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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2016
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads298296
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.157 %0.121 %
As % of the category below38.80 %50.86 %
Salaries quoted270267
Average minimum salary£30,450£27,792
Average salary£34,595£29,708
% change on same period last year+16.44 %
Average maximum salary£38,739£31,624
UK excluding London average salary£36,025£36,287
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads768582
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.405 %0.238 %
Salaries quoted705528
Average minimum salary£34,088£29,513
Average salary£37,718£31,634
% change on same period last year+19.23 %
Average maximum salary£41,349£33,755
UK excluding London average salary£37,731£38,242
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Degree North WestDegree
North West

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cheshire Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cheshire Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonDown-190£36,401+34.90 %
RuncornUp+858£40,746+13.70 %
ChesterDown-2028£30,886-0.07 %
CreweUp+1712£25,417+23.55 %
KnutsfordDown-1410£31,850-36.30 %
NorthwichDown-110£28,600+42.85 %
MacclesfieldDown-1310£35,975+46.83 %
Ellesmere PortNew entry-5£26,600-
WilmslowDown-114£30,000+14.28 %
DaresburyNew entry-3£39,000-
WidnesNew entry-2£33,000-
MiddlewichNew entry-1£35,000-
WinsfordNew entry-1--
Degree North WestDegree
North West

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1152 (27.89 %)SQL
2135 (24.77 %)Microsoft
3116 (21.28 %)Windows
4104 (19.08 %)SQL Server
595 (17.43 %)Java
689 (16.33 %)Finance
788 (16.15 %).NET
885 (15.60 %)MS Excel
978 (14.31 %)C++
1076 (13.94 %)Oracle
1174 (13.58 %)J2EE
1273 (13.39 %)XML
1371 (13.03 %)C#
1464 (11.74 %)VB
1559 (10.83 %)Security Cleared
1657 (10.46 %)OO
1755 (10.09 %)UML
1852 (9.541 %)JavaScript
1852 (9.541 %)DV Cleared
1947 (8.624 %)ITIL
2045 (8.257 %)HTML
2045 (8.257 %)MS Office
2045 (8.257 %)Computer Science
2144 (8.073 %)Web Development
2243 (7.890 %)WebServices
2243 (7.890 %)UNIX
2342 (7.706 %)C
2441 (7.523 %)Pensions
2537 (6.789 %)ASP.NET
2537 (6.789 %)CSS

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
188 (16.15 %).NET
274 (13.58 %)J2EE
373 (13.39 %)XML
445 (8.257 %)HTML
543 (7.890 %)WebServices
637 (6.789 %)CSS
637 (6.789 %)ASP.NET
724 (4.404 %)ActiveX
821 (3.853 %)EJB
920 (3.670 %)AJAX
1019 (3.486 %)JSP
1118 (3.303 %)SOAP
1118 (3.303 %)ASP
1118 (3.303 %)OpenGL
1215 (2.752 %)JDBC
1313 (2.385 %)Struts
1313 (2.385 %)MFC
1412 (2.202 %).NET Framework
1511 (2.018 %)DirectX
1610 (1.835 %)JAX-RPC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (2.385 %)IIS
211 (2.018 %)MS Exchange
39 (1.651 %)JBoss
47 (1.284 %)SAS
54 (0.734 %)Tomcat
63 (0.550 %)Tuxedo
63 (0.550 %)iPlanet
63 (0.550 %)WebLogic
63 (0.550 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.367 %)Apache
72 (0.367 %)BizTalk Server
72 (0.367 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (0.367 %)ESB
81 (0.183 %)Resin
81 (0.183 %)CMS
81 (0.183 %)SharePoint
81 (0.183 %)Commerce Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
185 (15.60 %)MS Excel
245 (8.257 %)MS Office
37 (1.284 %)MS Project
44 (0.734 %)Photoshop
53 (0.550 %)MS Visio
53 (0.550 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.367 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.367 %)Paint Shop Pro
71 (0.183 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.183 %)SPSS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (1.835 %)Line 500
25 (0.917 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.367 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.367 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.183 %)LabWindows
41 (0.183 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.183 %)SageCRM MME
41 (0.183 %)Line 50
41 (0.183 %)Line 100
41 (0.183 %)SAP CRM
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (5.321 %)HTTP
217 (3.119 %)WAN
315 (2.752 %)TCP/IP
414 (2.569 %)LAN
512 (2.202 %)Internet
610 (1.835 %)DNS
610 (1.835 %)GPRS
610 (1.835 %)GSM
76 (1.101 %)Intranet
85 (0.917 %)Cisco IOS
85 (0.917 %)MPLS
85 (0.917 %)Firewall
85 (0.917 %)Wireless
85 (0.917 %)Frame Relay
85 (0.917 %)SSL
85 (0.917 %)VPN
94 (0.734 %)ATM
94 (0.734 %)SNMP
94 (0.734 %)DHCP
94 (0.734 %)Ethernet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (19.08 %)SQL Server
232 (5.872 %)SQL Server 2000
324 (4.404 %)SQL Server 2005
421 (3.853 %)Oracle 8/8i
518 (3.303 %)RDBMS
616 (2.936 %)Oracle 10g
711 (2.018 %)Crystal Reports
810 (1.835 %)MS Access
810 (1.835 %)Datawarehouse
98 (1.468 %)Oracle 9i
107 (1.284 %)MySQL
107 (1.284 %)BusinessObjects
114 (0.734 %)Cognos Impromptu
114 (0.734 %)Oracle Reports
114 (0.734 %)DB2
123 (0.550 %)Informix
123 (0.550 %)Oracle Discoverer
132 (0.367 %)DTS
132 (0.367 %)ETL
141 (0.183 %)SQL Server 7
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (2.018 %)Flash
210 (1.835 %)Rational Rose
210 (1.835 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.917 %)Dreamweaver
35 (0.917 %)Subversion
44 (0.734 %)Oracle Forms
44 (0.734 %)Eclipse
53 (0.550 %)JUnit
53 (0.550 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.550 %)JIRA
53 (0.550 %)LabVIEW
62 (0.367 %)ClearCase
71 (0.183 %)JDeveloper
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
189 (16.33 %)Finance
241 (7.523 %)Pensions
328 (5.138 %)Education
424 (4.404 %)Health
521 (3.853 %)Telecoms
521 (3.853 %)Marketing
618 (3.303 %)3D Graphics
618 (3.303 %)Pharmaceutical
618 (3.303 %)Chemicals
716 (2.936 %)Banking
813 (2.385 %)Retail
910 (1.835 %)Government
109 (1.651 %)Automotive
118 (1.468 %)Aerospace
127 (1.284 %)Electric
127 (1.284 %)Games
136 (1.101 %)Multimedia
145 (0.917 %)Investment Banking
145 (0.917 %)Law
154 (0.734 %)Legal
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1147 (26.97 %)Developer
260 (11.01 %)Software Engineer
358 (10.64 %)Analyst
454 (9.908 %)Consultant
549 (8.991 %)Java Developer
635 (6.422 %)Junior
732 (5.872 %)Tester
831 (5.688 %)Graduate
831 (5.688 %)Java/J2EE Developer
930 (5.505 %)Software Developer
1028 (5.138 %)Project Manager
1126 (4.771 %)Software Tester
1224 (4.404 %)C++ Software Engineer
1322 (4.037 %).NET Developer
1322 (4.037 %)Team Leader
1322 (4.037 %)Management Consultant
1322 (4.037 %)Service Management Consultant
1420 (3.670 %)ITIL Consultant
1420 (3.670 %)Senior Developer
1518 (3.303 %)Programmer
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
145 (8.257 %)Computer Science
215 (2.752 %)Client/Server
314 (2.569 %)Mathematics
411 (2.018 %)Pocket PC
55 (0.917 %)Physics
55 (0.917 %)N-Tier
55 (0.917 %)Thin Client
55 (0.917 %)Fat Client
63 (0.550 %)Multithreading
63 (0.550 %)Italian Language
63 (0.550 %)Spanish Language
63 (0.550 %)Mainframe
63 (0.550 %)Device Driver
72 (0.367 %)Fixed Income
72 (0.367 %)Management Information System
72 (0.367 %)Copywriting
72 (0.367 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.183 %)Video Conferencing
81 (0.183 %)Credit Risk
81 (0.183 %)AS400
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1116 (21.28 %)Windows
243 (7.890 %)UNIX
319 (3.486 %)Windows 2000
416 (2.936 %)Linux
510 (1.835 %)Windows NT
69 (1.651 %)Symbian OS
76 (1.101 %)Windows XP
82 (0.367 %)Windows CE
82 (0.367 %)Windows Mobile
82 (0.367 %)Embedded Linux
91 (0.183 %)AIX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
159 (10.83 %)Security Cleared
257 (10.46 %)OO
355 (10.09 %)UML
452 (9.541 %)DV Cleared
547 (8.624 %)ITIL
644 (8.073 %)Web Development
736 (6.606 %)Service Delivery
835 (6.422 %)Software Testing
933 (6.055 %)Service Management
1027 (4.954 %)E-Commerce
1122 (4.037 %)Project Management
1221 (3.853 %)PRINCE2
1221 (3.853 %)Test Management
1320 (3.670 %)Unit Testing
1419 (3.486 %)OOD
1518 (3.303 %)CAD
1615 (2.752 %)Software Engineering
1714 (2.569 %)Automated Testing
1812 (2.202 %)Business Development
1812 (2.202 %)SEO
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1152 (27.89 %)SQL
295 (17.43 %)Java
378 (14.31 %)C++
471 (13.03 %)C#
564 (11.74 %)VB
652 (9.541 %)JavaScript
742 (7.706 %)C
837 (6.789 %)VC++
933 (6.055 %)PL/SQL
1025 (4.587 %)VB.NET
1117 (3.119 %)Perl
1216 (2.936 %)Transact-SQL
1315 (2.752 %)PHP
148 (1.468 %)VBScript
157 (1.284 %)VBA
166 (1.101 %)PHP5
166 (1.101 %)PHP4
166 (1.101 %)Python
175 (0.917 %)VB6
184 (0.734 %)Pascal
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (4.771 %)HND
216 (2.936 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (2.018 %)MCP
311 (2.018 %)MCSE
49 (1.651 %)MCSA
57 (1.284 %)ITIL Certification
66 (1.101 %)NVQ Level 4
75 (0.917 %)Cisco Certification
75 (0.917 %)CCNP
75 (0.917 %)HNC
84 (0.734 %)Postgraduate
84 (0.734 %)OCP
84 (0.734 %)Oracle Certification
93 (0.550 %)Sun Certification
93 (0.550 %)ISEB
102 (0.367 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.367 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
111 (0.183 %)Chartered Engineer
111 (0.183 %)MBA
111 (0.183 %)CIPD
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (6.606 %)SLA
27 (1.284 %)QA
31 (0.183 %)JTAG
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (3.853 %)Terminal Server
218 (3.303 %)Active Directory
312 (2.202 %)MetaFrame
47 (1.284 %)Oracle RMAN
55 (0.917 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.183 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.101 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.367 %)Tivoli
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1135 (24.77 %)Microsoft
276 (13.94 %)Oracle
336 (6.606 %)Citrix
418 (3.303 %)BEA
513 (2.385 %)HP
611 (2.018 %)Symbian
611 (2.018 %)BT
710 (1.835 %)Sage
88 (1.468 %)SAP
97 (1.284 %)Business Objects
105 (0.917 %)Cisco
105 (0.917 %)Macromedia
114 (0.734 %)Hyperion
114 (0.734 %)IBM
114 (0.734 %)Adobe
114 (0.734 %)Cognos
114 (0.734 %)Lawson
114 (0.734 %)Infor
123 (0.550 %)Sybase
123 (0.550 %)Novell
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