The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Engineer
Rank 734 756 695
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 124 140 176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.115% 0.116% 0.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.122% 0.122% 0.151%
Number of salaries quoted 113 128 170
Average salary £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Graduate Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Graduate Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +15 118 £25,000 -
South East +1 34 £24,500 -2.00%
South West +21 31 £25,000 +11.11%
London +23 22 £30,000 +9.09%
East of England +9 20 £30,000 +20.00%
Bristol +11 17 £22,500 -
Hampshire +11 17 £24,000 -20.00%
Cambridgeshire +6 17 £30,000 -4.76%
Cambridge +7 16 £30,000 -4.76%
Somerset 0 10 £27,500 +22.22%
Bath -2 10 £27,500 +22.22%
Fareham - 10 £24,000 -
Wiltshire +16 9 £27,500 +22.22%
Swindon +14 9 £27,500 +22.22%
City of London +9 9 £30,000 -33.33%
Berkshire +6 8 £27,000 +8.00%
Buckinghamshire 0 8 £22,500 -30.76%
East Midlands +7 6 £21,000 -16.00%
Nottingham - 5 £21,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 5 £21,000 -
Scotland -2 4 £20,750 -17.00%
Southampton +2 3 £27,000 -10.00%
Milton Keynes -10 3 £30,000 -7.69%
Dorset - 3 £20,500 -
North East +7 2 - -
Reading -2 2 £25,500 +2.00%
North West -5 2 £21,000 -16.00%
Peterborough -7 2 £22,500 +1.12%
West Yorkshire -9 2 £25,000 -13.79%
Manchester -25 2 £21,000 -16.00%

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Graduate Software Engineer in their job title.

1 210 (72.92%) Degree
2 180 (62.50%) C++
3 174 (60.42%) Java
4 172 (59.72%) Computer Science
5 117 (40.63%) C
6 104 (36.11%) C#
7 91 (31.60%) OO
8 82 (28.47%) Software Engineering
9 75 (26.04%) Mathematics
10 71 (24.65%) SQL
11 60 (20.83%) .NET
12 58 (20.14%) Physics
13 53 (18.40%) Linux
14 45 (15.63%) Multithreading
15 41 (14.24%) Windows
16 37 (12.85%) Python
16 37 (12.85%) SQL Server
17 35 (12.15%) Unit Testing
18 33 (11.46%) Internet
19 30 (10.42%) ASP.NET
20 27 (9.375%) Electronics
20 27 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
21 25 (8.681%) Perl
22 24 (8.333%) Microsoft
22 24 (8.333%) HTML5
23 23 (7.986%) Finance
24 22 (7.639%) JavaScript
24 22 (7.639%) Oracle
25 21 (7.292%) GoogleTest
26 20 (6.944%) Music

Graduate Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Graduate Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 60 (20.83%) .NET
2 30 (10.42%) ASP.NET
3 24 (8.333%) HTML5
4 20 (6.944%) HTML
5 17 (5.903%) CSS
6 16 (5.556%) WPF
7 13 (4.514%) Java EE
8 11 (3.819%) J2EE
8 11 (3.819%) Qt
9 10 (3.472%) Spring
10 9 (3.125%) Java SE
10 9 (3.125%) XML
11 8 (2.778%) MFC
11 8 (2.778%) Web Services
12 7 (2.431%) SOAP
12 7 (2.431%) STL
12 7 (2.431%) REST
13 6 (2.083%) WCF
14 5 (1.736%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 5 (1.736%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.389%) Apache
2 1 (0.347%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.347%) SAS
2 1 (0.347%) Joomla!
