Graduate Developer Jobs

Graduate Developer
UK

The median Graduate Developer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 795 813 869
Rank change year-on-year +18 +56 -203
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Developer 109 106 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 98 70 290
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £24,675
25th Percentile £25,250 £27,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £40,625 £41,875 £40,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Graduate Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Developer in the UK

Graduate Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Graduate Developer in the UK

Graduate Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graduate Developer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Graduate Developer in the UK

Graduate Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +32 105 £30,000 -1.64% 12
UK excluding London -21 89 £30,000 - 12
Work from Home +55 46 £33,750 +12.50% 12
South East -10 46 £30,000 -1.64% 3
London +66 19 £40,000 -11.11% 2
North of England +24 18 £40,000 +60.00% 2
North West - 17 £40,000 - 1
Midlands -29 13 £24,000 -11.11% 4
East Midlands -20 10 £24,000 -12.73% 2
East of England -4 7 £35,000 -22.22%
West Midlands -11 3 £35,000 +29.63% 2
Scotland -66 3 £28,000 -0.88% 2
South West -54 2 £27,500 - 1
Yorkshire +63 1 £25,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Graduate Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 83 (76.15%) Degree
2 58 (53.21%) Computer Science
3 54 (49.54%) JavaScript
4 52 (47.71%) C#
5 47 (43.12%) .NET
6 34 (31.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (29.36%) Python
8 31 (28.44%) SQL
9 26 (23.85%) AngularJS
10 25 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (22.94%) HTML
10 25 (22.94%) ASP.NET
11 24 (22.02%) .NET Core
11 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
12 23 (21.10%) CSS
12 23 (21.10%) SQL Server
12 23 (21.10%) Agile
13 21 (19.27%) MVC
13 21 (19.27%) Manufacturing
13 21 (19.27%) Microsoft
13 21 (19.27%) ERP
14 20 (18.35%) Finance
14 20 (18.35%) ASP.NET MVC
15 18 (16.51%) Java
16 17 (15.60%) Azure
17 16 (14.68%) React
18 14 (12.84%) Full Stack Development
18 14 (12.84%) Artificial Intelligence
19 12 (11.01%) .NET Framework
20 11 (10.09%) TDD

Graduate Developer 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 3 (2.75%) WordPress
2 2 (1.83%) CMS
2 2 (1.83%) Drupal
3 1 (0.92%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.60%) Azure
2 9 (8.26%) AWS
3 2 (1.83%) AWS Fargate
3 2 (1.83%) CloudFront
3 2 (1.83%) SaaS
4 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.17%) HTTP
2 1 (0.92%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.50%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.67%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.67%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Git
1 3 (2.75%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.83%) Hudson
2 2 (1.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.92%) JUnit
3 1 (0.92%) Mockito
3 1 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 21 (19.27%) Manufacturing
3 20 (18.35%) Finance
4 11 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.34%) Games
6 5 (4.59%) Marketing
6 5 (4.59%) Retail
7 4 (3.67%) Automotive
7 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Banking
8 3 (2.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Electronics
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (43.12%) .NET
2 26 (23.85%) AngularJS
3 25 (22.94%) ASP.NET
3 25 (22.94%) HTML
4 24 (22.02%) .NET Core
5 23 (21.10%) CSS
6 20 (18.35%) ASP.NET MVC
7 16 (14.68%) React
8 12 (11.01%) .NET Framework
9 8 (7.34%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (6.42%) Entity Framework
11 6 (5.50%) HTML5
12 5 (4.59%) Node.js
12 5 (4.59%) Vue
13 4 (3.67%) J2EE
14 3 (2.75%) Blazor
14 3 (2.75%) CSS3
14 3 (2.75%) LINQ
14 3 (2.75%) RESTful
14 3 (2.75%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.50%) Client/Server
2 6 (5.50%) IoT
3 5 (4.59%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.67%) Blog
4 4 (3.67%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.67%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.75%) Tandem
6 2 (1.83%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.17%) Linux
2 5 (4.59%) Android
2 5 (4.59%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (53.21%) Computer Science
2 25 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (21.10%) Agile
4 21 (19.27%) ERP
4 21 (19.27%) MVC
5 14 (12.84%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (12.84%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (10.09%) BDD
6 11 (10.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 11 (10.09%) TDD
7 10 (9.17%) Business Analysis
7 10 (9.17%) CRM
7 10 (9.17%) OOP
7 10 (9.17%) Scenario Testing
7 10 (9.17%) Software Engineering
8 9 (8.26%) Customer Service
8 9 (8.26%) Microservices
9 8 (7.34%) Multithreading
10 6 (5.50%) OO
10 6 (5.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 54 (49.54%) JavaScript
2 52 (47.71%) C#
3 32 (29.36%) Python
4 31 (28.44%) SQL
5 18 (16.51%) Java
6 7 (6.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.75%) PHP
8 2 (1.83%) C
8 2 (1.83%) Ruby
9 1 (0.92%) C++
9 1 (0.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (76.15%) Degree
2 34 (31.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.67%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.83%) PhD
5 2 (1.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.75%) QA
2 2 (1.83%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Docker
Vendors
1 21 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.50%) Google
3 5 (4.59%) F5
3 5 (4.59%) Oracle
3 5 (4.59%) Peregrine
4 2 (1.83%) Twitter
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe