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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 58 51 51
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 9 8 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.456% 1.594% 2.345%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.495% 1.643% 2.465%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 13
Average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £23,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
602 487 568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.41% 97.01% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 519 384 437
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 £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
South West

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Poole +10 4 £27,500 -
Bournemouth - 1 £22,500 -
Graduate
South West

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
2 10 (34.48%) HTML
2 10 (34.48%) Electronics
2 10 (34.48%) Degree
3 9 (31.03%) .NET
4 8 (27.59%) CSS
4 8 (27.59%) PHP
4 8 (27.59%) jQuery
5 7 (24.14%) Ajax
5 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
5 7 (24.14%) Web Development
5 7 (24.14%) C
5 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
5 7 (24.14%) OO
6 6 (20.69%) SOAP
6 6 (20.69%) Web Services
6 6 (20.69%) ISO 9001
6 6 (20.69%) Linux
6 6 (20.69%) C++
6 6 (20.69%) SQL
6 6 (20.69%) MVC
7 5 (17.24%) QA
7 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
7 5 (17.24%) C#
7 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
8 4 (13.79%) VB.NET
8 4 (13.79%) Java
8 4 (13.79%) Six Sigma
8 4 (13.79%) ERP
8 4 (13.79%) TickIT

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 10 (34.48%) HTML
2 9 (31.03%) .NET
3 8 (27.59%) CSS
3 8 (27.59%) jQuery
4 7 (24.14%) Ajax
4 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
5 6 (20.69%) SOAP
5 6 (20.69%) Web Services
6 4 (13.79%) WPF
7 3 (10.34%) XML
8 2 (6.897%) WSDL
8 2 (6.897%) XSLT
8 2 (6.897%) YUI
8 2 (6.897%) CodeIgniter
8 2 (6.897%) CakePHP
9 1 (3.448%) LINQ
9 1 (3.448%) XHTML
9 1 (3.448%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Joomla!
1 1 (3.448%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) MySQL
General
1 10 (34.48%) Electronics
2 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.448%) Marketing
3 1 (3.448%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Physics
1 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.448%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
1 7 (24.14%) Web Development
1 7 (24.14%) OO
2 6 (20.69%) MVC
3 4 (13.79%) Six Sigma
3 4 (13.79%) ERP
3 4 (13.79%) CMMI
3 4 (13.79%) Scrum
3 4 (13.79%) MVVM
3 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.897%) OOD
5 1 (3.448%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (3.448%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.448%) Time Management
5 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Content Management
5 1 (3.448%) Content Management
5 1 (3.448%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
2 8 (27.59%) PHP
3 7 (24.14%) C
4 6 (20.69%) C++
4 6 (20.69%) SQL
5 5 (17.24%) C#
6 4 (13.79%) VB.NET
6 4 (13.79%) Java
7 3 (10.34%) Embedded C
8 1 (3.448%) MATLAB
8 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO 9001
2 5 (17.24%) QA
3 4 (13.79%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (6.897%) Zend
2 1 (3.448%) VMware
2 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
Christchurch, Dorset
The role is developing in embedded C, primarily on a Linux platform and you will join a young development team of software engineers and testers... Beneficial: *Any exposure...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Graduate - C# ASP.Net - 25K - BournemouthAward winning financial services Company in Bournemouth is looking to recruit a GraduateWorking for a small agile company, with a can do attitude...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Overview of the environment: * ASP.net * C# * SQL, ideally 2008 * Stored Procedures * TSQL * LINQ * JQuery * AJAX * Java Script This is a great opportunity for someone to be part...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013