Junior Jobs in Birmingham

Junior
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Junior salary in Birmingham is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 103 128
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 68 28 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.27% 1.55% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.67% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 64 27 58
10th Percentile - £27,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £37,500 - £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £27,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +14.29% +38.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,837 1,678 3,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 92.91% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,290 1,324 2,269
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £84,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Birmingham

Junior
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Junior in Birmingham

Junior
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 28 (41.18%) Mentoring
2 24 (35.29%) C#
3 19 (27.94%) Java
4 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 16 (23.53%) Degree
6 15 (22.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (20.59%) DevOps
7 14 (20.59%) Agile
8 13 (19.12%) Coaching
8 13 (19.12%) YouTube
8 13 (19.12%) Public Sector
9 12 (17.65%) Customer Service
9 12 (17.65%) Finance
10 10 (14.71%) SQL Server
11 9 (13.24%) SQL
11 9 (13.24%) C++
11 9 (13.24%) Python
11 9 (13.24%) Asset Management
11 9 (13.24%) Azure
12 7 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (10.29%) Management Information System
12 7 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
12 7 (10.29%) Windows
12 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
12 7 (10.29%) Software Engineering
12 7 (10.29%) Google
13 6 (8.82%) Marketing
13 6 (8.82%) Scrum

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (5.88%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Azure
2 4 (5.88%) AWS
2 4 (5.88%) Google Docs
2 4 (5.88%) Google Sheets
2 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.41%) SaaS
3 3 (4.41%) WhatsApp
4 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.88%) Metadata
3 3 (4.41%) Power BI
4 2 (2.94%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Git
General
1 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (19.12%) Public Sector
4 12 (17.65%) Finance
5 7 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (8.82%) Marketing
7 4 (5.88%) Retail
8 3 (4.41%) Banking
8 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Electronics
9 2 (2.94%) Legal
9 2 (2.94%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) AngularJS
1 4 (5.88%) HTML
2 3 (4.41%) CakePHP
2 3 (4.41%) CodeIgniter
2 3 (4.41%) Ember.js
2 3 (4.41%) GraphQL
2 3 (4.41%) KnockoutJS
2 3 (4.41%) Laravel
2 3 (4.41%) Next.js
2 3 (4.41%) Node.js
2 3 (4.41%) React
2 3 (4.41%) React Native
2 3 (4.41%) RESTful
2 3 (4.41%) Symfony
2 3 (4.41%) Vue
2 3 (4.41%) Zend Framework
3 2 (2.94%) .NET
3 2 (2.94%) J2EE
4 1 (1.47%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.88%) Photography
3 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.29%) Windows
2 3 (4.41%) Linux
3 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) Mentoring
2 14 (20.59%) Agile
2 14 (20.59%) DevOps
3 13 (19.12%) Coaching
4 12 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 9 (13.24%) Asset Management
6 7 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
6 7 (10.29%) Software Engineering
7 6 (8.82%) Defect Management
7 6 (8.82%) Project Management
7 6 (8.82%) Scrum
8 5 (7.35%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (7.35%) Full Stack Development
8 5 (7.35%) Security Operations
8 5 (7.35%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.88%) BDD
9 4 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.88%) SIEM
9 4 (5.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (35.29%) C#
2 19 (27.94%) Java
3 9 (13.24%) C++
3 9 (13.24%) Python
3 9 (13.24%) SQL
4 4 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.41%) PHP
6 2 (2.94%) C
6 2 (2.94%) Go
Qualifications
1 16 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.47%) PMO
1 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Terraform
2 1 (1.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.12%) YouTube
3 7 (10.29%) Google
4 4 (5.88%) Adobe
5 3 (4.41%) Zend
6 1 (1.47%) VMware