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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Leeds region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222520
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads79104337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds6.371 %7.143 %8.619 %
As % of the Qualifications category42.25 %34.55 %41.66 %
Salaries quoted6874289
Average salary£28,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£18,500£21,650£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,250£40,525£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
187301809
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds15.08 %20.67 %20.69 %
Salaries quoted155227654
Average salary£29,000£40,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.50 %+26.98 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Degree West YorkshireDegree
West Yorkshire

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Leeds Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree.

140 (24.24 %).NET
235 (21.21 %)SQL Server
235 (21.21 %)Computer Science
331 (18.79 %)SQL
430 (18.18 %)C#
527 (16.36 %)Java
625 (15.15 %)Oracle
625 (15.15 %)Finance
724 (14.55 %)JavaScript
821 (12.73 %)HTML
920 (12.12 %)ASP.NET
1018 (10.91 %)JUnit
1018 (10.91 %)Windows
1018 (10.91 %)Marketing
1116 (9.697 %)CSS
1215 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
1215 (9.091 %)Hibernate
1314 (8.485 %)Agile Software Development
1314 (8.485 %)Microsoft
1314 (8.485 %)Web Development
1413 (7.879 %)Silverlight
1413 (7.879 %)Security Cleared
1413 (7.879 %)XML
1512 (7.273 %)MVC
1512 (7.273 %)C
1611 (6.667 %)J2EE
1611 (6.667 %)SharePoint
1611 (6.667 %)AJAX
1710 (6.061 %)RDBMS
1710 (6.061 %)Linux

