Junior Jobs in the North of England

Junior
England > North of England

The median Junior salary in the North of England is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 244 220
Rank change year-on-year +73 -24 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 250 187 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.32% 1.16% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.30% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 219 128 247
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,350 £22,500
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £30,789 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -3.78% +16.36%
75th Percentile £35,625 £38,750 £38,500
90th Percentile £39,200 £47,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 18,018 14,359 17,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 89.34% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,757 7,992 10,930
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior in the North of England.

Salary trend for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the North of England

Junior
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +48 158 £27,500 -9.09% 38
Yorkshire +56 76 £30,000 -7.69% 19
North East -16 16 £25,250 -8.18% 7
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 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 North of England region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 56 (22.40%) Agile
1 56 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.60%) Mentoring
2 49 (19.60%) Degree
3 48 (19.20%) C#
4 47 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (16.80%) Coaching
6 33 (13.20%) JavaScript
7 31 (12.40%) Microsoft
8 30 (12.00%) .NET
9 28 (11.20%) Azure
10 27 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (10.40%) Public Sector
12 25 (10.00%) SQL
12 25 (10.00%) Finance
13 24 (9.60%) Windows
14 23 (9.20%) Computer Science
14 23 (9.20%) Software Engineering
15 22 (8.80%) YouTube
15 22 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
16 20 (8.00%) Change Management
17 19 (7.60%) Python
17 19 (7.60%) Customer Experience
18 18 (7.20%) Full Stack Development
18 18 (7.20%) ServiceNow
18 18 (7.20%) Linux
18 18 (7.20%) Java
19 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
19 17 (6.80%) DevOps
19 17 (6.80%) React

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.80%) Resin
3 2 (0.80%) WordPress
4 1 (0.40%) Drupal
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.20%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.40%) CorelDRAW
5 1 (0.40%) InDesign
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (11.20%) Azure
2 11 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.00%) AWS
4 8 (3.20%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.60%) SaaS
7 3 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.20%) GitHub
7 3 (1.20%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.60%) RS-232
2 2 (0.80%) Firewall
2 2 (0.80%) VPN
2 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.40%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.40%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) Wireless
3 1 (0.40%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.80%) MySQL
3 6 (2.40%) Power BI
4 5 (2.00%) Big Data
5 4 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.20%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.80%) Looker
8 1 (0.40%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Git
2 10 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (22.40%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 25 (10.00%) Finance
5 22 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.60%) Legal
7 7 (2.80%) Automotive
7 7 (2.80%) Games
8 6 (2.40%) Electronics
8 6 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.40%) Marketing
9 5 (2.00%) Law
9 5 (2.00%) Retail
10 4 (1.60%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.60%) Banking
10 4 (1.60%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Billing
12 1 (0.40%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.00%) .NET
2 17 (6.80%) React
3 15 (6.00%) CSS
4 14 (5.60%) HTML
5 12 (4.80%) Vue
6 11 (4.40%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.80%) Laravel
7 7 (2.80%) Sass
8 6 (2.40%) .NET Core
8 6 (2.40%) Ajax
8 6 (2.40%) LESS
9 5 (2.00%) .NET Framework
9 5 (2.00%) ASP.NET
9 5 (2.00%) Node.js
10 4 (1.60%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (1.60%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (1.60%) Entity Framework
11 3 (1.20%) REST
12 2 (0.80%) EJB
12 2 (0.80%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
2 9 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.20%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.20%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.20%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.40%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.60%) CAN bus
5 4 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.60%) EPoS
5 4 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (1.60%) Robotics
5 4 (1.60%) Social Media
6 3 (1.20%) IoT
7 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.80%) e-Health
7 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.60%) Windows
2 18 (7.20%) Linux
3 11 (4.40%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.80%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.20%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.20%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.80%) Unix
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.40%) Agile
2 49 (19.60%) Mentoring
3 47 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.80%) Coaching
5 23 (9.20%) Computer Science
5 23 (9.20%) Software Engineering
6 20 (8.00%) Change Management
7 19 (7.60%) Customer Experience
8 18 (7.20%) Full Stack Development
9 17 (6.80%) DevOps
10 16 (6.40%) Service Delivery
11 13 (5.20%) Customer Service
12 11 (4.40%) User Experience
13 10 (4.00%) CAD
13 10 (4.00%) Logistics
13 10 (4.00%) Project Management
13 10 (4.00%) Requirements Gathering
13 10 (4.00%) Visualisation
14 9 (3.60%) CI/CD
14 9 (3.60%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.20%) C#
2 33 (13.20%) JavaScript
3 25 (10.00%) SQL
4 19 (7.60%) Python
5 18 (7.20%) Java
6 12 (4.80%) PHP
7 7 (2.80%) C++
8 5 (2.00%) C
8 5 (2.00%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.60%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.80%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) RPG
11 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (19.60%) Degree
2 11 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.40%) HND
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.40%) OSCP
5 1 (0.40%) PMP
5 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.60%) SLA
2 3 (1.20%) QA
3 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) NIST
4 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.20%) Docker
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.20%) SCCM
2 3 (1.20%) SCOM
3 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.80%) YouTube
3 18 (7.20%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.00%) Progress
5 7 (2.80%) Adobe
6 6 (2.40%) Cisco
6 6 (2.40%) F5
7 5 (2.00%) Google
8 4 (1.60%) Oracle
9 3 (1.20%) Kaseya
9 3 (1.20%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.80%) BMC
10 2 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.40%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.40%) IBM
11 1 (0.40%) IBM Sterling
11 1 (0.40%) Instagram
11 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.40%) TikTok
11 1 (0.40%) Workday