Junior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Junior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Junior salary in the Thames Valley is £31,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 160 90
Rank change year-on-year +54 -70 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 165 96 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.32% 1.68% 3.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 1.88% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 96 60 104
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,400 £22,050
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,938 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,730 5,108 7,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.63% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,061 4,133
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the Thames Valley

Junior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Junior in the Thames Valley

Junior
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the Thames Valley

Junior
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Buckinghamshire +11 87 £30,000 -12.60% 7
Oxfordshire +43 47 £42,500 +54.55% 4
Berkshire +11 31 £30,000 -14.29% 6
Junior
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 104 (63.03%) Degree
2 67 (40.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 63 (38.18%) Electronics
4 61 (36.97%) EMC
4 61 (36.97%) Firmware
4 61 (36.97%) Project Planning
4 61 (36.97%) Manufacturing
4 61 (36.97%) Schematic Capture
4 61 (36.97%) Embedded Firmware
5 30 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 26 (15.76%) Python
7 21 (12.73%) Social Skills
8 17 (10.30%) Agile
8 17 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (9.09%) Master's Degree
9 15 (9.09%) Fortran
9 15 (9.09%) Physics
9 15 (9.09%) Algorithms
10 14 (8.48%) JavaScript
10 14 (8.48%) Software Engineering
11 13 (7.88%) C#
11 13 (7.88%) Azure
12 12 (7.27%) Prototyping
12 12 (7.27%) DevOps
12 12 (7.27%) Java
12 12 (7.27%) .NET
12 12 (7.27%) Linux
12 12 (7.27%) OO
12 12 (7.27%) Full Stack Development
13 11 (6.67%) Self-Motivation

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (3.03%) InDesign
1 5 (3.03%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.42%) AutoCAD
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.88%) Azure
2 6 (3.64%) AWS
3 5 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.82%) SaaS
5 2 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (1.21%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.21%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.21%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.24%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.21%) DNS
3 1 (0.61%) BGP
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.82%) EDRMS
2 3 (1.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.61%) DB2
4 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.61%) Git
General
1 67 (40.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 63 (38.18%) Electronics
3 61 (36.97%) Manufacturing
4 21 (12.73%) Social Skills
5 10 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.24%) Finance
7 6 (3.64%) Marketing
7 6 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Advertising
9 3 (1.82%) Law
9 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.21%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.27%) .NET
2 8 (4.85%) React
3 7 (4.24%) Spring
4 6 (3.64%) OpenACC
4 6 (3.64%) OpenMP
4 6 (3.64%) WPF
5 5 (3.03%) Kafka
5 5 (3.03%) React Native
6 4 (2.42%) CSS
6 4 (2.42%) HTML
7 3 (1.82%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.82%) JSON
8 2 (1.21%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.21%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.61%) Hibernate
9 1 (0.61%) Node.js
9 1 (0.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.24%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.64%) CUDA
5 5 (3.03%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.21%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.21%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.21%) Social Media
8 1 (0.61%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.61%) FMCG
8 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.61%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.27%) Linux
2 6 (3.64%) Unix
2 6 (3.64%) Windows
3 3 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.21%) OS/2
4 2 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.97%) Project Planning
1 61 (36.97%) Schematic Capture
2 30 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 17 (10.30%) Agile
3 17 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (9.09%) Physics
5 14 (8.48%) Software Engineering
6 12 (7.27%) DevOps
6 12 (7.27%) Full Stack Development
6 12 (7.27%) OO
6 12 (7.27%) Prototyping
7 11 (6.67%) Chemistry
7 11 (6.67%) Mathematics
8 10 (6.06%) Parallel Programming
9 9 (5.45%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (5.45%) Machine Learning
10 8 (4.85%) Customer Service
10 8 (4.85%) SDLC
11 7 (4.24%) Code Quality
11 7 (4.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.76%) Python
2 15 (9.09%) Fortran
3 14 (8.48%) JavaScript
4 13 (7.88%) C#
5 12 (7.27%) Java
6 11 (6.67%) C
7 9 (5.45%) C++
8 6 (3.64%) SQL
9 5 (3.03%) Go
9 5 (3.03%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 104 (63.03%) Degree
2 15 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 11 (6.67%) PhD
4 10 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.85%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) ACCA
7 1 (0.61%) CIMA
7 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.82%) QA
2 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 61 (36.97%) Embedded Firmware
1 61 (36.97%) Firmware
2 9 (5.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 61 (36.97%) EMC
2 7 (4.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.03%) Adobe
4 4 (2.42%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.82%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.21%) F5
7 1 (0.61%) IBM
7 1 (0.61%) Sage
7 1 (0.61%) SAP
7 1 (0.61%) VMware