New Grad salaries

**Sockpuppet** · 13 November 2006, 15:29

Originally posted by tim123

Does anyone know what last year's crop of grads started on in IT jobs.

I'm thinking of normal employers, not City types.

TIA

tim

Less than £20k seems to be the norm. I've seen anything from £18 - 25k.

**TheMonkey** · 13 November 2006, 15:51

Around £15k is about right outside the city. £18 - 25k in it.

**Ardesco** · 13 November 2006, 15:52

Looking for some cheap slave labour tim ??? :P

**Sockpuppet** · 13 November 2006, 15:53

Originally posted by Ardesco

Looking for some cheap slave labour tim ??? :P

Isnt slave labour free?

**Ardesco** · 13 November 2006, 15:55

Originally posted by Sockpuppet

Isnt slave labour free?

No no no, you now have to pay minimum wage and apologise to thier descendents in 500 years time, after all it's only fair.....

(Oh dear am I slipping into General mode???)

**ratewhore** · 13 November 2006, 15:55

why do you ask? why do you care?

**~Craig~** · 13 November 2006, 21:15

I'd agree with £18k-£25k being the norm. Average being about £21k.

**tim123** · 14 November 2006, 08:37

I'm asking, because I'm interesed in knowing how much a uni industrial placement student would cost to take on.

When I did this I got about 80% of a new grad salary, but with a placement you have the added cost of 'training' them in the appropriate language (they all seem to learn Java now, which is not what my client wants) knowing that they are going to leave after a year.

OTOH you do know that you are going to get the full year, which you don't with a 'normal' employee.

tim

**Sockpuppet** · 14 November 2006, 09:47

Originally posted by tim123

I'm asking, because I'm interesed in knowing how much a uni industrial placement student would cost to take on.

When I did this I got about 80% of a new grad salary, but with a placement you have the added cost of 'training' them in the appropriate language (they all seem to learn Java now, which is not what my client wants) knowing that they are going to leave after a year.

OTOH you do know that you are going to get the full year, which you don't with a 'normal' employee.

tim

Just hire one that has learnt something outside the classroom. Any decent IT person will learn stuff outside the classroom so just hire them in the language that you want.

New Grad salaries