Graduate Jobs in London

Graduate
England > London

The median Graduate salary in London is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 260 362
Rank change year-on-year -95 +102 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 41 272 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.32% 1.13% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 1.20% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 23 97 95
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,800 £24,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £28,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £37,250 £44,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £54,250 £58,500
England median annual salary £26,000 £28,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +14.00% -19.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,537 22,689 30,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 16,827 22,863
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in London

Graduate
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Graduate in London

Graduate
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graduate in London

Graduate
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +18 18 £29,000 -25.16% 71
South London -76 1 £30,000 +7.14% 6
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 London region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 22 (53.66%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (46.34%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (46.34%) Degree
3 18 (43.90%) Finance
4 13 (31.71%) Computer Science
4 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
5 9 (21.95%) Physics
6 8 (19.51%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (17.07%) Mathematics
8 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (14.63%) Biology
8 6 (14.63%) Coaching
8 6 (14.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (14.63%) Cyber Resilience
8 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
9 5 (12.20%) Agile
10 4 (9.76%) Chemistry
10 4 (9.76%) Law
10 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
10 4 (9.76%) Military
10 4 (9.76%) Project Management
10 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
10 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
10 4 (9.76%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
10 4 (9.76%) Customer-Centricity
10 4 (9.76%) Onboarding

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (2.44%) AWS
1 1 (2.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) GIS
2 1 (2.44%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 19 (46.34%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (43.90%) Finance
3 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.76%) Law
5 4 (9.76%) Military
5 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.32%) German Language
7 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Legal
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) French Language
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) CSS
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 2 (4.88%) HTML
3 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.44%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (2.44%) jQuery
3 1 (2.44%) React
3 1 (2.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) e-Learning
4 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.44%) BBC
5 1 (2.44%) Reference Data
5 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Unix
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (31.71%) Computer Science
3 9 (21.95%) Physics
4 8 (19.51%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (17.07%) Mathematics
6 6 (14.63%) Biology
6 6 (14.63%) Coaching
6 6 (14.63%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (12.20%) Agile
8 4 (9.76%) Chemistry
8 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (9.76%) Customer-Centricity
8 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
8 4 (9.76%) Project Management
8 4 (9.76%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (7.32%) Experiential Learning
9 3 (7.32%) OpenUP
9 3 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) C#
2 2 (4.88%) C++
2 2 (4.88%) Java
2 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.88%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) C
3 1 (2.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Adobe
2 2 (4.88%) Marketo
2 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) Logitech