Graduate Jobs in England

Graduate
UK > England

The median Graduate salary in England is £28,500 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 208 266 312
Rank change year-on-year +58 +46 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 1,227 1,198 1,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.42% 1.35% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.48% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 552 406 708
10th Percentile £22,400 £23,000 £22,675
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £26,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% -16.13% +6.05%
75th Percentile £36,063 £33,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £43,700 £44,375 £48,750
UK median annual salary £28,500 £25,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +14.00% -20.63% +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in England

Graduate
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in England.

Salary trend for Graduate in England

Graduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in England

Graduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the England 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
South East +53 364 £30,000 +8.11% 89
Midlands +63 281 £25,000 +4.17% 52
London +95 265 £35,000 +12.00% 110
West Midlands +117 203 £24,000 - 36
North of England +2 158 £25,500 +6.25% 74
North West -4 112 £25,500 +6.25% 46
South West -56 91 £25,000 - 65
East Midlands -29 78 £26,000 +8.33% 16
East of England -66 59 £29,000 -10.77% 31
Yorkshire +65 39 £25,000 +4.17% 18
North East -26 7 £27,500 +14.58% 11
Graduate
UK

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 England region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 1,008 (82.15%) Degree
2 415 (33.82%) Social Skills
3 374 (30.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 326 (26.57%) Analytical Skills
5 275 (22.41%) Self-Motivation
6 274 (22.33%) Retail
7 246 (20.05%) German Language
8 239 (19.48%) DBS Check
9 231 (18.83%) Driving Licence
10 221 (18.01%) Customer Service
11 205 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
12 199 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
13 197 (16.06%) Data Analysis
14 193 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 190 (15.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
16 187 (15.24%) Customer Insight
17 177 (14.43%) Customer Experience
18 176 (14.34%) Onboarding
19 172 (14.02%) Logistics
20 171 (13.94%) Performance Metrics
20 171 (13.94%) Creative Thinking
21 170 (13.85%) Process Improvement
21 170 (13.85%) Military
22 169 (13.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 168 (13.69%) Contingency Planning
24 139 (11.33%) Manufacturing
25 130 (10.59%) Computer Science
26 124 (10.11%) Electronics
27 97 (7.91%) Firmware
28 96 (7.82%) Mathematics

