8 3 (0.58%) Wireless
9 2 (0.38%) Broadband
9 2 (0.38%) DHCP
9 2 (0.38%) Internet
9 2 (0.38%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.38%) VLAN
9 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.19%) HTTP
10 1 (0.19%) SAN
10 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.81%) Power BI
2 19 (3.65%) MySQL
3 16 (3.08%) BusinessObjects
3 16 (3.08%) Data Mining
4 12 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.77%) Big Data
5 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.77%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.38%) Power Query
7 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.38%) TimescaleDB
8 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.19%) Metadata
8 1 (0.19%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.19%) Scylla
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 138 (26.54%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (4.42%) Eclipse
3 22 (4.23%) Eclipse RCP
4 21 (4.04%) Git
5 12 (2.31%) JIRA
6 4 (0.77%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) GitLab
7 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.38%) Vite
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
8 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.19%) Gradle
8 1 (0.19%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.19%) Mockito
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) RStudio
8 1 (0.19%) YouTrack
8 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 280 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 153 (29.42%) Electronics
3 142 (27.31%) Aerospace
4 41 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.35%) Retail
6 24 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (3.85%) Law
8 17 (3.27%) Finance
9 14 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.12%) Marketing
11 6 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.96%) Legal
12 5 (0.96%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.77%) Automotive
14 3 (0.58%) Advertising
14 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.58%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.38%) Police
16 1 (0.19%) Aviation
16 1 (0.19%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (12.31%) HTML
2 63 (12.12%) CSS
3 28 (5.38%) Node.js
4 23 (4.42%) .NET
4 23 (4.42%) Middleware
5 22 (4.23%) JSP
6 20 (3.85%) RESTful
7 16 (3.08%) React
8 13 (2.50%) Laravel
8 13 (2.50%) REST
9 9 (1.73%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.73%) Web Services
10 8 (1.54%) CakePHP
11 7 (1.35%) Spring
12 6 (1.15%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 6 (1.15%) LAMP
12 6 (1.15%) Vue
13 5 (0.96%) J2EE
13 5 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.42%) Driving Licence
2 18 (3.46%) Data Structures
3 11 (2.12%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.15%) Private Cloud
5 6 (1.15%) Product Ownership
6 5 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
7 4 (0.77%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (0.77%) Video Editing
8 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.58%) Animation
8 3 (0.58%) Social Media
9 2 (0.38%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.38%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.38%) IoT
9 2 (0.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (10.58%) Windows
2 43 (8.27%) Linux
3 10 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.77%) SUSE
5 4 (0.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.38%) Android
7 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) Rocky
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (41.54%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (32.88%) Mathematics
2 171 (32.88%) Physics
3 165 (31.73%) Computer Science
4 160 (30.77%) UML
5 158 (30.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (29.42%) Project Management
7 140 (26.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 140 (26.92%) PLM
8 138 (26.54%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 138 (26.54%) SysML
8 138 (26.54%) Systems Engineering
9 62 (11.92%) Software Engineering
10 57 (10.96%) Customer Service
11 47 (9.04%) Mentoring
12 46 (8.85%) Customer Experience
13 34 (6.54%) Agile
14 31 (5.96%) Analytics
15 30 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (5.77%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 138 (26.54%) MATLAB
2 78 (15.00%) SQL
3 60 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 56 (10.77%) Java
5 55 (10.58%) C#
6 54 (10.38%) Python
7 28 (5.38%) PHP
8 22 (4.23%) Ada
8 22 (4.23%) Rust
9 21 (4.04%) TypeScript
10 16 (3.08%) C
10 16 (3.08%) VBA
11 11 (2.12%) C++
12 6 (1.15%) Bash
13 3 (0.58%) Clojure
13 3 (0.58%) Groovy
13 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.38%) R
14 2 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 235 (45.19%) Degree
2 160 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (5.19%) CCNA
3 27 (5.19%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (5.00%) JNCIA
5 18 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.08%) Security Cleared
7 9 (1.73%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.96%) A+ Certification
8 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.58%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.58%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.19%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.19%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.73%) Accessibility
1 9 (1.73%) QA
2 5 (0.96%) NIST
3 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.77%) Def Stans
3 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.58%) SLA
5 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.19%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.19%) NCSC
5 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.08%) Docker
3 14 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.77%) Firmware
5 4 (0.77%) NFS
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.73%) Terraform
2 7 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.15%) Proxmox
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Puppet
5 2 (0.38%) Salt
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Graylog
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Nessus
6 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 138 (26.54%) IBM
2 82 (15.77%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.73%) Cisco
4 27 (5.19%) Juniper
5 25 (4.81%) Fortinet
6 24 (4.62%) Aruba
7 22 (4.23%) Palo Alto
8 17 (3.27%) Facebook
9 14 (2.69%) VMware
10 12 (2.31%) YouTube
11 10 (1.92%) SAP
12 8 (1.54%) Adobe
13 5 (0.96%) Google
13 5 (0.96%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.77%) Twitter
15 3 (0.58%) Salesforce
15 3 (0.58%) Splunk
15 3 (0.58%) Ubiquiti
16 2 (0.38%) Databricks
16 2 (0.38%) Meraki