Graduate Software Engineer Jobs

Graduate Software Engineer
UK

The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 928 1064
Rank change year-on-year +105 +136 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 67 49 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.049% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.054% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50 38 99
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,775 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,324 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +4.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £41,250
90th Percentile £55,125 £47,725 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,662 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.24% -0.97% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer.

Salary trend for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate Software Engineer in the UK

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 14 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 18 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
England +106 66 £32,500 -5.31% 29
UK excluding London -7 63 £32,500 -6.24% 24
South East +21 40 £32,500 -7.14% 14
Work from Home +84 17 £29,000 -38.95% 11
Midlands -1 12 £26,750 -17.69% 3
West Midlands +16 6 £32,500 - 2
East Midlands -4 6 £25,000 -23.08% 1
South West -27 6 £35,000 +25.00% 3
London +106 4 £45,000 +50.00% 9
North of England +50 3 £55,000 +83.33%
North West +3 2 £55,000 +83.33%
Yorkshire +83 1 - -
East of England +1 1 £52,500 +12.90% 3
Scotland - 1 £27,500 - 1

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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.

1 67 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 46 (68.66%) Degree
3 26 (38.81%) C
4 24 (35.82%) C#
4 24 (35.82%) Java
5 23 (34.33%) Mathematics
6 22 (32.84%) Computer Science
7 20 (29.85%) C++
7 20 (29.85%) Python
8 19 (28.36%) Electronics
8 19 (28.36%) Algorithms
9 16 (23.88%) Physics
10 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (19.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (19.40%) JavaScript
11 13 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (14.93%) PhD
13 9 (13.43%) WPF
14 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
14 8 (11.94%) Machine Learning
14 8 (11.94%) OO
15 7 (10.45%) .NET
15 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
15 7 (10.45%) Artificial Intelligence
16 6 (8.96%) Git
16 6 (8.96%) Signal Processing
16 6 (8.96%) Collaborative Working
16 6 (8.96%) Analogue Electronics
16 6 (8.96%) Mathematical Modelling
16 6 (8.96%) Code Quality

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.49%) Azure
1 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.49%) GitHub
1 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) MS Access
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) CMake
2 3 (4.48%) Eclipse
2 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 3 (4.48%) NetBeans
2 3 (4.48%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (4.48%) TestRail
2 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.49%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.49%) Subversion
General
1 19 (28.36%) Electronics
2 13 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Finance
4 4 (5.97%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Military
5 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.99%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.49%) Advertising
7 1 (1.49%) Automotive
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) WPF
2 7 (10.45%) .NET
3 4 (5.97%) HTML
4 3 (4.48%) HTML5
4 3 (4.48%) OpenCL
4 3 (4.48%) OpenGL
4 3 (4.48%) QML
4 3 (4.48%) Qt
4 3 (4.48%) VTK
4 3 (4.48%) Vulkan
4 3 (4.48%) WinForms
5 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.49%) Django
5 1 (1.49%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.49%) Node.js
5 1 (1.49%) RESTful
5 1 (1.49%) STL
5 1 (1.49%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Algorithms
2 6 (8.96%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (7.46%) Client/Server
3 5 (7.46%) FPGA
3 5 (7.46%) VHDL
4 4 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.97%) CUDA
4 4 (5.97%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.97%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (5.97%) Robotics
5 3 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.99%) Arduino
6 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.99%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.49%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.49%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Linux
1 4 (5.97%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Android
2 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (34.33%) Mathematics
3 22 (32.84%) Computer Science
4 16 (23.88%) Physics
5 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (11.94%) Machine Learning
6 8 (11.94%) OO
7 7 (10.45%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (8.96%) Code Quality
8 6 (8.96%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (8.96%) Mathematical Modelling
8 6 (8.96%) Signal Processing
9 5 (7.46%) Computer Vision
9 5 (7.46%) Image Processing
9 5 (7.46%) Schematic Capture
9 5 (7.46%) Software Testing
10 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (5.97%) Design Patterns
11 3 (4.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 3 (4.48%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 26 (38.81%) C
2 24 (35.82%) C#
2 24 (35.82%) Java
3 20 (29.85%) C++
3 20 (29.85%) Python
4 13 (19.40%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.97%) Ada
5 4 (5.97%) SQL
6 3 (4.48%) Bash
6 3 (4.48%) C-shell
6 3 (4.48%) Fortran
6 3 (4.48%) Haskell
6 3 (4.48%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.49%) Perl
7 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (68.66%) Degree
2 13 (19.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (14.93%) PhD
4 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
5 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.99%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Firmware
2 2 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (4.48%) Atlassian
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.99%) SAP
3 1 (1.49%) Google
3 1 (1.49%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.49%) Xamarin