Graduate Developer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Graduate Developer
England > East Midlands

The median Graduate Developer salary in the East Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 129 125
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 10 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.40% 0.045% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.047% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile £23,850 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £25,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -26.47% -28.42%
75th Percentile £45,000 £25,500 £37,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £33,250
% change year-on-year - -24.81% +2.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,298 2,133 1,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 95.74% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,542 943 1,459
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -3.40%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,875 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

Graduate Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Graduate Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Graduate Developer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Graduate Developer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Graduate Developer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Developer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Graduate Developer in the East Midlands

Graduate Developer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 8 £45,000 - 3
Northamptonshire +6 1 £25,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £24,000 -
Graduate Developer
England

Graduate Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Graduate Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Graduate Developer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Android
1 8 (80.00%) Android Development
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) CMS
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) CSS
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) MVC
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (10.00%) Web Design
4 1 (10.00%) Web Development

Graduate Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Android Development
2 3 (30.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) Web Design
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree