Junior Jobs in the South West

Junior
England > South West

The median Junior salary in the South West is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 175 193
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 154 90 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.48% 1.39% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.56% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 127 54 123
10th Percentile £21,500 £23,344 £22,750
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £51,284 £42,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,975 5,765 8,290
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.76% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,226 3,665 5,138
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior in the South West

Junior
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Wiltshire +24 45 £30,000 -25.00% 5
Bristol +13 39 £30,000 -25.00% 24
Somerset +1 22 £25,500 -13.18% 6
Gloucestershire -11 22 £30,000 -16.67% 5
Devon -10 13 £30,500 +26.31% 8
Dorset -32 11 £26,000 -20.00% 1
Cornwall -21 1 - -
Junior
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 South West region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 40 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.58%) SQL
3 23 (14.94%) Software Engineering
4 21 (13.64%) Degree
4 21 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (12.99%) Project Management
5 20 (12.99%) JavaScript
6 19 (12.34%) Linux
7 18 (11.69%) C#
8 17 (11.04%) Agile
8 17 (11.04%) Mentoring
9 15 (9.74%) Java
10 14 (9.09%) Security Cleared
10 14 (9.09%) Python
11 13 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
13 11 (7.14%) Microsoft
14 10 (6.49%) CRM
14 10 (6.49%) C
14 10 (6.49%) Renewable Energy
15 9 (5.84%) C++
15 9 (5.84%) .NET
15 9 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (5.84%) SC Cleared
16 8 (5.19%) Computer Science
16 8 (5.19%) Embedded Systems
16 8 (5.19%) HTML
16 8 (5.19%) Project Delivery
16 8 (5.19%) Roadmaps
17 7 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (2.60%) WordPress
2 3 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.65%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.30%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (1.30%) InDesign
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.65%) Magento
1 1 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.90%) Azure
3 4 (2.60%) AWS
4 3 (1.95%) SaaS
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.65%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.65%) Figma
5 1 (0.65%) GCP
5 1 (0.65%) GitHub
5 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.65%) Miro
5 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.30%) Firewall
2 1 (0.65%) ADSL
2 1 (0.65%) DHCP
2 1 (0.65%) DNS
2 1 (0.65%) Network Security
2 1 (0.65%) SNMP
2 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) MySQL
2 4 (2.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) Big Data
4 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.65%) GIS
4 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Gradle
1 4 (2.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.65%) Selenium
General
1 40 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.55%) Finance
4 7 (4.55%) Marketing
5 5 (3.25%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.25%) Military
6 4 (2.60%) Advertising
7 3 (1.95%) Banking
7 3 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.95%) Law
7 3 (1.95%) Retail
8 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.65%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.65%) Games
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.84%) .NET
2 8 (5.19%) HTML
3 7 (4.55%) CSS
4 6 (3.90%) Pandas
5 5 (3.25%) LAMP
6 4 (2.60%) Flask
6 4 (2.60%) jQuery
6 4 (2.60%) React
6 4 (2.60%) Tkinter
7 2 (1.30%) XGBoost
8 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.65%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.65%) Blazor
8 1 (0.65%) JSON
8 1 (0.65%) JSON Schema
8 1 (0.65%) Kafka
8 1 (0.65%) KML
8 1 (0.65%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.65%) RESTEasy
8 1 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.49%) Renewable Energy
2 8 (5.19%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (3.25%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.95%) PMI
5 3 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.30%) Animation
6 2 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.30%) Equities
6 2 (1.30%) FPGA
6 2 (1.30%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.65%) CCTV
7 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.34%) Linux
2 7 (4.55%) Windows
3 4 (2.60%) Unix
3 4 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Android
4 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.94%) Software Engineering
2 21 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (12.99%) Project Management
4 17 (11.04%) Agile
4 17 (11.04%) Mentoring
5 10 (6.49%) CRM
6 8 (5.19%) Computer Science
6 8 (5.19%) Project Delivery
6 8 (5.19%) Roadmaps
7 7 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (3.90%) B2B
8 6 (3.90%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (3.90%) Decision-Making
8 6 (3.90%) Fintech
9 5 (3.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (3.25%) Creative Thinking
9 5 (3.25%) Customer Service
9 5 (3.25%) OOP
9 5 (3.25%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (3.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.58%) SQL
2 20 (12.99%) JavaScript
3 18 (11.69%) C#
4 15 (9.74%) Java
5 14 (9.09%) Python
6 10 (6.49%) C
7 9 (5.84%) C++
8 6 (3.90%) PHP
9 5 (3.25%) Bash
10 4 (2.60%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.30%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (13.64%) Degree
2 14 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) CCNA
8 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.65%) MCSA
8 1 (0.65%) MCSE
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.65%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.25%) QA
2 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.65%) NCSC
2 1 (0.65%) NIST
2 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.90%) Docker
3 2 (1.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.30%) Terraform
2 1 (0.65%) Ansible
2 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.60%) ConnectWise
3 3 (1.95%) Adobe
3 3 (1.95%) Oracle
4 1 (0.65%) Cisco
4 1 (0.65%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (0.65%) Google
4 1 (0.65%) IFS
4 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.65%) VMware
4 1 (0.65%) YouTube