Graduate Jobs in the East Midlands

Graduate
England > East Midlands

The median Graduate salary in the East Midlands is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 119 87
Rank change year-on-year -16 -32 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 19 70 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.72% 1.59% 3.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.68% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5 42 11
10th Percentile £24,700 £24,000 -
25th Percentile - £24,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £26,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -9.43%
75th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £29,500 £35,500 £37,500
England median annual salary £26,250 £28,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.66% -14.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,516 4,161 2,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 94.50% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 3,024 1,355
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the East Midlands

Graduate
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Graduate in the East Midlands

Graduate
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 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire - 17 £27,500 - 10
Northamptonshire -39 1 £25,000 +2.56% 1
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) ERP
2 12 (63.16%) B2B
2 12 (63.16%) CRM
2 12 (63.16%) B2B Sales
2 12 (63.16%) Lead Generation
2 12 (63.16%) Decision-Making
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
4 3 (15.79%) CSS
4 3 (15.79%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) .NET
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) NVIDIA
5 2 (10.53%) 5G
5 2 (10.53%) Edge Computing
5 2 (10.53%) PHP
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) C++
5 2 (10.53%) Java
5 2 (10.53%) OOP
5 2 (10.53%) OO
5 2 (10.53%) VMS
5 2 (10.53%) VPN
5 2 (10.53%) DNS
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) 4G
1 2 (10.53%) 5G
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) FileMaker
2 1 (5.26%) MySQL
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Electronics
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) .NET
1 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
1 3 (15.79%) CSS
2 2 (10.53%) jQuery
3 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (5.26%) HTML
3 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) CCTV
1 2 (10.53%) IoT
1 2 (10.53%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) ERP
2 12 (63.16%) B2B
2 12 (63.16%) B2B Sales
2 12 (63.16%) CRM
2 12 (63.16%) Decision-Making
2 12 (63.16%) Lead Generation
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Edge Computing
5 2 (10.53%) OO
5 2 (10.53%) OOP
5 2 (10.53%) Product Management
5 2 (10.53%) Telematics
6 1 (5.26%) ITSM
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.26%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) C++
2 2 (10.53%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) PHP
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) NVIDIA