Graduate Jobs in the North of England

Graduate
England > North of England

The median Graduate salary in the North of England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 240 242
Rank change year-on-year -39 +2 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 60 158 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.90% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.95% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 27 125 48
10th Percentile - £22,600 £21,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -15.04%
75th Percentile £45,000 £32,000 £25,000
90th Percentile - £42,500 £27,380
England median annual salary £26,125 £28,250 £26,500
% change year-on-year -7.52% +6.60% -14.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,709 16,656 15,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.98% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,748 12,889 8,062
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the North of England.

Salary trend for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the North of England

Graduate
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West -67 37 £30,000 +17.65% 73
Yorkshire +45 17 £45,000 +80.00% 23
North East +44 6 £25,000 -9.09% 15
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 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 North of England region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 54 (90.00%) Degree
2 41 (68.33%) Agile
3 38 (63.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 36 (60.00%) Social Skills
5 33 (55.00%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (50.00%) Data Analytics
6 30 (50.00%) Analytics
7 27 (45.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (43.33%) Time Management
9 25 (41.67%) Power BI
9 25 (41.67%) Alteryx
9 25 (41.67%) Technology Transformation
9 25 (41.67%) Digital Strategy
9 25 (41.67%) Project Delivery
9 25 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (41.67%) Power Platform
10 18 (30.00%) Finance
11 15 (25.00%) Computer Science
11 15 (25.00%) C#
11 15 (25.00%) Java
12 12 (20.00%) Legal
12 12 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
14 10 (16.67%) Master's Degree
14 10 (16.67%) C++
14 10 (16.67%) .NET
14 10 (16.67%) Python
14 10 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (15.00%) SQL Server
15 9 (15.00%) CSS

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.67%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 25 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (41.67%) Power BI
2 9 (15.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (11.67%) MySQL
General
1 36 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (45.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (30.00%) Finance
5 12 (20.00%) Legal
6 11 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (13.33%) Banking
8 4 (6.67%) Law
9 2 (3.33%) Online Betting
9 2 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.67%) Games
10 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.67%) .NET
2 9 (15.00%) CSS
3 8 (13.33%) ASP.NET
3 8 (13.33%) jQuery
4 2 (3.33%) React
4 2 (3.33%) Spring
5 1 (1.67%) DirectX
5 1 (1.67%) HTML
5 1 (1.67%) Laravel
5 1 (1.67%) Sass
5 1 (1.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Learning Management System
2 6 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.33%) Credit Risk
4 3 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.00%) Hackathon
4 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (5.00%) Solar Panel
5 2 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.33%) Life Science
6 1 (1.67%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.67%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.67%) NHS
6 1 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (68.33%) Agile
2 38 (63.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (55.00%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (50.00%) Analytics
4 30 (50.00%) Data Analytics
5 26 (43.33%) Time Management
6 25 (41.67%) Digital Strategy
6 25 (41.67%) Project Delivery
6 25 (41.67%) Technology Transformation
7 15 (25.00%) Computer Science
8 10 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.00%) Software Engineering
10 8 (13.33%) MVC
10 8 (13.33%) OO
10 8 (13.33%) OOP
11 7 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
12 6 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 6 (10.00%) Visualisation
13 5 (8.33%) Credit Risk Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) C#
1 15 (25.00%) Java
2 10 (16.67%) C++
2 10 (16.67%) Python
3 9 (15.00%) PHP
4 8 (13.33%) SQL
5 4 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.00%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (90.00%) Degree
2 12 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 8 (13.33%) PhD
5 2 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.33%) GLP
1 2 (3.33%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (1.67%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (41.67%) Alteryx
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.67%) Revolut
3 3 (5.00%) Google
3 3 (5.00%) IBM
4 1 (1.67%) Adobe