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (0.57%) Skype for Business
2 6 (0.49%) CMS
3 4 (0.33%) WordPress
4 2 (0.16%) Drupal
4 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.081%) Confluence
5 1 (0.081%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 374 (30.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 199 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
3 190 (15.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.33%) Simulink
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.16%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.16%) Trello
7 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.081%) Blender
7 1 (0.081%) InDesign
7 1 (0.081%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (1.96%) Azure
2 18 (1.47%) AWS
3 15 (1.22%) Power Platform
4 12 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (0.57%) SaaS
6 5 (0.41%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.33%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.16%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.16%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.16%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.16%) CloudFront
9 2 (0.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.081%) Asana
10 1 (0.081%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.081%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.081%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.81%) HTTP
2 7 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (0.57%) Skype
2 7 (0.57%) Telepresence
3 5 (0.41%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.41%) WebEx
4 3 (0.24%) Internet
4 3 (0.24%) Modbus
4 3 (0.24%) PPP
4 3 (0.24%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.24%) WAN
4 3 (0.24%) Wireless
5 2 (0.16%) 5G
5 2 (0.16%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.081%) 3G
6 1 (0.081%) DHCP
6 1 (0.081%) DNS
6 1 (0.081%) RS-485
6 1 (0.081%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.081%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.63%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.06%) Power BI
3 7 (0.57%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.41%) Tableau
5 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.24%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.081%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.081%) Big Data
8 1 (0.081%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.081%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.081%) GIS
8 1 (0.081%) Power Query
8 1 (0.081%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (0.90%) Git
2 10 (0.81%) JIRA
3 7 (0.57%) LabVIEW
3 7 (0.57%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.33%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.24%) CMake
5 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.24%) NetBeans
5 3 (0.24%) Subversion
5 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.24%) TestRail
6 2 (0.16%) GDB
6 2 (0.16%) Hudson
6 2 (0.16%) JUnit
6 2 (0.16%) Mockito
7 1 (0.081%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.081%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 415 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 326 (26.57%) Analytical Skills
3 274 (22.33%) Retail
4 246 (20.05%) German Language
5 170 (13.85%) Military
6 169 (13.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (11.33%) Manufacturing
8 124 (10.11%) Electronics
9 83 (6.76%) Finance
10 79 (6.44%) Marketing
11 53 (4.32%) Advertising
12 34 (2.77%) Legal
13 32 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.53%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.28%) Aviation
16 16 (1.30%) Games
17 15 (1.22%) Law
17 15 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.06%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.50%) .NET
2 23 (1.87%) HTML
3 21 (1.71%) .NET Core
4 20 (1.63%) AngularJS
5 19 (1.55%) ASP.NET
6 18 (1.47%) ASP.NET MVC
7 17 (1.39%) CSS
8 15 (1.22%) React
9 12 (0.98%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.73%) HTML5
10 9 (0.73%) WPF
11 7 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (0.57%) Entity Framework
12 6 (0.49%) Node.js
12 6 (0.49%) WinForms
13 5 (0.41%) OpenCL
13 5 (0.41%) Vulkan
14 4 (0.33%) J2EE
14 4 (0.33%) RESTful
14 4 (0.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 275 (22.41%) Self-Motivation
2 231 (18.83%) Driving Licence
3 176 (14.34%) Onboarding
4 58 (4.73%) Analytical Mindset
5 57 (4.65%) Social Media
6 52 (4.24%) Photography
7 38 (3.10%) Algorithms
8 23 (1.87%) FPGA
9 17 (1.39%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.06%) IoT
11 12 (0.98%) Analogue Electronics
12 11 (0.90%) Management Information System
13 10 (0.81%) Robotics
13 10 (0.81%) VHDL
14 8 (0.65%) FMCG
15 7 (0.57%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
16 6 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
17 5 (0.41%) Blockchain
17 5 (0.41%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.61%) Linux
2 19 (1.55%) Windows
3 8 (0.65%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.57%) Android
4 7 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.57%) Windows 7
5 6 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.41%) CentOS
7 4 (0.33%) SUSE
8 2 (0.16%) Debian
8 2 (0.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.081%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.081%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (18.01%) Customer Service
2 205 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (16.06%) Data Analysis
4 193 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 187 (15.24%) Customer Insight
6 177 (14.43%) Customer Experience
7 172 (14.02%) Logistics
8 171 (13.94%) Creative Thinking
8 171 (13.94%) Performance Metrics
9 170 (13.85%) Process Improvement
10 168 (13.69%) Contingency Planning
11 130 (10.59%) Computer Science
12 96 (7.82%) Mathematics
13 90 (7.33%) Software Engineering
14 80 (6.52%) Schematic Capture
15 71 (5.79%) Project Planning
16 70 (5.70%) Agile
17 52 (4.24%) Strategic Planning
18 50 (4.07%) Physics
19 36 (2.93%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 79 (6.44%) C#
2 74 (6.03%) Python
3 58 (4.73%) JavaScript
4 52 (4.24%) SQL
5 49 (3.99%) Java
6 42 (3.42%) C
7 29 (2.36%) C++
8 13 (1.06%) MATLAB
9 7 (0.57%) Bash
9 7 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.41%) PHP
12 4 (0.33%) Ada
13 3 (0.24%) C-shell
13 3 (0.24%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.24%) Fortran
13 3 (0.24%) Haskell
13 3 (0.24%) Ruby
14 1 (0.081%) R
14 1 (0.081%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,008 (82.15%) Degree
2 239 (19.48%) DBS Check
3 63 (5.13%) Security Cleared
4 60 (4.89%) Master's Degree
5 57 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.85%) PhD
7 16 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.14%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.65%) ACCA
9 8 (0.65%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 7 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (0.57%) MBA
11 6 (0.49%) HND
11 6 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.33%) CIMA
13 4 (0.33%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.33%) HNC
14 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.16%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.81%) QA
2 4 (0.33%) IFRS
2 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.16%) GRC
3 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.16%) PMO
3 2 (0.16%) SLA
4 1 (0.081%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.081%) JTAG
System Software
1 97 (7.91%) Firmware
2 85 (6.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.16%) Docker
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.081%) Ansible
2 1 (0.081%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.081%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.081%) Puppet
2 1 (0.081%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (6.28%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.87%) EMC
3 20 (1.63%) Google
4 15 (1.22%) Apple
5 13 (1.06%) SAP
6 10 (0.81%) Logitech
7 8 (0.65%) Adobe
7 8 (0.65%) Oracle
8 7 (0.57%) Cisco
8 7 (0.57%) Polycom
9 6 (0.49%) Peregrine
10 5 (0.41%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.33%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.33%) Rockwell
12 2 (0.16%) Databricks
12 2 (0.16%) F5
12 2 (0.16%) Facebook
12 2 (0.16%) Twitter
13 1 (0.081%) Splunk
13 1 (0.081%) Xamarin