Graduate Jobs in the West Midlands

Graduate
England > West Midlands

The median Graduate salary in the West Midlands is £27,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 100 197
Rank change year-on-year -65 +97 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 32 171 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.74% 2.32% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 2.46% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 22 59 28
10th Percentile £24,500 - -
25th Percentile £25,000 £21,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £24,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% - -11.93%
75th Percentile £31,000 £26,500 £30,500
90th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
England median annual salary £26,250 £28,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.66% -14.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,901 6,944 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.23% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,753 5,206 3,266
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Graduate in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the West Midlands

Graduate
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Graduate in the West Midlands

Graduate
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Birmingham +37 18 £25,000 -23.08% 6
Warwickshire -62 7 £28,500 +5.56% 4
Staffordshire -10 6 £26,500 +23.26% 4
Graduate
England

Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 West Midlands region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 27 (84.38%) Degree
2 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
3 13 (40.63%) C#
4 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 12 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (34.38%) Law
6 10 (31.25%) Java
7 8 (25.00%) Finance
7 8 (25.00%) SQL
7 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (21.88%) .NET
8 7 (21.88%) Agile
8 7 (21.88%) Azure
9 6 (18.75%) Revit
9 6 (18.75%) jQuery
9 6 (18.75%) OO
9 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (18.75%) WinForms
9 6 (18.75%) MVC
9 6 (18.75%) PHP
9 6 (18.75%) C++
9 6 (18.75%) MySQL
9 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET
9 6 (18.75%) CSS
9 6 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (18.75%) Clean Code
10 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (15.63%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 5 (15.63%) C

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (18.75%) Revit
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.13%) Azure Pipelines
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) MySQL
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
1 1 (3.13%) Postman
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Law
3 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Police
5 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Electronics
6 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Military
6 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) .NET
2 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET
2 6 (18.75%) CSS
2 6 (18.75%) jQuery
2 6 (18.75%) WinForms
3 4 (12.50%) GWT
3 4 (12.50%) J2EE
3 4 (12.50%) JPA
3 4 (12.50%) Middleware
3 4 (12.50%) Vaadin
4 1 (3.13%) Express.js
4 1 (3.13%) Fastify
4 1 (3.13%) MERN Stack
4 1 (3.13%) Next.js
4 1 (3.13%) Node.js
4 1 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (12.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
5 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
1 4 (12.50%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Clean Code
4 6 (18.75%) MVC
4 6 (18.75%) OO
5 5 (15.63%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) SDLC
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) OOP
7 3 (9.38%) Time Management
8 2 (6.25%) Risk Register
9 1 (3.13%) API Testing
9 1 (3.13%) CI/CD
9 1 (3.13%) CRM
9 1 (3.13%) Data Protection
9 1 (3.13%) DevOps
9 1 (3.13%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) C#
2 10 (31.25%) Java
3 8 (25.00%) SQL
4 6 (18.75%) C++
4 6 (18.75%) PHP
5 5 (15.63%) C
6 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.13%) Python
6 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (84.38%) Degree
2 12 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 4 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle