The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 18 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 70 61 52
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 9 18 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.324% 2.356% 1.493%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.370% 2.446% 1.606%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 7
Average salary £22,750 £21,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,700 £18,850 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £25,450 £23,000 £21,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
657 736 498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.62% 96.34% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 587 649 441
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
East Midlands

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leicester -5 5 £23,250 +5.68%
Loughborough -1 2 £21,500 +14.66%
Graduate
East Midlands

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 26 (56.52%) Degree
2 20 (43.48%) Computer Science
3 18 (39.13%) .NET
4 17 (36.96%) C#
4 17 (36.96%) Retail
5 15 (32.61%) EPoS
6 12 (26.09%) Java
7 9 (19.57%) Finance
7 9 (19.57%) JavaScript
7 9 (19.57%) C++
7 9 (19.57%) SQL
7 9 (19.57%) ASP.NET
8 8 (17.39%) Web Services
8 8 (17.39%) Project Management
8 8 (17.39%) Back Office
8 8 (17.39%) Web Development
8 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
9 7 (15.22%) PCI DSS
9 7 (15.22%) NFC
9 7 (15.22%) Supplier Management
9 7 (15.22%) Load Balancing
9 7 (15.22%) Cryptography
9 7 (15.22%) Mobile Payment
9 7 (15.22%) Cyber Security
9 7 (15.22%) Service Delivery
9 7 (15.22%) XAML
9 7 (15.22%) Objective-C
9 7 (15.22%) PhD
9 7 (15.22%) LAN
9 7 (15.22%) WAN

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 18 (39.13%) .NET
2 9 (19.57%) ASP.NET
3 8 (17.39%) Web Services
4 4 (8.696%) J2EE
5 2 (4.348%) CSS
5 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (4.348%) HTML
6 1 (2.174%) XML
6 1 (2.174%) Flash
6 1 (2.174%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.174%) Silverlight
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Office
2 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.174%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.174%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.174%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) LAN
1 7 (15.22%) WAN
1 7 (15.22%) VPN
1 7 (15.22%) NFC
2 1 (2.174%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.174%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (36.96%) Retail
2 9 (19.57%) Finance
3 8 (17.39%) Back Office
4 2 (4.348%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.174%) Electronics
5 1 (2.174%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Computer Science
2 15 (32.61%) EPoS
3 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
4 7 (15.22%) Mobile Payment
4 7 (15.22%) Biometrics
4 7 (15.22%) Smartcard
4 7 (15.22%) Cryptography
5 2 (4.348%) Physics
6 1 (2.174%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.174%) Windows
1 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Project Management
1 8 (17.39%) Web Development
2 7 (15.22%) Supplier Management
2 7 (15.22%) Cyber Security
2 7 (15.22%) Load Balancing
2 7 (15.22%) Service Delivery
3 3 (6.522%) MVC
4 2 (4.348%) Automated Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.174%) OO
5 1 (2.174%) B2B
5 1 (2.174%) SEO
5 1 (2.174%) Scrum
5 1 (2.174%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.174%) Logistics
5 1 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.174%) Manual Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.174%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.96%) C#
2 12 (26.09%) Java
3 9 (19.57%) JavaScript
3 9 (19.57%) C++
3 9 (19.57%) SQL
4 7 (15.22%) XAML
4 7 (15.22%) Objective-C
5 6 (13.04%) VB.NET
6 4 (8.696%) Python
6 4 (8.696%) VB
7 1 (2.174%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (56.52%) Degree
2 7 (15.22%) PhD
3 4 (8.696%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) SLA
1 7 (15.22%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (8.696%) Oracle
2 3 (6.522%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.174%) IBM