IT Graduate Jobs

IT Graduate
UK

The median IT Graduate salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 910 1112
Rank change year-on-year +168 +202 -220
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 168 25 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.027% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.030% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 45 22 82
10th Percentile £22,000 £20,500 £20,000
25th Percentile £23,500 £23,688 £22,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £29,000 £26,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +8.41% -8.49%
75th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £30,938
90th Percentile £34,000 £40,100 £33,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,000 £24,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -7.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 103,724 84,717 165,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 73,308 55,181 85,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,605 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

IT Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Graduate in the UK

IT Graduate
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Graduate in the UK

IT Graduate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Graduate over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Graduate in the UK

IT Graduate
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Graduate within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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
UK excluding London +43 108 £26,000 +8.33% 11
Wales - 70 £30,000 - 1
England +74 51 £27,500 -5.17% 13
Work from Home +43 13 £27,500 -28.57% 2
South East -16 12 £23,500 -4.08% 1
East of England - 9 £30,000 - 2
London +78 8 £28,750 -4.17% 3
Midlands - 8 £27,000 - 2
West Midlands - 6 £28,000 - 2
South West -26 4 £22,000 +7.32% 4
Scotland - 3 £24,000 -
North of England +18 2 £22,750 -3.19% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £22,750 -
East Midlands - 2 £26,000 -

IT Graduate Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Graduate in the job title.

1 145 (86.31%) Degree
2 134 (79.76%) Social Skills
3 131 (77.98%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (72.62%) Manufacturing
5 119 (70.83%) Presentation Skills
6 117 (69.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (68.45%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 115 (68.45%) Lean Six Sigma
7 115 (68.45%) Lean Manufacturing
7 115 (68.45%) FMCG
7 115 (68.45%) Law
7 115 (68.45%) Six Sigma
7 115 (68.45%) Benchmarking
7 115 (68.45%) Influencing Skills
7 115 (68.45%) Order Management
8 14 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.14%) Computer Science
10 11 (6.55%) Azure
11 10 (5.95%) IoT
12 9 (5.36%) AWS
13 8 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (4.76%) Agile
13 8 (4.76%) Commercial Awareness
14 7 (4.17%) Project Delivery
14 7 (4.17%) Project Management
14 7 (4.17%) Linux
14 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
14 7 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (3.57%) Business Analysis

IT Graduate 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.60%) Confluence
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.55%) Azure
2 9 (5.36%) AWS
3 8 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.19%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.19%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.79%) Internet
2 2 (1.19%) DHCP
2 2 (1.19%) DNS
2 2 (1.19%) Wireless
3 1 (0.60%) Firewall
3 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.60%) VLAN
3 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.79%) Data Hub
2 2 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 134 (79.76%) Social Skills
2 122 (72.62%) Manufacturing
3 119 (70.83%) Presentation Skills
4 115 (68.45%) Influencing Skills
4 115 (68.45%) Law
5 5 (2.98%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.38%) Automotive
6 4 (2.38%) Aviation
7 3 (1.79%) Back Office
8 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.60%) Finance
9 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.60%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 115 (68.45%) FMCG
2 10 (5.95%) IoT
3 4 (2.38%) Blog
3 4 (2.38%) Client/Server
3 4 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.38%) Life Science
3 4 (2.38%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.79%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.19%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.17%) Linux
2 5 (2.98%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.38%) Android
4 2 (1.19%) Windows
5 1 (0.60%) CentOS
5 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (77.98%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (69.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 115 (68.45%) Benchmarking
3 115 (68.45%) Lean Manufacturing
3 115 (68.45%) Lean Six Sigma
3 115 (68.45%) Order Management
3 115 (68.45%) Six Sigma
4 14 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 12 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 8 (4.76%) Agile
6 8 (4.76%) Commercial Awareness
7 7 (4.17%) Project Delivery
7 7 (4.17%) Project Management
8 6 (3.57%) Business Analysis
8 6 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (2.98%) Service Management
10 4 (2.38%) Business Development
10 4 (2.38%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (2.38%) Multithreading
10 4 (2.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.19%) SQL
2 1 (0.60%) C#
2 1 (0.60%) PHP
2 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 145 (86.31%) Degree
2 115 (68.45%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 4 (2.38%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.60%) MCSA
5 1 (0.60%) MCSE
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) Ansible
2 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.60%) Puppet
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (2.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.60%) Atlassian
2 1 (0.60%) Google
2 1 (0.60%) Red Hat