Software Engineering Graduate Jobs

Software Engineering Graduate
UK

The median Software Engineering Graduate salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 - 1214
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Graduate 2 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile - - £37,813
90th Percentile - - £61,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

Software Engineering Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering Graduate in the UK

Software Engineering Graduate
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering Graduate in the UK

Software Engineering Graduate
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Graduate within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England - 2 £35,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £35,000 - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 2
South East - 1 £35,000 -
South West - 1 - - 1

Software Engineering Graduate Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software Engineering 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 featuring Software Engineering Graduate in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science

Software Engineering Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#