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 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 280 259 397
Rank change year-on-year -21 +138 -150
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 244 455 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.43% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.50% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 211 369 544
10th Percentile £23,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £49,375 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,250 £61,250
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 22,824 30,324 70,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,907 22,700 34,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 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 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
Central London +18 59 £40,000 -7.51% 15
West London -10 3 £27,500 -30.01% 8
Junior
England

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

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 London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 72 (29.51%) Agile
2 63 (25.82%) Finance
3 61 (25.00%) Degree
4 53 (21.72%) Azure
5 49 (20.08%) Microsoft
6 48 (19.67%) Social Skills
7 47 (19.26%) SQL
8 45 (18.44%) C#
9 41 (16.80%) Software Engineering
10 40 (16.39%) .NET
11 36 (14.75%) Git
12 35 (14.34%) Python
13 33 (13.52%) Docker
14 32 (13.11%) Computer Science
15 31 (12.70%) TDD
16 30 (12.30%) AWS
16 30 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (11.07%) JavaScript
18 26 (10.66%) DevOps
19 24 (9.84%) SQL Server
20 23 (9.43%) Windows
20 23 (9.43%) Active Directory
20 23 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
21 22 (9.02%) Time Management
21 22 (9.02%) Customer Service
22 21 (8.61%) Greenfield Project
23 20 (8.20%) HTML
23 20 (8.20%) Java
24 19 (7.79%) 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 13 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.10%) Confluence
3 9 (3.69%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.28%) IIS
5 4 (1.64%) WordPress
6 3 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.23%) nginx
7 2 (0.82%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) Apache
8 1 (0.41%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.41%) JBoss
8 1 (0.41%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.82%) InDesign
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.82%) Trello
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (21.72%) Azure
2 30 (12.30%) AWS
3 23 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.69%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.69%) GitHub
5 8 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.28%) GCP
6 6 (2.46%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.46%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.46%) SaaS
7 5 (2.05%) Figma
8 4 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.64%) Azure Pipelines
8 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.64%) npm
8 4 (1.64%) Serverless
8 4 (1.64%) Yarn
9 3 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.23%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.82%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.97%) Internet
2 8 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (2.46%) Firewall
3 6 (2.46%) HTTP
4 5 (2.05%) DNS
5 4 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.23%) WAN
7 2 (0.82%) DHCP
7 2 (0.82%) LAN
7 2 (0.82%) SAN
7 2 (0.82%) SMTP
7 2 (0.82%) SSH
7 2 (0.82%) VPN
8 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.41%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.41%) NAS
8 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.84%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.87%) MySQL
3 6 (2.46%) Redis
4 5 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.23%) Big Data
6 3 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.82%) GIS
7 2 (0.82%) Power BI
7 2 (0.82%) Text Mining
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.41%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 36 (14.75%) Git
2 15 (6.15%) JIRA
3 7 (2.87%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.87%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.82%) GitLab
4 2 (0.82%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.41%) Maven
5 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 63 (25.82%) Finance
2 48 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 17 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.92%) Legal
5 11 (4.51%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.69%) Retail
7 8 (3.28%) Games
8 7 (2.87%) Publishing
9 6 (2.46%) Back Office
9 6 (2.46%) Billing
9 6 (2.46%) Marketing
10 4 (1.64%) Advertising
10 4 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Law
12 2 (0.82%) Police
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (16.39%) .NET
2 20 (8.20%) HTML
3 19 (7.79%) CSS
3 19 (7.79%) Laravel
4 16 (6.56%) AngularJS
5 15 (6.15%) Doctrine
6 14 (5.74%) ASP.NET
6 14 (5.74%) Web Services
7 13 (5.33%) REST
8 11 (4.51%) JSON
9 10 (4.10%) .NET Framework
10 9 (3.69%) Kafka
11 8 (3.28%) Entity Framework
12 7 (2.87%) JSON Schema
13 6 (2.46%) HTML5
13 6 (2.46%) RESTful
14 5 (2.05%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (2.05%) Node.js
15 4 (1.64%) Pandas
15 4 (1.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.61%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (2.87%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.46%) Blackberry
5 5 (2.05%) Replication
6 4 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.23%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.23%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.23%) Life Science
7 3 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.23%) Social Media
8 2 (0.82%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.82%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.82%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.43%) Windows
2 15 (6.15%) Linux
3 14 (5.74%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.82%) CentOS
6 2 (0.82%) Debian
6 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.41%) Android
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.51%) Agile
2 41 (16.80%) Software Engineering
3 32 (13.11%) Computer Science
4 31 (12.70%) TDD
5 30 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (10.66%) DevOps
7 22 (9.02%) Customer Service
7 22 (9.02%) Time Management
8 17 (6.97%) Clean Code
8 17 (6.97%) Roadmaps
9 16 (6.56%) E-Commerce
9 16 (6.56%) Full Stack Development
9 16 (6.56%) Mentoring
9 16 (6.56%) Test Automation
10 15 (6.15%) CAD
10 15 (6.15%) Logistics
10 15 (6.15%) Microservices
10 15 (6.15%) OOP
10 15 (6.15%) Unit Testing
11 13 (5.33%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.26%) SQL
2 45 (18.44%) C#
3 35 (14.34%) Python
4 27 (11.07%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.20%) Java
6 19 (7.79%) PHP
7 6 (2.46%) Bash
8 4 (1.64%) C++
8 4 (1.64%) Go
8 4 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.41%) C
9 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) R
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 61 (25.00%) Degree
2 27 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.87%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.64%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.23%) PhD
6 2 (0.82%) APMP
6 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.82%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.41%) MCDST
7 1 (0.41%) MCP
7 1 (0.41%) MCSA
7 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.69%) QA
2 6 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.46%) GMP
3 4 (1.64%) ISO 20022
3 4 (1.64%) PSD2
4 3 (1.23%) SLA
5 2 (0.82%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 33 (13.52%) Docker
2 23 (9.43%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.82%) NFS
4 2 (0.82%) Varnish
4 2 (0.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) KVM
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.28%) Terraform
4 6 (2.46%) Puppet
5 5 (2.05%) Ansible
5 5 (2.05%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.82%) Packer
7 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.41%) Nagios
7 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (20.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.10%) YouTube
3 8 (3.28%) VMware
4 7 (2.87%) Cisco
5 5 (2.05%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.05%) BT
5 5 (2.05%) Canon
5 5 (2.05%) Veeam
6 3 (1.23%) Adobe
6 3 (1.23%) Google
6 3 (1.23%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.82%) Blue Prism
7 2 (0.82%) Intel
7 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix
8 1 (0.41%) Juniper
8 1 (0.41%) New Relic
8 1 (0.41%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.41%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.41%) Splunk