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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Graduate
Rank 786 797 747
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 55 69 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.054% 0.061% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.064% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 54 56 96
Average salary £24,500 £22,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.88% +2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,650 £20,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,750 £22,500 £22,500
% change year-on-year
+1.11% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Graduate
UK

IT Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England IT Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

IT Graduate
Salary Trend

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

England IT Graduate Salary Trend

IT Graduate
Salary Histogram

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

England IT Graduate Salary Histogram

IT Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Graduate within the England 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
London +50 30 £25,000 -16.66%
South East +5 11 £24,000 +6.66%
West Midlands -17 5 £20,000 -5.32%
Yorkshire +4 3 £19,000 -13.63%
East of England -5 3 £21,500 -3.37%
South West -2 2 £19,250 -12.50%
Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
IT Graduate
UK

IT Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Graduate in their job title.

1 69 (62.16%) Degree
2 48 (43.24%) Computer Science
3 31 (27.93%) Windows
4 30 (27.03%) Java
4 30 (27.03%) Microsoft
4 30 (27.03%) Finance
5 29 (26.13%) SQL
6 27 (24.32%) C++
7 24 (21.62%) MS Office
8 23 (20.72%) MS Excel
9 21 (18.92%) SQL Server
10 20 (18.02%) C#
10 20 (18.02%) JavaScript
10 20 (18.02%) J2EE
11 18 (16.22%) C
12 17 (15.32%) Active Directory
13 15 (13.51%) Windows XP
14 13 (11.71%) .NET
15 12 (10.81%) Oracle
15 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (9.910%) Agile Software Development
16 11 (9.910%) Spread Betting
16 11 (9.910%) Derivative
16 11 (9.910%) Open Source
17 10 (9.009%) PHP
17 10 (9.009%) MS Exchange
18 8 (7.207%) VPN
18 8 (7.207%) VB.NET
18 8 (7.207%) ASP.NET
18 8 (7.207%) Linux

IT Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (18.02%) J2EE
2 13 (11.71%) .NET
3 8 (7.207%) ASP.NET
4 7 (6.306%) HTML
5 6 (5.405%) jQuery
5 6 (5.405%) Ajax
5 6 (5.405%) XML
6 4 (3.604%) CakePHP
6 4 (3.604%) CSS
7 3 (2.703%) Middleware
8 2 (1.802%) HTML5
9 1 (0.901%) COM
9 1 (0.901%) Spring
9 1 (0.901%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.009%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.802%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.802%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.901%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (0.901%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.901%) GlassFish
Applications
1 24 (21.62%) MS Office
2 23 (20.72%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.604%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.901%) Endur
1 1 (0.901%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.207%) VPN
1 8 (7.207%) Firewall
2 7 (6.306%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.703%) Internet
4 2 (1.802%) Network Security
4 2 (1.802%) DHCP
4 2 (1.802%) HTTP
4 2 (1.802%) LAN
5 1 (0.901%) WLAN
5 1 (0.901%) WAN
5 1 (0.901%) ATM
5 1 (0.901%) FTP
5 1 (0.901%) DNS
5 1 (0.901%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.405%) RDBMS
3 5 (4.505%) MySQL
4 4 (3.604%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.604%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.901%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.901%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.901%) SQLPlus
5 1 (0.901%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.901%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (0.901%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.901%) Ant
General
1 30 (27.03%) Finance
2 6 (5.405%) Marketing
3 5 (4.505%) Games
4 3 (2.703%) Banking
4 3 (2.703%) German Language
5 2 (1.802%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.901%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.901%) Advertising
6 1 (0.901%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.901%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.901%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 48 (43.24%) Computer Science
2 11 (9.910%) Spread Betting
2 11 (9.910%) Derivative
2 11 (9.910%) Open Source
3 7 (6.306%) Blackberry
4 5 (4.505%) Mathematics
5 4 (3.604%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.604%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.703%) Physics
7 2 (1.802%) Cryptography
8 1 (0.901%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.901%) HACMP
8 1 (0.901%) Clustering
8 1 (0.901%) Economics
8 1 (0.901%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.901%) Life Science
8 1 (0.901%) Copywriting
8 1 (0.901%) Data Conversion
8 1 (0.901%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (27.93%) Windows
2 15 (13.51%) Windows XP
3 8 (7.207%) Linux
3 8 (7.207%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (6.306%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (5.405%) Windows Vista
5 6 (5.405%) UNIX
6 3 (2.703%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.802%) Android
7 2 (1.802%) Solaris
8 1 (0.901%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.901%) AIX
8 1 (0.901%) HPUX
8 1 (0.901%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.901%) SUSE
8 1 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.901%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (9.910%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (5.405%) Web Development
3 4 (3.604%) Web Application Development
3 4 (3.604%) Software Engineering
3 4 (3.604%) Project Management
3 4 (3.604%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (2.703%) ITIL
4 3 (2.703%) Practice Management
4 3 (2.703%) Software Testing
4 3 (2.703%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (2.703%) Time Management
5 2 (1.802%) Game Development
5 2 (1.802%) TDD
5 2 (1.802%) Content Management
5 2 (1.802%) Competitor Analysis
5 2 (1.802%) Business Analysis
5 2 (1.802%) Identity Management
5 2 (1.802%) Service Management
5 2 (1.802%) SEO
5 2 (1.802%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.03%) Java
2 29 (26.13%) SQL
3 27 (24.32%) C++
4 20 (18.02%) C#
4 20 (18.02%) JavaScript
5 18 (16.22%) C
6 10 (9.009%) PHP
7 8 (7.207%) VB.NET
8 6 (5.405%) VB
9 4 (3.604%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.802%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.802%) Perl
10 2 (1.802%) Python
11 1 (0.901%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.901%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.901%) AWK
11 1 (0.901%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.901%) sed
Qualifications
1 69 (62.16%) Degree
2 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.505%) MCSE
4 4 (3.604%) MCSA
4 4 (3.604%) MCP
5 2 (1.802%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.802%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.802%) MCITP
6 1 (0.901%) PhD
6 1 (0.901%) ISEB
6 1 (0.901%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.901%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.405%) ISO 9001
1 6 (5.405%) SLA
2 4 (3.604%) QA
3 2 (1.802%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (15.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.901%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (0.901%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (0.901%) BladeLogic
1 1 (0.901%) Opalis
1 1 (0.901%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 30 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.81%) Oracle
3 2 (1.802%) Business Objects
3 2 (1.802%) HP
4 1 (0.901%) JBoss
4 1 (0.901%) EMC
4 1 (0.901%) Nortel
4 1 (0.901%) Cisco
4 1 (0.901%) IBM
4 1 (0.901%) Sun
4 1 (0.901%) Symantec
4 1 (0.901%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.901%) BMC
4 1 (0.901%) Veritas
4 1 (0.901%) Lotus
4 1 (0.901%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.901%) Apple
4 1 (0.901%) Perforce
4 1 (0.901%) VMware
4 1 (0.901%) Google
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