The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff 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 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 63 - 58
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 4 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.719% - 1.394%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.729% - 1.439%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 8
Average salary £21,000 - £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
549 434 556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.74% 98.41% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 485 407 518
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
South Wales

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 8 (72.73%) Java
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science
2 7 (63.64%) OO
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (45.45%) Banking
4 5 (45.45%) Maven
4 5 (45.45%) Financial Institution
4 5 (45.45%) Mobile Commerce
4 5 (45.45%) SOAP
4 5 (45.45%) Web Services
4 5 (45.45%) REST
4 5 (45.45%) Mobile Banking
5 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
5 3 (27.27%) .NET
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle
6 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
6 2 (18.18%) Android
6 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
6 2 (18.18%) WebLogic
6 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
6 2 (18.18%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) C
6 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (18.18%) BEA
6 2 (18.18%) Staffware
6 2 (18.18%) Hibernate

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 5 (45.45%) SOAP
1 5 (45.45%) Web Services
1 5 (45.45%) REST
2 3 (27.27%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
3 2 (18.18%) Hibernate
3 2 (18.18%) Spring
3 2 (18.18%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Staffware
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Maven
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) OO
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) Mobile Commerce
3 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Java
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) C
3 2 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) BEA
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
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Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013