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 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 | 694 | 858 | 940 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +164 | +82 | +257 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer | 23 | 36 | 41 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.036% | 0.041% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.046% | 0.038% | 0.044% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 35 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £20,600 | £19,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £21,250 | £20,750 | £19,980 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £22,500 | £23,000 | £21,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.17% | +6.98% | -4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,000 | £29,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £31,750 | £31,833 | £33,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £22,500 | £23,000 | £22,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.17% | +4.55% | -2.22% |
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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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 12 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +136 | 23 | £22,500 | -2.17% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +147 | 21 | £22,500 | -2.17% | 7 |
| East of England | +48 | 13 | £22,500 | -29.32% | 6 |
| South East | +85 | 5 | £27,500 | +27.91% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +126 | 3 | £30,000 | +39.53% | |
| South West | +106 | 3 | £27,000 | +18.68% | 1 |
| London | - | 2 | £32,500 | - | 5 |
Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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: