Junior IT Engineer Jobs

Junior IT Engineer
UK

The median Junior IT Engineer salary in the UK is £23,750 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 868 925 1232
Rank change year-on-year +57 +307 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer 39 22 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.023% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.025% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 38 10 28
10th Percentile £20,675 £20,550 £19,500
25th Percentile £20,750 £21,000 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,750 £27,250 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +21.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £31,833 £33,750 £36,188
90th Percentile £33,025 £33,875 £42,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £23,000 £24,500 £22,500
% change year-on-year -6.12% +8.89% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Junior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior IT Engineer in the UK

Junior IT Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior IT Engineer.

Salary trend for Junior IT Engineer in the UK

Junior IT Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior IT Engineer within the UK 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
England +53 39 £23,750 -12.84% 13
UK excluding London -17 36 £23,000 -6.12% 7
South East -4 17 £21,500 -33.85% 2
Work from Home - 16 £21,500 - 2
East of England +5 11 £31,833 +44.70% 1
West Midlands - 4 £24,500 -
Midlands - 4 £24,500 -
London +115 3 £33,500 +18.58% 6
South West - 3 £22,750 - 2
North of England +33 1 £30,000 +39.53% 2
North West - 1 £30,000 -

Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Junior IT Engineer 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 featuring Junior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (51.28%) Azure
3 17 (43.59%) Windows
3 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
3 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
4 15 (38.46%) Driving Licence
5 14 (35.90%) Degree
6 13 (33.33%) Fortinet
6 13 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (33.33%) CCNA
6 13 (33.33%) Cisco
6 13 (33.33%) HP
6 13 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (33.33%) Firewall
6 13 (33.33%) Wireless
6 13 (33.33%) Palo Alto
6 13 (33.33%) Unified Communications
6 13 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (33.33%) Meraki
6 13 (33.33%) Aruba
6 13 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
6 13 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (25.64%) Active Directory
8 8 (20.51%) Windows 10
9 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
10 6 (15.38%) Line Management
10 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
10 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (15.38%) Law

Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (51.28%) Azure
3 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) Firewall
1 13 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 13 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) VoIP
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (15.38%) Law
3 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Games
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.56%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.56%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 17 (43.59%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.56%) Android
4 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (15.38%) Line Management
3 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
4 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.13%) IT Strategy
6 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (2.56%) Inventory Control
6 1 (2.56%) Inventory Management
6 1 (2.56%) Software Licensing
6 1 (2.56%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (2.56%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Degree
2 13 (33.33%) CCNA
2 13 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 10 (25.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 13 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (33.33%) Aruba
2 13 (33.33%) Cisco
2 13 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 13 (33.33%) HP
2 13 (33.33%) Meraki
2 13 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 3 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Google