The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Engineer
Rank 91 92 99
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.095% 0.075% 0.130%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.078% 0.136%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £21,500 £28,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.56% +7.54%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate Software Engineer
Scotland

Graduate Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Graduate Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Graduate Software Engineer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) Java
3 5 (71.43%) C#
4 4 (57.14%) C++
4 4 (57.14%) OO
4 4 (57.14%) TDD
4 4 (57.14%) PhD
4 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
5 2 (28.57%) Android
5 2 (28.57%) Internet
5 2 (28.57%) J2ME
6 1 (14.29%) .NET
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (14.29%) Ant
6 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Eclipse

Graduate Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) J2ME
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Ant
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) OO
2 4 (57.14%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PhD
2 1 (14.29%) Degree