Graduate Contracts in London

Graduate
England > London

The median Graduate daily rate in London is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 390 491
Rank change year-on-year +39 +101 +109
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate 2 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.028% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.030% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - - £121
25th Percentile £204 £98 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £140 £163
Median % change year-on-year +48.21% -13.85% +11.11%
75th Percentile £211 £150 £188
90th Percentile - £201 £360
England median daily rate £208 £140 £138
% change year-on-year +48.21% +1.82% -17.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,753 16,611 25,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.26% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,049 12,008 18,613
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 338 287
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.05 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £64.67 £76.10
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in London

Graduate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graduate in London.

Daily rate trend for Graduate in London

Graduate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graduate in London.

Hourly rate trend for Graduate in London

Graduate Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Graduate contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree