Graduate Job Trends in Guildford

Graduate
Surrey > Guildford

The median Graduate salary in Guildford is £24,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 34
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 1 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 0.35% 1.79% 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.82% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile - £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.19% +7.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £43,500 £43,250
90th Percentile - - £46,600
Surrey median annual salary £23,750 £43,000 £30,980
% change year-on-year -44.77% +38.80% +3.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 256 110 246
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 98.21% 90.77%
Number of salaries quoted 214 66 222
10th Percentile £29,000 £40,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £70,000
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.04%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Graduate job vacancy trend in Guildford

Graduate
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Graduate job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate job vacancies in Guildford

Graduate Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 1 March 2026, Graduate 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 Guildford region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Graduate Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL