The first table below looks at the demand for Postgraduate in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Postgraduate 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Postgraduate
Rank 91 83 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.369% 0.101% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.434% 0.331% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £56,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
279 302 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.74% 30.60% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 231 268 276
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,925 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Postgraduate
East of England

Postgraduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Postgraduate Jobs Demand Trend

Postgraduate
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Postgraduate Salary Trend

Postgraduate
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate.

1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) GPRS
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) UTRAN
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) 2G
1 4 (100.00%) 2.5G
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) C

Postgraduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) GPRS
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) UTRAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) 2G
1 4 (100.00%) 2.5G
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Team Leader
1 3 (75.00%) C++ Team Leader
1 3 (75.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO 9000