Graduate Jobs in the East of England

Graduate
England > East of England

The median Graduate salary in the East of England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 102 112
Rank change year-on-year -45 +10 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 65 159 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.08% 2.84% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 3.37% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 36 27 89
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £25,725
25th Percentile £25,688 £24,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £45,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £59,000
England median annual salary £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +2.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,654 4,724 5,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 84.40% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,315 2,340 2,902
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,450
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the East of England

Graduate
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Graduate in the East of England

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the East of England

Graduate
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Hertfordshire +21 23 £32,500 +47.73% 10
Cambridgeshire -3 23 £35,000 -12.50% 7
Essex -13 12 £26,750 -14.40% 7
Bedfordshire +14 4 £30,000 - 1
Suffolk -15 2 £25,000 - 2
Norfolk -50 1 £25,000 +4.17% 1
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 23 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 East of England region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 50 (76.92%) Degree
2 23 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 14 (21.54%) Mathematics
4 13 (20.00%) PhD
5 12 (18.46%) Physics
5 12 (18.46%) Algorithms
6 11 (16.92%) Driving Licence
6 11 (16.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
7 9 (13.85%) Computer Science
8 8 (12.31%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (12.31%) Master's Degree
9 7 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (9.23%) Experiential Learning
10 6 (9.23%) Apple iOS
10 6 (9.23%) Linux
11 5 (7.69%) Client/Server
11 5 (7.69%) Electronics
11 5 (7.69%) Agile
11 5 (7.69%) Data Analysis
11 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
11 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (7.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 5 (7.69%) Android
11 5 (7.69%) Ray Tracing
11 5 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
12 4 (6.15%) Digital Twin
12 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (3.08%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (3.08%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
1 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
2 1 (1.54%) AWS
2 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.69%) Electronics
3 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.15%) Automotive
4 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Finance
5 3 (4.62%) Italian Language
6 2 (3.08%) Marketing
6 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.54%) Games
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.54%) Retail
7 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) OpenCL
1 2 (3.08%) OpenGL ES
1 2 (3.08%) Vulkan
2 1 (1.54%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Algorithms
2 11 (16.92%) Driving Licence
3 8 (12.31%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.69%) Client/Server
4 5 (7.69%) Ray Tracing
5 4 (6.15%) Blog
5 4 (6.15%) IoT
5 4 (6.15%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (3.08%) Life Science
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Apple iOS
1 6 (9.23%) Linux
2 5 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (1.54%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) Mathematics
3 12 (18.46%) Physics
4 9 (13.85%) Computer Science
5 6 (9.23%) Experiential Learning
6 5 (7.69%) Agile
6 5 (7.69%) Data Analysis
6 5 (7.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 5 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (6.15%) Business Development
7 4 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (6.15%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (6.15%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (6.15%) Digital Twin
7 4 (6.15%) Multithreaded Programming
7 4 (6.15%) Multithreading
7 4 (6.15%) Presales
8 3 (4.62%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.62%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (4.62%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) MATLAB
1 3 (4.62%) Python
1 3 (4.62%) SQL
2 2 (3.08%) C#
2 2 (3.08%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) C++
3 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (76.92%) Degree
2 13 (20.00%) PhD
3 11 (16.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
4 8 (12.31%) Master's Degree
5 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.54%) HNC
6 1 (1.54%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.54%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 2 (3.08%) Adobe
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.54%) Google
2 1 (1.54%) SAP