Graduate Jobs in Cambridge

Graduate
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Graduate salary in Cambridge is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 57 62
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 23 43 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.33% 4.29% 4.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 5.02% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 65
10th Percentile £25,700 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,875 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +20.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £42,188 £47,500 £47,250
90th Percentile £109,125 £48,250 £70,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +20.00% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 960 857 1,508
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 85.44% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 738 402 585
10th Percentile £30,888 £30,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,250 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -1.48%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Cambridge

Graduate
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Cambridge

Graduate
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in Cambridge over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Cambridge region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 13 (56.52%) PhD
3 9 (39.13%) Algorithms
4 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
5 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Apple iOS
5 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
6 5 (21.74%) Client/Server
6 5 (21.74%) Android
7 4 (17.39%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (17.39%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (17.39%) Multithreaded Programming
7 4 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (17.39%) Presales
7 4 (17.39%) IoT
7 4 (17.39%) Linux
7 4 (17.39%) Automotive
7 4 (17.39%) Agile
7 4 (17.39%) Blog
7 4 (17.39%) Multithreading
7 4 (17.39%) Business Development
7 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (8.70%) Vulkan
9 2 (8.70%) OpenCL
9 2 (8.70%) OpenGL ES
9 2 (8.70%) Python
9 2 (8.70%) Ray Tracing
10 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
10 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Automotive
2 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) OpenCL
1 2 (8.70%) OpenGL ES
1 2 (8.70%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Algorithms
2 5 (21.74%) Client/Server
3 4 (17.39%) Blog
3 4 (17.39%) IoT
3 4 (17.39%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (8.70%) Ray Tracing
6 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
6 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Apple iOS
2 5 (21.74%) Android
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Agile
2 4 (17.39%) Business Development
2 4 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (17.39%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (17.39%) Multithreaded Programming
2 4 (17.39%) Multithreading
2 4 (17.39%) Presales
3 1 (4.35%) Android Development
3 1 (4.35%) Coaching
3 1 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (4.35%) Data Lineage
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Twin
3 1 (4.35%) Information Management
3 1 (4.35%) iOS Development
3 1 (4.35%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile Development
3 1 (4.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) C++
2 1 (4.35%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 13 (56.52%) PhD
3 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Google
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft