Junior Jobs in the South East

Junior
England > South East

The median Junior salary in the South East is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 185 105
Rank change year-on-year +46 -80 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 323 268 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.91% 1.87% 3.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 2.07% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 232 204 379
10th Percentile £22,875 £23,250 £22,950
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% -
75th Percentile £40,048 £37,500 £40,250
90th Percentile £44,875 £45,000 £43,750
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,876 12,953 19,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 90.33% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,350 8,186 12,492
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the South East

Junior
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the South East.

Salary trend for Junior in the South East

Junior
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the South East

Junior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Thames Valley +72 164 £31,500 -10.00% 27
Buckinghamshire +10 86 £30,000 -12.60% 18
Hampshire -49 56 £35,000 +2.94% 16
Oxfordshire +48 47 £42,500 +54.55% 3
Berkshire +14 31 £30,000 -16.84% 7
East Sussex +28 30 £23,750 -5.00% 4
Surrey -5 28 £32,500 -6.02% 15
Kent -4 26 £28,000 +1.82% 6
West Sussex +32 12 £23,250 -7.00% 6
Sussex -19 5 £30,000 - 1
Middlesex - 2 £51,000 -
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 South East region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 168 (52.01%) Degree
2 89 (27.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 78 (24.15%) Electronics
4 76 (23.53%) Manufacturing
5 71 (21.98%) Firmware
5 71 (21.98%) Social Skills
6 70 (21.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 63 (19.50%) Schematic Capture
8 62 (19.20%) Project Planning
8 62 (19.20%) EMC
9 51 (15.79%) Computer Science
10 47 (14.55%) Python
11 39 (12.07%) Microsoft
12 36 (11.15%) JavaScript
13 35 (10.84%) Software Engineering
13 35 (10.84%) Azure
13 35 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (10.53%) C#
15 28 (8.67%) Linux
15 28 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (8.36%) .NET
16 27 (8.36%) Agile
17 24 (7.43%) Finance
18 23 (7.12%) C++
18 23 (7.12%) C
19 22 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
20 21 (6.50%) Firewall
21 20 (6.19%) SQL
21 20 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
22 19 (5.88%) React

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.62%) Apache
2 2 (0.62%) nginx
3 1 (0.31%) CMS
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (1.86%) InDesign
2 6 (1.86%) Photoshop
3 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.24%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.84%) Azure
2 28 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.95%) AWS
4 9 (2.79%) SaaS
5 7 (2.17%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.86%) GCP
7 4 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.62%) Figma
9 2 (0.62%) GitHub
9 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.62%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.31%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.31%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.50%) Firewall
2 15 (4.64%) Wireless
3 13 (4.02%) Unified Communications
4 7 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
5 6 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.24%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.24%) FTP
6 4 (1.24%) HTTP
7 3 (0.93%) DNS
7 3 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.93%) Network Security
8 2 (0.62%) 3G
8 2 (0.62%) GPRS
8 2 (0.62%) Modbus
9 1 (0.31%) BGP
9 1 (0.31%) DHCP
9 1 (0.31%) Internet
9 1 (0.31%) SNMP
9 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.10%) MySQL
3 9 (2.79%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.93%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.93%) Power BI
6 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.62%) GIS
6 2 (0.62%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) DB2
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.10%) Git
2 5 (1.55%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.24%) JIRA
4 2 (0.62%) Subversion
4 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.31%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.31%) GDB
5 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 89 (27.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 78 (24.15%) Electronics
3 76 (23.53%) Manufacturing
4 71 (21.98%) Social Skills
5 24 (7.43%) Finance
6 18 (5.57%) Marketing
7 16 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.64%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.41%) Retail
9 11 (3.41%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.10%) Legal
11 9 (2.79%) Law
12 4 (1.24%) Advertising
12 4 (1.24%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Aviation
14 2 (0.62%) Military
14 2 (0.62%) Swedish Language
15 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.36%) .NET
2 19 (5.88%) React
3 16 (4.95%) CSS
3 16 (4.95%) HTML
4 9 (2.79%) Laravel
5 8 (2.48%) .NET Core
5 8 (2.48%) Spring
6 7 (2.17%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.17%) JSON
7 6 (1.86%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.86%) EDI
7 6 (1.86%) HTML5
7 6 (1.86%) OpenACC
7 6 (1.86%) OpenMP
7 6 (1.86%) WPF
8 5 (1.55%) Kafka
8 5 (1.55%) LINQ
8 5 (1.55%) React Native
8 5 (1.55%) Vue
9 4 (1.24%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.57%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.95%) Algorithms
4 13 (4.02%) FPGA
5 9 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.17%) Graphic Design
7 6 (1.86%) CUDA
8 5 (1.55%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.55%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.24%) PCIe
9 4 (1.24%) VHDL
10 3 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.93%) IoT
10 3 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.93%) Social Media
11 2 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.67%) Linux
2 19 (5.88%) Windows
3 6 (1.86%) Unix
4 4 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.62%) OS/2
6 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (19.50%) Schematic Capture
2 62 (19.20%) Project Planning
3 51 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 35 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (10.84%) Software Engineering
5 27 (8.36%) Agile
6 18 (5.57%) Customer Service
6 18 (5.57%) DevOps
6 18 (5.57%) Physics
7 17 (5.26%) Mathematics
8 14 (4.33%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (4.33%) Decision-Making
8 14 (4.33%) Project Management
9 13 (4.02%) OO
9 13 (4.02%) Prototyping
10 11 (3.41%) Chemistry
10 11 (3.41%) Full Stack Development
10 11 (3.41%) Migration
11 10 (3.10%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (3.10%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.55%) Python
2 36 (11.15%) JavaScript
3 34 (10.53%) C#
4 23 (7.12%) C
4 23 (7.12%) C++
5 20 (6.19%) SQL
6 17 (5.26%) Java
7 15 (4.64%) Fortran
8 11 (3.41%) PHP
9 10 (3.10%) Go
10 9 (2.79%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.48%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.86%) VB
13 5 (1.55%) Bash
14 4 (1.24%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.24%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.24%) Groovy
14 4 (1.24%) VBScript
15 2 (0.62%) Ada
15 2 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 168 (52.01%) Degree
2 22 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (5.57%) Master's Degree
4 17 (5.26%) CCNA
4 17 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (4.02%) Network+ Certification
6 12 (3.72%) PhD
7 10 (3.10%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.86%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.24%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.62%) GNVQ
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PMP
11 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.48%) GDPR
2 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.93%) NCSC
2 3 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.31%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.31%) JTAG
3 1 (0.31%) PMO
3 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (21.98%) Firmware
2 70 (21.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (5.57%) Docker
4 4 (1.24%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (4.02%) Cisco CUCM
1 13 (4.02%) ServiceCenter
2 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.62%) Terraform
4 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (19.20%) EMC
2 39 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.02%) Aruba
3 13 (4.02%) Cisco
3 13 (4.02%) Fortinet
3 13 (4.02%) HP
3 13 (4.02%) Meraki
3 13 (4.02%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.79%) SAP
5 7 (2.17%) Adobe
6 4 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.93%) VMware
8 2 (0.62%) F5
8 2 (0.62%) Google
8 2 (0.62%) Sage
9 1 (0.31%) Apple
9 1 (0.31%) IBM
9 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.31%) YouTube