Junior Jobs in West Yorkshire

Junior
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Junior salary in West Yorkshire is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 121 199
Rank change year-on-year +31 +78 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 12 35 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.87% 1.13% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.17% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 22
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,875 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year - +0.78% +7.50%
75th Percentile £38,125 £38,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,050 £30,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year +33.50% -6.98% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,238 2,992 4,452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 96.39% 92.87%
Number of salaries quoted 637 2,183 2,230
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £86,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,136 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -6.41% +5.00%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in West Yorkshire

Junior
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Junior in West Yorkshire

Junior
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior in West Yorkshire

Junior
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Leeds +36 12 £32,500 - 14
Junior
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Yorkshire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Node.js
1 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 5 (41.67%) Unified Communications
2 5 (41.67%) React
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Terraform
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) REST
4 3 (25.00%) GraphQL
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) SaaS
4 3 (25.00%) Kanban
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Git
5 2 (16.67%) RESTful
5 2 (16.67%) Software Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (16.67%) Big Data
5 2 (16.67%) Docker
5 2 (16.67%) Clean Code
5 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (8.33%) NCSC

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) Node.js
2 5 (41.67%) React
3 3 (25.00%) GraphQL
3 3 (25.00%) REST
4 2 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (25.00%) Kanban
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 2 (16.67%) Clean Code
5 2 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (16.67%) Software Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) NCSC
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform