The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 advertised for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 44 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 4 11 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.606% 5.789% 1.911%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.619% 6.011% 1.923%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 3
Average salary £23,000 £25,750 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.67% +14.44%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
247 183 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 99.20% 96.32% 99.36%
Number of salaries quoted 240 172 148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Graduate
Bedfordshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Graduate 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 IT job ads sampled with Graduate in their job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Windows
1 13 (72.22%) Computer Science
2 12 (66.67%) C#
3 11 (61.11%) C++
3 11 (61.11%) Java
4 10 (55.56%) Degree
5 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 9 (50.00%) Linux
5 9 (50.00%) C
5 9 (50.00%) Python
6 8 (44.44%) VoIP
6 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
6 8 (44.44%) SS7
6 8 (44.44%) IP Telephony
7 4 (22.22%) OO
7 4 (22.22%) .NET
8 3 (16.67%) HTML
8 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 3 (16.67%) SAP
8 3 (16.67%) Logistics
9 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
9 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
9 2 (11.11%) Games
9 2 (11.11%) WinForms
9 2 (11.11%) Web Design
9 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
9 2 (11.11%) CSS
9 2 (11.11%) OOP
9 2 (11.11%) MFC

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Graduate 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 IT job ads sampled with Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) .NET
2 3 (16.67%) HTML
3 2 (11.11%) WinForms
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 2 (11.11%) CSS
3 2 (11.11%) MFC
3 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (11.11%) WCF
3 2 (11.11%) WPF
4 1 (5.556%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) VoIP
1 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 8 (44.44%) SS7
1 8 (44.44%) IP Telephony
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (5.556%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.556%) SAP BI
General
1 2 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (5.556%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 13 (72.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
2 2 (11.11%) Physics
2 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (22.22%) OO
3 3 (16.67%) Logistics
4 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
4 2 (11.11%) Web Design
4 2 (11.11%) OOP
4 2 (11.11%) Image Processing
4 2 (11.11%) MVC
4 2 (11.11%) Web Development
4 2 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C#
2 11 (61.11%) C++
2 11 (61.11%) Java
3 9 (50.00%) C
3 9 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.556%) PHP
5 1 (5.556%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013