The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 24 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 advertised for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 70 47 62
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 24 33 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.204% 3.470% 1.936%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.335% 3.618% 2.026%
Number of salaries quoted 18 32 17
Average salary £24,000 £25,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +31.57%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1028 912 839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.40% 95.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 915 775 789
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
East of England

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +12 15 £24,000 -7.69%
Bedford -21 7 £24,000 -4.00%
Dunstable -13 3 £30,000 +50.00%
Graduate
East of England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 37 (74.00%) Degree
2 30 (60.00%) Java
3 22 (44.00%) Computer Science
4 21 (42.00%) HTML
5 19 (38.00%) JavaScript
6 16 (32.00%) SQL
6 16 (32.00%) C#
6 16 (32.00%) Windows
7 15 (30.00%) C++
8 14 (28.00%) Oracle
9 13 (26.00%) ASP
9 13 (26.00%) VB
9 13 (26.00%) XML
10 9 (18.00%) Software Engineering
10 9 (18.00%) Linux
10 9 (18.00%) Python
10 9 (18.00%) C
11 8 (16.00%) VoIP
11 8 (16.00%) TCP/IP
11 8 (16.00%) SS7
11 8 (16.00%) IP Telephony
12 7 (14.00%) Mathematics
12 7 (14.00%) OO
12 7 (14.00%) CSS
12 7 (14.00%) .NET
13 6 (12.00%) MFC
13 6 (12.00%) Games
13 6 (12.00%) Multithreading
13 6 (12.00%) Image Processing
13 6 (12.00%) Physics

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 21 (42.00%) HTML
2 13 (26.00%) ASP
2 13 (26.00%) XML
3 7 (14.00%) CSS
3 7 (14.00%) .NET
4 6 (12.00%) MFC
5 3 (6.000%) jQuery
6 1 (2.000%) Web Services
6 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.000%) WinForms
6 1 (2.000%) WCF
6 1 (2.000%) WPF
6 1 (2.000%) SAP PI
6 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.000%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (2.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.000%) MS Office
2 1 (2.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) VoIP
1 8 (16.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (16.00%) SS7
1 8 (16.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.000%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.000%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.000%) SAP BI
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (2.000%) Selenium
General
1 6 (12.00%) Games
2 2 (4.000%) Marketing
2 2 (4.000%) Finance
3 1 (2.000%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (14.00%) Mathematics
3 6 (12.00%) Physics
3 6 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (8.000%) Smartcard
5 2 (4.000%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.000%) Cryptography
6 1 (2.000%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.00%) Windows
2 9 (18.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (14.00%) OO
3 6 (12.00%) Multithreading
3 6 (12.00%) Image Processing
4 5 (10.00%) Identity Management
5 3 (6.000%) CRM
5 3 (6.000%) Logistics
5 3 (6.000%) Web Application Development
6 2 (4.000%) Email Marketing
6 2 (4.000%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.000%) Web Development
6 2 (4.000%) SEO
6 2 (4.000%) Web Design
7 1 (2.000%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.000%) OOP
7 1 (2.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.000%) TDD
7 1 (2.000%) MVC
7 1 (2.000%) Computer Forensics
7 1 (2.000%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (60.00%) Java
2 19 (38.00%) JavaScript
3 16 (32.00%) SQL
3 16 (32.00%) C#
4 15 (30.00%) C++
5 13 (26.00%) VB
6 9 (18.00%) Python
6 9 (18.00%) C
7 1 (2.000%) COBOL
7 1 (2.000%) ABAP
7 1 (2.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (74.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Oracle
2 3 (6.000%) SAP
3 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
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