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 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 259 264 293
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 421 479 986
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.25% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.30% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 368 425 823
10th Percentile £24,675 £24,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,147 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% +6.13% +7.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £58,300
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 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +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 1 June 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 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Junior in the job title.

1 156 (37.05%) Degree
2 133 (31.59%) Social Skills
3 107 (25.42%) Agile
4 89 (21.14%) Finance
5 84 (19.95%) Software Engineering
5 84 (19.95%) Azure
6 83 (19.71%) C#
7 80 (19.00%) Microsoft
8 79 (18.76%) Computer Science
9 78 (18.53%) SQL
10 70 (16.63%) .NET
11 69 (16.39%) JavaScript
12 59 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
13 56 (13.30%) SQL Server
14 52 (12.35%) Python
15 50 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 49 (11.64%) Git
17 46 (10.93%) Docker
18 44 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
19 38 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
20 37 (8.79%) Wireless
20 37 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
21 36 (8.55%) Project Management
21 36 (8.55%) PHP
22 35 (8.31%) Windows
22 35 (8.31%) Linux
22 35 (8.31%) AWS
23 34 (8.08%) TDD
24 32 (7.60%) Marketing
24 32 (7.60%) Customer Service

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 14 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.85%) WordPress
3 11 (2.61%) Confluence
4 9 (2.14%) IIS
4 9 (2.14%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.71%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.24%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.14%) Trello
4 8 (1.90%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.66%) Photoshop
6 6 (1.43%) InDesign
7 4 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Shopify
2 5 (1.19%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 84 (19.95%) Azure
2 37 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.31%) AWS
4 20 (4.75%) SaaS
5 15 (3.56%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.61%) GitHub
8 10 (2.38%) GCP
9 8 (1.90%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.90%) Figma
10 7 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.43%) Serverless
12 5 (1.19%) ClickUp
12 5 (1.19%) npm
12 5 (1.19%) Yarn
13 4 (0.95%) Google Docs
13 4 (0.95%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 3 (0.71%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.79%) Wireless
2 21 (4.99%) Firewall
3 15 (3.56%) Internet
4 13 (3.09%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.90%) HTTP
6 6 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.95%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.95%) FTP
8 2 (0.48%) LAN
8 2 (0.48%) SAN
8 2 (0.48%) WAN
9 1 (0.24%) BGP
9 1 (0.24%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.24%) Modbus
9 1 (0.24%) MQTT
9 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.24%) OSPF
9 1 (0.24%) RIP
9 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (13.30%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.38%) Power BI
3 9 (2.14%) MySQL
3 9 (2.14%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.43%) Metadata
6 5 (1.19%) Big Data
6 5 (1.19%) Redis
6 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.95%) GIS
7 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.48%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.48%) Text Mining
10 1 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 49 (11.64%) Git
2 19 (4.51%) JIRA
3 12 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.38%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.48%) git-flow
6 2 (0.48%) Selenium
7 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 133 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.14%) Finance
3 50 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (7.60%) Marketing
6 18 (4.28%) Retail
7 15 (3.56%) Law
7 15 (3.56%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.33%) Games
8 14 (3.33%) Legal
9 13 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.14%) Banking
11 9 (2.14%) Electronics
12 4 (0.95%) Back Office
12 4 (0.95%) Publishing
13 3 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (16.63%) .NET
2 31 (7.36%) HTML
3 29 (6.89%) React
4 27 (6.41%) CSS
4 27 (6.41%) Laravel
5 24 (5.70%) .NET Framework
6 23 (5.46%) AngularJS
6 23 (5.46%) ASP.NET
7 20 (4.75%) Vue
8 18 (4.28%) JSON
9 17 (4.04%) Entity Framework
9 17 (4.04%) REST
10 16 (3.80%) Node.js
11 15 (3.56%) .NET Core
11 15 (3.56%) Doctrine
12 12 (2.85%) Web Services
13 9 (2.14%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (2.14%) HTML5
13 9 (2.14%) WPF
14 8 (1.90%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.94%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.85%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.38%) Graphic Design
7 8 (1.90%) Social Media
8 6 (1.43%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.43%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.19%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.19%) Replication
10 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.95%) Life Science
10 4 (0.95%) Robotics
10 4 (0.95%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.31%) Linux
1 35 (8.31%) Windows
2 14 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.43%) Debian
3 6 (1.43%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.48%) Android
6 2 (0.48%) CentOS
6 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (25.42%) Agile
2 84 (19.95%) Software Engineering
3 79 (18.76%) Computer Science
4 59 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (8.55%) Project Management
6 34 (8.08%) TDD
7 32 (7.60%) Customer Service
8 31 (7.36%) Mathematics
9 29 (6.89%) Full Stack Development
10 25 (5.94%) DevOps
10 25 (5.94%) Physics
11 24 (5.70%) Scrum
12 23 (5.46%) Clean Code
13 22 (5.23%) E-Commerce
14 21 (4.99%) Change Management
14 21 (4.99%) Customer Experience
14 21 (4.99%) OOP
15 19 (4.51%) Mentoring
16 18 (4.28%) Coaching
16 18 (4.28%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 83 (19.71%) C#
2 78 (18.53%) SQL
3 69 (16.39%) JavaScript
4 52 (12.35%) Python
5 36 (8.55%) PHP
6 31 (7.36%) C
7 25 (5.94%) Embedded C
8 22 (5.23%) Java
9 20 (4.75%) C++
10 16 (3.80%) TypeScript
11 10 (2.38%) Bash
12 7 (1.66%) Go
13 6 (1.43%) VB
14 4 (0.95%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.95%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (0.95%) Groovy
14 4 (0.95%) R
14 4 (0.95%) VBScript
15 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.71%) Scala
Qualifications
1 156 (37.05%) Degree
2 44 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.33%) CCNA
3 14 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.90%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (1.19%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.71%) PhD
9 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) ACCA
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CIMA
10 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.85%) QA
2 11 (2.61%) GDPR
3 7 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.95%) ISO 20022
5 4 (0.95%) PSD2
6 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.48%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) MISRA
System Software
1 46 (10.93%) Docker
2 25 (5.94%) Firmware
3 19 (4.51%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.71%) NFS
6 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.24%) pfSense
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.09%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (3.09%) ServiceCenter
3 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.66%) Terraform
5 5 (1.19%) PaperCut
6 3 (0.71%) Puppet
7 2 (0.48%) Ansible
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.24%) Grafana
8 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.75%) Cisco
3 16 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.56%) Palo Alto
5 14 (3.33%) Aruba
6 13 (3.09%) Fortinet
6 13 (3.09%) HP
6 13 (3.09%) Meraki
7 12 (2.85%) Adobe
8 9 (2.14%) VMware
9 7 (1.66%) Google
10 5 (1.19%) BT
10 5 (1.19%) Canon
10 5 (1.19%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.19%) SAP
10 5 (1.19%) Veeam
11 4 (0.95%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.71%) IFS
12 3 (0.71%) Zend
13 2 (0.48%) Dynatrace