Junior Jobs with Work from Home Options

Junior
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior salary in Work from Home is £35,000 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 269 271 270
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 403 500 999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.24% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.29% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 356 448 838
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,610 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £59,125
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,522 38,765 68,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.93% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,888 27,595 41,875
10th Percentile £33,093 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Junior trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Junior.

Junior salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Junior
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Junior over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Junior salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Junior in the job title.

1 154 (38.21%) Degree
2 129 (32.01%) Social Skills
3 104 (25.81%) Agile
4 87 (21.59%) Finance
5 82 (20.35%) Software Engineering
6 81 (20.10%) Microsoft
7 80 (19.85%) Azure
8 76 (18.86%) Computer Science
8 76 (18.86%) SQL
9 72 (17.87%) C#
10 64 (15.88%) JavaScript
10 64 (15.88%) .NET
11 58 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (12.90%) Python
13 51 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 50 (12.41%) SQL Server
15 47 (11.66%) Git
16 46 (11.41%) Docker
17 43 (10.67%) Computer Science Degree
18 40 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
19 37 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
19 37 (9.18%) AWS
19 37 (9.18%) PHP
19 37 (9.18%) Wireless
20 36 (8.93%) Project Management
21 35 (8.68%) Linux
22 33 (8.19%) Windows
22 33 (8.19%) Marketing
22 33 (8.19%) TDD
22 33 (8.19%) Mathematics

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.98%) WordPress
3 10 (2.48%) Confluence
4 9 (2.23%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.74%) IIS
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) CMS
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.25%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.23%) Trello
3 7 (1.74%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.74%) Photoshop
4 6 (1.49%) InDesign
5 4 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Shopify
2 5 (1.24%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.85%) Azure
2 37 (9.18%) AWS
2 37 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (5.21%) SaaS
4 18 (4.47%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.98%) GCP
7 9 (2.23%) GitHub
8 8 (1.99%) Figma
9 7 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.49%) Serverless
11 5 (1.24%) ClickUp
11 5 (1.24%) npm
11 5 (1.24%) Yarn
12 4 (0.99%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.99%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 3 (0.74%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 37 (9.18%) Wireless
2 18 (4.47%) Firewall
3 14 (3.47%) Internet
4 13 (3.23%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.99%) HTTP
6 5 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.99%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.99%) FTP
8 2 (0.50%) LAN
8 2 (0.50%) SAN
8 2 (0.50%) WAN
9 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.25%) Modbus
9 1 (0.25%) MQTT
9 1 (0.25%) Network Security
9 1 (0.25%) RS-422
9 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.98%) Power BI
3 9 (2.23%) MySQL
4 8 (1.99%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.49%) Metadata
5 6 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.24%) Redis
7 4 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.99%) Big Data
7 4 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.99%) GIS
7 4 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.50%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 47 (11.66%) Git
2 18 (4.47%) JIRA
3 12 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.48%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.50%) git-flow
6 2 (0.50%) Selenium
7 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
General
1 129 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.59%) Finance
3 51 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.19%) Marketing
6 18 (4.47%) Retail
7 16 (3.97%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.72%) Law
9 14 (3.47%) Legal
10 13 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.98%) Games
12 10 (2.48%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.23%) Banking
13 9 (2.23%) Electronics
14 4 (0.99%) Back Office
14 4 (0.99%) Publishing
15 3 (0.74%) Advertising
15 3 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (15.88%) .NET
2 29 (7.20%) React
3 27 (6.70%) HTML
3 27 (6.70%) Laravel
4 24 (5.96%) .NET Framework
5 23 (5.71%) CSS
6 21 (5.21%) AngularJS
7 20 (4.96%) ASP.NET
7 20 (4.96%) Vue
8 19 (4.71%) JSON
9 17 (4.22%) REST
10 16 (3.97%) Entity Framework
11 15 (3.72%) Doctrine
12 14 (3.47%) Node.js
13 13 (3.23%) .NET Core
14 12 (2.98%) Web Services
15 9 (2.23%) WPF
16 8 (1.99%) ASP.NET Web API
16 8 (1.99%) HTML5
16 8 (1.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (3.47%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.98%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.23%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.74%) Social Media
7 7 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.49%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.49%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.99%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.99%) FPGA
9 4 (0.99%) Life Science
9 4 (0.99%) PCIe
9 4 (0.99%) Photography
9 4 (0.99%) Replication
9 4 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.68%) Linux
2 33 (8.19%) Windows
3 13 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.24%) Debian
4 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.50%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) CentOS
7 2 (0.50%) Unix
7 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (25.81%) Agile
2 82 (20.35%) Software Engineering
3 76 (18.86%) Computer Science
4 58 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (8.93%) Project Management
6 33 (8.19%) Mathematics
6 33 (8.19%) TDD
7 29 (7.20%) Customer Service
8 27 (6.70%) Full Stack Development
9 26 (6.45%) Physics
10 24 (5.96%) DevOps
11 22 (5.46%) Clean Code
11 22 (5.46%) E-Commerce
11 22 (5.46%) Scrum
12 21 (5.21%) Change Management
12 21 (5.21%) Customer Experience
12 21 (5.21%) OOP
13 19 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (4.71%) Mentoring
14 18 (4.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 76 (18.86%) SQL
2 72 (17.87%) C#
3 64 (15.88%) JavaScript
4 52 (12.90%) Python
5 37 (9.18%) PHP
6 31 (7.69%) C
7 25 (6.20%) Embedded C
8 21 (5.21%) Java
9 16 (3.97%) C++
10 15 (3.72%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.73%) Bash
12 8 (1.99%) Go
13 6 (1.49%) VB
14 5 (1.24%) R
15 4 (0.99%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.99%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (0.99%) Groovy
15 4 (0.99%) VBScript
16 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 154 (38.21%) Degree
2 43 (10.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.47%) CCNA
3 14 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.99%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (1.49%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.74%) PhD
8 3 (0.74%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.25%) ACCA
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CIMA
10 1 (0.25%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.98%) QA
2 11 (2.73%) GDPR
3 6 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.99%) ISO 20022
4 4 (0.99%) PSD2
5 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.50%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) MISRA
System Software
1 46 (11.41%) Docker
2 23 (5.71%) Firmware
3 18 (4.47%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.50%) NFS
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (3.23%) ServiceCenter
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.74%) Terraform
5 4 (0.99%) PaperCut
6 3 (0.74%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) Ansible
8 1 (0.25%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 81 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.47%) Cisco
3 16 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.72%) Palo Alto
5 13 (3.23%) Aruba
5 13 (3.23%) Fortinet
5 13 (3.23%) HP
5 13 (3.23%) Meraki
6 11 (2.73%) Adobe
7 8 (1.99%) Google
7 8 (1.99%) VMware
8 5 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.99%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.99%) BT
9 4 (0.99%) Canon
9 4 (0.99%) Veeam
10 3 (0.74%) Databricks
10 3 (0.74%) IFS
10 3 (0.74%) SAP
10 3 (0.74%) Zend