Graduate Jobs in the North West

Graduate
England > North West

The median Graduate salary in the North West is £25,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 169 157
Rank change year-on-year -6 -12 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 117 144 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.21% 1.81% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 2.03% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 87 21 22
10th Percentile £22,500 £21,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £22,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £24,000 £27,226
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.85% -0.50%
75th Percentile £33,000 £30,000 £31,625
90th Percentile £45,500 - £37,500
England median annual salary £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +2.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,192 7,102 9,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.19% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 4,115 5,476
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,800 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the North West

Graduate
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Graduate in the North West

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the North West

Graduate
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester -29 32 £25,000 +4.17% 25
Cheshire -11 24 £30,000 +42.86% 6
Merseyside +2 21 £25,000 +11.11% 2
Lancashire +6 20 £25,000 - 3
Cumbria - 19 £25,000 - 1
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 North West region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 86 (73.50%) Degree
2 42 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 23 (19.66%) Master's Degree
4 23 (19.66%) Microsoft
5 22 (18.80%) Driving Licence
6 17 (14.53%) Project Management
6 17 (14.53%) Agile
7 12 (10.26%) Computer Science
8 11 (9.40%) Time Management
8 11 (9.40%) Google
8 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
8 11 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (9.40%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (8.55%) Experiential Learning
9 10 (8.55%) Sociology
10 9 (7.69%) CRM
10 9 (7.69%) .NET
10 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.84%) Value Proposition
11 8 (6.84%) Customer Value Proposition
11 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
11 8 (6.84%) C#
11 8 (6.84%) Java
11 8 (6.84%) JavaScript
11 8 (6.84%) Apple
12 7 (5.98%) Finance
12 7 (5.98%) Legal
12 7 (5.98%) AWS

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.98%) AWS
2 4 (3.42%) Azure
3 2 (1.71%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (1.71%) CloudFront
4 1 (0.85%) Asana
4 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) PPP
2 1 (0.85%) Broadband
2 1 (0.85%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (3.42%) MongoDB
1 4 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
1 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 39 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Finance
4 7 (5.98%) Legal
5 6 (5.13%) Games
5 6 (5.13%) Marketing
6 4 (3.42%) Banking
6 4 (3.42%) Electronics
7 2 (1.71%) Military
7 2 (1.71%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.69%) .NET
2 6 (5.13%) .NET Core
3 5 (4.27%) AngularJS
3 5 (4.27%) React
4 4 (3.42%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (3.42%) Entity Framework
4 4 (3.42%) Node.js
4 4 (3.42%) Vue
5 1 (0.85%) CSS
5 1 (0.85%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (0.85%) Sass
5 1 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.85%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.80%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.40%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.13%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.42%) Social Media
5 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.71%) Social Network
6 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (14.53%) Agile
2 17 (14.53%) Project Management
3 12 (10.26%) Computer Science
4 11 (9.40%) Time Management
5 10 (8.55%) Experiential Learning
5 10 (8.55%) Sociology
6 9 (7.69%) CRM
6 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (6.84%) Customer Value Proposition
7 8 (6.84%) Value Proposition
8 7 (5.98%) Business Development
9 6 (5.13%) Business Strategy
9 6 (5.13%) Customer Service
9 6 (5.13%) Software Engineering
10 5 (4.27%) Digital Marketing
10 5 (4.27%) Full Stack Development
10 5 (4.27%) OOP
10 5 (4.27%) Scrum
11 4 (3.42%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.84%) C#
1 8 (6.84%) Java
1 8 (6.84%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.27%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.85%) PHP
3 1 (0.85%) Rust
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (73.50%) Degree
2 23 (19.66%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.42%) ACCA
3 4 (3.42%) HNC
3 4 (3.42%) HND
4 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.71%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.71%) PhD
5 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) QA
2 2 (1.71%) GRC
3 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.40%) Google
3 8 (6.84%) Apple
4 2 (1.71%) Peregrine
4 2 (1.71%) Twitter
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle