Graduate Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Graduate Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in the South East is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 392 450
Rank change year-on-year +40 +58 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 33 25 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 20 30
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +12.07%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
90th Percentile £51,250 £37,875 £37,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £34,324 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.31% -1.93% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,533 13,886 18,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.74% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,676 12,662
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the South East

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the South East

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate Software Engineer in the South East

Graduate Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley +15 12 £29,000 -15.51% 1
Kent - 8 £37,000 - 2
Surrey +17 7 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Oxfordshire - 7 £29,000 -
Hampshire -22 6 £28,000 -20.00% 1
Buckinghamshire -17 5 £32,500 -5.31%
Graduate Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 East region featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (66.67%) Degree
3 18 (54.55%) C
4 14 (42.42%) C#
5 13 (39.39%) C++
5 13 (39.39%) Mathematics
6 12 (36.36%) Algorithms
7 11 (33.33%) Electronics
8 10 (30.30%) Physics
9 9 (27.27%) WPF
9 9 (27.27%) Python
10 8 (24.24%) Computer Science
10 8 (24.24%) PhD
11 7 (21.21%) Java
11 7 (21.21%) OO
11 7 (21.21%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (18.18%) Machine Learning
12 6 (18.18%) .NET
12 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (18.18%) Code Quality
13 5 (15.15%) Computer Vision
13 5 (15.15%) Image Processing
14 4 (12.12%) Git
14 4 (12.12%) CUDA
14 4 (12.12%) FPGA
14 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
14 4 (12.12%) Windows

Graduate Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Git
2 3 (9.09%) CMake
2 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (9.09%) TestRail
General
1 11 (33.33%) Electronics
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Military
3 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.03%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (27.27%) WPF
2 6 (18.18%) .NET
3 3 (9.09%) HTML
3 3 (9.09%) HTML5
3 3 (9.09%) OpenCL
3 3 (9.09%) OpenGL
3 3 (9.09%) QML
3 3 (9.09%) Qt
3 3 (9.09%) VTK
3 3 (9.09%) Vulkan
3 3 (9.09%) WinForms
4 1 (3.03%) STL
4 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Algorithms
2 4 (12.12%) Analogue Electronics
2 4 (12.12%) CUDA
2 4 (12.12%) FPGA
2 4 (12.12%) VHDL
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (39.39%) Mathematics
3 10 (30.30%) Physics
4 8 (24.24%) Computer Science
5 7 (21.21%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (21.21%) OO
6 6 (18.18%) Code Quality
6 6 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (18.18%) Machine Learning
6 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.15%) Computer Vision
7 5 (15.15%) Image Processing
8 4 (12.12%) Schematic Capture
8 4 (12.12%) Signal Processing
9 3 (9.09%) Data Analytics
9 3 (9.09%) Data Science
9 3 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
9 3 (9.09%) Mathematical Modelling
9 3 (9.09%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) C
2 14 (42.42%) C#
3 13 (39.39%) C++
4 9 (27.27%) Python
5 7 (21.21%) Java
6 3 (9.09%) Bash
6 3 (9.09%) C-shell
6 3 (9.09%) Fortran
6 3 (9.09%) Haskell
6 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
7 2 (6.06%) Ada
8 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (66.67%) Degree
2 8 (24.24%) PhD
3 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
4 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Google
1 1 (3.03%) NVIDIA