The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 15 11 8
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 94 118 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 13.53% 16.86% 17.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.65% 52.91% 72.80%
Number of salaries quoted 82 86 78
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,750 £42,593
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
182 223 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 26.19% 31.86% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 157 180 105
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,165
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Leicestershire Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Leicestershire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Leicestershire 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
Leicester -14 40 £42,100 +27.57%
Loughborough -4 10 £34,000 +23.63%
Hinckley -11 1 £18,500 -
Coalville - 1 £35,000 -
Market Harborough - 1 £50,000 -
Degree
East Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 89 (41.59%) SQL
1 89 (41.59%) Computer Science
2 73 (34.11%) .NET
3 69 (32.24%) Finance
4 68 (31.78%) C#
5 63 (29.44%) Smartcard
5 63 (29.44%) Cyber Security
6 61 (28.50%) Windows
7 58 (27.10%) Biometrics
8 56 (26.17%) HTML
9 52 (24.30%) JavaScript
10 48 (22.43%) Identity Management
11 45 (21.03%) ASP.NET
11 45 (21.03%) Microsoft
12 38 (17.76%) SQL Server
13 37 (17.29%) Test Scripting
14 33 (15.42%) CSS
14 33 (15.42%) Web Services
15 32 (14.95%) Agile Software Development
16 30 (14.02%) XML
16 30 (14.02%) Security Cleared
17 28 (13.08%) PHP
17 28 (13.08%) Windows XP
17 28 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
17 28 (13.08%) Windows Server 2008
17 28 (13.08%) Windows Vista
18 27 (12.62%) MS Excel
19 23 (10.75%) Oracle
19 23 (10.75%) C++
19 23 (10.75%) IIS

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Application Development
1 73 (34.11%) .NET
2 56 (26.17%) HTML
3 45 (21.03%) ASP.NET
4 33 (15.42%) CSS
4 33 (15.42%) Web Services
5 30 (14.02%) XML
6 23 (10.75%) jQuery
7 22 (10.28%) Silverlight
8 19 (8.879%) WPF
9 15 (7.009%) .NET Framework
10 13 (6.075%) WinForms
11 12 (5.607%) WF
12 9 (4.206%) Ajax
12 9 (4.206%) XHTML
13 5 (2.336%) J2EE
13 5 (2.336%) HTML5
13 5 (2.336%) WCF
13 5 (2.336%) LINQ
14 4 (1.869%) REST
14 4 (1.869%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 23 (10.75%) IIS
2 12 (5.607%) BizTalk Server
3 9 (4.206%) WordPress
3 9 (4.206%) CMS
4 7 (3.271%) MS Exchange
4 7 (3.271%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.271%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (2.336%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (2.336%) Joomla!
5 5 (2.336%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.869%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.869%) Drupal
7 3 (1.402%) Apache
8 1 (0.467%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.467%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (12.62%) MS Excel
2 22 (10.28%) MS Office
3 13 (6.075%) MS PowerPoint
4 12 (5.607%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.935%) Office 365
5 2 (0.935%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.467%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.467%) Maya
6 1 (0.467%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.467%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.467%) Blender
6 1 (0.467%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 3 (1.402%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.467%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.467%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.607%) VPN
2 10 (4.673%) NFC
3 6 (2.804%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.402%) Wireless
5 2 (0.935%) DNS
5 2 (0.935%) Firewall
6 1 (0.467%) HTTP
6 1 (0.467%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (17.76%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.346%) MySQL
3 5 (2.336%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (2.336%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (2.336%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (2.336%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (0.935%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (0.935%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.467%) GIS
5 1 (0.467%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.467%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.467%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.467%) MS Access
5 1 (0.467%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.467%) OLAP
5 1 (0.467%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.467%) QlikView
5 1 (0.467%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 21 (9.813%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.804%) Dreamweaver
3 5 (2.336%) Subversion
3 5 (2.336%) Eclipse
3 5 (2.336%) JIRA
4 4 (1.869%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.869%) PHPUnit
4 4 (1.869%) Git (software)
4 4 (1.869%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.402%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (1.402%) MorphX
6 2 (0.935%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.467%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.467%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.467%) NUnit
7 1 (0.467%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (0.467%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.467%) JBuilder
7 1 (0.467%) Rhino Mocks
7 1 (0.467%) Selenium
General
1 69 (32.24%) Finance
2 20 (9.346%) Marketing
3 17 (7.944%) Back Office
4 16 (7.477%) Retail
5 6 (2.804%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.336%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.402%) Automotive
8 2 (0.935%) Billing
8 2 (0.935%) Advertising
9 1 (0.467%) Games
9 1 (0.467%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.467%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.467%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 68 (31.78%) Developer
2 29 (13.55%) Graduate
3 25 (11.68%) Tester
3 25 (11.68%) Software Tester
4 24 (11.21%) .NET Developer
4 24 (11.21%) C# Developer
5 22 (10.28%) C# .NET Developer
6 21 (9.813%) Software Engineer
7 19 (8.879%) Web Developer
8 18 (8.411%) Consultant
8 18 (8.411%) Applications Support
8 18 (8.411%) Software Developer
9 17 (7.944%) Analyst
10 16 (7.477%) Pre Sales Engineer
11 14 (6.542%) Development Manager
12 13 (6.075%) Software Development Manager
12 13 (6.075%) Software Manager
13 12 (5.607%) Applications Support Analyst
13 12 (5.607%) Support Analyst
13 12 (5.607%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 89 (41.59%) Computer Science
2 63 (29.44%) Smartcard
3 58 (27.10%) Biometrics
4 23 (10.75%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (6.075%) Mathematics
6 10 (4.673%) EPoS
6 10 (4.673%) Cryptography
6 10 (4.673%) Mobile Payment
7 6 (2.804%) Physics
8 3 (1.402%) Data Conversion
9 2 (0.935%) Blog
9 2 (0.935%) Social Media
9 2 (0.935%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.935%) Economics
10 1 (0.467%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.467%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (0.467%) Streaming Video
10 1 (0.467%) Firmware
10 1 (0.467%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.467%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 61 (28.50%) Windows
2 28 (13.08%) Windows XP
2 28 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 28 (13.08%) Windows Server 2008
2 28 (13.08%) Windows Vista
3 10 (4.673%) Android
4 9 (4.206%) Linux
5 7 (3.271%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.336%) UNIX
6 5 (2.336%) Windows 2000
6 5 (2.336%) Windows 2000 Server
7 4 (1.869%) Solaris
8 1 (0.467%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.467%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (29.44%) Cyber Security
2 48 (22.43%) Identity Management
3 37 (17.29%) Test Scripting
4 32 (14.95%) Agile Software Development
5 21 (9.813%) UML
6 19 (8.879%) ITIL
7 17 (7.944%) Web Development
8 16 (7.477%) Product Marketing
9 15 (7.009%) Project Management
10 14 (6.542%) Workflow
11 11 (5.140%) PRINCE2
12 9 (4.206%) OO
13 8 (3.738%) E-Commerce
13 8 (3.738%) Change Management
13 8 (3.738%) MVC
13 8 (3.738%) Validation
13 8 (3.738%) Data Analysis
14 7 (3.271%) Scrum
14 7 (3.271%) Service Management
14 7 (3.271%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 89 (41.59%) SQL
2 68 (31.78%) C#
3 52 (24.30%) JavaScript
4 28 (13.08%) PHP
5 23 (10.75%) C++
6 21 (9.813%) Java
7 12 (5.607%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.673%) XAML
8 10 (4.673%) Objective-C
9 9 (4.206%) C
10 8 (3.738%) VB.NET
11 7 (3.271%) VB
12 5 (2.336%) Python
13 4 (1.869%) Bash shell
14 3 (1.402%) VC++
14 3 (1.402%) X++
15 2 (0.935%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.935%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.467%) Embedded C++
16 1 (0.467%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 30 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.140%) PhD
3 7 (3.271%) CISSP
3 7 (3.271%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.271%) MCP
3 7 (3.271%) MCTS
3 7 (3.271%) MCITP
4 5 (2.336%) ISEB
5 3 (1.402%) HNC
5 3 (1.402%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.935%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.935%) MCSE
6 2 (0.935%) MCSA
6 2 (0.935%) HND
6 2 (0.935%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.935%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.935%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.542%) ISO 9001
2 13 (6.075%) TickIT
3 2 (0.935%) QA
3 2 (0.935%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (5.607%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.336%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.935%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.935%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (2.336%) SCCM
2 1 (0.467%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 45 (21.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.75%) Oracle
3 6 (2.804%) Apple
4 5 (2.336%) Symantec
5 4 (1.869%) Zend
5 4 (1.869%) SAP
5 4 (1.869%) Citrix
5 4 (1.869%) Adobe
5 4 (1.869%) VMware
6 3 (1.402%) Sage
7 2 (0.935%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (0.935%) McAfee
7 2 (0.935%) Sophos
7 2 (0.935%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.467%) Perforce
8 1 (0.467%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.467%) Siemens
8 1 (0.467%) IBM
8 1 (0.467%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.467%) Hitwise
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Working within a team of exceptional developers and with cutting edge technologies you will be handling a number of projects across many platforms to create high quality web...
greywood
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leicestershire
Working within a team of exceptional developers and with cutting edge technologies you will be handling a number of projects across many platforms to create high quality web...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
This role is active now, interviews are planned for the week ahead and a prompt turnaround is expected.
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
They are looking for a Developer who has a strong degree and experience developing applications using HTML(5), XML, JavaScript and Java... HTML(5) XML. JavaScript. Java... SQL.....
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Desirables include:- - Familiarity with Real Time Operating Systems including Windows CE, and embedded Linux- Knowledge and experience of PC Applications development using Visual Studio/.NET If you have...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
To perform software design of logistics solutions for mechanical IT systems and governance to ensure that the implementation follows the design... Formal training in software design and UML.....
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Competitive + excellent company benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Excellent XHTML/CSS/AJAX/JavaScript, XML and other cross platform skills. - Experience of DNS, Apache web server and Linux admin via command line... - Computer Science degree or equivalent.
Holmes Media (UK) LImited
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leicester, East Midlands
Java Developer, Java Programmer, Spring, Struts, Eclipse, IDE, JBuilder, J2EE, Netbeans, Tomcat, JSP... Technical environment: Java, J2EE/JEE, WEB, Spring, Struts, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Groovy and Grails To...
Salary: £42000 - £50000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Java Developer, Java Programmer, Spring, Struts, Eclipse, IDE, JBuilder, J2EE, Netbeans, Tomcat, JSP. JEE, Oracle, Flex, Web Services, API - East Midlands 45-50K... Technical environment: Java, J2EE/JEE,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £42000 - £50000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £45,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Location:LeicesterJob Role: FPGA EngineerSalary: £40,000 - £43,000FPGA Engineer needed to join a well established Leicestershire based company... Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £43000 per annum + Excellent Candidates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Markfield, Leicestershire
In this 1st line support role of Helpdesk Administrator you will need to have some previous experience as a Helpdesk Administrator of providing support (ideally in a retail...
Macintosh UK
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Coalville, Midlands. Nr Leicester, Derby,...
Due to the successful integration of the two brands we are looking to strengthen their Head Office team with the additional appointment of a Helpdesk Administrator.Based in...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £15k - 20k per year + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Unique engineering company has headcount for a number of ambitious Test and Validation Engineer’s at all levels, positions to be based from their East Midlands office... You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree level qualification in electrical/electronic engineering or HND with relevant demonstrable experience.- Strong background in Hardware/Firmware Design- Electronic and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree level qualification in electrical/electronic engineering or HND with relevant demonstrable experience.- Strong background in Hardware/Firmware Design- Electronic and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013