Graduate Jobs in Cheshire

Graduate
North West > Cheshire

The median Graduate salary in Cheshire is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 67 75
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 24 25 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.57% 2.65% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 2.97% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24 3 4
10th Percentile £25,000 - -
25th Percentile £26,500 - £18,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £21,000 £22,250
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -5.62% -15.24%
75th Percentile £53,125 - £28,031
90th Percentile £55,000 - £32,138
North West median annual salary £25,500 £24,000 £27,226
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.85% -0.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,483 842 983
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.99% 89.19% 93.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 480 529
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,403 £24,925
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,824 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,375 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Cheshire

Graduate
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Cheshire

Graduate
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in Cheshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in Cheshire

Graduate
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Knutsford -4 8 £55,000 - 2
Warrington -37 2 £25,000 - 1
Chester - 2 £25,000 -
Crewe - 2 £26,000 -
Graduate
North West

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Cheshire region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (41.67%) Google
4 9 (37.50%) CRM
4 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Value Proposition
5 8 (33.33%) Customer Value Proposition
5 8 (33.33%) Time Management
5 8 (33.33%) Apple
6 7 (29.17%) Java
6 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
7 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (25.00%) Client/Server
8 5 (20.83%) .NET
9 4 (16.67%) OOP
9 4 (16.67%) Agile
9 4 (16.67%) Design Patterns
9 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
9 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
10 3 (12.50%) AWS
10 3 (12.50%) C#
10 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
11 2 (8.33%) PhD
11 2 (8.33%) Project Management
11 2 (8.33%) Finance
11 2 (8.33%) CloudFront
11 2 (8.33%) Twitter

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

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Fargate
2 2 (8.33%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
1 1 (4.17%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Legal
3 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) CRM
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Customer Value Proposition
2 8 (33.33%) Time Management
2 8 (33.33%) Value Proposition
3 7 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (16.67%) Agile
5 4 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 4 (16.67%) OOP
6 2 (8.33%) Economics
6 2 (8.33%) Project Management
6 2 (8.33%) SDLC
6 2 (8.33%) Sociology
7 1 (4.17%) Business Development
7 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.17%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Java
2 3 (12.50%) C#
2 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (8.33%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (41.67%) Google
3 8 (33.33%) Apple
4 2 (8.33%) Twitter