Graduate Jobs in the Midlands

Graduate
England > Midlands

The median Graduate salary in the Midlands is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 178 280
Rank change year-on-year +78 +102 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 281 150 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.32% 1.65% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 1.84% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 102 36 53
10th Percentile £21,500 £21,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £22,425 £23,375 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £24,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% -7.63%
75th Percentile £28,500 £32,125 £28,750
90th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £30,875
England median annual salary £28,250 £26,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +8.65% -16.13% +6.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,421 8,155 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 89.69% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,440 4,585 7,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate in the Midlands

Graduate
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Graduate in the Midlands

Graduate
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate in the Midlands

Graduate
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
West Midlands +117 203 £24,000 - 37
East Midlands -23 78 £26,000 +8.33% 16
Graduate
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 Midlands region featuring Graduate in the job title.

1 229 (81.49%) Degree
2 185 (65.84%) Customer Service
3 160 (56.94%) Data Analysis
3 160 (56.94%) Microsoft Office
3 160 (56.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 159 (56.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 158 (56.23%) Onboarding
6 157 (55.87%) Process Improvement
7 156 (55.52%) Performance Metrics
7 156 (55.52%) Contingency Planning
7 156 (55.52%) Creative Thinking
7 156 (55.52%) Customer Experience
7 156 (55.52%) Military
7 156 (55.52%) Logistics
8 54 (19.22%) Social Skills
9 27 (9.61%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (9.25%) Public Sector
11 25 (8.90%) Mathematics
12 24 (8.54%) Security Cleared
12 24 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (8.19%) Manufacturing
14 21 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (6.05%) Microsoft
16 14 (4.98%) Electronics
17 13 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
18 12 (4.27%) Embedded Firmware
18 12 (4.27%) Firmware
18 12 (4.27%) Software Engineering
19 11 (3.91%) Computer Science

Graduate Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 160 (56.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 160 (56.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
1 7 (2.49%) SaaS
2 4 (1.42%) Azure
3 2 (0.71%) AWS
4 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) Internet
2 2 (0.71%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.36%) Power BI
1 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (55.52%) Military
2 54 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 26 (9.25%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (8.19%) Manufacturing
6 21 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.98%) Electronics
8 12 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.20%) Retail
10 8 (2.85%) Finance
11 5 (1.78%) Legal
11 5 (1.78%) Marketing
12 3 (1.07%) Back Office
13 2 (0.71%) Local Government
13 2 (0.71%) Police
13 2 (0.71%) Social Science
13 2 (0.71%) Swedish Language
13 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.36%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) .NET
2 2 (0.71%) J2EE
3 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.36%) CSS
3 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 158 (56.23%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.20%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.78%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.42%) Robotics
6 3 (1.07%) Blockchain
6 3 (1.07%) IoT
7 2 (0.71%) Arduino
7 2 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.36%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.36%) Blog
8 1 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.14%) Linux
2 4 (1.42%) CentOS
2 4 (1.42%) SUSE
2 4 (1.42%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (65.84%) Customer Service
2 160 (56.94%) Data Analysis
3 159 (56.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 157 (55.87%) Process Improvement
5 156 (55.52%) Contingency Planning
5 156 (55.52%) Creative Thinking
5 156 (55.52%) Customer Experience
5 156 (55.52%) Logistics
5 156 (55.52%) Performance Metrics
6 27 (9.61%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (8.90%) Mathematics
8 12 (4.27%) Software Engineering
9 11 (3.91%) Computer Science
10 10 (3.56%) Project Planning
10 10 (3.56%) Schematic Capture
11 6 (2.14%) Critical Thinking
12 5 (1.78%) Service Management
13 4 (1.42%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (1.42%) Ticket Management
14 3 (1.07%) Predictive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.49%) C#
2 6 (2.14%) Java
3 5 (1.78%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.42%) C
4 4 (1.42%) Python
4 4 (1.42%) SQL
5 2 (0.71%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 229 (81.49%) Degree
2 24 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.71%) ISO 9001
1 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (4.27%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (4.27%) Firmware
2 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (6.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.56%) EMC
3 4 (1.42%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.07%) SAP
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe
5 1 (0.36%) F5
5 1 (0.36%) Xamarin