Graduate Software Engineer
UK
The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 699 | 807 | 841 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +34 | -231 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer | 21 | 89 | 49 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.086% | 0.057% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.039% | 0.091% | 0.063% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 60 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £26,125 | £29,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.54% | -7.14% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £39,969 | £38,500 | £37,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £44,375 | £45,250 | £47,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.54% | -7.14% | +4.48% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 53,824 | 98,051 | 78,380 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.54% | 94.81% | 91.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,784 | 68,550 | 53,705 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £38,750 | £44,101 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.12% | +3.33% |
Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Graduate Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer.
Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.
Graduate Software Engineer
Top 8 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 6 months to 13 July 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 |
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| England | +98 | 17 | £32,000 | -1.54% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +83 | 15 | £32,000 | -1.54% | 15 |
| South East | +27 | 7 | £33,500 | +3.08% | 8 |
| Midlands | +79 | 6 | £30,000 | +9.09% | |
| West Midlands | +56 | 6 | £30,000 | -7.69% | |
| Work from Home | +63 | 3 | £31,500 | +8.62% | 13 |
| East of England | +34 | 2 | £32,000 | -39.05% | 3 |
| London | +90 | 1 | £47,500 | - | 14 |
Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 July 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 featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.
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Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: