The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich 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 20 June 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 44 40 42
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 8 7 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.454% 2.439% 4.651%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.548% 2.448% 4.895%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 11
Average salary £24,250 £25,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.00% +6.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,900 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,200 £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
314 286 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 96.32% 99.65% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 293 250 268
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Graduate
Suffolk

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 17 (80.95%) Computer Science
2 16 (76.19%) Degree
3 11 (52.38%) Java
4 10 (47.62%) J2EE
4 10 (47.62%) Finance
4 10 (47.62%) Spring
5 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (38.10%) TDD
5 8 (38.10%) XML
5 8 (38.10%) UML
5 8 (38.10%) Mobile App
6 7 (33.33%) Windows
6 7 (33.33%) Linux
6 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 6 (28.57%) SOAP
7 6 (28.57%) Web Services
7 6 (28.57%) JBoss
7 6 (28.57%) Tomcat
7 6 (28.57%) JSON
7 6 (28.57%) Ajax
7 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 6 (28.57%) Speech Recognition
7 6 (28.57%) jQuery
7 6 (28.57%) REST
8 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
8 5 (23.81%) SQL
9 4 (19.05%) Hibernate
9 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (14.29%) Use Case
10 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 10 (47.62%) J2EE
1 10 (47.62%) Spring
2 8 (38.10%) XML
3 6 (28.57%) SOAP
3 6 (28.57%) Web Services
3 6 (28.57%) JSON
3 6 (28.57%) Ajax
3 6 (28.57%) jQuery
3 6 (28.57%) REST
4 4 (19.05%) Hibernate
5 2 (9.524%) .NET
5 2 (9.524%) EJB
5 2 (9.524%) Servlets
5 2 (9.524%) XSLT
5 2 (9.524%) Qt
6 1 (4.762%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) Tomcat
2 2 (9.524%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) HTTP
1 2 (9.524%) Network Security
2 1 (4.762%) Firewall
2 1 (4.762%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.762%) DNS
2 1 (4.762%) VoIP
2 1 (4.762%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Big Data
2 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Ant
1 2 (9.524%) Maven
1 2 (9.524%) Subversion
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Electronics
2 1 (4.762%) Law
2 1 (4.762%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) Computer Science
2 8 (38.10%) Mobile App
3 6 (28.57%) Speech Recognition
4 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
5 2 (9.524%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (9.524%) iPhone
6 1 (4.762%) Online Games
6 1 (4.762%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (9.524%) Android
3 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.762%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
1 8 (38.10%) TDD
1 8 (38.10%) UML
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (14.29%) Use Case
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.524%) Data Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Web Development
5 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Analytics
5 2 (9.524%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.524%) Data Mapping
5 2 (9.524%) Cyber Security
6 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.762%) Regression Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Workflow
6 1 (4.762%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Java
2 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (9.524%) C#
6 1 (4.762%) Objective-C
6 1 (4.762%) PHP
6 1 (4.762%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.524%) DV Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) JBoss
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Red Hat