The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 23 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 33 41 36
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 15 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.087% 1.330% 1.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.286% 1.377% 1.220%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 3
Average salary £24,000 £26,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +15.55%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
350 363 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.37% 96.54% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 296 282 218
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +15.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
Bedfordshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 27 (81.82%) Degree
2 25 (75.76%) Java
3 15 (45.45%) Windows
3 15 (45.45%) C++
3 15 (45.45%) Computer Science
4 14 (42.42%) HTML
4 14 (42.42%) C#
4 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
5 13 (39.39%) Oracle
5 13 (39.39%) ASP
5 13 (39.39%) XML
5 13 (39.39%) SQL
5 13 (39.39%) VB
6 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 9 (27.27%) C
6 9 (27.27%) Linux
6 9 (27.27%) Python
7 8 (24.24%) IP Telephony
7 8 (24.24%) VoIP
7 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
7 8 (24.24%) SS7
8 6 (18.18%) Image Processing
8 6 (18.18%) Games
8 6 (18.18%) Multithreading
8 6 (18.18%) Mathematics
8 6 (18.18%) Physics
8 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (18.18%) OO
8 6 (18.18%) .NET
8 6 (18.18%) MFC

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 14 (42.42%) HTML
2 13 (39.39%) ASP
2 13 (39.39%) XML
3 6 (18.18%) .NET
3 6 (18.18%) MFC
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) IP Telephony
1 8 (24.24%) VoIP
1 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
1 8 (24.24%) SS7
2 1 (3.030%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Selenium
General
1 6 (18.18%) Games
2 1 (3.030%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 6 (18.18%) Mathematics
2 6 (18.18%) Physics
2 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (3.030%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 6 (18.18%) Image Processing
2 6 (18.18%) Multithreading
2 6 (18.18%) OO
3 1 (3.030%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (3.030%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 25 (75.76%) Java
2 15 (45.45%) C++
3 14 (42.42%) C#
3 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
4 13 (39.39%) SQL
4 13 (39.39%) VB
5 9 (27.27%) C
5 9 (27.27%) Python
6 1 (3.030%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Oracle