Graduate Software Engineer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Graduate Software Engineer was £26,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Graduate Software Engineer UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	713	789	825
Rank change year-on-year	+76	+36
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer	176	151	157
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.20%	0.15%	0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.21%	0.16%	0.15%
Number of salaries quoted	159	154	159
UK median annual salary	£26,000	£27,500	£25,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.45%	+10.00%
10th Percentile	£19,500	£21,250	£19,750
90th Percentile	£37,500	£33,750	£35,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£26,000	£27,500	£25,000
% change year-on-year	-5.45%	+10.00%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85307	94661	107304
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.92%	96.51%	96.56%
Number of salaries quoted	283995	351566	402215
UK median annual salary	£47,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-1.05%	+5.55%
10th Percentile	£26,250	£26,250	£25,500
90th Percentile	£76,250	£72,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£42,500	£40,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+4.93%	+1.25%

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer.

Salary trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

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 over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+72	163	£26,000	-5.45%	18
UK excluding London	+42	144	£26,000	-5.45%	16
East of England	+8	43	£28,750	+15.00%	5
South East	+6	40	£26,750	-2.72%	5
London	+37	31	£27,000	-16.92%	2
Midlands	+21	18	£26,000	+15.55%	2
South West	+3	18	£25,000	-16.66%	2
North of England	+6	13	£20,000	-6.97%	2
Scotland	+10	10	£35,500	+30.27%
Wales	+4	2	£24,000	-20.00%

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, Graduate Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.

1	291 (98.31%)	Software Engineering
2	185 (62.50%)	C++
3	184 (62.16%)	Java
4	183 (61.82%)	Degree
5	181 (61.15%)	Computer Science
6	162 (54.73%)	C#
7	128 (43.24%)	C
8	107 (36.15%)	Python
9	87 (29.39%)	Mathematics
10	81 (27.36%)	OO
10	81 (27.36%)	.NET
11	73 (24.66%)	Computer Science Degree
12	72 (24.32%)	Linux
13	70 (23.65%)	JavaScript
14	63 (21.28%)	TDD

15	61 (20.61%)	SQL Server
16	56 (18.92%)	Oracle
16	56 (18.92%)	Agile Software Development
17	54 (18.24%)	Physics
17	54 (18.24%)	DevOps
18	51 (17.23%)	AngularJS
18	51 (17.23%)	HTML
19	49 (16.55%)	Scrum
20	42 (14.19%)	MySQL
21	41 (13.85%)	MongoDB
21	41 (13.85%)	Analytical Skills
22	38 (12.84%)	SQL
23	37 (12.50%)	Windows
24	35 (11.82%)	ASP.NET
25	33 (11.15%)	Firmware

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	12 (4.05%)	Confluence
2	9 (3.04%)	Apache
3	7 (2.36%)	Tomcat
4	5 (1.69%)	JBoss
4	5 (1.69%)	WebLogic
5	4 (1.35%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	1 (0.34%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	4 (1.35%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	1 (0.34%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	12 (4.05%)	Cloud Computing
2	11 (3.72%)	Microsoft Azure
3	10 (3.38%)	Amazon AWS
4	8 (2.70%)	PaaS
5	2 (0.68%)	GitHub
5	2 (0.68%)	IaaS
5	2 (0.68%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	15 (5.07%)	Wireless
2	14 (4.73%)	Wi-Fi
3	13 (4.39%)	Bluetooth
4	11 (3.72%)	TCP/IP
5	7 (2.36%)	HTTP
6	6 (2.03%)	Internet
7	4 (1.35%)	AMQP
7	4 (1.35%)	Firewall
8	1 (0.34%)	Diameter Protocol
8	1 (0.34%)	FTP
8	1 (0.34%)	GSM
8	1 (0.34%)	Kerberos
8	1 (0.34%)	LDAP
8	1 (0.34%)	LTE
8	1 (0.34%)	RANAP
8	1 (0.34%)	RTP
8	1 (0.34%)	UMTS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	61 (20.61%)	SQL Server
2	42 (14.19%)	MySQL
3	41 (13.85%)	MongoDB
4	12 (4.05%)	Relational Database
5	11 (3.72%)	NoSQL
6	4 (1.35%)	RDBMS
7	3 (1.01%)	Big Data
7	3 (1.01%)	BusinessObjects
7	3 (1.01%)	Oracle Database
8	2 (0.68%)	Apache Cassandra
8	2 (0.68%)	PostgreSQL
9	1 (0.34%)	CouchDB
9	1 (0.34%)	Hadoop
9	1 (0.34%)	Power BI
9	1 (0.34%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	22 (7.43%)	Visual Studio
2	13 (4.39%)	Atlassian Bamboo
2	13 (4.39%)	JIRA
3	12 (4.05%)	Jenkins
4	9 (3.04%)	Bitbucket
4	9 (3.04%)	JUnit
4	9 (3.04%)	Team Foundation Server
5	6 (2.03%)	EasyMock
5	6 (2.03%)	Git (software)
5	6 (2.03%)	MSBuild
5	6 (2.03%)	NetBeans
5	6 (2.03%)	TeamCity
6	4 (1.35%)	Octopus Deploy
6	4 (1.35%)	Subversion
6	4 (1.35%)	Vagrant
7	3 (1.01%)	Eclipse
8	2 (0.68%)	Moq
8	2 (0.68%)	NUnit
9	1 (0.34%)	Android Studio
9	1 (0.34%)	Eclipse RCP

