IT Graduate Jobs in England

IT Graduate
UK > England

The median IT Graduate salary in England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 894 1039
Rank change year-on-year +100 +145 -241
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 46 33 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.036% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.039% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 34 23 74
10th Percentile £21,825 £20,300 £19,825
25th Percentile £22,813 £23,500 £20,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £31,125 £38,750 £30,000
90th Percentile £36,600 £40,250 £33,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £30,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -1.85%

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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Graduate in England

IT Graduate
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Graduate in England

IT Graduate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Graduate in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Graduate in England

IT 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 IT Graduate within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +10 10 £23,500 -4.08% 2
East of England - 9 £30,000 -
London +113 8 £28,750 -14.81%
Midlands - 6 £27,000 -
South West -20 4 £22,000 +7.32% 4
West Midlands - 4 £28,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £26,000 -
North of England +47 1 £23,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £23,500 - 2
IT Graduate
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, IT 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 IT Graduate in the job title.

1 35 (76.09%) Degree
2 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (26.09%) Computer Science
4 12 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (23.91%) Customer Service
5 11 (23.91%) Manufacturing
6 10 (21.74%) IoT
7 8 (17.39%) FMCG
7 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (17.39%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 8 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
7 8 (17.39%) Law
7 8 (17.39%) Agile
7 8 (17.39%) Lean Manufacturing
7 8 (17.39%) Lean Six Sigma
7 8 (17.39%) Six Sigma
7 8 (17.39%) Benchmarking
7 8 (17.39%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (17.39%) Order Management
8 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
8 7 (15.22%) Linux
9 6 (13.04%) Business Analysis
9 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (13.04%) Azure
9 6 (13.04%) AWS
10 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (10.87%) Apple iOS
10 5 (10.87%) Service Management
10 5 (10.87%) Project Management

IT 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 1 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) AWS
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Internet
2 2 (4.35%) Wireless
3 1 (2.17%) DHCP
3 1 (2.17%) DNS
3 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Data Hub
2 2 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Manufacturing
4 8 (17.39%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (17.39%) Law
5 4 (8.70%) Automotive
5 4 (8.70%) Aviation
6 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Back Office
7 2 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.17%) Finance
8 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) IoT
2 8 (17.39%) FMCG
3 4 (8.70%) Blog
3 4 (8.70%) Client/Server
3 4 (8.70%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (6.52%) Blockchain
4 3 (6.52%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.35%) Life Science
5 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Linux
2 5 (10.87%) Apple iOS
3 4 (8.70%) Android
4 2 (4.35%) Windows
5 1 (2.17%) CentOS
5 1 (2.17%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Computer Science
3 11 (23.91%) Customer Service
4 8 (17.39%) Agile
4 8 (17.39%) Benchmarking
4 8 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
4 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (17.39%) Lean Manufacturing
4 8 (17.39%) Lean Six Sigma
4 8 (17.39%) Order Management
4 8 (17.39%) Six Sigma
5 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
6 6 (13.04%) Business Analysis
6 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.87%) Project Management
7 5 (10.87%) Service Management
8 4 (8.70%) Business Development
8 4 (8.70%) Coaching
8 4 (8.70%) DevOps
8 4 (8.70%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) C#
2 1 (2.17%) PHP
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (76.09%) Degree
2 8 (17.39%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) MCSA
5 1 (2.17%) MCSE
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.17%) Puppet
2 1 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.17%) Google
2 1 (2.17%) Red Hat