The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 20 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 133 109 110
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 87 109 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.617% 1.789% 1.865%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.724% 1.896% 1.975%
Number of salaries quoted 76 94 95
Average salary £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,400 £20,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £28,750
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5047 5749 5114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 93.79% 94.37% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4039 4833 4288
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Graduate Salary Histogram

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -16 26 £27,000 -1.81% 9
Slough -1 17 £22,500 +1.12%
Newbury 0 13 £25,000 -
Bracknell -13 9 £22,500 - 2
Wokingham - 5 £21,500 -
Maidenhead +2 3 £22,500 +12.50%
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 89 (58.55%) Degree
2 70 (46.05%) .NET
3 64 (42.11%) C#
4 56 (36.84%) Computer Science
5 48 (31.58%) Java
6 47 (30.92%) SQL
6 47 (30.92%) SQL Server
7 43 (28.29%) HTML
7 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
8 41 (26.97%) JavaScript
9 33 (21.71%) CSS
9 33 (21.71%) OO
10 30 (19.74%) ASP.NET
11 26 (17.11%) PHP
12 25 (16.45%) C++
13 22 (14.47%) Mathematics
14 21 (13.82%) OOP
15 19 (12.50%) jQuery
16 17 (11.18%) MS Excel
16 17 (11.18%) Windows
16 17 (11.18%) XML
17 16 (10.53%) .NET Framework
18 15 (9.868%) Java EE
18 15 (9.868%) MVC
19 14 (9.211%) C
19 14 (9.211%) Business Analysis
19 14 (9.211%) Software Engineering
20 13 (8.553%) Ruby
20 13 (8.553%) Java SE
20 13 (8.553%) V-Model

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 70 (46.05%) .NET
2 43 (28.29%) HTML
3 33 (21.71%) CSS
4 30 (19.74%) ASP.NET
5 19 (12.50%) jQuery
6 17 (11.18%) XML
7 16 (10.53%) .NET Framework
8 15 (9.868%) Java EE
9 13 (8.553%) Java SE
10 11 (7.237%) XSLT
10 11 (7.237%) J2EE
11 10 (6.579%) Zend Framework
11 10 (6.579%) WinForms
12 9 (5.921%) Web Services
13 6 (3.947%) WCF
13 6 (3.947%) Spring
13 6 (3.947%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (3.947%) Hibernate
14 5 (3.289%) Spring.NET
14 5 (3.289%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.632%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.316%) Mule
2 2 (1.316%) SAS
3 1 (0.658%) CMS
3 1 (0.658%) IIS
3 1 (0.658%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 17 (11.18%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.289%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.658%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.316%) Wireless
2 1 (0.658%) 3G
2 1 (0.658%) Internet
2 1 (0.658%) Firewall
2 1 (0.658%) 2G
2 1 (0.658%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.658%) LTE
2 1 (0.658%) 4G
2 1 (0.658%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (30.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.579%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (6.579%) MySQL
2 10 (6.579%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (3.289%) SQLPlus
4 4 (2.632%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.974%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.658%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.658%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.658%) Big Data
7 1 (0.658%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.947%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.289%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (3.289%) MSTest
2 5 (3.289%) Rhino Mocks
2 5 (3.289%) Moq
2 5 (3.289%) NUnit
3 1 (0.658%) JUnit
3 1 (0.658%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.658%) Subversion
General
1 12 (7.895%) Finance
2 6 (3.947%) Marketing
2 6 (3.947%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.289%) Retail
4 4 (2.632%) Banking
5 3 (1.974%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.974%) Advertising
6 2 (1.316%) Games
6 2 (1.316%) Legal
7 1 (0.658%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 56 (36.84%) Computer Science
2 22 (14.47%) Mathematics
3 10 (6.579%) Client/Server
4 7 (4.605%) Physics
5 5 (3.289%) Inversion of Control
5 5 (3.289%) Tandem
5 5 (3.289%) Statistics
6 4 (2.632%) Open Source
7 3 (1.974%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.974%) Social Media
8 2 (1.316%) Graphic Design
8 2 (1.316%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.658%) W3C
9 1 (0.658%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.658%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.658%) Visualisation
9 1 (0.658%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.658%) SaaS
9 1 (0.658%) Economics
9 1 (0.658%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.18%) Windows
2 6 (3.947%) UNIX
2 6 (3.947%) Linux
3 3 (1.974%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.658%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.71%) OO
2 21 (13.82%) OOP
3 15 (9.868%) MVC
4 14 (9.211%) Business Analysis
4 14 (9.211%) Software Engineering
5 13 (8.553%) V-Model
5 13 (8.553%) Waterfall
5 13 (8.553%) RUP
6 10 (6.579%) Unit Testing
6 10 (6.579%) Risk Management
7 9 (5.921%) Scrum
7 9 (5.921%) OOD
8 8 (5.263%) Web Application Development
8 8 (5.263%) Project Management
9 7 (4.605%) E-Commerce
9 7 (4.605%) Web Development
10 6 (3.947%) TDD
11 5 (3.289%) PRINCE2
11 5 (3.289%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (3.289%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 64 (42.11%) C#
2 48 (31.58%) Java
3 47 (30.92%) SQL
4 41 (26.97%) JavaScript
5 26 (17.11%) PHP
6 25 (16.45%) C++
7 14 (9.211%) C
8 13 (8.553%) Ruby
9 12 (7.895%) Python
10 10 (6.579%) Perl
11 8 (5.263%) T-SQL
12 4 (2.632%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.316%) VB
13 2 (1.316%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.658%) VBA
14 1 (0.658%) Fortran
14 1 (0.658%) Scala
14 1 (0.658%) R
14 1 (0.658%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 89 (58.55%) Degree
2 6 (3.947%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.289%) MCP
3 5 (3.289%) MCAD
3 5 (3.289%) MCSD
3 5 (3.289%) MCTS
4 2 (1.316%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.658%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.658%) CCNA
5 1 (0.658%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.316%) SLA
Vendors
1 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.579%) Zend
3 6 (3.947%) Cisco
4 4 (2.632%) Oracle
4 4 (2.632%) BT
5 3 (1.974%) HP
5 3 (1.974%) Adobe
6 2 (1.316%) IBM
6 2 (1.316%) CA
6 2 (1.316%) NetApp
7 1 (0.658%) Apple
7 1 (0.658%) Sage
7 1 (0.658%) Hitachi
Reading, Berkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Software Developer/Consultant (.NET or Java) based in Reading to join a highly successful and leading Software House and IT...
QUANTICA
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Graduate Software Developer - Junior Software Consultant Java .NETThis is a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Software Developer/Consultant (.NET or Java) based in Reading to join a highly...
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
As a Graduate Front End Web Developer you will have core skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and also have opportunities to learn new technologies... Key skills: Graduate with...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Superb opportunities available for a number of Web Integration Specialists to join a rapidly expanding, award-winning eCommerce solutions provider that specialise within the retail market. As my...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Bonus, Share options + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
My well established, dynamic, Berkshire based Client is urgently recruiting for a Graduate with Web experience to work as a Technical Customer Support Analyst and provide Web Development...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Please quote
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits!
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Berkshire
ComputAppoint
Salary: £17000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £17000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + commission+incentives CAR+Lunch clubs
Posted: 14 June 2013