Graduate Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Graduate Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in the South West is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 265 291
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 6 7 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.066% 0.099% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.11% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile £26,500 - -
25th Percentile £28,750 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £28,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £36,750 £30,438 £32,000
90th Percentile £37,200 £31,225 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £34,324 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.31% +4.01% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,793 6,284 7,625
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.31% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,903 5,084
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the South West

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the South West

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Dorset -13 3 - -
Bristol +6 2 £35,500 +25.66% 1
Gloucestershire -16 1 £25,000 -16.67% 2
Graduate Software Engineer
England

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Graduate Software Engineer 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 West region featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Java
3 3 (50.00%) UML
3 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
3 3 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) NetBeans
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 3 (50.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) C++
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) OO
5 1 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
5 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
5 1 (16.67%) Electronics
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (16.67%) Automotive
5 1 (16.67%) Advertising
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (50.00%) NetBeans
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Atlassian