The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 7 10 13
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 55 55 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 14.86% 14.67% 10.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.67% 56.12% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 39 45 25
Average salary £50,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,900 £27,300
10% offered a salary of more than £56,800 £50,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
113 98 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 30.54% 26.13% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 81 82 78
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Bedfordshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

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

Luton Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 37 (34.26%) Windows
2 35 (32.41%) Computer Science
3 30 (27.78%) SQL
3 30 (27.78%) Oracle
4 28 (25.93%) HTML
4 28 (25.93%) JavaScript
5 27 (25.00%) Java
6 26 (24.07%) Microsoft
7 25 (23.15%) C#
8 23 (21.30%) XML
9 22 (20.37%) Linux
10 21 (19.44%) Project Management
11 20 (18.52%) Change Management
11 20 (18.52%) TCP/IP
12 18 (16.67%) PRINCE2
12 18 (16.67%) C
13 15 (13.89%) VoIP
13 15 (13.89%) Software Engineering
14 14 (12.96%) Analytics
14 14 (12.96%) SQL Server
14 14 (12.96%) MySQL
14 14 (12.96%) CSS
15 13 (12.04%) ITIL
15 13 (12.04%) VB
15 13 (12.04%) ASP
15 13 (12.04%) Cisco
16 12 (11.11%) Marketing
16 12 (11.11%) SiteCatalyst
16 12 (11.11%) Waterfall
16 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 28 (25.93%) HTML
2 23 (21.30%) XML
3 14 (12.96%) CSS
4 13 (12.04%) ASP
5 12 (11.11%) .NET
6 11 (10.19%) Web Services
7 9 (8.333%) .NET Framework
8 5 (4.630%) WPF
8 5 (4.630%) Silverlight
8 5 (4.630%) jQuery
8 5 (4.630%) HTML5
9 3 (2.778%) Application Packaging
10 2 (1.852%) CSS3
10 2 (1.852%) XHTML
11 1 (0.926%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.259%) IIS
2 9 (8.333%) Apache
3 8 (7.407%) SharePoint Server
3 8 (7.407%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.630%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (2.778%) CMS
5 3 (2.778%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.852%) Drupal
6 2 (1.852%) SAS
7 1 (0.926%) Papyrus
Applications
1 9 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.556%) MS Office
3 4 (3.704%) DOC1
4 2 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.926%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.926%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 12 (11.11%) SiteCatalyst
2 9 (8.333%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.926%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 20 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 15 (13.89%) VoIP
3 12 (11.11%) LAN
4 11 (10.19%) Wireless
4 11 (10.19%) Internet
5 10 (9.259%) iSCSI
5 10 (9.259%) WAN
6 8 (7.407%) IP Telephony
6 8 (7.407%) SS7
7 7 (6.481%) Unified Communications
8 4 (3.704%) DHCP
9 2 (1.852%) VLAN
9 2 (1.852%) LTE
9 2 (1.852%) VPN
9 2 (1.852%) DNS
9 2 (1.852%) PBX
9 2 (1.852%) 2G
9 2 (1.852%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.852%) 3G
9 2 (1.852%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.96%) SQL Server
1 14 (12.96%) MySQL
2 11 (10.19%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (7.407%) GIS
4 6 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.630%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (1.852%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.852%) MS Access
8 1 (0.926%) OLTP
8 1 (0.926%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (1.852%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.926%) Selenium
General
1 12 (11.11%) Marketing
2 11 (10.19%) Telecoms
3 5 (4.630%) Electronics
4 4 (3.704%) Retail
5 2 (1.852%) Finance
6 1 (0.926%) Back Office
6 1 (0.926%) Automotive
6 1 (0.926%) Advertising
6 1 (0.926%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Graduate
1 27 (25.00%) Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Developer
2 15 (13.89%) Technical Support
3 13 (12.04%) Software Engineer
3 13 (12.04%) Support Analyst
3 13 (12.04%) Graduate Support Analyst
3 13 (12.04%) Technical Support Analyst
3 13 (12.04%) Technical Analyst
4 10 (9.259%) C# Developer
4 10 (9.259%) Junior
4 10 (9.259%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (8.333%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (7.407%) C Software Engineer
6 8 (7.407%) Software Support Engineer
6 8 (7.407%) Junior Project Manager
6 8 (7.407%) Network Manager
6 8 (7.407%) Digital Project Manager
6 8 (7.407%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 35 (32.41%) Computer Science
2 11 (10.19%) SaaS
3 8 (7.407%) N-Tier
4 5 (4.630%) Mathematics
4 5 (4.630%) Physics
5 2 (1.852%) IVR
5 2 (1.852%) Data Integration
5 2 (1.852%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.926%) Firmware
6 1 (0.926%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 37 (34.26%) Windows
2 22 (20.37%) Linux
3 2 (1.852%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.44%) Project Management
2 20 (18.52%) Change Management
3 18 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 15 (13.89%) Software Engineering
5 14 (12.96%) Analytics
6 13 (12.04%) ITIL
7 12 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (10.19%) E-Commerce
9 10 (9.259%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (9.259%) ETL
10 9 (8.333%) OO
10 9 (8.333%) Service Management
10 9 (8.333%) Refactoring
10 9 (8.333%) Problem Management
10 9 (8.333%) Unit Testing
10 9 (8.333%) TDD
11 8 (7.407%) Workflow
12 7 (6.481%) Capacity Management
12 7 (6.481%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.78%) SQL
2 28 (25.93%) JavaScript
3 27 (25.00%) Java
4 25 (23.15%) C#
5 18 (16.67%) C
6 13 (12.04%) VB
7 11 (10.19%) C++
7 11 (10.19%) Python
8 3 (2.778%) PHP
9 1 (0.926%) Tcl
9 1 (0.926%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.926%) VBA
9 1 (0.926%) Perl
9 1 (0.926%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (4.630%) PhD
1 5 (4.630%) ISEB
2 3 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (2.778%) CCNP
3 2 (1.852%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (1.852%) CCNA
4 1 (0.926%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.926%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.926%) HND
4 1 (0.926%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (0.926%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.926%) VCP4
4 1 (0.926%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.333%) SLA
2 6 (5.556%) QA
3 1 (0.926%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (9.259%) vSphere
1 10 (9.259%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.926%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.926%) VMFS
2 1 (0.926%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (2.778%) ZENworks
1 3 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.926%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 30 (27.78%) Oracle
2 26 (24.07%) Microsoft
3 13 (12.04%) Cisco
4 12 (11.11%) Adobe
5 10 (9.259%) VMware
6 9 (8.333%) Omniture
6 9 (8.333%) Google
7 3 (2.778%) Novell
7 3 (2.778%) Sybase
7 3 (2.778%) XMPie
7 3 (2.778%) LANDesk
8 2 (1.852%) Twitter
8 2 (1.852%) HP
8 2 (1.852%) Avaya
8 2 (1.852%) Genesys
9 1 (0.926%) Dell
9 1 (0.926%) Business Objects
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton
Knows who to involve, when to involve them and uses strong communication and influencing skills to drive engagement and delivery.Implements project management and risk control procedures aligned...
I4 Rec
Salary: £70k - 90k per year + bonus, package
Posted: 30 April 2013
Luton
Responsibilities include the analysis of network components, upgrades/changes, security procedures, policies management, assessing the Universities current and future LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP/Mobile needs, overseeing the design,...
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c£50,000
Posted: 25 May 2013