2 1 (0.347%) Drupal
2 1 (0.347%) Magento
2 1 (0.347%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.083%) MS Office
2 4 (1.389%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.347%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.46%) Internet
2 3 (1.042%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.694%) Wireless
3 2 (0.694%) Broadband
3 2 (0.694%) HTTP
4 1 (0.347%) ATM
4 1 (0.347%) VoIP
4 1 (0.347%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.347%) SS7
4 1 (0.347%) H.323
4 1 (0.347%) Firewall
4 1 (0.347%) NGN
4 1 (0.347%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (0.347%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.347%) DNS
4 1 (0.347%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.431%) RDBMS
3 6 (2.083%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.389%) MySQL
5 3 (1.042%) GIS
6 2 (0.694%) DB2
6 2 (0.694%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.694%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.347%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.347%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 21 (7.292%) GoogleTest
2 16 (5.556%) CppUnit
3 7 (2.431%) Maven
4 6 (2.083%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.736%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.389%) JUnit
6 4 (1.389%) Subversion
7 2 (0.694%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.347%) Xcode
8 1 (0.347%) NetBeans
8 1 (0.347%) Selenium
8 1 (0.347%) Zend Studio
8 1 (0.347%) Aptana Studio
8 1 (0.347%) TestNG
8 1 (0.347%) MyEclipse
8 1 (0.347%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.347%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.347%) LLVM
8 1 (0.347%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.347%) GCC
General
1 27 (9.375%) Electronics
2 23 (7.986%) Finance
3 20 (6.944%) Music
3 20 (6.944%) Music Industry
4 13 (4.514%) Games
5 12 (4.167%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.125%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.778%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.431%) Banking
9 5 (1.736%) Marketing
10 4 (1.389%) Retail
11 3 (1.042%) Front Office
12 2 (0.694%) Billing
13 1 (0.347%) Back Office
13 1 (0.347%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 172 (59.72%) Computer Science
2 75 (26.04%) Mathematics
3 58 (20.14%) Physics
4 11 (3.819%) Open Source
5 9 (3.125%) Hedge funds
6 8 (2.778%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (2.431%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.083%) Mobile Banking
8 6 (2.083%) Social Media
8 6 (2.083%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.083%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.389%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.042%) DTV
10 3 (1.042%) Firmware
10 3 (1.042%) MPEG
10 3 (1.042%) Economics
11 2 (0.694%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.694%) New Media
12 1 (0.347%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.347%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.40%) Linux
2 41 (14.24%) Windows
3 12 (4.167%) Apple iOS
3 12 (4.167%) UNIX
4 11 (3.819%) Android
5 7 (2.431%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (1.736%) Mac OS X
7 3 (1.042%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.347%) Windows CE
8 1 (0.347%) AIX
8 1 (0.347%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.347%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.347%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.60%) OO
2 82 (28.47%) Software Engineering
3 45 (15.63%) Multithreading
4 35 (12.15%) Unit Testing
5 27 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
6 13 (4.514%) Business Analysis
6 13 (4.514%) MVC
7 12 (4.167%) Software Testing
7 12 (4.167%) TDD
8 10 (3.472%) OOD
8 10 (3.472%) Waterfall
8 10 (3.472%) Automated Testing
9 9 (3.125%) V-Model
9 9 (3.125%) RUP
10 8 (2.778%) Web Development
11 7 (2.431%) Scrum
11 7 (2.431%) Image Processing
12 6 (2.083%) BDD
12 6 (2.083%) Automation Testing
12 6 (2.083%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 180 (62.50%) C++
2 174 (60.42%) Java
3 117 (40.63%) C
4 104 (36.11%) C#
5 71 (24.65%) SQL
6 37 (12.85%) Python
7 25 (8.681%) Perl
8 22 (7.639%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.125%) VB
9 9 (3.125%) MATLAB
10 8 (2.778%) PHP
11 7 (2.431%) VB.NET
12 6 (2.083%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.736%) Ruby
14 3 (1.042%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.042%) Ada
15 2 (0.694%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.694%) Lua
15 2 (0.694%) PowerHouse
16 1 (0.347%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 210 (72.92%) Degree
2 13 (4.514%) PhD
3 12 (4.167%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.389%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.389%) MCP
4 4 (1.389%) MCAD
4 4 (1.389%) MCSD
5 2 (0.694%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.347%) HND
6 1 (0.347%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.778%) QA
2 5 (1.736%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.389%) TickIT
4 2 (0.694%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.347%) OpenView
1 1 (0.347%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (0.347%) Cacti
1 1 (0.347%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 24 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.639%) Oracle
3 4 (1.389%) Infragistics
4 3 (1.042%) Twitter
5 2 (0.694%) HP
6 1 (0.347%) Apple
6 1 (0.347%) ATG
6 1 (0.347%) Zend
6 1 (0.347%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.347%) hybris
6 1 (0.347%) SAP
6 1 (0.347%) JBoss
6 1 (0.347%) Cisco
6 1 (0.347%) IBM
Oxfordshire
Are you a graduate or junior java developer looking for an exciting challenge in a passionate and successful software company?... You will need to have studied at a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Whitstable, South East
Graduate Software Support Engineer - Whitstable - Circa £22kSuccessful and growing software house based in the Whitstable area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular and...
