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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 21 12 9
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 7.018% 6.250% 3.125%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.60% 28.57% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 1
Average salary £30,000 £20,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
43 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 37.72% 21.88% 21.88%
Number of salaries quoted 38 5 4
Average salary £36,834 £60,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.61% +155.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,800 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £46,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Bedfordshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Dunstable region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dunstable Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 8 (50.00%) Smartcard
1 8 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
3 4 (25.00%) Ruby
3 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (25.00%) XAML
3 4 (25.00%) VB6
3 4 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 4 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) VB
3 4 (25.00%) .NET
3 4 (25.00%) MS Office
3 4 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (12.50%) PKI
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Forensics
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) Change Control
5 2 (12.50%) CCNP
5 2 (12.50%) CISSP

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 4 (25.00%) Silverlight
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) COM
2 1 (6.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Office
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) X.509
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) OLTP
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Security Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Software Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate
2 5 (31.25%) Trainee Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Trainee
3 2 (12.50%) Build Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Network Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (6.250%) IT Graduate
4 1 (6.250%) Facilities Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Smartcard
2 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Computer Forensics
3 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.250%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Ruby
1 4 (25.00%) XAML
1 4 (25.00%) VB6
1 4 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
1 4 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (6.250%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (12.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle
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