Graduate Jobs in the North West

Graduate
England > North West

The median Graduate salary in the North West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 187 186
Rank change year-on-year -78 -1 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 36 112 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.45% 1.12% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.19% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 90 19
10th Percentile £23,700 £22,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £22,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +6.25% -15.04%
75th Percentile - £33,000 £24,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £30,000
England median annual salary £26,125 £28,250 £26,000
% change year-on-year -7.52% +8.65% -16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 7,414 9,439 6,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 94.61% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,019 7,252 4,030
10th Percentile £26,481 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 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
Lancashire -68 24 - - 16
Manchester +33 11 £30,000 +15.38% 37
Cumbria -83 1 £22,500 -10.00% 8
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 West region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 32 (88.89%) Degree
2 28 (77.78%) Artificial Intelligence
3 27 (75.00%) Social Skills
4 26 (72.22%) Agile
5 24 (66.67%) Power BI
5 24 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (66.67%) Power Platform
5 24 (66.67%) Project Delivery
5 24 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (66.67%) Time Management
5 24 (66.67%) Data Analytics
5 24 (66.67%) Analytics
5 24 (66.67%) Alteryx
5 24 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (66.67%) Technology Transformation
5 24 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
6 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
7 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.11%) Coaching
7 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (11.11%) Legal
7 4 (11.11%) Revolut
8 3 (8.33%) Solar Panel
8 3 (8.33%) Statistics
8 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
8 3 (8.33%) E-Commerce
8 3 (8.33%) Content Management
8 3 (8.33%) Project Management
8 3 (8.33%) C#
8 3 (8.33%) Java

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:

Cloud Services
1 24 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.78%) MySQL
General
1 27 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 24 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (5.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
1 2 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 2 (5.56%) CSS
1 2 (5.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (8.33%) Solar Panel
2 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (77.78%) Artificial Intelligence
2 26 (72.22%) Agile
3 24 (66.67%) Analytics
3 24 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (66.67%) Data Analytics
3 24 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
3 24 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 24 (66.67%) Technology Transformation
3 24 (66.67%) Time Management
4 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
5 4 (11.11%) Coaching
5 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.33%) Content Management
6 3 (8.33%) E-Commerce
6 3 (8.33%) Project Management
6 3 (8.33%) Statistics
7 2 (5.56%) MVC
7 2 (5.56%) OO
7 2 (5.56%) OOP
7 2 (5.56%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) C#
1 3 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (5.56%) C++
2 2 (5.56%) PHP
3 1 (2.78%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (88.89%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Alteryx
2 4 (11.11%) Revolut