Graduate Jobs in the North of England

Graduate
England > North of England

The median Graduate salary in the North of England is £25,500 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 232 234 185
Rank change year-on-year +2 -49 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 158 204 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.89% 1.21% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.35% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 125 47 53
10th Percentile £22,600 £21,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,000 - £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £24,000 £28,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.04% +4.63%
75th Percentile £32,000 £25,000 £38,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £26,103 £42,500
England median annual salary £28,500 £26,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +9.62% -16.13% +6.05%

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 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
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 Graduate within the North of 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
North West -4 112 £25,500 +6.25% 45
Yorkshire +65 39 £25,000 +4.17% 18
North East -26 7 £27,500 +14.58% 11
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 North of England region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 111 (70.25%) Degree
2 53 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (32.91%) Social Skills
4 25 (15.82%) Microsoft
5 21 (13.29%) Computer Science
5 21 (13.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (12.03%) Agile
7 18 (11.39%) Project Management
8 16 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (9.49%) Master's Degree
9 15 (9.49%) Time Management
10 14 (8.86%) Manufacturing
10 14 (8.86%) Driving Licence
11 13 (8.23%) Legal
11 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
12 12 (7.59%) Google
12 12 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (6.96%) C#
13 11 (6.96%) .NET
13 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
13 11 (6.96%) Electronics
14 10 (6.33%) Business Development
14 10 (6.33%) Sociology
15 9 (5.70%) Customer Service
15 9 (5.70%) Mentoring
15 9 (5.70%) Software Testing
15 9 (5.70%) Java
15 9 (5.70%) JavaScript
15 9 (5.70%) CRM

Graduate 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 4 (2.53%) CMS
2 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.63%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.06%) AWS
2 4 (2.53%) Azure
3 2 (1.27%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (1.27%) CloudFront
3 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.63%) Asana
4 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.90%) PPP
2 1 (0.63%) Broadband
2 1 (0.63%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (2.53%) MongoDB
1 4 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.27%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.63%) GIS
3 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Git
1 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.86%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.23%) Legal
6 11 (6.96%) Electronics
7 8 (5.06%) Finance
8 7 (4.43%) Banking
9 6 (3.80%) Games
9 6 (3.80%) Marketing
10 5 (3.16%) Retail
11 4 (2.53%) Military
12 2 (1.27%) Swedish Language
13 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.63%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.96%) .NET
2 6 (3.80%) .NET Core
3 5 (3.16%) AngularJS
3 5 (3.16%) React
4 4 (2.53%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.53%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (2.53%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (2.53%) Entity Framework
4 4 (2.53%) Node.js
4 4 (2.53%) Vue
5 1 (0.63%) CSS
5 1 (0.63%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (0.63%) Sass
5 1 (0.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.63%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.13%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (8.86%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.80%) Client/Server
4 5 (3.16%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.16%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.53%) Social Media
6 3 (1.90%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.27%) Social Network
8 1 (0.63%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.63%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.63%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (13.29%) Computer Science
3 19 (12.03%) Agile
4 18 (11.39%) Project Management
5 15 (9.49%) Time Management
6 12 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (6.33%) Business Development
7 10 (6.33%) Sociology
8 9 (5.70%) CRM
8 9 (5.70%) Customer Service
8 9 (5.70%) Mentoring
8 9 (5.70%) Software Testing
9 8 (5.06%) Customer Value Proposition
9 8 (5.06%) Software Engineering
9 8 (5.06%) Value Proposition
10 7 (4.43%) Business Strategy
11 6 (3.80%) B2B
11 6 (3.80%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (3.80%) Creative Thinking
11 6 (3.80%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.96%) C#
2 9 (5.70%) Java
2 9 (5.70%) JavaScript
3 7 (4.43%) C
4 5 (3.16%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.90%) PHP
6 2 (1.27%) Python
6 2 (1.27%) SQL
7 1 (0.63%) C++
7 1 (0.63%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.63%) Perl
7 1 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (70.25%) Degree
2 15 (9.49%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.53%) ACCA
3 4 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.53%) HNC
3 4 (2.53%) HND
4 3 (1.90%) PhD
5 2 (1.27%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) QA
2 2 (1.27%) GRC
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Firmware
2 1 (0.63%) Docker
Vendors
1 25 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.59%) Google
3 8 (5.06%) Apple
4 4 (2.53%) SAP
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle
5 2 (1.27%) Peregrine
5 2 (1.27%) Twitter
6 1 (0.63%) Adobe
6 1 (0.63%) Sun