Graduate Jobs in Cheshire

Graduate
North West > Cheshire

The median Graduate salary in Cheshire is £24,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 59 39
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 7 4 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.75% 0.86% 8.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.88% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 18
10th Percentile - - £21,000
25th Percentile - £22,750 £22,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £23,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -
75th Percentile - £24,250 £25,675
90th Percentile - - £35,575
North West median annual salary £26,250 £24,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -7.55% +8.16%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 876 457 1,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 97.86% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 507 341 604
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,850 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,096 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,070 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,353
North West median annual salary £50,803 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.63% +4.76% +5.00%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Cheshire

Graduate
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Cheshire

Graduate
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Wilmslow - 3 £24,000 -
Graduate
North West

Graduate Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Cheshire region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Product Management
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Application Security
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Application Security
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Product Management
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) VMware