The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 28 14 27
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Degree 142 261 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 7.960% 13.04% 7.995%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.60% 49.81% 41.61%
Number of salaries quoted 113 226 102
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,300 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £50,000 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
388 524 322
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.75% 26.17% 19.21%
Number of salaries quoted 286 469 261
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £46,400 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Degree
North West

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cheshire Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Macclesfield +3 29 £25,000 -
Chester -18 22 £34,500 +51.27%
Warrington -29 18 £43,750 +25.00%
Knutsford +9 7 £30,500 +25.77%
Crewe -18 5 £20,000 -14.89%
Wilmslow -10 4 £37,500 +50.00%
Runcorn +3 3 £35,000 +62.79%
Northwich -4 3 £50,000 +60.00%
Nantwich - 2 £20,000 -
Degree
North West

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree.

1 155 (48.90%) .NET
2 146 (46.06%) C#
3 130 (41.01%) Computer Science
4 125 (39.43%) ASP.NET
5 109 (34.38%) SQL
6 104 (32.81%) SQL Server
7 102 (32.18%) JavaScript
8 81 (25.55%) HTML
9 75 (23.66%) Microsoft
10 70 (22.08%) XML
11 64 (20.19%) MVC
12 61 (19.24%) Visual Studio
13 58 (18.30%) Java
13 58 (18.30%) Finance
14 54 (17.03%) Web Services
15 52 (16.40%) CSS
16 47 (14.83%) VB.NET
16 47 (14.83%) Linux
17 44 (13.88%) Windows
18 43 (13.56%) jQuery
19 39 (12.30%) Web Development
19 39 (12.30%) C++
19 39 (12.30%) Oracle
20 37 (11.67%) Project Management
21 34 (10.73%) UNIX
22 32 (10.09%) Web Design
22 32 (10.09%) Retail
23 31 (9.779%) OO
24 30 (9.464%) PHP
25 28 (8.833%) C

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 155 (48.90%) .NET
2 125 (39.43%) ASP.NET
3 81 (25.55%) HTML
4 70 (22.08%) XML
5 54 (17.03%) Web Services
6 52 (16.40%) CSS
7 43 (13.56%) jQuery
8 27 (8.517%) Ajax
9 25 (7.886%) DHTML
10 20 (6.309%) ASP.NET MVC
11 17 (5.363%) WCF
11 17 (5.363%) J2EE
12 16 (5.047%) .NET Framework
13 13 (4.101%) Silverlight
13 13 (4.101%) LINQ
13 13 (4.101%) SOAP
14 11 (3.470%) XHTML
15 8 (2.524%) CSS3
15 8 (2.524%) HTML5
16 7 (2.208%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 14 (4.416%) CMS
2 8 (2.524%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.524%) IIS
3 7 (2.208%) ArcGIS
3 7 (2.208%) Windows Azure
4 6 (1.893%) WordPress
5 5 (1.577%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.946%) CICS
6 3 (0.946%) MS Exchange
6 3 (0.946%) Apache
6 3 (0.946%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.946%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.631%) DotNetNuke
7 2 (0.631%) Drupal
7 2 (0.631%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.315%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.315%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.315%) ESB
8 1 (0.315%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (8.517%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.524%) MS Office
3 7 (2.208%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.893%) MS Project
5 1 (0.315%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 4 (1.262%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.262%) BASE24
2 1 (0.315%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.994%) TCP/IP
2 18 (5.678%) HTTP
3 15 (4.732%) Internet
4 7 (2.208%) LDAP
4 7 (2.208%) IMAP
5 4 (1.262%) SMS
5 4 (1.262%) DNS
5 4 (1.262%) ATM
5 4 (1.262%) SMTP
6 3 (0.946%) Firewall
6 3 (0.946%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.631%) Broadband
7 2 (0.631%) LAN
7 2 (0.631%) SSL
8 1 (0.315%) Wireless
8 1 (0.315%) Intranet
8 1 (0.315%) VPN
8 1 (0.315%) VoIP
8 1 (0.315%) WAN
8 1 (0.315%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (32.81%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.625%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (5.994%) MySQL
4 14 (4.416%) OLTP
4 14 (4.416%) SQL Server 2005
5 13 (4.101%) RDBMS
6 12 (3.785%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.524%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (2.524%) Oracle 10g
8 7 (2.208%) GIS
9 6 (1.893%) SQL Server 2012
9 6 (1.893%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (1.893%) DB2
10 4 (1.262%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.262%) Big Data
10 4 (1.262%) IDMS
10 4 (1.262%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.262%) VLDB
10 4 (1.262%) SQL Server 2000
11 3 (0.946%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (19.24%) Visual Studio
2 21 (6.625%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 16 (5.047%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (2.524%) Subversion
5 7 (2.208%) PhoneGap
6 6 (1.893%) Git (software)
7 2 (0.631%) MSTest
7 2 (0.631%) JUnit
