Graduate Jobs in the UK excluding London

Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graduate salary in the UK excluding London is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 222 180
Rank change year-on-year +41 -42 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 1,127 907 1,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.48% 1.60% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.80% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 538 297 480
10th Percentile £22,400 £23,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +2.63%
75th Percentile £33,750 £31,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £45,500
UK median annual salary £29,000 £25,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +16.00% -20.63% +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Graduate in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the UK excluding London

Graduate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Graduate in the UK excluding London

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the UK excluding London

Graduate
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +66 373 £30,000 +11.11% 85
Midlands +53 304 £25,000 +4.17% 47
West Midlands +93 218 £24,000 - 31
North of England +27 157 £25,500 +6.25% 59
North West +29 110 £25,500 +6.25% 41
South West -38 89 £26,000 +4.00% 60
East Midlands -31 86 £26,000 +8.33% 16
Wales +42 78 £25,000 -13.99% 13
East of England -51 60 £28,000 -13.85% 18
Scotland -97 57 £30,000 +20.00% 21
Yorkshire +47 40 £25,000 +4.17% 12
North East -35 7 £27,500 +14.58% 7
Channel Islands - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 £35,000 - 3
Graduate
UK

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Graduate 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 UK excluding London region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 894 (79.33%) Degree
2 354 (31.41%) Social Skills
3 277 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 272 (24.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 249 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
6 238 (21.12%) Customer Service
7 218 (19.34%) Data Analysis
8 209 (18.54%) Microsoft Office
9 207 (18.37%) Manufacturing
10 199 (17.66%) Onboarding
11 194 (17.21%) Logistics
11 194 (17.21%) Performance Metrics
12 193 (17.13%) Creative Thinking
13 192 (17.04%) Process Improvement
14 191 (16.95%) Military
14 191 (16.95%) Contingency Planning
14 191 (16.95%) Customer Experience
15 184 (16.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 157 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
17 142 (12.60%) Self-Motivation
18 140 (12.42%) Computer Science
19 126 (11.18%) Electronics
20 121 (10.74%) Firmware
21 117 (10.38%) Mathematics
22 111 (9.85%) Retail
23 109 (9.67%) Software Engineering
24 99 (8.78%) Driving Licence
25 85 (7.54%) Embedded Firmware
26 81 (7.19%) Schematic Capture
26 81 (7.19%) German Language

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.27%) WordPress
3 2 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 272 (24.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 209 (18.54%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (5.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.35%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.35%) Simulink
5 3 (0.27%) Revit
5 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.18%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.089%) Blender
7 1 (0.089%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (1.42%) AWS
2 14 (1.24%) Azure
2 14 (1.24%) Power Platform
3 7 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (0.62%) SaaS
4 3 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 3 (0.27%) PowerApps
5 2 (0.18%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.18%) CloudFront
5 2 (0.18%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.089%) Asana
6 1 (0.089%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.089%) GitHub
6 1 (0.089%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.089%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.40%) Wireless
2 10 (0.89%) HTTP
3 5 (0.44%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.35%) WebEx
5 3 (0.27%) Internet
5 3 (0.27%) Modbus
5 3 (0.27%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.18%) PPP
7 1 (0.089%) 3G
7 1 (0.089%) 4G
7 1 (0.089%) Broadband
7 1 (0.089%) DHCP
7 1 (0.089%) DNS
7 1 (0.089%) Firewall
7 1 (0.089%) GPRS
7 1 (0.089%) LAN
7 1 (0.089%) MPLS
7 1 (0.089%) SDH
7 1 (0.089%) VLAN
7 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.24%) Power BI
3 8 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.27%) GIS
5 3 (0.27%) Tableau
6 2 (0.18%) MS Access
7 1 (0.089%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.089%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.089%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.089%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (0.98%) Git
2 7 (0.62%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.53%) JIRA
4 5 (0.44%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.27%) CMake
6 3 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.27%) NetBeans
6 3 (0.27%) Subversion
6 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.27%) TestRail
7 2 (0.18%) GDB
7 2 (0.18%) Hudson
8 1 (0.089%) TeamCity
General
1 354 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 207 (18.37%) Manufacturing
3 191 (16.95%) Military
4 184 (16.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 157 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (11.18%) Electronics
7 111 (9.85%) Retail
8 81 (7.19%) German Language
9 79 (7.01%) Law
10 74 (6.57%) Finance
11 73 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (3.37%) Marketing
14 35 (3.11%) Legal
15 32 (2.84%) Public Sector
16 29 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
17 28 (2.48%) Aviation
18 17 (1.51%) Advertising
19 12 (1.06%) Aerospace
20 11 (0.98%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.37%) .NET
2 19 (1.69%) AngularJS
2 19 (1.69%) HTML
3 16 (1.42%) .NET Core
3 16 (1.42%) ASP.NET
3 16 (1.42%) CSS
3 16 (1.42%) React
4 13 (1.15%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (0.80%) WPF
6 8 (0.71%) Node.js
7 6 (0.53%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.44%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (0.44%) OpenCL
8 5 (0.44%) Vue
8 5 (0.44%) Vulkan
9 4 (0.35%) Entity Framework
10 3 (0.27%) HTML5
10 3 (0.27%) Laravel
10 3 (0.27%) QML
10 3 (0.27%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 199 (17.66%) Onboarding
2 142 (12.60%) Self-Motivation
3 99 (8.78%) Driving Licence
4 68 (6.03%) FMCG
5 32 (2.84%) Algorithms
6 23 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (2.04%) FPGA
7 22 (1.95%) Social Media
8 16 (1.42%) Photography
9 15 (1.33%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.06%) Analogue Electronics
10 12 (1.06%) Client/Server
11 11 (0.98%) Robotics
12 10 (0.89%) IoT
12 10 (0.89%) VHDL
13 7 (0.62%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.53%) Blog
14 6 (0.53%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
15 5 (0.44%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.48%) Linux
2 8 (0.71%) Windows
3 7 (0.62%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.53%) Android
5 5 (0.44%) CentOS
5 5 (0.44%) SUSE
5 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.089%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.089%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (24.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 249 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
3 238 (21.12%) Customer Service
4 218 (19.34%) Data Analysis
5 194 (17.21%) Logistics
5 194 (17.21%) Performance Metrics
6 193 (17.13%) Creative Thinking
7 192 (17.04%) Process Improvement
8 191 (16.95%) Contingency Planning
8 191 (16.95%) Customer Experience
9 140 (12.42%) Computer Science
10 117 (10.38%) Mathematics
11 109 (9.67%) Software Engineering
12 81 (7.19%) Schematic Capture
13 72 (6.39%) Physics
14 71 (6.30%) Project Planning
15 68 (6.03%) Benchmarking
15 68 (6.03%) Lean Manufacturing
15 68 (6.03%) Lean Six Sigma
15 68 (6.03%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 66 (5.86%) C
2 65 (5.77%) Python
3 62 (5.50%) C#
4 50 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.64%) Java
6 39 (3.46%) SQL
7 30 (2.66%) C++
8 26 (2.31%) Embedded C
9 9 (0.80%) MATLAB
10 7 (0.62%) Bash
11 6 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.44%) PHP
12 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.35%) Ada
14 3 (0.27%) C-shell
14 3 (0.27%) Fortran
14 3 (0.27%) Haskell
15 1 (0.089%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.089%) Perl
15 1 (0.089%) Rust
Qualifications
1 894 (79.33%) Degree
2 80 (7.10%) DBS Check
3 68 (6.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 63 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 48 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 28 (2.48%) PhD
8 16 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.42%) SC Cleared
9 13 (1.15%) ACCA
10 7 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.44%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.35%) CIMA
12 4 (0.35%) HNC
12 4 (0.35%) HND
12 4 (0.35%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.18%) ICAEW
13 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.089%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.089%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (0.80%) QA
2 4 (0.35%) GRC
2 4 (0.35%) IFRS
2 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.089%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.089%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.089%) JTAG
4 1 (0.089%) PMO
4 1 (0.089%) SLA
System Software
1 121 (10.74%) Firmware
2 85 (7.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Docker
4 1 (0.089%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.089%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (6.39%) EMC
2 58 (5.15%) Microsoft
3 16 (1.42%) Google
4 15 (1.33%) SAP
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe
5 8 (0.71%) Apple
6 6 (0.53%) Oracle
7 5 (0.44%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.35%) Peregrine
8 4 (0.35%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.27%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.18%) F5
10 2 (0.18%) Facebook
10 2 (0.18%) Splunk
10 2 (0.18%) Twitter
11 1 (0.089%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.089%) Sigfox
11 1 (0.089%) Sun
11 1 (0.089%) Xamarin