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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 84 90 73
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 8 12 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.907% 0.976% 1.625%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.942% 1.012% 1.718%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 16
Average salary £24,000 £30,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +27.65%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
849 1186 1048
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.26% 96.50% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 757 1008 908
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheltenham +18 5 £22,500 -25.00%
Stroud +21 2 £24,000 -20.00%
Tewkesbury +6 2 £24,000 -20.00%
Gloucester +2 2 £24,000 -20.00%
Cirencester - 2 £24,000 -
Graduate
South West

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (53.57%) Degree
2 10 (35.71%) C#
2 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (21.43%) .NET
4 6 (21.43%) Java
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle
5 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
5 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Cyber Security
6 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.29%) C++
7 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
7 3 (10.71%) Scrum
7 3 (10.71%) J2EE
7 3 (10.71%) OpenGL
7 3 (10.71%) DirectX
7 3 (10.71%) Qt
7 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (10.71%) XNA
7 3 (10.71%) WebSphere
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
8 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
8 2 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Marketing
8 2 (7.143%) Automated Testing

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 6 (21.43%) .NET
2 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (10.71%) J2EE
3 3 (10.71%) OpenGL
3 3 (10.71%) DirectX
3 3 (10.71%) WebSphere
3 3 (10.71%) XNA
3 3 (10.71%) Qt
4 2 (7.143%) HTML
4 2 (7.143%) XML
4 2 (7.143%) XSD
4 2 (7.143%) XSLT
5 1 (3.571%) Ajax
5 1 (3.571%) Web Services
5 1 (3.571%) WCF
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) CATIA
2 1 (3.571%) InDesign
2 1 (3.571%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 2 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.571%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (3.571%) FrontPage
General
1 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.143%) Marketing
2 2 (7.143%) Electronics
3 1 (3.571%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.143%) SaaS
3 2 (7.143%) Firmware
3 2 (7.143%) VHDL
3 2 (7.143%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Windows
1 1 (3.571%) Windows XP
1 1 (3.571%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) Cyber Security
2 3 (10.71%) Time Management
2 3 (10.71%) Scrum
2 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (7.143%) TDD
3 2 (7.143%) Automated Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 2 (7.143%) V-Model
3 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
3 2 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
4 1 (3.571%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.571%) ITIL
4 1 (3.571%) CAD
4 1 (3.571%) Service Management
4 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.571%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) C#
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 6 (21.43%) Java
3 4 (14.29%) C++
4 2 (7.143%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.571%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.571%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle
2 2 (7.143%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) Adobe
3 1 (3.571%) HP
3 1 (3.571%) Apple
3 1 (3.571%) Blue Coat
3 1 (3.571%) Business Objects
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