Junior Jobs in England

Junior
UK > England

The median Junior salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 260 250
Rank change year-on-year +48 -10 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 1,217 1,238 2,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.41% 1.40% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.53% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 903 1,582
10th Percentile £22,500 £24,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £24,500 £27,875 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £38,000 £46,125 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £56,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in England

Junior
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior in England

Junior
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in England

Junior
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
South East +42 323 £30,000 -11.76% 89
North of England +90 245 £28,500 -5.00% 65
London -26 236 £37,500 -11.76% 137
Midlands +52 175 £25,500 -32.00% 82
North West +64 158 £27,500 -7.56% 37
South West -2 127 £30,000 -6.98% 57
West Midlands +52 118 £27,000 -32.50% 49
East of England 0 109 £28,250 -13.08% 37
Yorkshire +82 73 £32,500 +0.78% 21
East Midlands +19 57 £25,000 -28.57% 33
North East -15 14 £27,750 +0.91% 7
Junior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 377 (30.98%) Degree
2 279 (22.93%) Social Skills
3 205 (16.84%) Agile
4 190 (15.61%) Microsoft
5 188 (15.45%) C#
6 180 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (14.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 160 (13.15%) SQL
9 150 (12.33%) Computer Science
10 143 (11.75%) JavaScript
11 141 (11.59%) Finance
12 140 (11.50%) Azure
13 134 (11.01%) Python
13 134 (11.01%) .NET
14 132 (10.85%) Software Engineering
15 109 (8.96%) Windows
15 109 (8.96%) Mentoring
16 103 (8.46%) Manufacturing
17 98 (8.05%) Electronics
18 93 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
19 92 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
20 90 (7.40%) Linux
21 88 (7.23%) Java
21 88 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
22 87 (7.15%) HTML
23 86 (7.07%) DevOps
24 84 (6.90%) SQL Server
24 84 (6.90%) CSS
25 83 (6.82%) Firmware
26 82 (6.74%) Docker

