Junior IT Engineer
UK
The median Junior IT Engineer salary in the UK is £22,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 688 | 876 | 920 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +188 | +44 | +290 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer | 20 | 38 | 33 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.036% | 0.037% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.039% | 0.037% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 37 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £20,650 | £20,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £21,250 | £20,750 | £21,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £22,500 | £23,500 | £27,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.26% | -14.55% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £27,813 | £31,833 | £33,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £32,750 | £32,100 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £22,500 | £23,000 | £26,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.17% | -11.54% | +15.56% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Junior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Junior IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Junior IT Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior IT Engineer.
Junior IT Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior IT Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
Junior IT Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior IT Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +158 | 20 | £22,500 | -4.26% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +177 | 18 | £22,500 | -2.17% | 4 |
| East of England | +41 | 11 | £22,500 | -29.32% | |
| South East | +86 | 4 | £27,500 | +27.91% | 1 |
| South West | +117 | 3 | £27,000 | +18.68% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +105 | 3 | £30,000 | +39.53% | |
| London | +100 | 2 | £32,500 | -2.99% | 4 |
Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Junior IT Engineer 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 featuring Junior IT Engineer in the job title.
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Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: