The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Dartford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 20 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 Dartford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 7 13 17
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 11 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 21.57% 2.500% 9.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.83% 8.333% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 4
Average salary £38,750 £47,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.42% +59.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £47,500 £21,450
10% offered a salary of more than £40,250 £47,500 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Dartford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 12 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 47.06% 30.00% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 10
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Kent

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dartford 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 Dartford region.

Dartford Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 13 (52.00%) OO
1 13 (52.00%) C++
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) C#
2 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (28.00%) OOP
3 7 (28.00%) MFC
3 7 (28.00%) ATL
3 7 (28.00%) COM
4 6 (24.00%) Linux
4 6 (24.00%) Electronics
4 6 (24.00%) Silverlight
4 6 (24.00%) jQuery
4 6 (24.00%) Ext JS
5 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
5 5 (20.00%) VHDL
5 5 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 5 (20.00%) MVC
5 5 (20.00%) Web Services
5 5 (20.00%) Middleware
6 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
7 3 (12.00%) ISO 9001
7 3 (12.00%) UML
7 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (12.00%) C
7 3 (12.00%) WPF
7 3 (12.00%) WinForms
8 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
8 2 (8.000%) SQL

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 7 (28.00%) MFC
2 7 (28.00%) ATL
2 7 (28.00%) COM
3 6 (24.00%) Silverlight
3 6 (24.00%) jQuery
3 6 (24.00%) Ext JS
4 5 (20.00%) Middleware
4 5 (20.00%) Web Services
5 3 (12.00%) WinForms
5 3 (12.00%) WPF
6 2 (8.000%) SOAP
7 1 (4.000%) HTML
7 1 (4.000%) XML
7 1 (4.000%) CSS
7 1 (4.000%) HTML5
7 1 (4.000%) soapUI
7 1 (4.000%) REST
7 1 (4.000%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.000%) Selenium
1 1 (4.000%) Sahi
General
1 6 (24.00%) Electronics
2 1 (4.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Development Engineer
3 2 (8.000%) Web Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Front-End Web Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Web Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Software Tester
4 1 (4.000%) Automation Tester
4 1 (4.000%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) VHDL
1 5 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.000%) Open Source
3 1 (4.000%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.000%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) OO
2 7 (28.00%) OOP
3 5 (20.00%) MVC
3 5 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 3 (12.00%) UML
5 2 (8.000%) OOD
5 2 (8.000%) Image Processing
6 1 (4.000%) Video Processing
6 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.000%) System Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.000%) ETL
6 1 (4.000%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Web Development
6 1 (4.000%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) C++
2 8 (32.00%) C#
3 3 (12.00%) C
3 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.000%) SQL
5 1 (4.000%) VB
5 1 (4.000%) Python
5 1 (4.000%) Ruby
5 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) ISEB
1 1 (4.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft