Graduate Software Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Graduate Software Developer
England > North of England

The median Graduate Software Developer salary in the North of England is £24,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 278 287
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +118
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Developer 2 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% 0.011% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.012% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24,650
25th Percentile - - £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £24,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - - £25,500
90th Percentile - - £26,400
England median annual salary £24,000 £32,500 £30,750
% change year-on-year -26.15% +5.69% -12.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 9,411 8,578 8,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.53% 94.04% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,463 4,051 6,526
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,742 £67,500 £66,944
90th Percentile £82,192 £80,000 £80,780
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

Graduate Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Graduate Software Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Graduate Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Software Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Software Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Graduate Software Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 2 £24,000 - 1
Graduate Software Developer
England

Graduate Software Developer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Graduate Software Developer 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 North of England region featuring Graduate Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) SQL

Graduate Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) SQL