IT Graduate Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Graduate salary in the UK excluding London is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 663 723
Rank change year-on-year +122 +60 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 34 100 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.14% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.15% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 7
10th Percentile - £21,750 £20,400
25th Percentile - £22,375 £21,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £26,000 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +10.64% -11.32%
75th Percentile - £31,500 £24,750
90th Percentile - £37,500 £26,650
UK median annual salary £25,000 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +13.21%

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 36,142 67,932 52,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.86% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,697 47,996 30,020
10th Percentile £26,987 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Graduate in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Graduate in the UK excluding London

IT Graduate
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 IT Graduate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
East of England +42 12 £25,000 -16.67%
Midlands +74 10 £25,000 -7.41%
North of England +52 8 £25,000 +6.38% 2
West Midlands +45 6 £25,000 -10.71%
North East - 4 £25,000 -
East Midlands +26 3 £25,000 -3.85%
Yorkshire +64 2 £25,000 +6.38% 2
Scotland - 2 £25,000 - 2
North West - 2 £25,000 -
South West +102 1 £27,500 +25.00% 2
Wales -27 1 - -
IT Graduate
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 32 (94.12%) Computer Science
2 31 (91.18%) Degree
3 30 (88.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (88.24%) C++
4 29 (85.29%) Java
4 29 (85.29%) PHP
4 29 (85.29%) C#
4 29 (85.29%) .NET
4 29 (85.29%) OO
4 29 (85.29%) SQL Server
4 29 (85.29%) ASP.NET
4 29 (85.29%) CSS
4 29 (85.29%) jQuery
4 29 (85.29%) Agile
4 29 (85.29%) MVC
4 29 (85.29%) Azure
5 26 (76.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (73.53%) Finance
6 25 (73.53%) MySQL
7 23 (67.65%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (64.71%) Social Skills
9 19 (55.88%) OOP
10 11 (32.35%) SQL
11 5 (14.71%) Python
12 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
13 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
13 2 (5.88%) Proactive Maintenance
13 2 (5.88%) Project Delivery
13 2 (5.88%) SAP Portal
13 2 (5.88%) Mathematics

IT Graduate 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) SAP Portal
Cloud Services
1 29 (85.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (85.29%) SQL Server
2 25 (73.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 25 (73.53%) Finance
2 22 (64.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Electronics
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (85.29%) .NET
1 29 (85.29%) ASP.NET
1 29 (85.29%) CSS
1 29 (85.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (94.12%) Computer Science
2 29 (85.29%) Agile
2 29 (85.29%) MVC
2 29 (85.29%) OO
3 26 (76.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (67.65%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (55.88%) OOP
6 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (5.88%) Data Privacy
6 2 (5.88%) Mathematics
6 2 (5.88%) Physics
6 2 (5.88%) Proactive Maintenance
6 2 (5.88%) Project Delivery
6 2 (5.88%) Project Management
6 2 (5.88%) User Experience
7 1 (2.94%) ITSM
7 1 (2.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 30 (88.24%) C++
2 29 (85.29%) C#
2 29 (85.29%) Java
2 29 (85.29%) PHP
3 11 (32.35%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) Python
5 1 (2.94%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (91.18%) Degree
2 30 (88.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) SAP