Junior Jobs in Central London

Junior
London > Central London

The median Junior salary in Central London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 150 185
Rank change year-on-year +17 +35 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 59 92 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.56% 1.84% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.91% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 49 88 108
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +8.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £62,500
London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,612 4,809 8,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.97% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,765 3,990 6,434
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Junior in Central London

Junior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in Central London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in Central London

Junior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
City of London +5 49 £40,000 -11.11% 12
West End of London +13 6 £34,250 -5.52% 2
City of Westminster -9 3 £33,500 -7.59% 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £35,000 -
Camden - 1 £35,000 - 1
Junior
London

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Central London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 19 (32.20%) Azure
2 17 (28.81%) Software Engineering
3 16 (27.12%) Degree
4 13 (22.03%) C#
4 13 (22.03%) .NET
4 13 (22.03%) Agile
5 11 (18.64%) Python
5 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
6 10 (16.95%) SQL
6 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
7 9 (15.25%) Windows
7 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
8 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
8 8 (13.56%) Finance
8 8 (13.56%) AWS
8 8 (13.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (11.86%) DevOps
9 7 (11.86%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (10.17%) Internet
10 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (8.47%) Docker
11 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
11 5 (8.47%) Linux
11 5 (8.47%) CSS
11 5 (8.47%) SQL Server
11 5 (8.47%) HTML
11 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
12 4 (6.78%) RESTful

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.69%) Confluence
3 1 (1.69%) Hyperledger
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.39%) Trello
3 1 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.20%) Azure
2 8 (13.56%) AWS
2 8 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.78%) Azure Pipelines
4 4 (6.78%) GCP
5 3 (5.08%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.39%) ClickUp
6 2 (3.39%) GitHub
7 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.69%) Figma
7 1 (1.69%) SaaS
7 1 (1.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) Internet
2 4 (6.78%) HTTP
3 3 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.69%) DHCP
5 1 (1.69%) DNS
5 1 (1.69%) Firewall
5 1 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.08%) MySQL
3 2 (3.39%) Big Data
3 2 (3.39%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.39%) Redis
3 2 (3.39%) Text Mining
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Git
1 4 (6.78%) JIRA
2 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.56%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Back Office
4 2 (3.39%) Games
4 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.39%) Law
5 1 (1.69%) Advertising
5 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.69%) Marketing
5 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.03%) .NET
2 5 (8.47%) CSS
2 5 (8.47%) HTML
3 4 (6.78%) ASP.NET
3 4 (6.78%) Laravel
3 4 (6.78%) REST
3 4 (6.78%) RESTful
4 3 (5.08%) .NET Framework
4 3 (5.08%) Web Services
5 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.39%) Kafka
5 2 (3.39%) Middleware
5 2 (3.39%) React
6 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.69%) Blazor
6 1 (1.69%) jQuery
6 1 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (1.69%) Pandas
6 1 (1.69%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Algorithms
1 4 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.69%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.69%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.69%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.69%) Life Science
2 1 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.69%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (1.69%) Replication
2 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.25%) Windows
2 5 (8.47%) Linux
3 4 (6.78%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.39%) Debian
4 2 (3.39%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.81%) Software Engineering
2 13 (22.03%) Agile
3 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
4 7 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (11.86%) DevOps
4 7 (11.86%) Full Stack Development
5 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
7 4 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (6.78%) Creative Thinking
8 3 (5.08%) CI/CD
8 3 (5.08%) Data Science
8 3 (5.08%) Innovative Thinking
8 3 (5.08%) Microservices
8 3 (5.08%) Project Management
8 3 (5.08%) Software Testing
8 3 (5.08%) SOLID
8 3 (5.08%) Statistics
8 3 (5.08%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (3.39%) DeFi
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) C#
2 11 (18.64%) Python
3 10 (16.95%) SQL
4 4 (6.78%) PHP
5 3 (5.08%) Bash
5 3 (5.08%) Java
6 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.39%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.69%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (27.12%) Degree
2 8 (13.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.69%) MCDST
4 1 (1.69%) MCP
4 1 (1.69%) MCSA
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (13.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.08%) Puppet
2 3 (5.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.69%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) Adobe
2 1 (1.69%) BT
2 1 (1.69%) Canon
2 1 (1.69%) Cisco
2 1 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (1.69%) Dell
2 1 (1.69%) Okta
2 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.69%) Rapid7
2 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.69%) Veeam