Junior Jobs in London

Junior
England > London

The median Junior salary in London is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 259 371
Rank change year-on-year -37 +112 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 236 467 737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.00% 1.38% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.45% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 211 376 554
10th Percentile £23,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,125 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,313 32,109 66,771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,649 23,746 34,560
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,449 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in London

Junior
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Junior in London

Junior
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in London

Junior
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London +20 53 £40,000 -5.88% 15
West London -13 5 £30,000 -9.09% 5
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 72 (30.51%) Agile
2 62 (26.27%) Finance
3 61 (25.85%) Degree
4 47 (19.92%) Microsoft
4 47 (19.92%) Azure
5 46 (19.49%) C#
5 46 (19.49%) SQL
5 46 (19.49%) Social Skills
6 39 (16.53%) Software Engineering
7 38 (16.10%) .NET
7 38 (16.10%) Python
8 35 (14.83%) Git
8 35 (14.83%) Docker
9 33 (13.98%) Computer Science
10 32 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (12.71%) TDD
12 29 (12.29%) AWS
13 27 (11.44%) DevOps
14 26 (11.02%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (10.17%) JavaScript
16 23 (9.75%) SQL Server
17 22 (9.32%) Time Management
18 21 (8.90%) Java
18 21 (8.90%) Windows
18 21 (8.90%) Active Directory
18 21 (8.90%) Greenfield Project
19 19 (8.05%) Customer Service
19 19 (8.05%) PHP
19 19 (8.05%) Laravel
20 18 (7.63%) Microsoft 365

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.81%) Confluence
3 7 (2.97%) IIS
4 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.69%) WordPress
6 3 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.27%) nginx
7 2 (0.85%) CMS
7 2 (0.85%) Site Server
8 1 (0.42%) Apache
8 1 (0.42%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.42%) JBoss
Applications
1 14 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) InDesign
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.85%) Trello
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (19.92%) Azure
2 29 (12.29%) AWS
3 18 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.39%) GCP
4 8 (3.39%) GitHub
5 7 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.54%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.54%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.54%) SaaS
7 5 (2.12%) Figma
8 4 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.69%) Azure Pipelines
8 4 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.69%) npm
8 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.69%) Serverless
8 4 (1.69%) Yarn
9 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.85%) ClickUp
10 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.78%) Internet
2 7 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.54%) HTTP
4 5 (2.12%) DNS
4 5 (2.12%) Firewall
5 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.27%) WAN
6 2 (0.85%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.85%) LAN
6 2 (0.85%) NAS
6 2 (0.85%) SAN
6 2 (0.85%) SMTP
6 2 (0.85%) SSH
6 2 (0.85%) VPN
7 1 (0.42%) DHCP
7 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.54%) MySQL
2 6 (2.54%) Redis
3 4 (1.69%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.85%) Big Data
5 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.85%) GIS
5 2 (0.85%) Power BI
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.42%) OLAP
6 1 (0.42%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 35 (14.83%) Git
2 14 (5.93%) JIRA
3 7 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.97%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) Selenium
5 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.42%) Maven
5 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 62 (26.27%) Finance
2 46 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.66%) Legal
7 9 (3.81%) Retail
8 8 (3.39%) Games
8 8 (3.39%) Marketing
9 7 (2.97%) Publishing
10 6 (2.54%) Back Office
10 6 (2.54%) Billing
11 4 (1.69%) Advertising
11 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Law
13 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.42%) Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.42%) German Language
13 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.10%) .NET
2 19 (8.05%) Laravel
3 17 (7.20%) HTML
4 15 (6.36%) AngularJS
4 15 (6.36%) CSS
4 15 (6.36%) Doctrine
5 13 (5.51%) ASP.NET
5 13 (5.51%) REST
6 12 (5.08%) Web Services
7 11 (4.66%) JSON
8 10 (4.24%) .NET Framework
9 9 (3.81%) Kafka
10 7 (2.97%) Entity Framework
10 7 (2.97%) JSON Schema
11 6 (2.54%) HTML5
12 5 (2.12%) React
12 5 (2.12%) RESTful
13 4 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
13 4 (1.69%) Pandas
13 4 (1.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.90%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (2.97%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.54%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.54%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.69%) Replication
5 4 (1.69%) Social Media
6 3 (1.27%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.27%) Life Science
6 3 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.85%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.90%) Windows
2 15 (6.36%) Linux
3 11 (4.66%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.85%) CentOS
5 2 (0.85%) Debian
5 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (30.51%) Agile
2 39 (16.53%) Software Engineering
3 33 (13.98%) Computer Science
4 32 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (12.71%) TDD
6 27 (11.44%) DevOps
7 22 (9.32%) Time Management
8 19 (8.05%) Customer Service
9 17 (7.20%) OOP
9 17 (7.20%) Roadmaps
10 16 (6.78%) Clean Code
10 16 (6.78%) E-Commerce
10 16 (6.78%) Mentoring
10 16 (6.78%) Microservices
10 16 (6.78%) Test Automation
11 15 (6.36%) CAD
11 15 (6.36%) Logistics
11 15 (6.36%) Unit Testing
12 14 (5.93%) Full Stack Development
13 12 (5.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.49%) C#
1 46 (19.49%) SQL
2 38 (16.10%) Python
3 24 (10.17%) JavaScript
4 21 (8.90%) Java
5 19 (8.05%) PHP
6 6 (2.54%) Bash
7 5 (2.12%) C++
8 4 (1.69%) Go
9 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.42%) C
10 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 61 (25.85%) Degree
2 26 (11.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.81%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.12%) PhD
5 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.27%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.85%) APMP
6 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) ISEB
7 1 (0.42%) MCDST
7 1 (0.42%) MCP
7 1 (0.42%) MCSA
7 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.81%) QA
2 6 (2.54%) GMP
3 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.69%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.69%) PSD2
5 2 (0.85%) PMO
5 2 (0.85%) SLA
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 35 (14.83%) Docker
2 21 (8.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.85%) NFS
4 2 (0.85%) Varnish
4 2 (0.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) KVM
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.39%) Terraform
3 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.54%) Puppet
5 5 (2.12%) Ansible
6 4 (1.69%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.85%) Packer
8 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.42%) Nagios
8 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.66%) YouTube
3 8 (3.39%) VMware
4 6 (2.54%) Cisco
5 5 (2.12%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.69%) BT
6 4 (1.69%) Canon
6 4 (1.69%) Veeam
7 3 (1.27%) Adobe
7 3 (1.27%) Google
7 3 (1.27%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.85%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.85%) Intel
8 2 (0.85%) Juniper
8 2 (0.85%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.42%) Facebook
9 1 (0.42%) New Relic
9 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.42%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.42%) Splunk