General
1	33 (11.15%)	Electronics
2	14 (4.73%)	Games
3	12 (4.05%)	Banking
4	7 (2.36%)	Finance
5	4 (1.35%)	Military
5	4 (1.35%)	Music Industry
5	4 (1.35%)	Publishing
6	2 (0.68%)	Manufacturing
6	2 (0.68%)	Telecoms
7	1 (0.34%)	Advertising
7	1 (0.34%)	Aerospace
7	1 (0.34%)	French Language
7	1 (0.34%)	German Language
7	1 (0.34%)	Marketing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	81 (27.36%)	.NET
2	51 (17.23%)	AngularJS
2	51 (17.23%)	HTML
3	35 (11.82%)	ASP.NET
4	32 (10.81%)	CSS
5	31 (10.47%)	Node.js
6	18 (6.08%)	ASP.NET Web API
7	15 (5.07%)	Apache Axis
8	14 (4.73%)	ASP.NET MVC
8	14 (4.73%)	jQuery
8	14 (4.73%)	Web Services
9	13 (4.39%)	Middleware
9	13 (4.39%)	POSIX
10	12 (4.05%)	WCF
10	12 (4.05%)	XML
11	11 (3.72%)	Spring
11	11 (3.72%)	Twitter Bootstrap
12	9 (3.04%)	RESTful
13	7 (2.36%)	HTML5
13	7 (2.36%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	181 (61.15%)	Computer Science
2	41 (13.85%)	Analytical Skills
3	22 (7.43%)	Algorithms
4	18 (6.08%)	Embedded Systems
5	15 (5.07%)	3D Printing
6	12 (4.05%)	Mainframe
7	7 (2.36%)	Arduino
7	7 (2.36%)	Raspberry Pi
8	6 (2.03%)	Wiki
9	5 (1.69%)	3D Graphics
9	5 (1.69%)	Greenfield Project
10	4 (1.35%)	User Experience
11	3 (1.01%)	iPad
11	3 (1.01%)	Public Cloud
12	2 (0.68%)	Augmented Reality
12	2 (0.68%)	CAN bus
12	2 (0.68%)	Data Structures
12	2 (0.68%)	Internet of Things
12	2 (0.68%)	Mobile App
12	2 (0.68%)	Smart Home

Operating Systems
1	72 (24.32%)	Linux
2	37 (12.50%)	Windows
3	13 (4.39%)	Android
4	12 (4.05%)	Unix
5	6 (2.03%)	CentOS
5	6 (2.03%)	Mac OS
5	6 (2.03%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	5 (1.69%)	Apple iOS
7	4 (1.35%)	Embedded Linux
7	4 (1.35%)	Solaris
8	1 (0.34%)	Windows Embedded Compact

Processes & Methodologies
1	291 (98.31%)	Software Engineering
2	87 (29.39%)	Mathematics
3	81 (27.36%)	OO
4	63 (21.28%)	TDD
5	56 (18.92%)	Agile Software Development
6	54 (18.24%)	DevOps
6	54 (18.24%)	Physics
7	49 (16.55%)	Scrum
8	31 (10.47%)	Kanban
8	31 (10.47%)	Knowledge Management
8	31 (10.47%)	Technical Architecture
9	30 (10.14%)	OOP
10	29 (9.80%)	OOD
11	26 (8.78%)	MVC
12	21 (7.09%)	Open Source
13	18 (6.08%)	ITIL
14	17 (5.74%)	CAD
15	15 (5.07%)	3D Modelling
15	15 (5.07%)	CAE
15	15 (5.07%)	Content Writing

Programming Languages
1	185 (62.50%)	C++
2	184 (62.16%)	Java
3	162 (54.73%)	C#
4	128 (43.24%)	C
5	107 (36.15%)	Python
6	70 (23.65%)	JavaScript
7	38 (12.84%)	SQL
8	19 (6.42%)	Perl
9	16 (5.41%)	Embedded C
10	15 (5.07%)	MATLAB
11	12 (4.05%)	Scala
11	12 (4.05%)	TypeScript
12	11 (3.72%)	VB
13	10 (3.38%)	Embedded C++
14	9 (3.04%)	PHP
14	9 (3.04%)	VB.NET
15	8 (2.70%)	PL/SQL
16	7 (2.36%)	Go
17	6 (2.03%)	Ruby
18	5 (1.69%)	Fortran

Qualifications
1	183 (61.82%)	Degree
2	73 (24.66%)	Computer Science Degree
3	18 (6.08%)	PhD
4	17 (5.74%)	Numerate Degree
5	15 (5.07%)	Security Cleared
6	3 (1.01%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (0.68%)	SC Cleared
8	1 (0.34%)	Chartered Engineer
8	1 (0.34%)	DBS Check