How many junior jobs are there really?

How many junior postings are there?

Since 1 March 2026 we have collected 8,226 non-senior postings, the expired ones included. Of these, 1,175 are clearly junior: either the title says so, or the experience asked for does. Roughly as many, 1,127, are internships and student jobs. Most of the rest either ask for at least two years of experience (2,578) or do not make clear what level they are for (3,346).

Every posting we counted, with its source, employer, date and the experience asked for, is in the list of 1,175 postings.

14%

clearly junior

14%

internship, student job

31%

at least 2 years of experience

41%

level not clear

Right now 209 such postings are listed, out of the board's 1,987 non-senior postings. That is 11%.

The share ranged from 10% to 21% by month. Most of the swing comes from which source brought in many postings in which month, so read the monthly figures with care: the 14% over the whole period is the more reliable one.

How can you tell a posting is junior?

Most junior postings do not say in the title that they want a junior. For 743 postings (63%) only the experience asked for gives it away, for example when the experience field says “1–3 years” or “junior”. In the title, 432 postings say it (“Junior Java Developer”, “Graduate System Administrator”). Anyone who only searches titles for “junior” misses a good part of the opportunities.

743

from the experience only

141

from the title only

291

from both

Where are most junior postings?

This is the count. It shows where you find the most junior postings, even if the area is big and only a small part of its postings are junior. By count, Backend leads with 152 junior postings, followed by Data / AI and Adatelemző / BI. That is partly because these areas have many postings to begin with. The next section looks at the share.

In which category is the chance biggest?

This is the share. It shows what part of an area's postings is junior, that is, where you have the easiest time in proportion, whatever the size of the area. That is why the order differs from above. Rendszergazda / Hálózat is the most open: 101 of its 479 postings are junior (21%). At the other end is Hardver / Embedded, at 8%.

In which role is the chance biggest?

This is a narrower view. Within the categories we split the postings into specific roles, because the share can differ a lot even inside one category. Here Alkalmazás-üzemeltetés stands out: 33% of its postings are junior, followed by SOC / incidenskezelés (25%).

What do they ask of a junior?

The typical junior posting does not look for a complete beginner. 744 postings (63%) ask for 1 year, or a range starting at 1, such as 1–3 years. Only 28 start explicitly at 0 years or mark themselves for graduates. Of the rest, 262 say only that they are junior and 110 say nothing.

Of the 68 postings that are called junior in the title and also give a number of years, 18 ask for at least two. A “junior” title does not always mean a beginner, so read the requirements through.

Among technologies, SQL (26%), Python (24%) and Linux (20%) are the most common in junior postings.

More telling is what shows up far more often in junior postings than in general: Selenium, ELK Stack, ELT, ITIL, MySQL, PHP, DNS and Windows. These are mostly testing, operations and basics. These are asked for less often: Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, LLM, REST API and Jira.

Who is hiring juniors?

We saw junior postings from 529 employers. Deutsche Telekom TSI Hungary Kft. posted the most (39), followed by Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd. (17) and Morgan Stanley (11).

⚠ GHOST JOB. Much of Deutsche Telekom's listings may be fake, that is, ads for jobs that were filled long ago or never existed, so read their numbers with care. What that means and how to spot it is explained here: Ghost jobs, or fake postings.

What does this mean if you are looking as a junior?

Do not search for the word “junior” only. 63% of junior postings do not say it in the title and show it only through the experience asked for. The board's Junior filter shows these too, together with the postings that state no level.

One year is the typical expectation. Few postings are meant for a complete beginner, so it is worth listing internships, student jobs and serious personal projects as experience.

Not every area is equally open. Among the postings of Rendszergazda / Hálózat, IT biztonság and Adatelemző / BI, a larger share is junior than in the other areas.

The basics count. SQL, Python and Linux are the most common requests; cloud and specialist tools are expected of juniors less often.

English is not optional. Roughly every second junior postings asks for it.