The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Engineer
Rank 533 580 -
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 7 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.002% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £195 £108 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+81.39% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £195 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Graduate Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Graduate Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Graduate Software Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Graduate Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +51 7 £195 +81.39%
London +20 5 - -
City of London - 5 - -
East of England - 1 £290 -
Leeds - 1 £100 -
Cambridge - 1 £290 -
Yorkshire - 1 £100 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £100 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £290 -

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Graduate Software Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) OO
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (62.50%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) Investment Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) PHP
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (12.50%) Avionics
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Open Source
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning

Graduate Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Graduate Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
1 5 (62.50%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Games
2 1 (12.50%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Mathematics
3 1 (12.50%) Open Source
3 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
1 5 (62.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree