Graduate Jobs in the South East

Graduate
England > South East

The median Graduate salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 166 49
Rank change year-on-year +23 -117 +256
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 265 224 1,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.76% 1.93% 5.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 2.11% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 115 104 182
10th Percentile £22,400 £23,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,125 £24,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -20.63% +5.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,324 £37,500
90th Percentile £40,750 £37,500 £40,000
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the South East

Graduate
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the South East.

Salary trend for Graduate in the South East

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the South East

Graduate
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Surrey +56 101 £35,000 +45.83% 3
Hampshire -33 59 £30,000 +15.38% 13
Thames Valley -17 51 £30,000 -1.64% 10
East Sussex +17 31 £30,000 - 2
Berkshire +30 25 £30,000 -1.64% 5
Kent - 21 £25,000 - 6
Oxfordshire -13 20 £27,000 +12.50% 1
Buckinghamshire -42 6 £25,000 -27.16% 4
Sussex -23 2 £45,000 +50.00%
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 South East region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 204 (76.98%) Degree
2 119 (44.91%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (35.85%) Social Skills
4 92 (34.72%) Retail
5 81 (30.57%) Microsoft Excel
6 80 (30.19%) German Language
6 80 (30.19%) DBS Check
7 78 (29.43%) Self-Motivation
8 65 (24.53%) Driving Licence
8 65 (24.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 64 (24.15%) Customer Insight
10 52 (19.62%) Software Engineering
11 45 (16.98%) Computer Science
12 41 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (15.09%) Python
14 38 (14.34%) C#
14 38 (14.34%) Mathematics
15 37 (13.96%) JavaScript
16 35 (13.21%) C
17 34 (12.83%) C++
18 28 (10.57%) Physics
18 28 (10.57%) Finance
18 28 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
18 28 (10.57%) Customer Service
19 26 (9.81%) Marketing
19 26 (9.81%) Artificial Intelligence
19 26 (9.81%) Java
20 25 (9.43%) Electronics
20 25 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
21 22 (8.30%) Microsoft Office

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 81 (30.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (24.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.75%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 3 (1.13%) AWS
1 3 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.38%) Azure
2 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.77%) HTTP
2 4 (1.51%) WebEx
3 2 (0.75%) LAN
3 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) 3G
4 1 (0.38%) 4G
4 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.38%) GPRS
4 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.38%) Modbus
4 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (3.77%) Git
2 9 (3.40%) JIRA
3 5 (1.89%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.89%) JMeter
3 5 (1.89%) Maven
3 5 (1.89%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.13%) CMake
4 3 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.13%) Subversion
4 3 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.13%) TestRail
5 2 (0.75%) Hudson
5 2 (0.75%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.38%) GDB
6 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 119 (44.91%) Analytical Skills
2 95 (35.85%) Social Skills
3 92 (34.72%) Retail
4 80 (30.19%) German Language
5 28 (10.57%) Finance
6 26 (9.81%) Marketing
7 25 (9.43%) Electronics
8 20 (7.55%) Manufacturing
9 17 (6.42%) Military
10 16 (6.04%) Advertising
11 7 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.26%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.89%) Billing
13 5 (1.89%) Games
13 5 (1.89%) Legal
14 4 (1.51%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.38%) Avionics
16 1 (0.38%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.17%) .NET
2 17 (6.42%) AngularJS
2 17 (6.42%) ASP.NET
2 17 (6.42%) HTML
3 14 (5.28%) .NET Core
3 14 (5.28%) CSS
4 13 (4.91%) ASP.NET MVC
5 11 (4.15%) React
6 5 (1.89%) OpenAPI
6 5 (1.89%) Swagger
7 3 (1.13%) HTML5
7 3 (1.13%) OpenCL
7 3 (1.13%) OpenGL
7 3 (1.13%) QML
7 3 (1.13%) Qt
7 3 (1.13%) VTK
7 3 (1.13%) Vulkan
7 3 (1.13%) WinForms
7 3 (1.13%) WPF
8 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 78 (29.43%) Self-Motivation
2 65 (24.53%) Driving Licence
3 25 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (6.04%) Photography
4 16 (6.04%) Social Media
5 15 (5.66%) Algorithms
6 14 (5.28%) FPGA
6 14 (5.28%) Onboarding
7 11 (4.15%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (3.77%) VHDL
9 5 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.13%) CUDA
11 3 (1.13%) Digital Signage
11 3 (1.13%) IoT
12 2 (0.75%) CAN bus
12 2 (0.75%) Pricing Data
13 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
13 1 (0.38%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.91%) Linux
2 8 (3.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.15%) Customer Insight
2 52 (19.62%) Software Engineering
3 45 (16.98%) Computer Science
4 41 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (14.34%) Mathematics
6 28 (10.57%) Customer Service
6 28 (10.57%) Physics
7 26 (9.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 18 (6.79%) Agile
9 16 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.04%) ERP
9 16 (6.04%) Strategic Planning
10 15 (5.66%) Logistics
10 15 (5.66%) Process Improvement
11 14 (5.28%) Contingency Planning
11 14 (5.28%) Creative Thinking
11 14 (5.28%) Customer Experience
11 14 (5.28%) Data Analysis
11 14 (5.28%) Performance Metrics
12 13 (4.91%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.09%) Python
2 38 (14.34%) C#
3 37 (13.96%) JavaScript
4 35 (13.21%) C
5 34 (12.83%) C++
6 26 (9.81%) Java
7 21 (7.92%) SQL
8 8 (3.02%) Bash
9 5 (1.89%) Ada
9 5 (1.89%) Groovy
10 3 (1.13%) C-shell
10 3 (1.13%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.13%) Fortran
10 3 (1.13%) Haskell
10 3 (1.13%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.13%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.38%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 204 (76.98%) Degree
2 80 (30.19%) DBS Check
3 28 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.53%) PhD
4 12 (4.53%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.15%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.15%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.75%) QA
2 1 (0.38%) IEC 61131
2 1 (0.38%) JTAG
2 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.15%) Firmware
2 7 (2.64%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (3.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.89%) SAP
3 3 (1.13%) Adobe
3 3 (1.13%) EMC
4 1 (0.38%) F5
4 1 (0.38%) Facebook
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle