Graduate Jobs in the West Midlands

Graduate
England > West Midlands

The median Graduate salary in the West Midlands is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 214 250
Rank change year-on-year +97 +36 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 143 59 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.99% 0.87% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 0.97% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 60 32 24
10th Percentile - - £19,000
25th Percentile £21,500 £21,250 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £24,000 £27,250
Median % change year-on-year - -11.93% -6.78%
75th Percentile £26,875 £30,500 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £46,250
England median annual salary £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +2.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,759 6,072 6,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.93% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,145 3,346 4,793
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 24 April 2024. 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
Warwickshire +105 60 £27,000 +22.73% 3
Staffordshire +2 34 £21,500 - 5
Birmingham -3 20 £32,500 +35.42% 9
Coventry +42 10 £24,500 -23.44%
Wolverhampton +27 10 £24,000 - 1
Solihull +1 4 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 4 - -
Shropshire -3 1 - -
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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.

1 114 (79.72%) Degree
2 93 (65.03%) Customer Service
3 67 (46.85%) Onboarding
3 67 (46.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 67 (46.85%) Data Analysis
4 66 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
5 65 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (44.76%) Process Improvement
6 64 (44.76%) Performance Metrics
6 64 (44.76%) Logistics
6 64 (44.76%) Military
6 64 (44.76%) Customer Experience
6 64 (44.76%) Contingency Planning
6 64 (44.76%) Creative Thinking
7 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
8 24 (16.78%) Security Cleared
8 24 (16.78%) Public Sector
8 24 (16.78%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (15.38%) Mathematics
10 20 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (9.79%) Manufacturing
12 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
13 12 (8.39%) Electronics
13 12 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
15 10 (6.99%) Schematic Capture
15 10 (6.99%) Project Planning
15 10 (6.99%) EMC
15 10 (6.99%) Firmware
15 10 (6.99%) Embedded Firmware

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 67 (46.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
1 7 (4.90%) SaaS
2 3 (2.10%) Azure
3 2 (1.40%) AWS
4 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (44.76%) Military
2 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.78%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.79%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.39%) Electronics
5 12 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.90%) Finance
8 5 (3.50%) Legal
9 3 (2.10%) Back Office
10 2 (1.40%) Local Government
10 2 (1.40%) Marketing
10 2 (1.40%) Police
11 1 (0.70%) Social Science
11 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) .NET
2 2 (1.40%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 67 (46.85%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.80%) Robotics
4 3 (2.10%) Blockchain
4 3 (2.10%) IoT
5 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (65.03%) Customer Service
2 67 (46.85%) Data Analysis
3 65 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (44.76%) Contingency Planning
4 64 (44.76%) Creative Thinking
4 64 (44.76%) Customer Experience
4 64 (44.76%) Logistics
4 64 (44.76%) Performance Metrics
4 64 (44.76%) Process Improvement
5 22 (15.38%) Mathematics
6 20 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (6.99%) Project Planning
7 10 (6.99%) Schematic Capture
8 6 (4.20%) Computer Science
8 6 (4.20%) Critical Thinking
8 6 (4.20%) Software Engineering
9 3 (2.10%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (2.10%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (2.10%) Predictive Maintenance
9 3 (2.10%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.20%) Java
2 4 (2.80%) C#
2 4 (2.80%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.80%) Python
3 2 (1.40%) C
3 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (79.72%) Degree
2 24 (16.78%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.40%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.40%) ISO 9001
1 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (6.99%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (6.99%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.99%) EMC
3 1 (0.70%) SAP