Graduate Contracts in the UK excluding London

Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graduate daily rate in the UK excluding London is £98 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 431 492
Rank change year-on-year +51 +61 -82
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate 10 12 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.051% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.054% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £83 £98 £131
25th Percentile £88 £106 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £98 £124 £166
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -25.56% +15.65%
75th Percentile £107 £155 £201
90th Percentile £111 £174 £231
UK median daily rate £113 £150 £166
% change year-on-year -25.00% -9.77% +3.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £9.10 - £15.05
25th Percentile £9.63 - £18.88
Median hourly rate £12.50 £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -4.76% +58.55%
75th Percentile £15.13 - -
90th Percentile £15.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £20.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -4.76% +58.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,948 22,031 29,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 15,391 20,383
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Graduate in the UK excluding London

Graduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Graduate in the UK excluding London

Graduate
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +20 6 £84 - 51
North of England +33 1 - - 66
Midlands +28 1 - - 50
North East +16 1 - - 13
Wales - 1 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £113 - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 15
Graduate
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Graduate contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) SCADA
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) QA
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Automotive
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (10.00%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) SLA
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Billing

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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (10.00%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Automotive
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (10.00%) Logistics
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) SAP