The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 19 7 14
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 32 48 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 12.70% 23.30% 14.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.23% 53.93% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 29 47 25
Average salary £30,000 £41,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.82% +24.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,800 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
65 89 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 25.79% 43.20% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 62 86 54
Average salary £38,000 £41,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.31% +22.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Bedfordshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedford Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Bedford region.

Bedford Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedford Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Degree also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Degree.

1 30 (49.18%) Windows
2 28 (45.90%) Linux
3 19 (31.15%) Computer Science
4 18 (29.51%) ITIL
5 17 (27.87%) C++
6 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
7 14 (22.95%) Mathematics
7 14 (22.95%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (21.31%) Physics
8 13 (21.31%) C#
9 12 (19.67%) SAP
9 12 (19.67%) ERP
9 12 (19.67%) TCP/IP
10 11 (18.03%) C
10 11 (18.03%) Java
10 11 (18.03%) NAS
11 10 (16.39%) Software Engineering
12 9 (14.75%) Scrum
12 9 (14.75%) Python
13 8 (13.11%) OO
13 8 (13.11%) MS Exchange
13 8 (13.11%) OOD
13 8 (13.11%) VoIP
13 8 (13.11%) Active Directory
13 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (13.11%) SS7
13 8 (13.11%) SAN
13 8 (13.11%) SAP SD
13 8 (13.11%) Salesforce.com
13 8 (13.11%) VMware

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Degree also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (13.11%) Qt
1 8 (13.11%) HTML5
2 5 (8.197%) HTML
2 5 (8.197%) WPF
2 5 (8.197%) Silverlight
2 5 (8.197%) jQuery
3 4 (6.557%) CSS
4 3 (4.918%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) MS Exchange
2 7 (11.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.639%) SAS
3 1 (1.639%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.639%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (6.557%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.918%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (13.11%) SAP SD
2 5 (8.197%) SAP MM
2 5 (8.197%) SAP ERP
3 2 (3.279%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) TCP/IP
2 11 (18.03%) NAS
3 8 (13.11%) IP Telephony
3 8 (13.11%) VoIP
3 8 (13.11%) SAN
3 8 (13.11%) SS7
4 4 (6.557%) DNS
5 1 (1.639%) WAN
5 1 (1.639%) Firewall
5 1 (1.639%) Wireless
5 1 (1.639%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.557%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.918%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (4.918%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 3 (4.918%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.639%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (4.918%) Multimedia
2 2 (3.279%) Marketing
2 2 (3.279%) Electronics
3 1 (1.639%) Finance
3 1 (1.639%) Retail
3 1 (1.639%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (36.07%) Analyst
2 14 (22.95%) Software Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Business Analyst
4 9 (14.75%) Graduate
4 9 (14.75%) Support Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) SAP Business Analyst
5 8 (13.11%) Software Support Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) C Software Engineer
6 7 (11.48%) Server Analyst
7 5 (8.197%) C# Developer
7 5 (8.197%) Programmer
7 5 (8.197%) Developer
8 4 (6.557%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.557%) Administrator
8 4 (6.557%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.557%) Linux Administrator
9 3 (4.918%) Architect
9 3 (4.918%) User Experience Designer
9 3 (4.918%) Designer
9 3 (4.918%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Computer Science
2 14 (22.95%) Mathematics
3 13 (21.31%) Physics
4 3 (4.918%) Graphic Design
4 3 (4.918%) New Media
5 2 (3.279%) PMI
6 1 (1.639%) NHS
6 1 (1.639%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.639%) PACS
6 1 (1.639%) Statistics
6 1 (1.639%) Copywriting
6 1 (1.639%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 30 (49.18%) Windows
2 28 (45.90%) Linux
3 7 (11.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (6.557%) UNIX
5 1 (1.639%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) ITIL
2 14 (22.95%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (19.67%) ERP
4 10 (16.39%) Software Engineering
5 9 (14.75%) Scrum
6 8 (13.11%) OOD
6 8 (13.11%) Service Management
6 8 (13.11%) OO
6 8 (13.11%) Incident Management
7 7 (11.48%) Logistics
8 5 (8.197%) Use Case
8 5 (8.197%) Business Analysis
8 5 (8.197%) BPMN
8 5 (8.197%) User Stories
8 5 (8.197%) DSDM
8 5 (8.197%) UML
9 4 (6.557%) Stochastic Modelling
10 3 (4.918%) Information Architecture
10 3 (4.918%) Systems Analysis
10 3 (4.918%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 17 (27.87%) C++
2 13 (21.31%) C#
3 11 (18.03%) C
3 11 (18.03%) Java
4 9 (14.75%) Python
5 4 (6.557%) Shell Script
5 4 (6.557%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.557%) C-shell
5 4 (6.557%) Bash shell
5 4 (6.557%) ABAP
6 1 (1.639%) PHP
6 1 (1.639%) VBScript
6 1 (1.639%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (11.48%) MCSE
2 7 (11.48%) CCNA
2 7 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (11.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (11.48%) MCITP
3 5 (8.197%) CBAP
3 5 (8.197%) ISEB
3 5 (8.197%) PhD
4 4 (6.557%) RHCE
5 2 (3.279%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.639%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.639%) MCP
6 1 (1.639%) MCTS
6 1 (1.639%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.639%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.918%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 8 (13.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.557%) Samba
2 4 (6.557%) NFS
3 1 (1.639%) XenApp
3 1 (1.639%) vSphere
Vendors
1 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) SAP
3 8 (13.11%) Salesforce.com
3 8 (13.11%) VMware
4 5 (8.197%) Oracle
5 1 (1.639%) FalconStor
5 1 (1.639%) Cisco
5 1 (1.639%) HP
5 1 (1.639%) Citrix
5 1 (1.639%) CommVault
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