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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank12278
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads47122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.051 %
As % of the category below1.116 %2.553 %
Salaries quoted42106
Average minimum salary£21,178£21,236
Average salary£23,022£24,050
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum salary£24,867£26,863
UK excluding London average salary£22,797£22,226
% change on same period last year+2.57 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads42114779
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.266 %1.992 %
Salaries quoted35774148
Average minimum salary£37,498£37,024
Average salary£41,340£40,384
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
Average maximum salary£45,182£43,744
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Graduate East of EnglandGraduate
East of England

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordUp+911£25,318+12.52 %
StevenageUp+118£21,688-9.63 %
LetchworthNew entry-6£17,167-
WatfordDown-226£25,000+8.52 %
St AlbansDown-194£23,375-2.06 %
WelwynNew entry-2£20,000-
RoystonDown-101£19,000-24.00 %
Graduate East of EnglandGraduate
East of England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

142 (39.62 %)SQL
237 (34.91 %)Degree
335 (33.02 %)Windows
432 (30.19 %)Java
530 (28.30 %).NET
626 (24.53 %)C#
722 (20.75 %)C++
819 (17.92 %)ASP.NET
917 (16.04 %)XML
1016 (15.09 %)Oracle
1114 (13.21 %)SQL Server
1114 (13.21 %)Pensions
1212 (11.32 %)Retail
1212 (11.32 %)Mathematics
1212 (11.32 %)Computer Science
1212 (11.32 %)Windows 2000 Server
1311 (10.38 %)Education
1311 (10.38 %)PHP
1410 (9.434 %)JavaScript
1410 (9.434 %)AJAX
159 (8.491 %)HTML
159 (8.491 %)VB
168 (7.547 %)PL/SQL
168 (7.547 %)TCP/IP
168 (7.547 %)Health
168 (7.547 %)Physics
177 (6.604 %)Web Development
177 (6.604 %)Software Engineering
177 (6.604 %)Electronics
177 (6.604 %)BusinessObjects

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (28.30 %).NET
219 (17.92 %)ASP.NET
317 (16.04 %)XML
410 (9.434 %)AJAX
59 (8.491 %)HTML
67 (6.604 %)J2EE
67 (6.604 %)CSS
76 (5.660 %)ASP
76 (5.660 %)WSDL
84 (3.774 %)MFC
84 (3.774 %)XSL
92 (1.887 %)XSLT
92 (1.887 %)JSP
92 (1.887 %)Lucene
92 (1.887 %)WebSphere
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.887 %)IIS
12 (1.887 %)Apache
12 (1.887 %)SharePoint
12 (1.887 %)BizTalk Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (6.604 %)MS Excel
25 (4.717 %)MS Office
31 (0.943 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (7.547 %)TCP/IP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (13.21 %)SQL Server
27 (6.604 %)BusinessObjects
36 (5.660 %)MySQL
44 (3.774 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (3.774 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (2.830 %)DB2
53 (2.830 %)Data Mining
62 (1.887 %)Text Mining
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.887 %)Visual Studio
12 (1.887 %)Eclipse
21 (0.943 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (13.21 %)Pensions
212 (11.32 %)Retail
311 (10.38 %)Education
48 (7.547 %)Health
57 (6.604 %)Electronics
63 (2.830 %)Publishing
63 (2.830 %)Games
72 (1.887 %)Animation
81 (0.943 %)Finance
81 (0.943 %)Electric
81 (0.943 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (11.32 %)Mathematics
112 (11.32 %)Computer Science
28 (7.547 %)Physics
34 (3.774 %)Speech Recognition
43 (2.830 %)Statistics
52 (1.887 %)Pocket PC
61 (0.943 %)Chemistry
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (33.02 %)Windows
212 (11.32 %)Windows 2000 Server
36 (5.660 %)Linux
45 (4.717 %)Windows XP
53 (2.830 %)Windows CE
62 (1.887 %)UNIX
71 (0.943 %)Windows Mobile
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (6.604 %)CRM
17 (6.604 %)Software Engineering
17 (6.604 %)Web Development
26 (5.660 %)UML
35 (4.717 %)OOD
44 (3.774 %)OOP
44 (3.774 %)E-Commerce
44 (3.774 %)Content Management
53 (2.830 %)OO
53 (2.830 %)Business Intelligence
62 (1.887 %)OOA/OOD
62 (1.887 %)Information Management
62 (1.887 %)Asset Management
71 (0.943 %)Document Management
71 (0.943 %)Automated Testing
71 (0.943 %)Test Scripting
71 (0.943 %)RAD
71 (0.943 %)Project Management
71 (0.943 %)Workflow
71 (0.943 %)TDD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (39.62 %)SQL
232 (30.19 %)Java
326 (24.53 %)C#
422 (20.75 %)C++
511 (10.38 %)PHP
610 (9.434 %)JavaScript
79 (8.491 %)VB
88 (7.547 %)PL/SQL
97 (6.604 %)Transact-SQL
106 (5.660 %)PHP4
115 (4.717 %)VB.NET
115 (4.717 %)C
124 (3.774 %)VB6
124 (3.774 %)VC++
132 (1.887 %)Delphi
141 (0.943 %)DHTML
141 (0.943 %)Assembly Language
141 (0.943 %)ActionScript
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (34.91 %)Degree
21 (0.943 %)PhD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.887 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (15.09 %)Oracle
27 (6.604 %)Business Objects
27 (6.604 %)Microsoft
27 (6.604 %)Sage
33 (2.830 %)Crossbeam
33 (2.830 %)Adobe
33 (2.830 %)Juniper
33 (2.830 %)Cisco
42 (1.887 %)IBM
42 (1.887 %)JD Edwards
42 (1.887 %)Quark
51 (0.943 %)Symbian
51 (0.943 %)CA