8 1 (0.315%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.315%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.315%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.315%) JIRA
8 1 (0.315%) Selenium
8 1 (0.315%) Mercurial
General
1 58 (18.30%) Finance
2 32 (10.09%) Retail
3 18 (5.678%) Telecoms
3 18 (5.678%) Marketing
4 12 (3.785%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (3.470%) Games
6 10 (3.155%) Banking
7 9 (2.839%) Advertising
8 6 (1.893%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.577%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.577%) French Language
10 4 (1.262%) Back Office
11 3 (0.946%) Legal
11 3 (0.946%) Electronics
11 3 (0.946%) German Language
12 2 (0.631%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.631%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.631%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.315%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.315%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 180 (56.78%) Developer
2 82 (25.87%) .NET Developer
3 51 (16.09%) Web Developer
4 49 (15.46%) C# Developer
5 48 (15.14%) C# .NET Developer
6 32 (10.09%) .NET Web Developer
7 31 (9.779%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 31 (9.779%) ASP.NET Developer
8 27 (8.517%) C# Web Developer
8 27 (8.517%) Graduate
9 24 (7.571%) Software Engineer
10 23 (7.256%) Software Developer
11 19 (5.994%) Junior
12 18 (5.678%) VB.NET Developer
12 18 (5.678%) Junior Developer
12 18 (5.678%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
13 17 (5.363%) Graduate Developer
14 16 (5.047%) SQL Developer
15 15 (4.732%) Analyst
16 14 (4.416%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 130 (41.01%) Computer Science
2 27 (8.517%) Mathematics
3 18 (5.678%) Open Source
4 10 (3.155%) Physics
5 9 (2.839%) Mainframe
5 9 (2.839%) 3D Graphics
6 8 (2.524%) SaaS
6 8 (2.524%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.208%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.893%) Life Science
8 6 (1.893%) N-Tier
8 6 (1.893%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.577%) Handset
9 5 (1.577%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.577%) Social Media
10 4 (1.262%) Data Integration
10 4 (1.262%) IBM Mainframe
10 4 (1.262%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.262%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.262%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.83%) Linux
2 44 (13.88%) Windows
3 34 (10.73%) UNIX
4 14 (4.416%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.262%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.262%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.262%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.946%) AIX
6 3 (0.946%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.631%) Windows NT
7 2 (0.631%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.315%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.315%) Tru64
8 1 (0.315%) zOS
8 1 (0.315%) HPUX
8 1 (0.315%) VME
8 1 (0.315%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.315%) Windows Phone 8
8 1 (0.315%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (20.19%) MVC
2 39 (12.30%) Web Development
3 37 (11.67%) Project Management
4 32 (10.09%) Web Design
5 31 (9.779%) OO
6 28 (8.833%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (7.256%) Content Management
8 21 (6.625%) E-Commerce
9 20 (6.309%) ITIL
10 19 (5.994%) Software Testing
11 15 (4.732%) Unit Testing
11 15 (4.732%) Scrum
12 14 (4.416%) Change Control
13 12 (3.785%) PRINCE2
13 12 (3.785%) ETL
13 12 (3.785%) Change Management
14 11 (3.470%) Software Engineering
15 10 (3.155%) CAD
16 9 (2.839%) Service Delivery
16 9 (2.839%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 146 (46.06%) C#
2 109 (34.38%) SQL
3 102 (32.18%) JavaScript
4 58 (18.30%) Java
5 47 (14.83%) VB.NET
6 39 (12.30%) C++
7 30 (9.464%) PHP
8 28 (8.833%) C
9 26 (8.202%) T-SQL
10 15 (4.732%) Shell Script
11 12 (3.785%) PL/SQL
12 9 (2.839%) Python
13 7 (2.208%) VB
13 7 (2.208%) PHP5
14 6 (1.893%) Delphi
15 3 (0.946%) COBOL
16 2 (0.631%) Ruby
16 2 (0.631%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.315%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.315%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 12 (3.785%) ISEB
2 11 (3.470%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.208%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.946%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (0.946%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (0.631%) PhD
5 2 (0.631%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.631%) PMP
5 2 (0.631%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.631%) CCNA
6 1 (0.315%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.315%) CCIE
6 1 (0.315%) CCNP
6 1 (0.315%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.315%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.416%) QA
2 2 (0.631%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.315%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.577%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.262%) vSphere
3 3 (0.946%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.315%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.315%) XenApp
4 1 (0.315%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.631%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (0.315%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 75 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.30%) Oracle
3 9 (2.839%) Cognizant
3 9 (2.839%) Sitecore
4 7 (2.208%) Google
4 7 (2.208%) Zend
5 6 (1.893%) VMware
6 4 (1.262%) Twitter
6 4 (1.262%) JBoss
6 4 (1.262%) IBM
6 4 (1.262%) Mapinfo
7 3 (0.946%) ESRI
7 3 (0.946%) Citrix
7 3 (0.946%) HP
7 3 (0.946%) Dell
8 2 (0.631%) Trend Micro
8 2 (0.631%) Unica
8 2 (0.631%) Alterian
8 2 (0.631%) Business Objects
8 2 (0.631%) Cisco
Warrington, Cheshire
Warrington Collegiate require a Systems Developer to design, develop and maintain the College’s management information systems... You will need a Degree in a Computer Science or IT...
Warrington Collegiate
Salary: From £25,096 to £33,824 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
Our client, a Software Company based Wilmslow, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled C# Web Developer. The company builds e-commerce sites for consumer and trade sales,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Runcorn, Cheshire
Leading Mobile Interactive Technology Company is looking for an SQL Server DBA!... Ideally you will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) with experience of design & development of...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Full training will be provided in order to help you expand your working technical knowledge in the development of RDBMS's. Desired Skills Include -Computing related Degree -Solid...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to cross train onto other platforms / languages including iOS, .Net, PHP and Ruby on Rails... The Skills Java Development...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, North West
Near Chester Leading manufacturer requires experienced Delphi, SQL Developer to join established team working on a variety of web and database driven business applications, web systems and mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + neg + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 23 May 2013
London, Edinburgh, Chester
Job Title: We are looking for looking for Teradata Consultant's to join our existing teams based out of our Edinburgh, Chester and London offices. Essential Skills: - Good...
NBS Recruitment
Salary: £40,000 - £70,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chester, North West
An expert level Database Administrator is required to join and lead a large production support team, for my household name client in Chester.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Service Transition Manager / ITIL *Global SW house* 55K, Transition, management, service delivery, transformation, change, project delivery, implementation, software, IT, ITIL, project manager / Warrington Looking for a new exciting...
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + pension + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
Degree level or equivalent desirable. ITIL Foundation essential, Practitioner desirable. Project Management qualification... Candidates with Service Delivery Operations or similar disciplines will be considered with relevant project management...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus + pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Strong Project Management skills E. Previous experience of deployment of Six Sigma methodology Qualifications Six Sigma Black Belt, Prince2 Practitioner, Engineering, Financial or Business degree level required F.
SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Supply Chain and Logistics in Cheshire, North...
The role requires first-class client facing skills and customer engagement experience; with a clear ability to connect with your customers to achieve service levels and to formulate...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Strong Project Management skills - Previous experience of deployment of Six Sigma methodology Qualifications Six Sigma Black Belt, Prince2 Practitioner, Engineering, Financial or Business degree level required - Resource should...
Networking People
Posted: 20 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
They are in partnership with global brands including Cisco, EMC, VMware, AppSense and VCE and maintains the highest accreditation and training standards with each of these organisations... As...
e-Recruiter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + £65 OTE + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013