Graduate Developer Job Trends in the East of England

Graduate Developer
England > East of England

The median Graduate Developer salary in the East of England is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 177 136
Rank change year-on-year +33 -41 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 13 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.32% 0.085% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.095% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,000 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% -51.79%
75th Percentile - - £51,563
90th Percentile - - £74,625
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,250 £34,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% -25.74% +4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,687 3,145 2,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 89.45% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,220 1,452 1,570
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,363
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Graduate Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Graduate Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Graduate Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Graduate Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Essex +1 12 £25,000 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £25,000 -
Graduate Developer
England

Graduate Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 4 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 of England region featuring Graduate Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) PHP
2 12 (92.31%) Agile
2 12 (92.31%) Computer Science
3 10 (76.92%) SQL
4 9 (69.23%) C++
4 9 (69.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (69.23%) CSS
4 9 (69.23%) Degree
4 9 (69.23%) Java
4 9 (69.23%) jQuery
4 9 (69.23%) MVC
4 9 (69.23%) MySQL
4 9 (69.23%) OOP
4 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
5 5 (38.46%) .NET
5 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
5 5 (38.46%) OO
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (30.77%) AWS
6 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing

Graduate Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) MySQL
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (69.23%) CSS
1 9 (69.23%) jQuery
2 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Agile
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science
2 9 (69.23%) MVC
2 9 (69.23%) OOP
3 5 (38.46%) OO
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (76.92%) SQL
3 9 (69.23%) C++
3 9 (69.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (69.23%) Degree