The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 18 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 67 69 77
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 52 47 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 3.059% 2.723% 2.254%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.159% 2.861% 2.429%
Number of salaries quoted 51 30 42
Average salary £22,000 £25,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +21.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,950 £15,000
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £22,950
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1646 1643 1729
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 96.82% 95.19% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1442 1432 1426
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +3.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
South West

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bristol Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 72 (66.06%) Degree
2 49 (44.95%) Computer Science
3 34 (31.19%) C++
4 31 (28.44%) Java
5 29 (26.61%) C#
6 23 (21.10%) C
7 21 (19.27%) .NET
8 17 (15.60%) SQL
9 16 (14.68%) Multithreading
10 14 (12.84%) Finance
11 13 (11.93%) Linux
12 12 (11.01%) SQL Server
12 12 (11.01%) VB.NET
12 12 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
13 11 (10.09%) OO
14 10 (9.174%) Microsoft
14 10 (9.174%) Windows
15 9 (8.257%) Games
15 9 (8.257%) ASP.NET
15 9 (8.257%) J2EE
16 8 (7.339%) HTML
16 8 (7.339%) UNIX
16 8 (7.339%) Mathematics
17 7 (6.422%) Qt
17 7 (6.422%) CSS
17 7 (6.422%) Oracle
17 7 (6.422%) Data Modelling
17 7 (6.422%) Electronics
18 6 (5.505%) Spring
18 6 (5.505%) OOD

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 (19.27%) .NET
2 9 (8.257%) J2EE
2 9 (8.257%) ASP.NET
3 8 (7.339%) HTML
4 7 (6.422%) Qt
4 7 (6.422%) CSS
5 6 (5.505%) Spring
6 5 (4.587%) iBATIS
6 5 (4.587%) Drools
7 3 (2.752%) jQuery
7 3 (2.752%) XML
8 1 (0.917%) DOM
8 1 (0.917%) XSLT
8 1 (0.917%) Swing
8 1 (0.917%) LAMP
8 1 (0.917%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.917%) MFC
8 1 (0.917%) ASP
8 1 (0.917%) WPF
8 1 (0.917%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.917%) Apache
1 1 (0.917%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.917%) SAS
1 1 (0.917%) CMS
1 1 (0.917%) WordPress
1 1 (0.917%) Magento
1 1 (0.917%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (3.670%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.917%) SPSS
2 1 (0.917%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.917%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.752%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.917%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.917%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.917%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.917%) Intranet
1 1 (0.917%) Internet
1 1 (0.917%) Wireless
1 1 (0.917%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.01%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.752%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (2.752%) MySQL
3 2 (1.835%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.835%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.917%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.505%) JUnit
2 5 (4.587%) Eclipse
2 5 (4.587%) Subversion
3 4 (3.670%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.917%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.917%) CppUnit
4 1 (0.917%) MSBuild
General
1 14 (12.84%) Finance
2 9 (8.257%) Games
3 7 (6.422%) Electronics
4 4 (3.670%) Banking
4 4 (3.670%) Law
5 3 (2.752%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.835%) Marketing
6 2 (1.835%) Legal
6 2 (1.835%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.917%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.917%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 49 (44.95%) Computer Science
2 8 (7.339%) Mathematics
3 5 (4.587%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.752%) Open Source
5 2 (1.835%) Physics
5 2 (1.835%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.917%) MPEG
6 1 (0.917%) DTV
6 1 (0.917%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.93%) Linux
2 10 (9.174%) Windows
3 8 (7.339%) UNIX
4 3 (2.752%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.68%) Multithreading
2 12 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (10.09%) OO
4 7 (6.422%) Data Modelling
5 6 (5.505%) OOD
5 6 (5.505%) OOA/OOD
5 6 (5.505%) Unit Testing
6 5 (4.587%) Software Engineering
6 5 (4.587%) Problem Management
7 4 (3.670%) Web Development
8 3 (2.752%) Time Management
8 3 (2.752%) Computer Architecture
8 3 (2.752%) Scrum
8 3 (2.752%) TDD
9 2 (1.835%) MVC
9 2 (1.835%) Programme Management
9 2 (1.835%) Web Design
9 2 (1.835%) OOP
9 2 (1.835%) Game Development
9 2 (1.835%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 34 (31.19%) C++
2 31 (28.44%) Java
3 29 (26.61%) C#
4 23 (21.10%) C
5 17 (15.60%) SQL
6 12 (11.01%) VB.NET
7 6 (5.505%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.670%) Python
9 3 (2.752%) PHP
9 3 (2.752%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.835%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.917%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.917%) VBA
11 1 (0.917%) VC++
11 1 (0.917%) VBScript
11 1 (0.917%) VB
Qualifications
1 72 (66.06%) Degree
2 2 (1.835%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (1.835%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.917%) CISM
3 1 (0.917%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.917%) MCP
3 1 (0.917%) MCSE
3 1 (0.917%) ISEB
3 1 (0.917%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.587%) QA
2 1 (0.917%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 10 (9.174%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.422%) Oracle
3 3 (2.752%) Sony
4 1 (0.917%) Google
4 1 (0.917%) Zend
4 1 (0.917%) Tableau
4 1 (0.917%) SAP
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Graduate, Junior, Developer, Development, C++, Agile, OO Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Weston-Super-Mare, Chippenham, Swindon. A leading organisation based in the Bristol area...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Graduate, Junior, Developer, Development, C#, Agile, OO Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Weston-Super-Mare, Chippenham, Swindon. A leading organisation based in the Bristol area...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
A great opportunity for a Junior/ Graduate Software Developer to join a successful company based in the South West. The company are looking for a Junior/ Graduate Software...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
ASP.Net and SQL Server... You will receive training and mentoring in WPF, WCF and Entity framework, as well as using C#, ASP.Net and SQL Server on...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Java, J2EE, OOP, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, XML, SQL Commutable from Bristol, Bath, Newport, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, etc... Exposure to the following is advantageous but not essential:...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, South West
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Gym, Phone Package, Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Connectus
Salary: £24000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
3p learning
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, South West
OPUS
Salary: Negotiable +Commission +Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013