Junior Jobs in the Midlands

Junior
England > Midlands

The median Junior salary in the Midlands is £26,750 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 144 214 186
Rank change year-on-year +70 -28 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 199 98 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.52% 1.14% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.28% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 166 83 153
10th Percentile £22,125 £25,400 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £27,625 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £36,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.71% +12.31% +25.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £40,250
90th Percentile £41,250 £69,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 12,402 7,667 10,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.54% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,032 4,534 7,065
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Junior in the Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +41 130 £27,000 -32.50% 39
East Midlands +27 69 £26,500 -24.29% 32
Junior
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 49 (24.62%) Degree
2 46 (23.12%) Social Skills
3 41 (20.60%) C#
4 33 (16.58%) Microsoft
5 32 (16.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (15.08%) Mentoring
7 26 (13.07%) Agile
8 25 (12.56%) Computer Science
8 25 (12.56%) Customer Service
9 23 (11.56%) SQL
10 22 (11.06%) Java
10 22 (11.06%) Azure
11 20 (10.05%) JavaScript
12 19 (9.55%) Finance
13 18 (9.05%) Software Engineering
13 18 (9.05%) Marketing
14 17 (8.54%) AWS
14 17 (8.54%) Windows
14 17 (8.54%) DevOps
15 16 (8.04%) HTML
15 16 (8.04%) Manufacturing
16 15 (7.54%) SQL Server
16 15 (7.54%) .NET
16 15 (7.54%) CSS
16 15 (7.54%) Project Management
16 15 (7.54%) SaaS
16 15 (7.54%) Public Sector
17 14 (7.04%) YouTube
17 14 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (5.53%) WordPress
2 5 (2.51%) CMS
3 2 (1.01%) IIS
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.02%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (2.01%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (2.01%) Trello
5 3 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (1.01%) InDesign
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.50%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.50%) PrintSoft PReS
7 1 (0.50%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (4.02%) Magento
2 6 (3.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.06%) Azure
2 17 (8.54%) AWS
3 15 (7.54%) SaaS
4 13 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.51%) Google Docs
6 5 (2.51%) Google Sheets
7 4 (2.01%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.01%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.51%) GitHub
9 2 (1.01%) Figma
9 2 (1.01%) GCP
9 2 (1.01%) Sage Pay
10 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.02%) Network Security
1 6 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.01%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.50%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) FlexRay
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.52%) Power BI
3 4 (2.01%) Metadata
4 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.01%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.01%) FileMaker
4 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.01%) Tableau
5 1 (0.50%) Big Data
5 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) Postman
General
1 46 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (9.55%) Finance
4 18 (9.05%) Marketing
5 16 (8.04%) Manufacturing
6 15 (7.54%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.53%) Electronics
8 11 (5.53%) Law
8 11 (5.53%) Retail
9 8 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.51%) Banking
11 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.01%) Games
12 2 (1.01%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.01%) Legal
12 2 (1.01%) Police
13 1 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.04%) HTML
2 15 (7.54%) .NET
2 15 (7.54%) CSS
3 11 (5.53%) React
4 6 (3.02%) RESTful
4 6 (3.02%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (2.51%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.51%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.51%) JSON
5 5 (2.51%) Vue
6 4 (2.01%) Node.js
6 4 (2.01%) React Native
6 4 (2.01%) REST
7 3 (1.51%) CakePHP
7 3 (1.51%) CodeIgniter
7 3 (1.51%) Ember.js
7 3 (1.51%) KnockoutJS
7 3 (1.51%) Laravel
7 3 (1.51%) Symfony
7 3 (1.51%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.51%) Graphic Design
4 5 (2.51%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.51%) Photography
5 4 (2.01%) Cyberattack
5 4 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.01%) Animation
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.01%) Social Media
8 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.54%) Windows
2 5 (2.51%) Linux
3 3 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (15.08%) Mentoring
1 30 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (13.07%) Agile
3 25 (12.56%) Computer Science
3 25 (12.56%) Customer Service
4 18 (9.05%) Software Engineering
5 17 (8.54%) DevOps
6 15 (7.54%) Project Management
7 14 (7.04%) Asset Management
7 14 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (7.04%) Coaching
8 13 (6.53%) Project Planning
9 10 (5.03%) Schematic Capture
10 9 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (4.52%) Web Development
11 8 (4.02%) Digital Marketing
11 8 (4.02%) ERP
11 8 (4.02%) Process Improvement
11 8 (4.02%) Scrum
11 8 (4.02%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (20.60%) C#
2 23 (11.56%) SQL
3 22 (11.06%) Java
4 20 (10.05%) JavaScript
5 12 (6.03%) PHP
5 12 (6.03%) Python
6 11 (5.53%) C++
7 6 (3.02%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.01%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.51%) C
10 2 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.01%) Go
10 2 (1.01%) R
11 1 (0.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 49 (24.62%) Degree
2 14 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.01%) CEH
5 4 (2.01%) CISM
5 4 (2.01%) CISSP
5 4 (2.01%) OSCP
6 3 (1.51%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.50%) APMP
8 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.50%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.03%) SLA
2 5 (2.51%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.51%) PMO
3 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.01%) QA
4 1 (0.50%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.50%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (5.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (5.03%) Firmware
2 8 (4.02%) Docker
3 5 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.51%) KVM
4 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.51%) Terraform
2 1 (0.50%) Ansible
2 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.04%) YouTube
3 12 (6.03%) Google
4 10 (5.03%) EMC
5 9 (4.52%) Adobe
6 5 (2.51%) Dell
7 3 (1.51%) Zend
8 2 (1.01%) Databricks
8 2 (1.01%) F5
8 2 (1.01%) IFS
8 2 (1.01%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.50%) Apple
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco
9 1 (0.50%) NEC
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle
9 1 (0.50%) Progress
9 1 (0.50%) SAP
9 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.50%) VMware