Junior Jobs in the West Midlands

Junior
England > West Midlands

The median Junior salary in the West Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 134 184
Rank change year-on-year -44 +50 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 19 128 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.46% 1.63% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 1.72% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 103 59
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,350 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -32.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £35,500 £33,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £41,150 £46,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £36,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,752 7,442 5,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.50% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 5,513 3,230
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,525
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Birmingham -9 14 £28,250 +13.00% 21
Staffordshire +12 2 £35,250 +8.46% 9
Worcestershire +23 1 £26,000 -5.45% 6
Warwickshire -18 1 £32,500 +30.00% 4
Walsall - 1 £33,000 -
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 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 West Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) Change Management
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Project Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (26.32%) User Journey Map
4 5 (26.32%) Journey Map
4 5 (26.32%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (26.32%) HTML
4 5 (26.32%) SAP
4 5 (26.32%) CSS
4 5 (26.32%) Linux
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 5 (26.32%) Degree
4 5 (26.32%) Network Design
4 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
4 5 (26.32%) Data Privacy
4 5 (26.32%) Line Management
5 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
5 4 (21.05%) Front End Development
6 3 (15.79%) Automotive
6 3 (15.79%) Adobe
6 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
6 3 (15.79%) UX Design
6 3 (15.79%) Usability Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Animation
6 3 (15.79%) Video Editing

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe XD
1 3 (15.79%) Sketch
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Figma
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DHCP
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) LAN
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
1 2 (10.53%) VLAN
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) PBX
2 1 (5.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Automotive
4 2 (10.53%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Games
5 1 (5.26%) iGaming
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Police
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) CSS
1 5 (26.32%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) HTML5
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.26%) GWT
3 1 (5.26%) J2EE
3 1 (5.26%) JPA
3 1 (5.26%) JSON
3 1 (5.26%) Material Design
3 1 (5.26%) Middleware
3 1 (5.26%) Node.js
3 1 (5.26%) ODBC
3 1 (5.26%) Pixi.js
3 1 (5.26%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
2 3 (15.79%) Animation
2 3 (15.79%) Video Editing
3 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Project Management
2 6 (31.58%) Change Management
2 6 (31.58%) Project Delivery
3 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (26.32%) Data Privacy
3 5 (26.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (26.32%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (26.32%) Journey Map
3 5 (26.32%) Line Management
3 5 (26.32%) Network Design
3 5 (26.32%) User Journey Map
4 4 (21.05%) Front End Development
5 3 (15.79%) Design Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Usability Testing
5 3 (15.79%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) User Research
5 3 (15.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (15.79%) UX Design
5 3 (15.79%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) CCNA
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) JNCIA
3 2 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) P3O
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
1 5 (26.32%) SAP
1 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) Adobe
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Juniper
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.26%) Ubiquiti