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Whitstable, Kent
Graduate Software Support Engineer - Whitstable - Circa £22k. Successful and growing software house based in the Whitstable area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular...
QUANTICA
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Graduate C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, Design Patterns, £25k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills: - Computer related degree. - Straight...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £20-25,000 + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Graduate C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, Design Patterns, £25k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- Computer related degree.- Straight...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £20-25,000 + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
United Kingdom, South West
Graduate C or C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, Design Patterns, £25k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- Computer related...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £20-25,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Christchurch, Dorset
The role is developing in embedded C, primarily on a Linux platform and you will join a young development team of software engineers and testers... Beneficial: *Any exposure...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Develop and execute comprehensive system and unit testing on modules in Java... Exposure to Java programming language. Good understanding of Object Oriented programming and design patterns... KEYWORDS: Graduate,...
Harnham
Salary: From £20,000 to £21,999 per annum £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: We are looking for a Software Engineer to work on client assignments developing software for a wide range of wireless systems and products... Requirements: To meet...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
C++/C/Java. Engineer, Programmer, Computer Science, SQL, HTML5Due to continued growth and commercial success the industry leading software house within the music industry are looking to recruit...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We would love to hear from straight graduates or experienced Graduate Software Engineer / Developer -Java / C++ / Perl... You should have some programming knowledge, and we would be particularly...
Computer People
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Qualifications and experience: Computer Science related degree or similar. Strong C++ ability gained through studies or practical application. CPU experience: Multithreaded programming An understanding of OS components Technical...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
You will be mentored by Senior Developers who will introduce you to a whole mix of technologies including: * Java * C * C++ * Python * Pearl * SQL * Linux The ideal Graduate...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Healthcare, Gym
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will become part of a first-class development team who operate in an Agile environment. Main tasks for the Graduate Software Engineer (C++):Design clearly defined, reliable...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Life cover,shares+more
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We have been asked to recruit a Graduate Software Engineer who will perform a key role within their Engineering team working on a variety of tasks including application,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
Knowledge of C++... - Knowledge of Software testing techniques... Experience of writing programs in CUDA and Matlab will also be of benefit as will experience of producing multi-threaded...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
You will be involved in many different projects using different skills and languages, so this will offer an excellent opportunity for development as our client use Java, C# ...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, North West
This is an outstanding opportunity for a strong graduate in in Computer Science or Computing (or related degree) or somebody who has strong commercial experience.For the Graduate /...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Gain practical C/C++ programming experience. Design and develop of Windows applications in C / C++ to support test case execution... Participate in the design of...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
Job Role: Graduate Java DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £45k to £50k + generous bonusesGraduate Java Developer / Java Software Engineer (SQL Algorithm Mathematics)... keywords: java, core java, j2se, sql, algorithm, mathematics,...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £50k + generous bonuses
Posted: 17 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... Anite Platform Group... Development in this team is on Windows based...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: C++ Desirable skills (not essential): Cross Platform, Networking, in depth knowledge of Windows OR Linux/Unix, QT, OpenGL, HTTP, TCP/IP, protocol design, user-interface design,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Net, AJAX, SQL, Microsoft, Web, WPF, TDD, WCF, SOAP. Job Description: Designing, developing and maintaining software using Microsoft .Net framework (C#) and SQL Server for the web, desktop...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Relational Database (Oracle, Postgres) Object Oriented Design and Development. Windows and UNIX operating systems... OO... OO design, UML. OO programming ( Java. or C++)... Oracle or Postgres database systems /...
Aria Select Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Graduate Software Engineer C++ / VC++ / C / C# SQL (Berkshire) Graduate Software Engineer /Graduate Software Developer C++, VC++, SQL Server, T-SQL, C# (Winforms), xml, JavaScript, STL Slough, Maidenhead,...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefit Scheme
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
c#, Java, C++, Developer, Engineer, Programmer, finance, hedge fund, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, MDX, Agile £35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience, uncapped bonus (100% for top performers)...
Aston Carter
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 12 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Desirable Skills: *User friendly interface design skills *DirectX/OpenGL Programming *SQL Programming and good understanding of database design *Development experience for Mac OS X and iOS (Xcode, Objective-...
Davanti Solutions
Salary: From £30,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013