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (24.24 %).NET
221 (12.73 %)HTML
320 (12.12 %)ASP.NET
416 (9.697 %)CSS
515 (9.091 %)Hibernate
613 (7.879 %)XML
613 (7.879 %)Silverlight
711 (6.667 %)AJAX
711 (6.667 %)J2EE
810 (6.061 %)Flash
99 (5.455 %)XHTML
108 (4.848 %)jQuery
117 (4.242 %)Web Services
117 (4.242 %)Spring
117 (4.242 %)Adobe Flex
126 (3.636 %)MooTools
126 (3.636 %)WinForms
126 (3.636 %)XSLT
126 (3.636 %)DHTML
135 (3.030 %)Swing
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (6.667 %)SharePoint
29 (5.455 %)SAS
35 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
35 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (2.424 %)IIS
53 (1.818 %)ArcGIS
53 (1.818 %)ArcSDE
53 (1.818 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.606 %)Magento
61 (0.606 %)Liferay
61 (0.606 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.606 %)CICS
61 (0.606 %)Tomcat
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (4.848 %)MS Excel
25 (3.030 %)SPSS
25 (3.030 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (1.818 %)MS Visio
42 (1.212 %)MS Office
51 (0.606 %)Photoshop
51 (0.606 %)Spreadsheet
Leeds IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.818 %)Navision
13 (1.818 %)Movex
13 (1.818 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.606 %)Dynamics CRM
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (5.455 %)DHCP
19 (5.455 %)HTTP
19 (5.455 %)TCP/IP
27 (4.242 %)LAN
27 (4.242 %)WAN
36 (3.636 %)Firewall
45 (3.030 %)VPN
54 (2.424 %)Internet
54 (2.424 %)Intrusion Detection
54 (2.424 %)Network Security
61 (0.606 %)MPLS
61 (0.606 %)OSPF
61 (0.606 %)Frame Relay
61 (0.606 %)IP Telephony
61 (0.606 %)DNS
61 (0.606 %)RIP
61 (0.606 %)SNMP
61 (0.606 %)Ethernet
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (21.21 %)SQL Server
210 (6.061 %)RDBMS
210 (6.061 %)MySQL
39 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (4.848 %)GIS
48 (4.848 %)Datawarehouse
56 (3.636 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (1.818 %)Data Mining
63 (1.818 %)ETL
63 (1.818 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (1.212 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (1.212 %)PowerCenter
72 (1.212 %)DataStage
81 (0.606 %)DB2
81 (0.606 %)PostgreSQL
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (10.91 %)JUnit
29 (5.455 %)Eclipse
29 (5.455 %)Subversion
38 (4.848 %)Ant
38 (4.848 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (2.424 %)NUnit
52 (1.212 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.606 %)Selenium
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
125 (15.15 %)Finance
218 (10.91 %)Marketing
38 (4.848 %)Banking
38 (4.848 %)Retail
47 (4.242 %)Education
56 (3.636 %)Pensions
65 (3.030 %)Health
65 (3.030 %)Insurance
65 (3.030 %)Legal
73 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
73 (1.818 %)Publishing
73 (1.818 %)Auditing
73 (1.818 %)Graphic Design
73 (1.818 %)Social Media
73 (1.818 %)Construction
82 (1.212 %)Back Office
82 (1.212 %)Law
91 (0.606 %)Electric
91 (0.606 %)Electronics
91 (0.606 %)Retail Banking
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
164 (38.79 %)Developer
227 (16.36 %)Analyst
318 (10.91 %)Java Developer
415 (9.091 %)C# Developer
514 (8.485 %)Graduate
613 (7.879 %)Web Developer
613 (7.879 %).NET Developer
711 (6.667 %)Software Developer
89 (5.455 %)Administrator
98 (4.848 %)ASP.NET Developer
98 (4.848 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
107 (4.242 %)Graduate Developer
107 (4.242 %)Consultant
116 (3.636 %)Senior Developer
116 (3.636 %)Software Engineer
116 (3.636 %)Java/J2EE Developer
125 (3.030 %)Java Software Developer
125 (3.030 %)DSP Engineer
125 (3.030 %)Junior
125 (3.030 %)Project Manager
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (21.21 %)Computer Science
29 (5.455 %)Chemistry
38 (4.848 %)Client/Server
47 (4.242 %)NHS
47 (4.242 %)Statistics
55 (3.030 %)Management Information System
55 (3.030 %)Replication
63 (1.818 %)Clustering
63 (1.818 %)Economics
63 (1.818 %)Device Driver
63 (1.818 %)Blog
63 (1.818 %)Credit Risk
72 (1.212 %)Mathematics
72 (1.212 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.606 %)W3C
81 (0.606 %)Mainframe
81 (0.606 %)Multithreading
81 (0.606 %)Video Conferencing
81 (0.606 %)iPhone
81 (0.606 %)SaaS
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (10.91 %)Windows
210 (6.061 %)Linux
36 (3.636 %)UNIX
44 (2.424 %)Windows Server 2008
44 (2.424 %)Solaris
53 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.606 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.606 %)Windows XP
61 (0.606 %)MVS
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (8.485 %)Agile Software Development
114 (8.485 %)Web Development
212 (7.273 %)MVC
39 (5.455 %)OO
48 (4.848 %)ITIL
57 (4.242 %)PRINCE2
57 (4.242 %)Disaster Recovery
57 (4.242 %)Service Delivery
66 (3.636 %)E-Commerce
66 (3.636 %)ERP
66 (3.636 %)SEO
66 (3.636 %)Migration
66 (3.636 %)Unit Testing
75 (3.030 %)Continuous Integration
75 (3.030 %)Business Development
75 (3.030 %)Pay per click
75 (3.030 %)Scrum
75 (3.030 %)TDD
75 (3.030 %)Data Analysis
75 (3.030 %)CHAID
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (18.79 %)SQL
230 (18.18 %)C#
327 (16.36 %)Java
424 (14.55 %)JavaScript
512 (7.273 %)C
610 (6.061 %)PHP
78 (4.848 %)C++
87 (4.242 %)ActionScript
94 (2.424 %)PHP5
102 (1.212 %)LINC
102 (1.212 %)VB.NET
102 (1.212 %)Embedded C++
111 (0.606 %)JCL
111 (0.606 %)Objective-C
111 (0.606 %)Ruby
111 (0.606 %)COBOL
111 (0.606 %)PHP4
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (7.879 %)Security Cleared
39 (5.455 %)MCP
47 (4.242 %)Cisco Certification
56 (3.636 %)MCSE
56 (3.636 %)MCTS
64 (2.424 %)CCSA
64 (2.424 %)CCSE
64 (2.424 %)ITIL Certification
64 (2.424 %)CCSP
64 (2.424 %)CCNP
64 (2.424 %)CCNA
73 (1.818 %)MCDBA
82 (1.212 %)MCSA
82 (1.212 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (1.212 %)ISEB
82 (1.212 %)MCAD
82 (1.212 %)MCSD
82 (1.212 %)MCITP
82 (1.212 %)CISA
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (3.636 %)SLA
16 (3.636 %)QA
21 (0.606 %)ISO9001
21 (0.606 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.606 %)GAAP
Leeds IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (2.424 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (1.818 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (15.15 %)Oracle
214 (8.485 %)Microsoft
39 (5.455 %)HP
48 (4.848 %)Cisco
54 (2.424 %)CheckPoint
54 (2.424 %)VMware
63 (1.818 %)ESRI
63 (1.818 %)JD Edwards
63 (1.818 %)Citrix
72 (1.212 %)IBM
72 (1.212 %)Informatica
81 (0.606 %)Zend
81 (0.606 %)Sybase
81 (0.606 %)CA
81 (0.606 %)Sun