Graduate Jobs in Birmingham

Graduate
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Graduate salary in Birmingham is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 117 191
Rank change year-on-year -10 +74 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 21 26 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.77% 1.30% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 1.39% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 1
10th Percentile £25,400 £23,475 -
25th Percentile £26,000 - £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £24,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.42% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £27,500
90th Percentile £52,250 £38,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £24,000 £24,000 £27,250
% change year-on-year - -11.93% -6.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,556 1,870 3,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.41% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 1,427 2,328
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Birmingham

Graduate
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Birmingham

Graduate
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Birmingham region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 18 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 6 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Onboarding
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) SaaS
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (19.05%) Logistics
4 4 (19.05%) Military
4 4 (19.05%) C#
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (19.05%) Python
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (19.05%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (9.52%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.52%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (9.52%) Social Science
5 2 (9.52%) C
5 2 (9.52%) Linux
5 2 (9.52%) Java
5 2 (9.52%) .NET
5 2 (9.52%) J2EE

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Military
3 2 (9.52%) Electronics
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Marketing
3 2 (9.52%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 6 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (19.05%) Contingency Planning
3 4 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Logistics
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.52%) BDD
4 2 (9.52%) Economics
4 2 (9.52%) Fintech
4 2 (9.52%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (9.52%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Statistics
4 2 (9.52%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C#
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) C
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft