The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 107 85 86
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 9 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.537% 0.482% 0.602%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.567% 0.499% 0.626%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 7
Average salary £21,500 £21,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,900 £20,400 £18,800
10% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,600 £21,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1587 1402 1278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.69% 96.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1333 1251 1113
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
West Midlands

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 18 (69.23%) .NET
2 16 (61.54%) C#
3 13 (50.00%) Degree
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 10 (38.46%) Java
5 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
5 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
5 7 (26.92%) SaaS
6 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (19.23%) PHP
8 4 (15.38%) SQL
8 4 (15.38%) VB.NET
8 4 (15.38%) Web Development
8 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
9 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
9 3 (11.54%) HTML
10 2 (7.692%) CSS
10 2 (7.692%) XML
10 2 (7.692%) HTTP
10 2 (7.692%) OO
10 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
10 2 (7.692%) CRM
10 2 (7.692%) SharePoint
10 2 (7.692%) Finance
10 2 (7.692%) HTML5
11 1 (3.846%) SilverStripe
11 1 (3.846%) Node.js
11 1 (3.846%) REST
11 1 (3.846%) CSS3

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 18 (69.23%) .NET
2 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
3 3 (11.54%) HTML
4 2 (7.692%) HTML5
4 2 (7.692%) CSS
4 2 (7.692%) XML
5 1 (3.846%) XSLT
5 1 (3.846%) WinForms
5 1 (3.846%) jQuery
5 1 (3.846%) SOAP
5 1 (3.846%) Web Services
5 1 (3.846%) Node.js
5 1 (3.846%) REST
5 1 (3.846%) CSS3
5 1 (3.846%) Backbone.js
5 1 (3.846%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.846%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (3.846%) SilverStripe
2 1 (3.846%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) NUnit
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
1 7 (26.92%) SaaS
2 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.846%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) UNIX
1 1 (3.846%) Windows
1 1 (3.846%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (15.38%) Web Development
3 2 (7.692%) OO
3 2 (7.692%) CRM
4 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
4 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.846%) MVC
4 1 (3.846%) SEO
4 1 (3.846%) Content Management
4 1 (3.846%) Document Management
4 1 (3.846%) Logistics
4 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) C#
2 10 (38.46%) Java
3 5 (19.23%) PHP
4 4 (15.38%) SQL
4 4 (15.38%) VB.NET
5 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.846%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) Sage
2 1 (3.846%) Facebook
Birmingham, West Midlands
Key Skills* Experience programming with C#, VB.Net or PHP either commercially or through a degree course* Familiarity with ASP.Net beneficial* Good knowledge of SQL* Exceptional communication...
greywood
Salary: £17000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Key Skills * Experience programming with C#, VB.Net or PHP either commercially or through a degree course * Familiarity with ASP.Net beneficial * Good knowledge of SQL * Exceptional communication...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £17000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client requires .Net hungry developers who have gained exposure to ASP.Net / C# from University to join the team, gain training & commercial experience in ASP.Net / C#...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £16000 - £20000 per annum + Training, pension, free parking
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Ideally you'll have knowledge of Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, XML, HTML, Apache, Linux and WML... - Zend Smarty, Symfony MVC framework exposure - Knowledge of PHP 5 Object Orientated PHP,...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Job Title: Graduate Risk Analyst - MILocation: BirminghamSalary: to £23,500 + bonus and benefitsWith significant opportunities to develop and deliver leading MI to this new venture and seek opportunities...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 23500
Posted: 19 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Java, J2EE, SQL,MVC, Development Graduate Birmingham, Software House... Core skills in Java, MVC, J2EE, HTTP,SOAP, REST, XML, XSLT and unit testing using NUnit are all important...
Spring Technology
Salary: £18000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
If you’re looking for your first role as a Graduate IT and Technology Recruitment Consultant, Venn Group are renowned for their training and development so previous experience...
Venn Group
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum 25k OTE earnings in 1st Year
Posted: 17 May 2013