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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Durham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.000 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£28,000-
Average salary£28,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£28,000-
UK excluding London average salary£23,553£22,968
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Durham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Durham
Matching permanent IT job ads10088
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.045 %
Salaries quoted8771
Average minimum salary£28,422£31,619
Average salary£30,764£33,590
% change on same period last year-8.41 %
Average maximum salary£33,107£35,561
UK excluding London average salary£38,504£39,019
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Graduate North EastGraduate
North East

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Durham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Durham Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Durham region.

Durham Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Durham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Durham Graduate Salary Histogram

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 Durham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DarlingtonNew entry-7£28,000-
Graduate North EastGraduate
North East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Durham 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.

122 (95.65 %)Degree
122 (95.65 %)Computer Science
215 (65.22 %)Java
312 (52.17 %).NET
48 (34.78 %)J2EE
48 (34.78 %)PHP
48 (34.78 %)Software Engineering
57 (30.43 %)PL/SQL
57 (30.43 %)SQL
57 (30.43 %)MySQL
57 (30.43 %)Oracle
57 (30.43 %)CSS
57 (30.43 %)XML
57 (30.43 %)XSL
57 (30.43 %)UNIX
57 (30.43 %)Windows
57 (30.43 %)Linux
57 (30.43 %)Apache
57 (30.43 %)Tomcat
57 (30.43 %)DSDM
57 (30.43 %)XHTML
57 (30.43 %)MS Excel
57 (30.43 %)Agile Software Development
57 (30.43 %)TDD
57 (30.43 %)Pair Programming
57 (30.43 %)Intranet
57 (30.43 %)LAMP
57 (30.43 %)Scrum
57 (30.43 %)Perl
57 (30.43 %)ASP

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Durham 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.

Durham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (52.17 %).NET
28 (34.78 %)J2EE
37 (30.43 %)ASP
37 (30.43 %)CSS
37 (30.43 %)XML
37 (30.43 %)XSL
37 (30.43 %)XHTML
37 (30.43 %)LAMP
44 (17.39 %)ASP.NET
Durham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (30.43 %)Apache
17 (30.43 %)Tomcat
Durham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (30.43 %)MS Excel
Durham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (30.43 %)Intranet
Durham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (30.43 %)MySQL
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server
Durham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (95.65 %)Computer Science
Durham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (30.43 %)UNIX
17 (30.43 %)Windows
17 (30.43 %)Linux
Durham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (34.78 %)Software Engineering
27 (30.43 %)DSDM
27 (30.43 %)Scrum
27 (30.43 %)Agile Software Development
27 (30.43 %)TDD
27 (30.43 %)Pair Programming
31 (4.348 %)Web Development
Durham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (65.22 %)Java
28 (34.78 %)PHP
37 (30.43 %)PL/SQL
37 (30.43 %)SQL
37 (30.43 %)Perl
44 (17.39 %)C#
53 (13.04 %)VB.NET
Durham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (95.65 %)Degree
Durham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (30.43 %)Oracle
23 (13.04 %)Microsoft