Graduate Jobs in West Yorkshire

Graduate
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Graduate salary in West Yorkshire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 142 205
Rank change year-on-year +38 +63 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 3 18 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.22% 0.58% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.61% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 13
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,625 -
25th Percentile £35,000 - £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% - -34.21%
75th Percentile - £40,813 -
90th Percentile - £43,750 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £31,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% +4.17% -33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,229 2,973 4,512
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.38% 96.37% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 629 2,171 2,249
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76,840 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £82,500 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,274 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -6.14% +5.00%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in West Yorkshire

Graduate
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Graduate in West Yorkshire

Graduate
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graduate in West Yorkshire

Graduate
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Leeds +51 2 £35,000 +12.00% 19
Halifax - 1 £45,000 -
Graduate
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Yorkshire region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) PhD
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) API Development
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Kotlin

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Learning Management System
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Hackathon
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) API Development
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) Fraud Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) PhD
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft