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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Developer
Rank 141 139 162
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Developer 3 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.122% 0.439% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.130% 0.456% 0.162%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 5
Average salary £26,000 £22,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.55% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £22,500 £21,750
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2302 2413 3085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.37% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1883 1964 2496
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate Software Developer
East of England

Graduate Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Graduate Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Graduate Software Developer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Developer within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford - 3 £26,000 -
Graduate Software Developer
East of England

Graduate Software Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (100.00%) XML
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) XSLT
2 4 (57.14%) Spring
2 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) JSP
2 4 (57.14%) Struts
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) XSL
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) C
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Ajax
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) Web Application Development

Graduate Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) JSP
2 4 (57.14%) Struts
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) XSLT
2 4 (57.14%) Spring
3 3 (42.86%) Ajax
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) C
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft