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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 155 169 140
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 179 164 227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.535% 1.255% 1.471%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.652% 1.347% 1.571%
Number of salaries quoted 160 155 210
Average salary £27,500 £28,500 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.50% +16.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
London

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 194 (62.38%) Degree
2 149 (47.91%) Finance
3 139 (44.69%) Computer Science
4 112 (36.01%) SQL
5 106 (34.08%) Java
6 94 (30.23%) C#
7 88 (28.30%) C++
8 64 (20.58%) Mathematics
9 52 (16.72%) Agile Software Development
10 49 (15.76%) OO
11 48 (15.43%) Python
11 48 (15.43%) Ruby
12 47 (15.11%) Physics
13 35 (11.25%) SQL Server
14 34 (10.93%) Open Source
15 32 (10.29%) PHP
16 31 (9.968%) .NET
17 30 (9.646%) C
17 30 (9.646%) HTML
18 29 (9.325%) JavaScript
18 29 (9.325%) Ruby on Rails
18 29 (9.325%) HTML5
19 28 (9.003%) Banking
19 28 (9.003%) OOP
20 27 (8.682%) CSS
21 26 (8.360%) Microsoft
21 26 (8.360%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 23 (7.395%) Project Management
23 22 (7.074%) Windows
23 22 (7.074%) Business Analysis

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 31 (9.968%) .NET
2 30 (9.646%) HTML
3 29 (9.325%) Ruby on Rails
3 29 (9.325%) HTML5
4 27 (8.682%) CSS
5 21 (6.752%) Django
6 17 (5.466%) ASP.NET
7 10 (3.215%) CSS3
7 10 (3.215%) Ajax
7 10 (3.215%) XML
7 10 (3.215%) XHTML
8 9 (2.894%) J2EE
8 9 (2.894%) MDX
9 8 (2.572%) jQuery
10 6 (1.929%) WebSphere
10 6 (1.929%) Web Services
10 6 (1.929%) Middleware
11 5 (1.608%) ASP
12 4 (1.286%) FIX Protocol
12 4 (1.286%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.608%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (0.965%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.322%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 17 (5.466%) MS Office
2 16 (5.145%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.608%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.965%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.643%) Rolfe and Nolan
2 1 (0.322%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.322%) Endur
2 1 (0.322%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.466%) HTTP
2 15 (4.823%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.572%) Internet
4 6 (1.929%) Network Security
5 4 (1.286%) GSM
5 4 (1.286%) VoIP
6 2 (0.643%) Wireless
6 2 (0.643%) LDAP
6 2 (0.643%) WAN
6 2 (0.643%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.322%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.322%) Intranet
7 1 (0.322%) MPLS
7 1 (0.322%) OSPF
7 1 (0.322%) BGP
7 1 (0.322%) SMTP
7 1 (0.322%) LAN
7 1 (0.322%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.322%) SSL
7 1 (0.322%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.25%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.466%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (5.145%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.929%) SQL Server 2012
4 6 (1.929%) Data Mining
5 5 (1.608%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (1.286%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.965%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.965%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.643%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.643%) Big Data
8 2 (0.643%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.643%) MySQL
8 2 (0.643%) OLAP
9 1 (0.322%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.322%) TOAD
9 1 (0.322%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.322%) GIS
9 1 (0.322%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.859%) Visual Studio
2 8 (2.572%) RSpec
3 4 (1.286%) Selenium
4 2 (0.643%) JUnit
5 1 (0.322%) MSI
5 1 (0.322%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (0.322%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.322%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.322%) Maven
5 1 (0.322%) InterDev
5 1 (0.322%) WiX
5 1 (0.322%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.322%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.322%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.322%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 149 (47.91%) Finance
2 28 (9.003%) Banking
3 20 (6.431%) Financial Institution
4 17 (5.466%) Music
4 17 (5.466%) Music Industry
5 15 (4.823%) German Language
6 13 (4.180%) Front Office
7 11 (3.537%) Law
7 11 (3.537%) French Language
8 9 (2.894%) Marketing
9 7 (2.251%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.251%) Dutch Language
10 6 (1.929%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.286%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.965%) Back Office
12 3 (0.965%) Games
13 2 (0.643%) Advertising
13 2 (0.643%) Billing
14 1 (0.322%) Retail
14 1 (0.322%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 139 (44.69%) Computer Science
2 64 (20.58%) Mathematics
3 47 (15.11%) Physics
4 34 (10.93%) Open Source
5 26 (8.360%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 21 (6.752%) Digital Media
7 19 (6.109%) Hedge funds
8 15 (4.823%) Fixed Income
9 10 (3.215%) Equities
9 10 (3.215%) Derivative
10 9 (2.894%) Blackberry
11 6 (1.929%) Economics
12 5 (1.608%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.965%) NHS
14 2 (0.643%) Contract for Difference
14 2 (0.643%) Spread Betting
14 2 (0.643%) Statistics
14 2 (0.643%) DTV
15 1 (0.322%) Smartcard
15 1 (0.322%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.074%) Windows
1 22 (7.074%) Android
2 21 (6.752%) Apple iOS
3 20 (6.431%) Linux
4 10 (3.215%) UNIX
5 7 (2.251%) Windows XP
5 7 (2.251%) SUSE
6 2 (0.643%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.322%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.322%) Debian
7 1 (0.322%) CentOS
7 1 (0.322%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (16.72%) Agile Software Development
2 49 (15.76%) OO
3 28 (9.003%) OOP
4 23 (7.395%) Project Management
5 22 (7.074%) Business Analysis
6 16 (5.145%) Computer Architecture
7 13 (4.180%) MVC
8 12 (3.859%) Software Testing
9 11 (3.537%) TDD
9 11 (3.537%) Manual Testing
9 11 (3.537%) BDD
10 10 (3.215%) Risk Management
10 10 (3.215%) CRM
10 10 (3.215%) E-Commerce
11 9 (2.894%) Web Development
11 9 (2.894%) Content Management
11 9 (2.894%) Test Scripting
12 8 (2.572%) Investment Management
13 7 (2.251%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (2.251%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 112 (36.01%) SQL
2 106 (34.08%) Java
3 94 (30.23%) C#
4 88 (28.30%) C++
5 48 (15.43%) Python
5 48 (15.43%) Ruby
6 32 (10.29%) PHP
7 30 (9.646%) C
8 29 (9.325%) JavaScript
9 12 (3.859%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.251%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.608%) VBA
11 5 (1.608%) Bash shell
12 4 (1.286%) Perl
13 3 (0.965%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.965%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.965%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.322%) VBScript
14 1 (0.322%) VB
14 1 (0.322%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 194 (62.38%) Degree
2 7 (2.251%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (2.251%) MCP
3 5 (1.608%) PhD
4 3 (0.965%) RHCE
4 3 (0.965%) RHCT
4 3 (0.965%) LPIC
5 2 (0.643%) MCSE
5 2 (0.643%) MCSA
6 1 (0.322%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.322%) ISEB
6 1 (0.322%) CCIE
6 1 (0.322%) CCSP
6 1 (0.322%) CCNA
6 1 (0.322%) MCSD
6 1 (0.322%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.322%) CCSA
6 1 (0.322%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.322%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.929%) QA
2 1 (0.322%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.180%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.643%) VMware Server
2 2 (0.643%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.322%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 26 (8.360%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.537%) Oracle
3 7 (2.251%) Red Hat
3 7 (2.251%) Facebook
4 6 (1.929%) Salesforce.com
4 6 (1.929%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.608%) Reuters
5 5 (1.608%) Avaya
6 3 (0.965%) Juniper
6 3 (0.965%) Cisco
6 3 (0.965%) Google
7 2 (0.643%) MapR
7 2 (0.643%) VMware
7 2 (0.643%) Citrix
8 1 (0.322%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.322%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.322%) IBM
8 1 (0.322%) Capita
8 1 (0.322%) F5
8 1 (0.322%) Sencha
City of London
Urgent! Graduate Java Developers - London - Circa £22-27kSuccessful and growing software house based in Central London have recently won a series of big orders for their popular and...
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
Computer Science, OOP, PHP, Java, Graduate, Digital Media, Junior, ProgrammerLeading international software house in Central London are currently hiring for brilliant Graduate/Junior Developers with a strong educational...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Computer Science, OOP, PHP, Java, Graduate, Digital Media, Junior, Programmer... Candidates for this must have the following; Strong educational background (2:1 or higher in Computer Science or...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Computer Science, OOP, PHP, Java, Graduate, Digital Media, Junior, ProgrammerLeading international software house in Central London are currently hiring for brilliant Graduate/Junior Developers with a strong educational...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 27 April 2013
City, London
Through their award winning brands, our client offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and financial Spread Betting to a global audience of over 130,000 clients... Working in an...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Circa £30,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
For the role you will be working with some of the strongest developers in the city, working on provding technical C# and Sharepoint solutions for the business. You...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Package + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Class Degree in Computer Science... Ideally proven software development in one or more of: Python, Java, C, C++, Python, Shell (we are language agnostic)... We were the first...
Truphone
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
You will not need experience of SharePoint. Knowledge of C#, ASP.NET, SQL, Nintex work flows and Windows workflow foundations will be advantageous... You will be developing .NET...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Extensive Package + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
C++/C/Java. Engineer, Programmer, Computer Science, SQL, HTML5Due to continued growth and commercial success the industry leading software house within the music industry are looking to recruit...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
City, London
HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, LAMP, developer, sysadmin... We need an aspiring back end graduate developer with a great degree (maths, Physics Computer Science 2:1 or better) and...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum +bens+career
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
The role is working in the .Net and Sharpoint team... You will need to have a good academic track record and and have focussed on the .NET technology...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Extensive Package + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
AJAX JavaScript HTML CSS development... - JavaScript (AJAX) development for Real Time, live data web based applications... - CSS3. - HTML5. - C# Role: You will be joining a team of 3...
Joseph Harry Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
PHP Developer - Central London A new opportunity has just become available for a PHP Developer to join this rapidly expanding technology organisation within online product marketing and where...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
At Sage Pay we are currently looking for bright, enthusiastic and talented IT graduates to join our Software Engineering department this summer... Our Software engineers work in customer...
Sage Pay
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
c#, Java, C++, Developer, Engineer, Programmer, finance, hedge fund, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, MDX, Agile £35,000 - £45,000 depending on experience, uncapped bonus (100% for top performers)...
Aston Carter
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
Suitable applicants should be highly analytical, numerical, logical and energetic You would ideally be educated to degree level with at least a 2.1 or above in Engineering,...
e-Recruiter
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum + Pension + bonus (30%)
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
General IT and ideally Web, HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc) to work with household name customers to help implement their technical solutions and provide ongoing support... Conversion tracking, Google...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £26000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The successful Graduate Content Editor will ideally be degree educated in specific subjects such as English, Law or History or have equivalent work experience... Desirably you will have...
Experis IT
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Competetive Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Graduate Account Executive (PR / Public Relations / Media / Social Media / Marketing) *URGENT - London - £16,000 - £22,500 + OTE £40,000 + Benefits... We are currently looking for a number of...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £15000 - £22500 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London, City
We need people who are professional, enthusiastic and will make a real contribution to both the success and the banter in the office!You will have the opportunity...
GreySpark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
You MUST have the following experience: - Technical knowledge and support of FX trading platforms, whether for a brokerage, buy-side or sell side environment - Computer Science or IT...
Joseph Harry Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £42,000 per annum + 10-20% Bonus + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Graduate, Computer Science, Computing, Windows XP/7/8 OS, Windows 2003 Server, Networking, Scripting, Active Directory, Projects One of the most prestigious technology driven hedge funds in Europe...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
HTML / CSS / Javascript / php / flash / git /Apache / MySQL/ (postgres) config, package management, building from source or Similar... * Solid understanding of semantic HTML and CSS * Comfortable turning Photoshop layouts...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum +great bens+bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Company Profile: Our client is a leader in total technology outsourcing for the financial markets sector. They pride themselves on being dynamic, flexible and agile with the capability...
Give-A-Grad-A-Go Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + (DOE)
Posted: 26 April 2013
City, London
The Graduate Content Editor will join the Enterprise Risk Management team which works as a subsidiary of the organisation's Governance, Risk and Compliance division... The ideal candidate...
Experis IT
Salary: £24000 per annum + competitive benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
b) Excellent knowledge of HTML and CSS and good knowledge of PHP5. c) Knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery library... f) Knowledge of the Drupal CMS... c) Experience using...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £22k - £26k DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
This is a 100% committed job and we are looking to setup interviews asap.Graduate, finance, insurance, Excellent Academic record, strong analytical mind, Maths, mathematics, physics, computer science
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £32000 per annum + benefits, bonus + salary reviews
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Candidates from top 20 universities with 2:1 or above in Maths, Physics, Engineering or computer science based degrees or similar will be suitable and recent graduates or...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £24000 - £32000 per annum + benefits, bonus + salary reviews
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Knowledge of MS Project is essential along with a 2:1 degree. Providing a planning function for all divisional project/programmes utilising HP Project and Portfolio Management (PPM).....
Networking People
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Essential experience includes: A strong foundation and passion for Linux A degree in Computer Science, Maths or Physics Ideally a Linux certification - either Red Hat, Suse or similar...
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + range of benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Essential experience includes: A strong foundation and passion for Linux A degree in Computer Science, Maths or Physics Ideally a Linux certification - either Red Hat, Suse or similar...
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + share options + training + benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
City of London
Essential experience includes: A strong foundation and passion for Linux A degree in Computer Science, Maths or Physics A Linux certification - either Red Hat, Suse or similar. For...
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + range of benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The role of an FDM Infrastructure Consultant includes aspects of; IT Support and Support Management, Technical Project Management, UNIX Administration, Linux Administration, Solaris Administration, Microsoft Wintel Administration, Networking...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
City of London
Roles & Responsibilities you will have knowledge of / be required to train in; *Coordinate CDA/DEAL Helpdesk activities like:oMonitor and assign helpdesk cases, and track against SLA'soProvide...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Roles & Responsibilities you will have knowledge of / be required to train in; *Coordinate CDA/DEAL Helpdesk activities like: oMonitor and assign helpdesk cases, and track against SLA's...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Skilled in Microsoft Office - expert in Word, experienced in Excel and Powerpoint (Essential) Excellent in the use of the English language, both the written word and verbally (Essential)...
Give-A-Grad-A-Go Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users throughout the UK and Europe and we have never had more live requirements & GP jobs for Microsoft Dynamics professionals. By...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Heathcare, 6 month Salary Review!
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Maintain the application suite on client site desktop *Maintain the client side (server) environment *Assist with the release of software to new and existing clients Skills & Experience *3rd...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Work with teams to expand, advance and maintain a first rate algorithmic trading suite... - Broad technical skills, including client /server production environments. - Working knowledge of electronic trading platforms,...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013