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 leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 249 395
Rank change year-on-year -38 +146 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 249 446 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.42% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.50% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 210 361 532
10th Percentile £23,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,125
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 23,255 29,806 71,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17,131 22,408 34,801
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +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 10 June 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 10 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
Central London +12 62 £40,000 -7.51% 15
West London -23 2 £26,000 -33.83% 7
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 70 (28.11%) Agile
2 65 (26.10%) Finance
3 64 (25.70%) Degree
4 55 (22.09%) Microsoft
4 55 (22.09%) Azure
5 49 (19.68%) Social Skills
6 46 (18.47%) SQL
7 45 (18.07%) C#
8 41 (16.47%) Software Engineering
9 39 (15.66%) .NET
10 36 (14.46%) Git
11 32 (12.85%) Docker
11 32 (12.85%) Computer Science
11 32 (12.85%) Python
12 31 (12.45%) TDD
13 30 (12.05%) AWS
13 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (11.24%) JavaScript
15 27 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
16 26 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
17 25 (10.04%) DevOps
17 25 (10.04%) Windows
17 25 (10.04%) Active Directory
17 25 (10.04%) Customer Service
18 24 (9.64%) SQL Server
19 22 (8.84%) Time Management
20 21 (8.43%) HTML
20 21 (8.43%) CSS
20 21 (8.43%) Greenfield Project
21 20 (8.03%) PHP

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 14 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.02%) Confluence
4 8 (3.21%) IIS
5 4 (1.61%) WordPress
6 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.20%) nginx
7 2 (0.80%) CMS
8 1 (0.40%) Apache
8 1 (0.40%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 16 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) InDesign
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.80%) Trello
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.09%) Azure
2 30 (12.05%) AWS
3 26 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.42%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.61%) GitHub
6 8 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.21%) GCP
7 7 (2.81%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.41%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.41%) SaaS
9 5 (2.01%) Figma
10 4 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.61%) npm
10 4 (1.61%) Serverless
10 4 (1.61%) Yarn
11 3 (1.20%) Azure Pipelines
11 3 (1.20%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.23%) Internet
2 9 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.41%) Firewall
3 6 (2.41%) HTTP
4 5 (2.01%) DNS
4 5 (2.01%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.80%) DHCP
5 2 (0.80%) SMTP
5 2 (0.80%) SSH
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) LAN
6 1 (0.40%) SAN
6 1 (0.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.40%) VPN
6 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.64%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.21%) MySQL
3 6 (2.41%) Redis
3 6 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.20%) Big Data
5 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.80%) GIS
6 2 (0.80%) Power BI
6 2 (0.80%) Text Mining
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 36 (14.46%) Git
2 15 (6.02%) JIRA
3 7 (2.81%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.81%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.80%) GitLab
4 2 (0.80%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.40%) Maven
5 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 65 (26.10%) Finance
2 49 (19.68%) Social Skills
3 17 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.82%) Legal
5 11 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.02%) Retail
7 8 (3.21%) Games
8 7 (2.81%) Publishing
9 6 (2.41%) Back Office
9 6 (2.41%) Billing
9 6 (2.41%) Marketing
10 5 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.61%) Advertising
12 3 (1.20%) Law
13 2 (0.80%) Police
14 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.40%) German Language
14 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.66%) .NET
2 21 (8.43%) CSS
2 21 (8.43%) HTML
3 20 (8.03%) Laravel
4 16 (6.43%) AngularJS
5 15 (6.02%) Doctrine
6 14 (5.62%) ASP.NET
6 14 (5.62%) Web Services
7 13 (5.22%) REST
8 11 (4.42%) JSON
9 9 (3.61%) .NET Framework
9 9 (3.61%) Kafka
10 8 (3.21%) Entity Framework
11 7 (2.81%) JSON Schema
12 6 (2.41%) HTML5
12 6 (2.41%) RESTful
13 5 (2.01%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.01%) EDI
13 5 (2.01%) Node.js
13 5 (2.01%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.43%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.21%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (2.81%) Algorithms
4 7 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.41%) Blackberry
5 6 (2.41%) Replication
6 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.20%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.20%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.20%) Life Science
7 3 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.20%) Social Media
8 2 (0.80%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.80%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.80%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.80%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.04%) Windows
2 16 (6.43%) Windows 10
3 14 (5.62%) Linux
4 6 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Debian
6 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (28.11%) Agile
2 41 (16.47%) Software Engineering
3 32 (12.85%) Computer Science
4 31 (12.45%) TDD
5 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (10.04%) Customer Service
6 25 (10.04%) DevOps
7 22 (8.84%) Time Management
8 17 (6.83%) Clean Code
8 17 (6.83%) Full Stack Development
8 17 (6.83%) Roadmaps
9 16 (6.43%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.43%) Mentoring
9 16 (6.43%) Test Automation
10 15 (6.02%) CAD
10 15 (6.02%) Logistics
10 15 (6.02%) OOP
10 15 (6.02%) Unit Testing
11 14 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (5.62%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 46 (18.47%) SQL
2 45 (18.07%) C#
3 32 (12.85%) Python
4 28 (11.24%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.03%) PHP
6 18 (7.23%) Java
7 5 (2.01%) Bash
8 4 (1.61%) C++
8 4 (1.61%) Go
8 4 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.40%) C
9 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.40%) R
9 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 64 (25.70%) Degree
2 27 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.81%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.61%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.20%) PhD
6 2 (0.80%) APMP
6 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.80%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.80%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.80%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) ACCA
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CIMA
7 1 (0.40%) MCDST
7 1 (0.40%) MCP
7 1 (0.40%) MCSA
7 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.61%) QA
2 7 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.41%) GMP
4 4 (1.61%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.61%) PSD2
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) GDPR
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) Solvency II
System Software
1 32 (12.85%) Docker
2 25 (10.04%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.80%) Varnish
4 2 (0.80%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) KVM
5 1 (0.40%) NFS
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.21%) Terraform
4 6 (2.41%) PaperCut
4 6 (2.41%) Puppet
5 4 (1.61%) Ansible
6 2 (0.80%) Packer
7 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.40%) Nagios
7 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.02%) YouTube
3 8 (3.21%) Cisco
3 8 (3.21%) VMware
4 6 (2.41%) BT
4 6 (2.41%) Canon
4 6 (2.41%) Veeam
5 5 (2.01%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.20%) Adobe
6 3 (1.20%) Google
7 2 (0.80%) Blue Prism
7 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) Apple
8 1 (0.40%) F5
8 1 (0.40%) New Relic
8 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.40%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.40%) Splunk