Graduate Jobs in Manchester

Graduate
North West > Manchester

The median Graduate salary in Manchester is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 184 177
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 11 31 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.48% 0.59% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.62% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6 24 14
10th Percentile £25,000 £20,000 £23,125
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -17.60%
75th Percentile - £31,250 £28,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £30,000
North West median annual salary £30,000 £25,500 £24,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -15.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,078 4,961 4,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 94.41% 92.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 3,821 2,622
10th Percentile £31,375 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,625 £82,101 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in Manchester

Graduate
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Graduate in Manchester

Graduate
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graduate in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 Manchester region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Legal
2 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Coaching
2 4 (36.36%) Revolut
3 3 (27.27%) Solar Panel
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Statistics
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (27.27%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (27.27%) Content Management
3 3 (27.27%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) MVC
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) PHP
4 2 (18.18%) C++
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) OOP
4 2 (18.18%) OO

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.09%) MySQL
General
1 4 (36.36%) Legal
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (27.27%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Coaching
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 3 (27.27%) Content Management
2 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Statistics
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) MVC
3 2 (18.18%) OO
3 2 (18.18%) OOP
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) CRM
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) PHP
3 1 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Revolut