Junior Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Junior
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior salary for remote or hybrid work is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 261 269
Rank change year-on-year -27 +8 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 164 407 512
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 1.21% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.26% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 123 360 457
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,225 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,688 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £40,101 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.67% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,104 32,408 39,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 95.97% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9,947 24,891 28,284
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,127 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Junior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Junior trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Junior
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Junior.

Junior salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Junior over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Junior salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Junior in the job title.

1 53 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (29.27%) Microsoft
4 47 (28.66%) Degree
5 46 (28.05%) SQL
6 42 (25.61%) Azure
7 33 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (18.29%) Python
9 29 (17.68%) Power Platform
10 28 (17.07%) Power BI
11 26 (15.85%) Finance
12 25 (15.24%) Windows
12 25 (15.24%) Agile
12 25 (15.24%) Retail
13 24 (14.63%) JavaScript
14 23 (14.02%) Customer Service
15 21 (12.80%) Git
16 20 (12.20%) AWS
16 20 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
17 18 (10.98%) Customer Experience
17 18 (10.98%) Data Analysis
17 18 (10.98%) C#
18 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
18 17 (10.37%) Commercial Awareness
18 17 (10.37%) Coaching
18 17 (10.37%) Data Structures
18 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
18 17 (10.37%) Analytics
19 16 (9.76%) Facebook
19 16 (9.76%) CSS

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.66%) CMS
1 6 (3.66%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) Moodle
2 1 (0.61%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.61%) Totara
2 1 (0.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.22%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.22%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.61%) Azure
2 29 (17.68%) Power Platform
3 20 (12.20%) AWS
4 8 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.88%) SaaS
5 6 (3.66%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.83%) PaaS
7 3 (1.83%) Serverless
8 2 (1.22%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.22%) Figma
8 2 (1.22%) IaaS
9 1 (0.61%) Boomi
9 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.32%) Firewall
2 9 (5.49%) SAN
3 5 (3.05%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.44%) Network Security
4 4 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.44%) WAN
4 4 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.83%) DHCP
5 3 (1.83%) DNS
5 3 (1.83%) LAN
5 3 (1.83%) VLAN
5 3 (1.83%) VPN
6 2 (1.22%) Internet
7 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.61%) VoIP
7 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.07%) Power BI
2 16 (9.76%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (9.76%) Data Mining
3 8 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.88%) Tableau
4 7 (4.27%) MySQL
5 4 (2.44%) Big Data
6 2 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (12.80%) Git
2 12 (7.32%) JIRA
3 4 (2.44%) GitLab
4 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.22%) Postman
4 2 (1.22%) Vite
4 2 (1.22%) webpack
5 1 (0.61%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.61%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.61%) Gradle
5 1 (0.61%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.61%) JUnit
5 1 (0.61%) NUnit
5 1 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.61%) YouTrack
General
1 53 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 33 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (15.85%) Finance
4 25 (15.24%) Retail
5 16 (9.76%) Law
6 11 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.27%) Advertising
7 7 (4.27%) Legal
8 6 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.05%) Publishing
10 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.44%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.83%) Games
11 3 (1.83%) iGaming
12 2 (1.22%) Marketing
12 2 (1.22%) Police
13 1 (0.61%) Banking
13 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.61%) Local Government
13 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.76%) CSS
1 16 (9.76%) HTML
2 13 (7.93%) .NET
3 11 (6.71%) Node.js
4 8 (4.88%) RESTful
5 6 (3.66%) React
5 6 (3.66%) REST
6 5 (3.05%) .NET Framework
6 5 (3.05%) ASP.NET
6 5 (3.05%) HTML5
6 5 (3.05%) Vue
6 5 (3.05%) Web Services
7 4 (2.44%) JSON
7 4 (2.44%) Laravel
7 4 (2.44%) Sass
7 4 (2.44%) SOAP
8 3 (1.83%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.83%) Bootstrap
8 3 (1.83%) Kafka
8 3 (1.83%) Pixi.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.37%) Data Structures
2 10 (6.10%) Hedge funds
3 9 (5.49%) Podcast
4 3 (1.83%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.83%) CMDB
4 3 (1.83%) Mobile Games
4 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.22%) NHS
5 2 (1.22%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.61%) Blog
6 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.61%) FPGA
6 1 (0.61%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.61%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.24%) Windows
2 14 (8.54%) Linux
3 4 (2.44%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Rocky
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (15.24%) Agile
3 23 (14.02%) Customer Service
4 18 (10.98%) Customer Experience
4 18 (10.98%) Data Analysis
5 17 (10.37%) Analytics
5 17 (10.37%) Coaching
5 17 (10.37%) Commercial Awareness
5 17 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (9.76%) Data Management
6 16 (9.76%) Performance Management
6 16 (9.76%) Service Delivery
6 16 (9.76%) WFM
7 15 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (8.54%) Computer Science
9 12 (7.32%) Visualisation
10 11 (6.71%) DevOps
10 11 (6.71%) Time Management
11 10 (6.10%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (6.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 46 (28.05%) SQL
2 30 (18.29%) Python
3 24 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 18 (10.98%) C#
5 16 (9.76%) Java
5 16 (9.76%) VBA
6 11 (6.71%) PowerShell
7 9 (5.49%) PHP
8 6 (3.66%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.83%) Bash
9 3 (1.83%) Groovy
9 3 (1.83%) VB
10 2 (1.22%) Go
11 1 (0.61%) C
11 1 (0.61%) C++
11 1 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.61%) R
11 1 (0.61%) X++
Qualifications
1 47 (28.66%) Degree
2 20 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (5.49%) CEH
3 9 (5.49%) CISSP
3 9 (5.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (5.49%) GCIA
3 9 (5.49%) GCIH
3 9 (5.49%) OSCP
3 9 (5.49%) SANS
4 7 (4.27%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.66%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.83%) CCNA
7 3 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.83%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.22%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.49%) QA
2 7 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.44%) PMO
5 2 (1.22%) SLA
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.61%) NCSC
6 1 (0.61%) NIST
6 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (6.71%) Docker
2 2 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.61%) Firmware
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.44%) Terraform
2 3 (1.83%) Kibana
3 2 (1.22%) Ansible
3 2 (1.22%) logstash
3 2 (1.22%) Puppet
3 2 (1.22%) Salt
4 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.61%) Nagios
4 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.61%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.76%) Facebook
3 9 (5.49%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (3.66%) Cognos
5 4 (2.44%) Adobe
5 4 (2.44%) Cisco
5 4 (2.44%) Juniper
6 3 (1.83%) Google
7 2 (1.22%) Splunk
7 2 (1.22%) VMware
8 1 (0.61%) Aderant
8 1 (0.61%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.61%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.61%) Databricks
8 1 (0.61%) iManage
8 1 (0.61%) Intapp
8 1 (0.61%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.61%) Twitter
8 1 (0.61%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.61%) UiPath