Graduate Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Graduate Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 700 718
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 58 51 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.083% 0.082% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.092% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41 42 93
10th Percentile £26,250 - £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,662 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +5.04% +1.54%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £53,200
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,324 £33,000
% change year-on-year -5.31% +4.01% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,472 55,237 67,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.31% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,163 31,304 42,933
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East +39 35 £32,500 -7.14% 5
Midlands +14 12 £26,750 -23.57% 1
West Midlands +29 6 £32,500 -
East Midlands -12 6 £25,000 -28.57% 1
South West -24 6 £35,000 +25.00% 2
North of England +40 3 £55,000 +83.33% 2
North West +3 2 £55,000 +83.33%
Yorkshire +96 1 - - 2
East of England +19 1 £52,500 +31.25% 4
Scotland -61 1 £27,500 -31.25% 1
Graduate Software Engineer
UK

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 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 UK excluding London region featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 41 (70.69%) Degree
3 24 (41.38%) C
4 20 (34.48%) Java
5 19 (32.76%) Mathematics
6 18 (31.03%) C#
6 18 (31.03%) Electronics
7 17 (29.31%) C++
7 17 (29.31%) Computer Science
7 17 (29.31%) Algorithms
8 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (22.41%) Physics
9 13 (22.41%) Python
10 10 (17.24%) JavaScript
10 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (15.52%) WPF
11 9 (15.52%) PhD
12 8 (13.79%) OO
12 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
13 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
13 7 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
13 7 (12.07%) .NET
14 6 (10.34%) Machine Learning
14 6 (10.34%) Analogue Electronics
14 6 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (10.34%) Code Quality
15 5 (8.62%) Computer Vision
15 5 (8.62%) Signal Processing
15 5 (8.62%) Schematic Capture

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) Azure
1 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.72%) GitHub
1 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) MS Access
1 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Git
2 3 (5.17%) CMake
2 3 (5.17%) Eclipse
2 3 (5.17%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) NetBeans
2 3 (5.17%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (5.17%) TestRail
2 3 (5.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (31.03%) Electronics
2 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.17%) Finance
3 3 (5.17%) Military
3 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.45%) Marketing
4 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.72%) Advertising
5 1 (1.72%) Automotive
5 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.72%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) WPF
2 7 (12.07%) .NET
3 4 (6.90%) HTML
4 3 (5.17%) HTML5
4 3 (5.17%) OpenCL
4 3 (5.17%) OpenGL
4 3 (5.17%) QML
4 3 (5.17%) Qt
4 3 (5.17%) VTK
4 3 (5.17%) Vulkan
4 3 (5.17%) WinForms
5 1 (1.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.72%) Django
5 1 (1.72%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.72%) Node.js
5 1 (1.72%) RESTful
5 1 (1.72%) STL
5 1 (1.72%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) Algorithms
2 6 (10.34%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (8.62%) FPGA
3 5 (8.62%) VHDL
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (6.90%) Client/Server
4 4 (6.90%) CUDA
4 4 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (6.90%) Robotics
5 3 (5.17%) Data Structures
5 3 (5.17%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.45%) Arduino
6 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.72%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.72%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Android
2 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (32.76%) Mathematics
3 17 (29.31%) Computer Science
4 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (22.41%) Physics
6 8 (13.79%) OO
7 7 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (10.34%) Code Quality
8 6 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (10.34%) Machine Learning
9 5 (8.62%) Computer Vision
9 5 (8.62%) Image Processing
9 5 (8.62%) Schematic Capture
9 5 (8.62%) Signal Processing
9 5 (8.62%) Software Testing
10 4 (6.90%) Mathematical Modelling
11 3 (5.17%) Data Science
11 3 (5.17%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 3 (5.17%) Decision-Making
11 3 (5.17%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 24 (41.38%) C
2 20 (34.48%) Java
3 18 (31.03%) C#
4 17 (29.31%) C++
5 13 (22.41%) Python
6 10 (17.24%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.90%) SQL
8 3 (5.17%) Bash
8 3 (5.17%) C-shell
8 3 (5.17%) Fortran
8 3 (5.17%) Haskell
8 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.45%) Ada
10 1 (1.72%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (70.69%) Degree
2 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (15.52%) PhD
4 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (6.90%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.72%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (5.17%) Atlassian
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (1.72%) Google
3 1 (1.72%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.72%) Xamarin
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