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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 25 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 7 20 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 4.545% 9.852% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.828% 10.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 0
Average salary £21,500 £20,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.87% -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 198 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 94.16% 97.54% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 106 141 76
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £44,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
West Yorkshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 9 (69.23%) Java
1 9 (69.23%) SQL
1 9 (69.23%) J2EE
1 9 (69.23%) Web Services
1 9 (69.23%) XML
1 9 (69.23%) OOA/OOD
1 9 (69.23%) Asset Management
1 9 (69.23%) Spring
2 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (7.692%) Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Google
5 1 (7.692%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (7.692%) Pay per click
5 1 (7.692%) Marketing
5 1 (7.692%) Copywriting
5 1 (7.692%) Google Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) SEO
5 1 (7.692%) ERP

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 9 (69.23%) J2EE
1 9 (69.23%) Web Services
1 9 (69.23%) XML
1 9 (69.23%) Spring
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (7.692%) Google Analytics
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) OOA/OOD
1 9 (69.23%) Asset Management
2 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) Analytics
3 1 (7.692%) Pay per click
3 1 (7.692%) Time Management
3 1 (7.692%) SEO
3 1 (7.692%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Java
1 9 (69.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Google
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will be involved in the analysis, design, implementation, deployment and support of their key applicationsTechnically, you will gain a good understanding of the Spring framework with a...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Java / J2EE Developer (graduate) - nr Halifax / HuddersfieldGraduate Java developer / analyst programmer with interest in both product development and support sought by this leading software house developing a suite...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will be involved in the analysis, design, implementation, deployment and support of their key applicationsTechnically, you will gain a good understanding of the Spring framework with a...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + bens
Posted: 3 May 2013