Graduate Jobs in London

Graduate
England > London

The median Graduate salary in London is £35,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 360 447
Rank change year-on-year +105 +87 -120
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 274 289 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.16% 0.82% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.87% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 92 103 243
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £22,550
25th Percentile £27,875 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% - +1.56%
75th Percentile £47,516 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
England median annual salary £28,000 £27,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -11.29% +6.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,259 33,394 64,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,752 24,563 34,933
10th Percentile £38,138 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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
South London +54 162 £28,000 +12.00% 2
Central London +11 28 £38,750 -13.89% 17
North London -11 1 £33,500 -
West London -27 1 £25,000 -41.18% 8
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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.

1 254 (92.70%) Degree
2 173 (63.14%) Analytical Skills
3 165 (60.22%) German Language
4 161 (58.76%) Social Skills
5 159 (58.03%) DBS Check
5 159 (58.03%) Retail
6 135 (49.27%) Self-Motivation
7 131 (47.81%) Driving Licence
8 125 (45.62%) Microsoft Excel
9 123 (44.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 123 (44.89%) Customer Insight
10 43 (15.69%) Marketing
11 36 (13.14%) Strategic Planning
11 36 (13.14%) Photography
11 36 (13.14%) Advertising
11 36 (13.14%) Social Media
11 36 (13.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (9.85%) Master's Degree
14 26 (9.49%) Computer Science
15 25 (9.12%) C#
16 21 (7.66%) Microsoft
17 19 (6.93%) Finance
18 18 (6.57%) SQL
18 18 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (5.84%) Agile
20 15 (5.47%) Software Engineering
20 15 (5.47%) JavaScript
20 15 (5.47%) Python
21 13 (4.74%) Mathematics

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.55%) Skype for Business
2 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 125 (45.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (44.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.73%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.01%) Azure
1 11 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
2 4 (1.46%) AWS
2 4 (1.46%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.73%) ClickUp
3 2 (0.73%) Power Automate
3 2 (0.73%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.36%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.36%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (2.55%) Skype
1 7 (2.55%) Telepresence
2 1 (0.36%) DHCP
2 1 (0.36%) DNS
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.36%) WAN
2 1 (0.36%) WebEx
2 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.09%) Data Hub
3 2 (0.73%) Power BI
3 2 (0.73%) Tableau
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.36%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.09%) JUnit
2 3 (1.09%) Mockito
3 1 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
General
1 173 (63.14%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (60.22%) German Language
3 161 (58.76%) Social Skills
4 159 (58.03%) Retail
5 43 (15.69%) Marketing
6 36 (13.14%) Advertising
7 19 (6.93%) Finance
8 18 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.92%) Games
10 7 (2.55%) Automotive
10 7 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.55%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.82%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.09%) Banking
12 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.09%) Legal
12 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.73%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.73%) French Language
13 2 (0.73%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.01%) .NET
2 6 (2.19%) .NET Core
2 6 (2.19%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.19%) ASP.NET
2 6 (2.19%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (2.19%) HTML
2 6 (2.19%) HTML5
3 5 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (1.09%) Blazor
4 3 (1.09%) CSS
4 3 (1.09%) CSS3
4 3 (1.09%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.09%) LINQ
4 3 (1.09%) RESTful
4 3 (1.09%) WinForms
5 1 (0.36%) J2EE
5 1 (0.36%) React Native
5 1 (0.36%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 135 (49.27%) Self-Motivation
2 131 (47.81%) Driving Licence
3 36 (13.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (13.14%) Photography
3 36 (13.14%) Social Media
4 7 (2.55%) Algorithms
4 7 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.82%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.46%) Sports Betting
7 3 (1.09%) IoT
7 3 (1.09%) Tandem
8 2 (0.73%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.73%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.36%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.28%) Windows
2 7 (2.55%) Windows 10
2 7 (2.55%) Windows 7
3 5 (1.82%) Linux
4 2 (0.73%) Debian
4 2 (0.73%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) CentOS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (44.89%) Customer Insight
2 36 (13.14%) Strategic Planning
3 31 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (9.49%) Computer Science
5 16 (5.84%) Agile
6 15 (5.47%) Software Engineering
7 13 (4.74%) Mathematics
8 11 (4.01%) Analytics
8 11 (4.01%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (4.01%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (3.65%) Business Development
9 10 (3.65%) Emotional Intelligence
10 9 (3.28%) Customer Experience
10 9 (3.28%) Physics
11 8 (2.92%) B2B
11 8 (2.92%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (2.92%) ITIL
11 8 (2.92%) Project Management
12 7 (2.55%) Roadmaps
12 7 (2.55%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.12%) C#
2 18 (6.57%) SQL
3 15 (5.47%) JavaScript
3 15 (5.47%) Python
4 11 (4.01%) Java
5 4 (1.46%) Ruby
6 1 (0.36%) Ada
6 1 (0.36%) C
6 1 (0.36%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 254 (92.70%) Degree
2 159 (58.03%) DBS Check
3 27 (9.85%) Master's Degree
4 11 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (2.55%) MBA
6 6 (2.19%) PhD
7 2 (0.73%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.73%) OSCE
7 2 (0.73%) OSCP
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) MCSA
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.73%) QA
2 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.36%) PMO
2 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.36%) Puppet
2 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.65%) Logitech
3 7 (2.55%) Apple
3 7 (2.55%) Cisco
3 7 (2.55%) Polycom
4 3 (1.09%) Google
5 2 (0.73%) Databricks
5 2 (0.73%) Peregrine
5 2 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.36%) Dell
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat