Junior Jobs in the UK excluding London

Junior
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 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 177 259 201
Rank change year-on-year +82 -58 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 1,140 775 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.50% 1.37% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.54% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 922 550 1,055
10th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,562 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% +3.27% +8.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £40,741 £39,500
90th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £45,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the UK excluding London

Junior
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the UK excluding 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
South East +40 333 £30,000 -11.76% 79
North of England +74 250 £28,000 -9.06% 61
Midlands +68 199 £26,750 -25.17% 71
North West +56 158 £27,500 -9.09% 37
South West +17 143 £30,000 -7.69% 48
West Midlands +39 130 £27,000 -32.50% 39
East of England -5 106 £28,250 -16.30% 26
Scotland -6 83 £30,000 -20.00% 25
Yorkshire +59 76 £30,000 -7.69% 18
East Midlands +24 69 £26,500 -24.29% 32
Wales +8 24 £32,500 +8.33% 5
North East -15 16 £25,250 -8.18% 7
Northern Ireland +22 3 £22,000 -42.48% 3
Junior
UK

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 358 (31.40%) Degree
2 294 (25.79%) Social Skills
3 190 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (15.00%) C#
5 169 (14.82%) Microsoft
6 160 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 151 (13.25%) Computer Science
8 146 (12.81%) Agile
9 133 (11.67%) Software Engineering
10 126 (11.05%) SQL
11 123 (10.79%) JavaScript
12 117 (10.26%) Mentoring
13 108 (9.47%) Firmware
14 104 (9.12%) Manufacturing
15 103 (9.04%) Azure
16 101 (8.86%) .NET
17 100 (8.77%) Python
18 98 (8.60%) Windows
19 96 (8.42%) Electronics
20 86 (7.54%) Finance
21 84 (7.37%) Linux
22 82 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
23 81 (7.11%) Java
24 80 (7.02%) Embedded Firmware
25 79 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
26 75 (6.58%) C
26 75 (6.58%) Project Planning
27 73 (6.40%) HTML
27 73 (6.40%) Project Management
27 73 (6.40%) Schematic Capture

