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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 78 51 83
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 9 21 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.778% 2.929% 1.787%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.828% 3.211% 1.874%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 17
Average salary £27,500 £24,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.58% +11.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,200 £18,500 £18,600
10% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £25,000 £22,700
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1087 654 1014
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.95% 91.21% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 930 583 931
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Whitstable - 1 £21,000 -
Graduate
South East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 6 (50.00%) Java
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (41.67%) Spring
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) OO
2 5 (41.67%) OOD
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 4 (33.33%) CSS
3 4 (33.33%) XML
3 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Multimedia
4 3 (25.00%) MS Project
4 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (25.00%) Physics
4 3 (25.00%) SQL
4 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 1 (8.333%) Back Office
6 1 (8.333%) Workflow
6 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
6 1 (8.333%) Publishing
6 1 (8.333%) ERP
6 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
6 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 5 (41.67%) Spring
2 4 (33.33%) CSS
2 4 (33.33%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (8.333%) Dojo
3 1 (8.333%) jQuery
3 1 (8.333%) Ajax
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (25.00%) MS Project
2 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Intranet
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (8.333%) MySQL
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.333%) MS Access
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Legal
1 4 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (8.333%) Back Office
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (25.00%) Physics
3 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) OO
1 5 (41.67%) OOD
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Workflow
4 1 (8.333%) ERP
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Java
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) C#
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
Whitstable, South East
Graduate Software Support Engineer - Whitstable - Circa £22kSuccessful and growing software house based in the Whitstable area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular and...
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013