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 34 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.14%) WordPress
4 16 (1.31%) CMS
5 9 (0.74%) Confluence
6 8 (0.66%) IIS
7 5 (0.41%) nginx
8 4 (0.33%) Apache
8 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.16%) Resin
10 2 (0.16%) Site Server
11 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.082%) Drupal
11 1 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.082%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.082%) JBoss
Applications
1 53 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.81%) Photoshop
4 21 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 17 (1.40%) InDesign
6 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.49%) Trello
10 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.33%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.16%) Sketch
12 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.082%) CorelDRAW
12 1 (0.082%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.082%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.74%) Magento
1 9 (0.74%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.16%) iTrent
4 1 (0.082%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.082%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 140 (11.50%) Azure
2 93 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (6.57%) AWS
4 44 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.12%) SaaS
6 26 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (1.97%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.48%) GCP
9 16 (1.31%) GitHub
10 12 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.74%) Figma
13 8 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.66%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.58%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.58%) OneDrive
15 6 (0.49%) Serverless
15 6 (0.49%) WhatsApp
16 5 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.63%) Firewall
1 32 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (1.40%) Internet
2 17 (1.40%) Wireless
3 13 (1.07%) Unified Communications
4 10 (0.82%) HTTP
4 10 (0.82%) Network Security
5 9 (0.74%) DNS
5 9 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.66%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.41%) VPN
9 4 (0.33%) Broadband
9 4 (0.33%) FTP
9 4 (0.33%) RS-232
9 4 (0.33%) WAN
10 3 (0.25%) DHCP
11 2 (0.16%) GPRS
11 2 (0.16%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.79%) MySQL
3 33 (2.71%) Power BI
4 19 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.07%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.99%) Big Data
8 12 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (0.90%) MS Access
9 11 (0.90%) Redis
10 9 (0.74%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.49%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.49%) Metadata
11 6 (0.49%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.41%) GIS
13 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 71 (5.83%) Git
2 26 (2.14%) JIRA
3 25 (2.05%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.33%) Gradle
7 4 (0.33%) Selenium
7 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.25%) GitLab
8 3 (0.25%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.16%) git-flow
9 2 (0.16%) Subversion
9 2 (0.16%) webpack
10 1 (0.082%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.082%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.082%) GDB
10 1 (0.082%) Postman
10 1 (0.082%) WebDriver
General
1 279 (22.93%) Social Skills
2 172 (14.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 141 (11.59%) Finance
4 103 (8.46%) Manufacturing
5 98 (8.05%) Electronics
6 88 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
7 79 (6.49%) Public Sector
8 65 (5.34%) Marketing
9 40 (3.29%) Law
10 38 (3.12%) Retail
11 34 (2.79%) Legal
12 28 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 21 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.56%) Games
15 17 (1.40%) Back Office
16 12 (0.99%) Advertising
16 12 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.90%) Banking
18 9 (0.74%) Automotive
19 8 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (11.01%) .NET
2 87 (7.15%) HTML
3 84 (6.90%) CSS
4 60 (4.93%) React
5 43 (3.53%) Laravel
6 38 (3.12%) .NET Framework
7 33 (2.71%) AngularJS
8 32 (2.63%) ASP.NET
9 29 (2.38%) JSON
10 28 (2.30%) Vue
11 25 (2.05%) Web Services
12 23 (1.89%) REST
13 19 (1.56%) ASP.NET Web API
14 18 (1.48%) .NET Core
15 16 (1.31%) Entity Framework
15 16 (1.31%) HTML5
16 15 (1.23%) Doctrine
16 15 (1.23%) Kafka
16 15 (1.23%) Node.js
17 13 (1.07%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (4.11%) Driving Licence
3 31 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (2.05%) Mobile App
5 24 (1.97%) Algorithms
6 23 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
7 22 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.48%) Graphic Design
8 18 (1.48%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.31%) Social Media
10 15 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
10 15 (1.23%) FPGA
10 15 (1.23%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.15%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
13 11 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.82%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 109 (8.96%) Windows
2 90 (7.40%) Linux
3 32 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.99%) Unix
6 9 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.33%) Android
9 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.16%) CentOS
11 2 (0.16%) Debian
11 2 (0.16%) OS/2
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.082%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (16.84%) Agile
2 180 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (12.33%) Computer Science
4 132 (10.85%) Software Engineering
5 109 (8.96%) Mentoring
6 86 (7.07%) DevOps
7 81 (6.66%) Customer Service
8 77 (6.33%) Project Planning
9 75 (6.16%) Coaching
10 73 (6.00%) Schematic Capture
11 70 (5.75%) Project Management
12 57 (4.68%) Full Stack Development
13 54 (4.44%) Business Intelligence
13 54 (4.44%) TDD
14 48 (3.94%) Web Development
15 43 (3.53%) Decision-Making
16 39 (3.20%) Mathematics
16 39 (3.20%) Roadmaps
17 37 (3.04%) Collaborative Working
17 37 (3.04%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 188 (15.45%) C#
2 160 (13.15%) SQL
3 143 (11.75%) JavaScript
4 134 (11.01%) Python
5 88 (7.23%) Java
6 74 (6.08%) PHP
7 51 (4.19%) C++
8 40 (3.29%) C
9 22 (1.81%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.40%) Bash
11 16 (1.31%) Go
12 15 (1.23%) Fortran
13 8 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.58%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.58%) R
15 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.49%) VB
16 4 (0.33%) ActionScript
16 4 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 377 (30.98%) Degree
2 92 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 31 (2.55%) Master's Degree
5 21 (1.73%) SC Cleared
6 20 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.48%) CCNA
7 18 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (1.40%) PhD
9 13 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.58%) HND
12 6 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.41%) OSCP
14 4 (0.33%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.33%) CEH
14 4 (0.33%) CISM
14 4 (0.33%) JNCIA
14 4 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.89%) QA
2 22 (1.81%) SLA
3 18 (1.48%) GDPR
4 14 (1.15%) PCI DSS
5 10 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (0.74%) PMO
7 7 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.49%) GMP
9 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.33%) NCSC
10 4 (0.33%) PSD2
11 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.16%) NIST
13 1 (0.082%) IEC 61131
13 1 (0.082%) ISO 26262
13 1 (0.082%) JTAG
13 1 (0.082%) MISRA
System Software
1 83 (6.82%) Firmware
2 82 (6.74%) Docker
3 80 (6.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 58 (4.77%) Active Directory
5 14 (1.15%) KVM
6 9 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.16%) NFS
8 2 (0.16%) Varnish
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.31%) Terraform
4 13 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (1.07%) ServiceCenter
5 7 (0.58%) Ansible
6 6 (0.49%) Puppet
7 4 (0.33%) PaperCut
7 4 (0.33%) SCCM
8 3 (0.25%) SCOM
8 3 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.16%) Packer
10 1 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.082%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.082%) Nagios
10 1 (0.082%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.082%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.082%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 190 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.92%) EMC
3 49 (4.03%) YouTube
4 31 (2.55%) Adobe
5 27 (2.22%) Cisco
5 27 (2.22%) Google
6 25 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.23%) Palo Alto
8 14 (1.15%) Dell
8 14 (1.15%) Fortinet
8 14 (1.15%) VMware
9 13 (1.07%) Aruba
9 13 (1.07%) HP
9 13 (1.07%) Meraki
9 13 (1.07%) Oracle
10 12 (0.99%) Progress
11 10 (0.82%) F5
11 10 (0.82%) SAP
12 6 (0.49%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.49%) Sage