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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 72 71 107
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 65 60 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.211% 3.074% 1.232%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.337% 3.241% 1.308%
Number of salaries quoted 54 53 23
Average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
90% offered a salary of more than £21,650 £19,000 £18,600
10% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1948 1851 1988
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.25% 94.83% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1692 1572 1754
Average salary £41,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £26,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Milton Keynes -22 38 £22,500 -
Aylesbury - 4 £22,000 -
Buckingham - 3 £22,500 -
Bletchley - 1 £21,500 -
Amersham - 1 £24,500 -
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 71 (59.17%) C#
2 66 (55.00%) Degree
3 54 (45.00%) Computer Science
4 52 (43.33%) .NET
5 44 (36.67%) JavaScript
6 41 (34.17%) Java
7 37 (30.83%) SQL
8 33 (27.50%) Software Engineering
9 28 (23.33%) ASP.NET
10 26 (21.67%) SQL Server
11 25 (20.83%) C++
12 21 (17.50%) OO
13 20 (16.67%) HTML
13 20 (16.67%) WPF
14 18 (15.00%) Windows
14 18 (15.00%) CSS
14 18 (15.00%) MVC
15 16 (13.33%) Microsoft
16 14 (11.67%) Mathematics
16 14 (11.67%) Web Development
17 13 (10.83%) TDD
17 13 (10.83%) JSP
17 13 (10.83%) Linux
18 12 (10.00%) C
18 12 (10.00%) J2EE
18 12 (10.00%) Finance
18 12 (10.00%) WCF
18 12 (10.00%) Unit Testing
19 11 (9.167%) .NET Framework
19 11 (9.167%) VB.NET

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 52 (43.33%) .NET
2 28 (23.33%) ASP.NET
3 20 (16.67%) HTML
3 20 (16.67%) WPF
4 18 (15.00%) CSS
5 13 (10.83%) JSP
6 12 (10.00%) J2EE
6 12 (10.00%) WCF
7 11 (9.167%) .NET Framework
8 10 (8.333%) Web Services
9 8 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (5.000%) jQuery
10 6 (5.000%) Spring
10 6 (5.000%) Ajax
10 6 (5.000%) Servlets
10 6 (5.000%) Hibernate
10 6 (5.000%) MFC
10 6 (5.000%) EJB
11 5 (4.167%) ASP
11 5 (4.167%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.667%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.833%) Drupal
2 1 (0.833%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (4.167%) MS Office
2 4 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.667%) VoIP
1 8 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 8 (6.667%) SS7
1 8 (6.667%) IP Telephony
2 5 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.500%) GIS
2 3 (2.500%) MySQL
3 1 (0.833%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.833%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (7.500%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.000%) NUnit
3 4 (3.333%) GoogleTest
4 2 (1.667%) Subversion
5 1 (0.833%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (10.00%) Finance
2 6 (5.000%) Games
3 4 (3.333%) Retail
3 4 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.667%) Marketing
4 2 (1.667%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 54 (45.00%) Computer Science
2 14 (11.67%) Mathematics
3 10 (8.333%) Physics
4 9 (7.500%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.833%) Mobile App
6 6 (5.000%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (4.167%) VHDL
8 1 (0.833%) NHS
8 1 (0.833%) iPhone
8 1 (0.833%) Social Media
8 1 (0.833%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.00%) Windows
2 13 (10.83%) Linux
3 3 (2.500%) Android
3 3 (2.500%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.833%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.833%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.50%) Software Engineering
2 21 (17.50%) OO
3 18 (15.00%) MVC
4 14 (11.67%) Web Development
5 13 (10.83%) TDD
6 12 (10.00%) Unit Testing
7 9 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (5.833%) Data Analysis
8 7 (5.833%) Time Management
8 7 (5.833%) Mobile Application Development
9 6 (5.000%) Multithreading
9 6 (5.000%) Image Processing
9 6 (5.000%) Scrum
9 6 (5.000%) Business Analysis
10 5 (4.167%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.167%) Digital Signal Processing
10 5 (4.167%) Signal Processing
11 4 (3.333%) MVVM
11 4 (3.333%) Continuous Integration
12 3 (2.500%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 71 (59.17%) C#
2 44 (36.67%) JavaScript
3 41 (34.17%) Java
4 37 (30.83%) SQL
5 25 (20.83%) C++
6 12 (10.00%) C
7 11 (9.167%) VB.NET
8 9 (7.500%) Python
9 3 (2.500%) COBOL
9 3 (2.500%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.500%) PHP
10 1 (0.833%) VB
10 1 (0.833%) Smalltalk
10 1 (0.833%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.833%) VB6
10 1 (0.833%) Ruby
10 1 (0.833%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 66 (55.00%) Degree
2 4 (3.333%) MCP
2 4 (3.333%) MCAD
2 4 (3.333%) MCSD
2 4 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.500%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.833%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.500%) Oracle
3 5 (4.167%) Google
4 4 (3.333%) Infragistics
5 3 (2.500%) ESRI
6 2 (1.667%) Progress
7 1 (0.833%) Twitter
7 1 (0.833%) JBoss
7 1 (0.833%) Sony
Buckinghamshire
SQL Developer - Graduate - Junior required by our Global Client, you must have a IT based degree ideally with a development stance and commercially experience of SQL Development including...
Proactive Appointments
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Graduate Java Developer - Milton Keynes... My client are looking for individuals who have graduated with an IT related Degree (Computer Science, Software Engineering etc) who have previously touched...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The markets they operate in include communications, food technology and scientific data analysis.The RoleWorking as a Software Engineer / Software Developer / Graduate, you will be responsible for developing...
JAM
Salary: £22000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The markets they operate in include communications, food technology and scientific data analysis... You -Competent in C#, Javascript, SQL -Working knowledge of web-based communication systems -Scientific knowledge /...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
About you: You will be a bright, focussed, team player and problem-solver with skills and experience in VB6 / VB.Net and SQL / MySQL, willing to share ideas...
Dragon Careers
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum plus bonus
Posted: 10 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Knowledge of ASP.Net and SQL database design is essential. Along with a good knowledge of C#, a keen understanding of the following technologies and methodologies would be...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 18-25k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The Java developer must hold commercial experience in using HTML, CSS and JavaScript development with experience of using SQL and the Java Application Server (WebSphere and JBoss preferred)...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 20-26k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Graduate Programmer VB/VB.NET. Due to an extended period of growth and success,Retail Merchant Services are currently seeking an in-house Programmer to assist with the...
Retail Merchant Services
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum Depending on Experience
Posted: 23 April 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2... Symantec Backup Exec. ADSL. TCP/IP... Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft OCS 2007 / Lync 2010. Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtualisation products.
NS Consultants
Salary: From £16,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013