IT Graduate Jobs in England

IT Graduate
UK > England

The median IT Graduate salary in England is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 797 888
Rank change year-on-year +140 +91 +184
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 34 46 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.054% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.057% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 34 34 22
10th Percentile - £21,825 £20,275
25th Percentile - £22,813 £23,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +16.50%
75th Percentile - £31,125 £38,750
90th Percentile - £36,600 £40,100
UK median annual salary £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Graduate in England

IT Graduate
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Graduate in England

IT Graduate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Graduate within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
East of England +46 12 £25,000 -16.67% 3
Midlands +68 10 £25,000 -7.41%
North of England +58 8 £25,000 +6.38% 3
West Midlands +59 6 £25,000 -10.71%
North East - 4 £25,000 -
London +101 3 £25,000 -13.04% 3
East Midlands +33 3 £25,000 -3.85%
Yorkshire +69 2 £25,000 +6.38% 3
North West - 2 £25,000 -
South West +106 1 £27,500 +25.00% 2
IT Graduate
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 33 (97.06%) Degree
2 33 (97.06%) C++
2 33 (97.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (94.12%) Azure
3 32 (94.12%) Java
3 32 (94.12%) PHP
3 32 (94.12%) C#
3 32 (94.12%) .NET
3 32 (94.12%) SQL Server
3 32 (94.12%) ASP.NET
3 32 (94.12%) CSS
3 32 (94.12%) Agile
3 32 (94.12%) jQuery
3 32 (94.12%) OO
3 32 (94.12%) MVC
4 29 (85.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (82.35%) Finance
5 28 (82.35%) MySQL
6 20 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
7 19 (55.88%) OOP
8 11 (32.35%) SQL
9 5 (14.71%) Python
10 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
11 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
11 1 (2.94%) Electronics
11 1 (2.94%) Workflow

IT Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 32 (94.12%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (94.12%) SQL Server
2 28 (82.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 28 (82.35%) Finance
2 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Electronics
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (94.12%) .NET
1 32 (94.12%) ASP.NET
1 32 (94.12%) CSS
1 32 (94.12%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 32 (94.12%) Agile
2 32 (94.12%) MVC
2 32 (94.12%) OO
3 29 (85.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (55.88%) OOP
6 1 (2.94%) ITSM
6 1 (2.94%) Mathematics
6 1 (2.94%) Physics
6 1 (2.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 33 (97.06%) C++
2 32 (94.12%) C#
2 32 (94.12%) Java
2 32 (94.12%) PHP
3 11 (32.35%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) Python
5 1 (2.94%) C
Qualifications
1 33 (97.06%) Computer Science Degree
1 33 (97.06%) Degree