Graduate Jobs in the Thames Valley

Graduate
South East > Thames Valley

The median Graduate salary in the Thames Valley is £29,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 167 144
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 104 96 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.55% 1.61% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.79% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35 39 61
10th Percentile £24,400 - £24,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £24,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £30,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% -6.15% +11.18%
75th Percentile £33,750 £34,324 £40,000
90th Percentile £36,500 - -
South East median annual salary £30,000 £28,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +7.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,366 5,355 6,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.74% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,150 4,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,488
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,813 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the Thames Valley

Graduate
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Graduate in the Thames Valley

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the Thames Valley

Graduate
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Buckinghamshire 0 71 £32,500 -5.31% 4
Oxfordshire +9 20 £29,000 +20.83% 8
Berkshire +17 13 £30,000 +3.45% 10
Graduate
South East

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 95 (91.35%) Degree
2 68 (65.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 66 (63.46%) Electronics
4 61 (58.65%) Manufacturing
4 61 (58.65%) EMC
4 61 (58.65%) Firmware
4 61 (58.65%) Project Planning
4 61 (58.65%) Embedded Firmware
4 61 (58.65%) Schematic Capture
5 15 (14.42%) Software Engineering
6 9 (8.65%) C#
6 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
7 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 7 (6.73%) Data Analysis
8 7 (6.73%) Python
8 7 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (6.73%) Code Quality
9 6 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (5.77%) Computer Vision
9 6 (5.77%) OO
9 6 (5.77%) .NET
9 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (5.77%) Logistics
9 6 (5.77%) WPF
10 5 (4.81%) Military
10 5 (4.81%) Contingency Planning
10 5 (4.81%) Creative Thinking
10 5 (4.81%) Problem-Solving

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.96%) Azure
1 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.96%) Power BI
1 1 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Git
General
1 68 (65.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 66 (63.46%) Electronics
3 61 (58.65%) Manufacturing
4 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
5 5 (4.81%) Military
6 3 (2.88%) French Language
7 2 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.96%) Automotive
8 1 (0.96%) Finance
8 1 (0.96%) Law
8 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) .NET
1 6 (5.77%) WPF
2 3 (2.88%) CSS
2 3 (2.88%) HTML
2 3 (2.88%) Laravel
3 1 (0.96%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.81%) Algorithms
2 5 (4.81%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.92%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.96%) CUDA
4 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.96%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (58.65%) Project Planning
1 61 (58.65%) Schematic Capture
2 15 (14.42%) Software Engineering
3 8 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 7 (6.73%) Code Quality
4 7 (6.73%) Data Analysis
5 6 (5.77%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (5.77%) Computer Vision
5 6 (5.77%) Logistics
5 6 (5.77%) OO
6 5 (4.81%) Contingency Planning
6 5 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (4.81%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (4.81%) Customer Experience
6 5 (4.81%) Customer Service
6 5 (4.81%) Image Processing
6 5 (4.81%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (4.81%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (4.81%) Process Improvement
7 4 (3.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.65%) C#
2 7 (6.73%) Python
3 3 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.92%) C++
4 2 (1.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 95 (91.35%) Degree
2 7 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 61 (58.65%) Embedded Firmware
1 61 (58.65%) Firmware
2 1 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 61 (58.65%) EMC
2 1 (0.96%) Google
2 1 (0.96%) NVIDIA
2 1 (0.96%) SAP