Junior Jobs in the West Midlands

Junior
England > West Midlands

The median Junior salary in the West Midlands is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 183 177
Rank change year-on-year +50 -6 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 133 71 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.61% 1.23% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.37% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 105 57 105
10th Percentile £23,450 £26,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £43,250
90th Percentile £45,750 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,827 5,196 7,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 89.90% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,721 3,205 4,843
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the West Midlands

Junior
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Birmingham +19 70 £25,000 -37.50% 18
Warwickshire +42 24 £26,250 -41.67% 4
Staffordshire -17 12 £32,500 -7.14% 7
Shropshire - 11 £25,500 - 1
Worcestershire -26 6 £27,500 +1.85% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 4 £21,000 -
Solihull -5 2 - -
Coventry +22 1 - - 2
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 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 West Midlands region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 42 (31.58%) Degree
2 31 (23.31%) C#
3 30 (22.56%) Mentoring
3 30 (22.56%) Social Skills
4 29 (21.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (18.05%) Microsoft
6 23 (17.29%) Java
7 20 (15.04%) Customer Service
8 19 (14.29%) Agile
8 19 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 18 (13.53%) Finance
10 17 (12.78%) SQL
10 17 (12.78%) DevOps
11 15 (11.28%) Manufacturing
11 15 (11.28%) Public Sector
12 14 (10.53%) YouTube
12 14 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (10.53%) Software Engineering
12 14 (10.53%) Marketing
12 14 (10.53%) SQL Server
12 14 (10.53%) Coaching
12 14 (10.53%) Azure
13 13 (9.77%) Project Planning
13 13 (9.77%) Electronics
14 12 (9.02%) Windows
14 12 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (9.02%) AWS
15 11 (8.27%) SaaS
15 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
15 11 (8.27%) Python

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (6.77%) WordPress
2 1 (0.75%) CMS
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.01%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (3.01%) Trello
3 2 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.75%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.75%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.75%) InDesign
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.75%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.75%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (6.02%) Magento
2 4 (3.01%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.53%) Azure
2 12 (9.02%) AWS
3 11 (8.27%) SaaS
4 9 (6.77%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.76%) Google Docs
6 5 (3.76%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.26%) GitHub
7 3 (2.26%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.50%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.75%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.51%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
2 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.26%) Power BI
3 4 (3.01%) Metadata
4 2 (1.50%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.75%) Big Data
5 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Git
General
1 30 (22.56%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (13.53%) Finance
4 15 (11.28%) Manufacturing
4 15 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 14 (10.53%) Marketing
6 13 (9.77%) Electronics
7 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (6.77%) Retail
9 3 (2.26%) Banking
9 3 (2.26%) Law
9 3 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Games
10 2 (1.50%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.50%) Legal
10 2 (1.50%) Police
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) React
2 8 (6.02%) CSS
3 7 (5.26%) .NET
3 7 (5.26%) HTML
4 5 (3.76%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.01%) Node.js
5 4 (3.01%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (3.01%) Vue
6 3 (2.26%) CakePHP
6 3 (2.26%) CodeIgniter
6 3 (2.26%) Ember.js
6 3 (2.26%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.26%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (2.26%) Laravel
6 3 (2.26%) Next.js
6 3 (2.26%) React Native
6 3 (2.26%) RESTful
6 3 (2.26%) Symfony
6 3 (2.26%) Zend Framework
7 2 (1.50%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.76%) Photography
3 4 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.75%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.75%) Animation
6 1 (0.75%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.02%) Windows
2 3 (2.26%) Linux
2 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.56%) Mentoring
2 20 (15.04%) Customer Service
3 19 (14.29%) Agile
3 19 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 17 (12.78%) DevOps
5 14 (10.53%) Coaching
5 14 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (10.53%) Software Engineering
6 13 (9.77%) Project Planning
7 12 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (7.52%) Asset Management
8 10 (7.52%) Project Management
8 10 (7.52%) Schematic Capture
9 8 (6.02%) Scrum
10 7 (5.26%) Defect Management
10 7 (5.26%) Full Stack Development
10 7 (5.26%) Web Development
11 6 (4.51%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (4.51%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.31%) C#
2 23 (17.29%) Java
3 17 (12.78%) SQL
4 11 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 11 (8.27%) Python
5 10 (7.52%) C++
6 7 (5.26%) PHP
7 3 (2.26%) C
7 3 (2.26%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.26%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.50%) Go
9 1 (0.75%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 42 (31.58%) Degree
2 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.51%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.75%) APMP
6 1 (0.75%) MCSE
6 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.01%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) GDPR
2 1 (0.75%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.75%) MISRA
2 1 (0.75%) PMO
2 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 10 (7.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (7.52%) Firmware
2 4 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.26%) Docker
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.76%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) Ansible
2 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.53%) YouTube
3 10 (7.52%) EMC
4 8 (6.02%) Google
5 6 (4.51%) Adobe
6 3 (2.26%) Zend
7 2 (1.50%) Databricks
7 2 (1.50%) IFS
8 1 (0.75%) Apple
8 1 (0.75%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco
8 1 (0.75%) NEC
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle
8 1 (0.75%) SAP
8 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.75%) VMware