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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Cambridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5941
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads96113
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.048 %
As % of the category below3.488 %4.491 %
Salaries quoted9390
Average minimum salary£22,344£20,656
Average salary£25,317£22,850
% change on same period last year+10.79 %
Average maximum salary£28,290£25,044
UK excluding London average salary£22,753£22,135
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads27522516
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.528 %1.060 %
Salaries quoted23442067
Average minimum salary£32,390£33,491
Average salary£35,612£36,516
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum salary£38,834£39,541
UK excluding London average salary£38,057£39,434
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
Graduate CambridgeshireGraduate
Cambridgeshire

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Cambridge Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1108 (56.84 %)Degree
293 (48.95 %)C++
370 (36.84 %)Java
465 (34.21 %)C
465 (34.21 %)Computer Science
548 (25.26 %)Mathematics
646 (24.21 %)C#
744 (23.16 %).NET
842 (22.11 %)Windows
938 (20.00 %)UNIX
938 (20.00 %)Finance
1036 (18.95 %)SQL
1134 (17.89 %)PhD
1229 (15.26 %)HTML
1327 (14.21 %)JavaScript
1425 (13.16 %)Linux
1524 (12.63 %)Pensions
1623 (12.11 %)Physics
1721 (11.05 %)Perl
1818 (9.474 %)Microsoft
1917 (8.947 %)Health
1917 (8.947 %)SQL Server
2016 (8.421 %)XML
2016 (8.421 %)Software Engineering
2115 (7.895 %)Internet
2115 (7.895 %)MATLAB
2214 (7.368 %)ASP.NET
2214 (7.368 %)QA
2312 (6.316 %)VB
2312 (6.316 %)VB.NET

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (23.16 %).NET
229 (15.26 %)HTML
316 (8.421 %)XML
414 (7.368 %)ASP.NET
512 (6.316 %)WinForms
611 (5.789 %)J2EE
78 (4.211 %)CSS
87 (3.684 %)Spring
96 (3.158 %)AJAX
96 (3.158 %)Ruby on Rails
96 (3.158 %)Struts
96 (3.158 %)WebServices
105 (2.632 %)MFC
105 (2.632 %)Silverlight
114 (2.105 %)Swing
123 (1.579 %)STL
132 (1.053 %)EJB
141 (0.526 %)JSP
141 (0.526 %)Servlets
141 (0.526 %)SOAP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (3.158 %)Tomcat
22 (1.053 %)JBoss
22 (1.053 %)Apache
31 (0.526 %)ColdFusion
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (7.895 %)MATLAB
211 (5.789 %)MS Excel
32 (1.053 %)MS Office
32 (1.053 %)3ds Max
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (3.158 %)Navision
16 (3.158 %)Dynamics NAV
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (7.895 %)Internet
26 (3.158 %)Wireless
34 (2.105 %)LAN
34 (2.105 %)HTTP
43 (1.579 %)TCP/IP
43 (1.579 %)Intranet
43 (1.579 %)Ethernet
51 (0.526 %)GSM
51 (0.526 %)3GPP
51 (0.526 %)WAN
51 (0.526 %)WCDMA
51 (0.526 %)iSCSI
51 (0.526 %)3G
51 (0.526 %)Firewall
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (8.947 %)SQL Server
212 (6.316 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (3.684 %)MySQL
44 (2.105 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (1.579 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.526 %)Text Mining
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (4.211 %)Visual Studio
25 (2.632 %)JUnit
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (20.00 %)Finance
224 (12.63 %)Pensions
317 (8.947 %)Health
410 (5.263 %)Manufacturing
59 (4.737 %)Insurance
68 (4.211 %)Education
68 (4.211 %)Marketing
73 (1.579 %)Games
73 (1.579 %)Banking
73 (1.579 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (1.579 %)Electronics
82 (1.053 %)Animation
91 (0.526 %)Music
91 (0.526 %)Automotive
91 (0.526 %)Chemicals
91 (0.526 %)Publishing
91 (0.526 %)3D Graphics
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
165 (34.21 %)Computer Science
248 (25.26 %)Mathematics
323 (12.11 %)Physics
43 (1.579 %)Chemistry
43 (1.579 %)VHDL
43 (1.579 %)Verilog
43 (1.579 %)Wiki
52 (1.053 %)Firmware
52 (1.053 %)Biology
61 (0.526 %)STB
61 (0.526 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
61 (0.526 %)IPTV
61 (0.526 %)DTV
61 (0.526 %)Multithreading
61 (0.526 %)Client/Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (22.11 %)Windows
238 (20.00 %)UNIX
325 (13.16 %)Linux
412 (6.316 %)Solaris
54 (2.105 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.526 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.526 %)Windows XP
61 (0.526 %)HPUX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (8.421 %)Software Engineering
212 (6.316 %)Agile Software Development
311 (5.789 %)OO
47 (3.684 %)CAD
47 (3.684 %)Extreme Programming
47 (3.684 %)Document Management
54 (2.105 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (2.105 %)Content Management
63 (1.579 %)Software Testing
63 (1.579 %)Release Management
63 (1.579 %)OOD
63 (1.579 %)Business Intelligence
72 (1.053 %)UML
72 (1.053 %)OOP
72 (1.053 %)OOA/OOD
72 (1.053 %)Web Development
81 (0.526 %)Unit Testing
81 (0.526 %)Security Cleared
81 (0.526 %)DSDM
81 (0.526 %)E-Commerce
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
193 (48.95 %)C++
270 (36.84 %)Java
365 (34.21 %)C
446 (24.21 %)C#
536 (18.95 %)SQL
627 (14.21 %)JavaScript
721 (11.05 %)Perl
812 (6.316 %)VB
812 (6.316 %)VB.NET
910 (5.263 %)Python
107 (3.684 %)VB6
116 (3.158 %)Transact-SQL
125 (2.632 %)DHTML
134 (2.105 %)PHP
134 (2.105 %)Haskell
134 (2.105 %)OCaml
143 (1.579 %)Fortran
151 (0.526 %)Embedded C
151 (0.526 %)Embedded C++
151 (0.526 %)Assembly Language
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1108 (56.84 %)Degree
234 (17.89 %)PhD
33 (1.579 %)Postgraduate
41 (0.526 %)MCP
41 (0.526 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.526 %)A+ Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (7.368 %)QA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.579 %)Xen
13 (1.579 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (3.158 %)SCOM
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (9.474 %)Microsoft
23 (1.579 %)VMware
32 (1.053 %)Oracle
41 (0.526 %)Sybase
41 (0.526 %)Cognos
41 (0.526 %)HP
41 (0.526 %)Citrix
41 (0.526 %)Google