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 £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 698 717
Rank change year-on-year +141 +19 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 18 60 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.085% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.089% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 16 43 36
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,375
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £32,500 £34,662
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -6.24% +5.04%
75th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £38,500 £55,000 £41,250
UK median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £34,324
% change year-on-year +3.08% -5.31% +4.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,016 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,742 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,906 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,225 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 2025. 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 +66 9 £33,500 +3.08% 22
West Midlands +58 5 £30,000 -7.69%
Midlands +56 5 £30,000 +12.15% 1
Scotland +127 2 - -
North of England +48 1 £30,500 -44.55% 4
East of England +37 1 £40,000 -23.81% 10
North East - 1 £30,500 - 3
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 9 May 2025, 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 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (88.89%) Degree
3 12 (66.67%) C++
4 10 (55.56%) C
5 9 (50.00%) Mathematics
5 9 (50.00%) Computer Science
5 9 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (44.44%) C#
7 7 (38.89%) Electronics
7 7 (38.89%) Python
7 7 (38.89%) Physics
7 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (33.33%) Java
9 5 (27.78%) SQL
9 5 (27.78%) Law
9 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (27.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 5 (27.78%) Node.js
9 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
10 2 (11.11%) Software Architecture
10 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
10 2 (11.11%) Ada
10 2 (11.11%) Validation
10 2 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
11 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
11 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
11 1 (5.56%) Agriculture
11 1 (5.56%) MicroPython
11 1 (5.56%) Data Structures

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (38.89%) Electronics
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Law
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Agriculture
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.56%) CAN bus
2 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 7 (38.89%) Physics
3 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Software Architecture
5 2 (11.11%) Validation
5 2 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
6 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
6 1 (5.56%) Investment Management
6 1 (5.56%) Low Latency
6 1 (5.56%) Network Design
6 1 (5.56%) OO
6 1 (5.56%) OOP
6 1 (5.56%) SDLC
6 1 (5.56%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C++
2 10 (55.56%) C
3 8 (44.44%) C#
4 7 (38.89%) Python
5 6 (33.33%) Java
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
7 2 (11.11%) Ada
8 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
8 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
8 1 (5.56%) MicroPython
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) Degree
2 9 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft