Graduate Jobs in England

Graduate
UK > England

The median Graduate salary in England is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 267 323
Rank change year-on-year +56 +56 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 1,195 1,239 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.37% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.50% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 546 415 687
10th Percentile £22,325 £23,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £26,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -14.52% +6.05%
75th Percentile £36,438 £33,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £48,750
UK median annual salary £28,500 £26,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +9.62% -17.46% +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in England

Graduate
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Graduate in England

Graduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in England

Graduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +48 359 £30,000 +5.26% 55
London +96 267 £36,000 +20.00% 88
Midlands +56 242 £25,000 +4.17% 51
West Midlands +116 172 £24,000 - 34
North of England +4 161 £25,500 +6.25% 69
North West -13 113 £25,500 +6.25% 38
South West -60 95 £25,000 - 50
East Midlands -32 70 £26,000 +8.33% 17
East of England -56 62 £29,000 -10.77% 26
Yorkshire +63 40 £25,000 +4.17% 22
North East -29 8 £27,500 +14.58% 12
Graduate
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 England region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 978 (81.84%) Degree
2 418 (34.98%) Social Skills
3 332 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 325 (27.20%) Analytical Skills
5 277 (23.18%) Self-Motivation
6 271 (22.68%) Retail
7 246 (20.59%) German Language
8 245 (20.50%) Driving Licence
9 239 (20.00%) DBS Check
10 221 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
11 190 (15.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 187 (15.65%) Customer Insight
13 181 (15.15%) Customer Service
14 169 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 158 (13.22%) Microsoft Office
16 155 (12.97%) Data Analysis
17 151 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 140 (11.72%) Manufacturing
19 135 (11.30%) Customer Experience
20 134 (11.21%) Onboarding
21 130 (10.88%) Logistics
22 129 (10.79%) Performance Metrics
22 129 (10.79%) Creative Thinking
23 128 (10.71%) Process Improvement
23 128 (10.71%) Computer Science
23 128 (10.71%) Military
24 126 (10.54%) Contingency Planning
25 124 (10.38%) Electronics
26 96 (8.03%) Firmware
27 94 (7.87%) Mathematics