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 35 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.93%) WordPress
3 18 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.32%) CMS
5 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.18%) nginx
6 2 (0.18%) Resin
7 1 (0.088%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.088%) Drupal
7 1 (0.088%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 51 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.93%) Photoshop
4 18 (1.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 15 (1.32%) InDesign
6 13 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.35%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.35%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.18%) Sketch
11 1 (0.088%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.088%) CorelDRAW
11 1 (0.088%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.088%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.88%) Shopify
2 9 (0.79%) Magento
3 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.26%) iTrent
4 1 (0.088%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 103 (9.04%) Azure
2 79 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (4.47%) AWS
4 49 (4.30%) Power Platform
5 35 (3.07%) SaaS
6 20 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (0.79%) GitHub
10 8 (0.70%) GCP
10 8 (0.70%) PowerApps
11 7 (0.61%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.53%) WhatsApp
13 5 (0.44%) Figma
13 5 (0.44%) Google Docs
13 5 (0.44%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.60%) Wireless
2 31 (2.72%) Firewall
3 30 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (1.14%) Unified Communications
5 11 (0.96%) Network Security
6 8 (0.70%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.35%) Broadband
9 4 (0.35%) DNS
9 4 (0.35%) FTP
9 4 (0.35%) HTTP
9 4 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.35%) RS-232
10 3 (0.26%) VPN
11 2 (0.18%) BGP
11 2 (0.18%) DHCP
11 2 (0.18%) VoIP
12 1 (0.088%) Softphone
12 1 (0.088%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.77%) Power BI
3 28 (2.46%) MySQL
4 19 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.40%) MS Access
6 14 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.88%) Big Data
10 9 (0.79%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.53%) Metadata
11 6 (0.53%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.44%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.44%) Redis
13 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.26%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.26%) GIS
15 2 (0.18%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 38 (3.33%) Git
2 20 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.23%) JIRA
5 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (0.44%) Gradle
8 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.26%) GitLab
9 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.18%) git-flow
10 2 (0.18%) Subversion
10 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.18%) webpack
11 1 (0.088%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.088%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.088%) Maven
11 1 (0.088%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.088%) Selenium
General
1 294 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 190 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 104 (9.12%) Manufacturing
4 96 (8.42%) Electronics
5 86 (7.54%) Finance
6 82 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 58 (5.09%) Marketing
9 41 (3.60%) Law
10 33 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.72%) Retail
12 22 (1.93%) Legal
13 19 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.32%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.96%) Back Office
15 11 (0.96%) Banking
15 11 (0.96%) Games
16 9 (0.79%) Advertising
16 9 (0.79%) Automotive
17 7 (0.61%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (8.86%) .NET
2 73 (6.40%) HTML
3 72 (6.32%) CSS
4 53 (4.65%) React
5 26 (2.28%) .NET Framework
6 22 (1.93%) Laravel
6 22 (1.93%) Vue
7 20 (1.75%) ASP.NET
8 19 (1.67%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.49%) JSON
10 16 (1.40%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 14 (1.23%) Spring
13 13 (1.14%) Web Services
14 12 (1.05%) Node.js
14 12 (1.05%) Sass
14 12 (1.05%) XML
15 11 (0.96%) HTML5
15 11 (0.96%) React Native
16 10 (0.88%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.18%) Driving Licence
2 50 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (2.28%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.11%) Mobile App
5 20 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
6 19 (1.67%) Graphic Design
7 18 (1.58%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.49%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (1.32%) FPGA
9 15 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
10 14 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.23%) Social Media
11 13 (1.14%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.14%) Product Ownership
12 10 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.53%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 98 (8.60%) Windows
2 84 (7.37%) Linux
3 23 (2.02%) Windows 10
4 19 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.40%) Unix
6 8 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.35%) Android
7 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 8
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.18%) OS/2
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.088%) Debian
10 1 (0.088%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
2 151 (13.25%) Computer Science
3 146 (12.81%) Agile
4 133 (11.67%) Software Engineering
5 117 (10.26%) Mentoring
6 75 (6.58%) Project Planning
7 73 (6.40%) Project Management
7 73 (6.40%) Schematic Capture
8 72 (6.32%) Customer Service
9 64 (5.61%) Coaching
10 63 (5.53%) DevOps
11 54 (4.74%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (4.30%) Mathematics
13 45 (3.95%) Full Stack Development
14 44 (3.86%) Web Development
15 41 (3.60%) Physics
16 40 (3.51%) Decision-Making
17 37 (3.25%) Collaborative Working
18 35 (3.07%) Change Management
18 35 (3.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 171 (15.00%) C#
2 126 (11.05%) SQL
3 123 (10.79%) JavaScript
4 100 (8.77%) Python
5 81 (7.11%) Java
6 75 (6.58%) C
7 59 (5.18%) C++
8 54 (4.74%) PHP
9 31 (2.72%) Embedded C
10 20 (1.75%) TypeScript
11 15 (1.32%) Fortran
12 11 (0.96%) Bash
12 11 (0.96%) Go
13 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.61%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.53%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.53%) VB
16 5 (0.44%) Groovy
16 5 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 358 (31.40%) Degree
2 69 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 25 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (1.84%) Master's Degree
6 19 (1.67%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.58%) CCNA
7 18 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (0.96%) PhD
10 8 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.61%) HND
11 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.44%) OSCP
13 5 (0.44%) PMP
14 4 (0.35%) CISM
14 4 (0.35%) CISSP
14 4 (0.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.54%) SLA
2 18 (1.58%) PCI DSS
3 17 (1.49%) GDPR
4 15 (1.32%) QA
5 8 (0.70%) PMO
6 7 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.35%) NCSC
9 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.088%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.088%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.088%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.088%) JTAG
11 1 (0.088%) MISRA
System Software
1 108 (9.47%) Firmware
2 80 (7.02%) Embedded Firmware
3 47 (4.12%) Docker
4 40 (3.51%) Active Directory
5 18 (1.58%) KVM
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.088%) NFS
7 1 (0.088%) pfSense
7 1 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.14%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (1.14%) ServiceCenter
3 10 (0.88%) Terraform
4 5 (0.44%) SCCM
5 3 (0.26%) Ansible
5 3 (0.26%) SCOM
6 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.088%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.088%) Grafana
7 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.088%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.088%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.088%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 169 (14.82%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.32%) EMC
3 38 (3.33%) YouTube
4 30 (2.63%) Adobe
5 26 (2.28%) Google
6 24 (2.11%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.02%) Cisco
8 18 (1.58%) Dell
9 15 (1.32%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.23%) Aruba
10 14 (1.23%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.14%) HP
11 13 (1.14%) Meraki
12 12 (1.05%) Oracle
13 11 (0.96%) Progress
13 11 (0.96%) SAP
14 10 (0.88%) F5
15 8 (0.70%) VMware
16 7 (0.61%) Sage
17 5 (0.44%) ConnectWise