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (0.59%) Skype for Business
2 6 (0.50%) CMS
3 4 (0.33%) WordPress
4 2 (0.17%) Drupal
4 2 (0.17%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.084%) Confluence
5 1 (0.084%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 332 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (15.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 158 (13.22%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.33%) Simulink
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.17%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.084%) Blender
7 1 (0.084%) InDesign
7 1 (0.084%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (2.01%) Azure
2 18 (1.51%) AWS
3 16 (1.34%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (0.59%) SaaS
6 5 (0.42%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.33%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.17%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.17%) ClickUp
9 2 (0.17%) CloudFront
9 2 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.084%) Asana
10 1 (0.084%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.084%) GitHub
10 1 (0.084%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.084%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.92%) HTTP
2 7 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (0.59%) Skype
2 7 (0.59%) Telepresence
3 5 (0.42%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.42%) WebEx
4 4 (0.33%) PPP
4 4 (0.33%) WAN
5 3 (0.25%) 5G
5 3 (0.25%) Internet
5 3 (0.25%) Modbus
5 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.25%) Wireless
6 1 (0.084%) 3G
6 1 (0.084%) 4G
6 1 (0.084%) LTE
6 1 (0.084%) MQTT
6 1 (0.084%) RS-485
6 1 (0.084%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (1.67%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.17%) Power BI
3 7 (0.59%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.42%) Tableau
5 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.25%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.084%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.084%) Big Data
8 1 (0.084%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.084%) Power Query
8 1 (0.084%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (0.84%) Git
1 10 (0.84%) JIRA
2 7 (0.59%) LabVIEW
2 7 (0.59%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.33%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.25%) CMake
4 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.25%) JUnit
4 3 (0.25%) Mockito
4 3 (0.25%) NetBeans
4 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (0.25%) TestRail
5 2 (0.17%) GDB
5 2 (0.17%) Hudson
5 2 (0.17%) Subversion
6 1 (0.084%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.084%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.084%) TeamCity
General
1 418 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 325 (27.20%) Analytical Skills
3 271 (22.68%) Retail
4 246 (20.59%) German Language
5 169 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 140 (11.72%) Manufacturing
7 128 (10.71%) Military
8 124 (10.38%) Electronics
9 86 (7.20%) Finance
10 78 (6.53%) Marketing
11 53 (4.44%) Advertising
12 35 (2.93%) Legal
13 33 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (2.68%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.34%) Aviation
16 16 (1.34%) Games
16 16 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (1.26%) Law
17 15 (1.26%) Telecoms
18 13 (1.09%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.43%) .NET
2 23 (1.92%) HTML
3 21 (1.76%) .NET Core
4 20 (1.67%) AngularJS
5 19 (1.59%) ASP.NET
6 18 (1.51%) ASP.NET MVC
7 17 (1.42%) CSS
8 16 (1.34%) React
9 12 (1.00%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.75%) HTML5
10 9 (0.75%) WPF
11 7 (0.59%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (0.59%) Entity Framework
12 6 (0.50%) Node.js
12 6 (0.50%) WinForms
13 5 (0.42%) OpenCL
13 5 (0.42%) Vulkan
14 4 (0.33%) J2EE
14 4 (0.33%) RESTful
14 4 (0.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 277 (23.18%) Self-Motivation
2 245 (20.50%) Driving Licence
3 134 (11.21%) Onboarding
4 58 (4.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 56 (4.69%) Social Media
6 52 (4.35%) Photography
7 39 (3.26%) Algorithms
8 23 (1.92%) FPGA
9 17 (1.42%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.09%) IoT
11 12 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
12 11 (0.92%) Management Information System
13 10 (0.84%) Robotics
13 10 (0.84%) VHDL
14 8 (0.67%) FMCG
15 7 (0.59%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
16 6 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
17 5 (0.42%) Ray Tracing
17 5 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.68%) Linux
2 20 (1.67%) Windows
3 8 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.59%) Android
4 7 (0.59%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.59%) Windows 7
5 6 (0.50%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.42%) CentOS
7 4 (0.33%) SUSE
8 3 (0.25%) Unix
9 2 (0.17%) Debian
10 1 (0.084%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.084%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (15.65%) Customer Insight
3 181 (15.15%) Customer Service
4 155 (12.97%) Data Analysis
5 151 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 135 (11.30%) Customer Experience
7 130 (10.88%) Logistics
8 129 (10.79%) Creative Thinking
8 129 (10.79%) Performance Metrics
9 128 (10.71%) Computer Science
9 128 (10.71%) Process Improvement
10 126 (10.54%) Contingency Planning
11 94 (7.87%) Mathematics
12 85 (7.11%) Software Engineering
13 80 (6.69%) Schematic Capture
14 71 (5.94%) Project Planning
15 70 (5.86%) Agile
16 52 (4.35%) Strategic Planning
17 48 (4.02%) Physics
18 36 (3.01%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 76 (6.36%) C#
2 74 (6.19%) Python
3 60 (5.02%) JavaScript
4 54 (4.52%) SQL
5 46 (3.85%) Java
6 41 (3.43%) C
7 25 (2.09%) C++
8 13 (1.09%) MATLAB
9 7 (0.59%) Bash
9 7 (0.59%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.42%) PHP
12 4 (0.33%) Ada
12 4 (0.33%) Ruby
13 3 (0.25%) C-shell
13 3 (0.25%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.25%) Fortran
13 3 (0.25%) Haskell
14 1 (0.084%) R
14 1 (0.084%) Rust
Qualifications
1 978 (81.84%) Degree
2 239 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 74 (6.19%) Master's Degree
4 64 (5.36%) Security Cleared
5 56 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.93%) PhD
7 16 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.17%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.67%) ACCA
9 8 (0.67%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 7 (0.59%) HND
10 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (0.59%) MBA
11 5 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.33%) CIMA
12 4 (0.33%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.33%) HNC
12 4 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.84%) QA
2 4 (0.33%) IFRS
2 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.17%) GRC
3 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.17%) PMO
3 2 (0.17%) SLA
4 1 (0.084%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.084%) JTAG
System Software
1 96 (8.03%) Firmware
2 85 (7.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.084%) Ansible
2 1 (0.084%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.084%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.084%) Puppet
2 1 (0.084%) SCCM
Vendors
1 76 (6.36%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.03%) EMC
3 18 (1.51%) Google
4 15 (1.26%) Apple
5 13 (1.09%) SAP
6 10 (0.84%) Logitech
7 8 (0.67%) Adobe
8 7 (0.59%) Cisco
8 7 (0.59%) Polycom
9 6 (0.50%) Oracle
9 6 (0.50%) Peregrine
10 5 (0.42%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.33%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.33%) Rockwell
12 2 (0.17%) Databricks
12 2 (0.17%) F5
12 2 (0.17%) Facebook
12 2 (0.17%) Twitter
13 1 (0.084%) Splunk
13 1 (0.084%) Xamarin