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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Luton region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4841
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads54
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.786 %1.149 %
Salaries quoted54
Average minimum salary£22,600£20,500
Average salary£23,500£22,375
% change on same period last year+5.02 %
Average maximum salary£24,400£24,250
UK excluding London average salary£23,101£22,090
% change on same period last year+4.57 %
Luton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Luton
Matching permanent IT job ads636348
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted400312
Average minimum salary£36,850£36,740
Average salary£39,680£40,334
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum salary£42,509£43,927
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Graduate LondonGraduate
London

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Luton Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Luton region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Luton Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

17 (70.00 %).NET
26 (60.00 %)C#
35 (50.00 %)VB.NET
35 (50.00 %)Health
35 (50.00 %)Pensions
44 (40.00 %)Degree
44 (40.00 %)SQL Server
44 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
44 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
53 (30.00 %)CSS
53 (30.00 %)VB
53 (30.00 %)DHTML
53 (30.00 %)HTML
53 (30.00 %)JavaScript
62 (20.00 %)SEO
62 (20.00 %)W3C
62 (20.00 %)XHTML
62 (20.00 %)VB6
62 (20.00 %)ASP
62 (20.00 %)EDI
71 (10.00 %)ERP
71 (10.00 %)Microsoft
71 (10.00 %)Windows
71 (10.00 %)SQL
71 (10.00 %)C++
71 (10.00 %)Economics
71 (10.00 %)MS Excel
71 (10.00 %)PhD
71 (10.00 %)Web Development
71 (10.00 %)Mathematics

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Luton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %).NET
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (30.00 %)CSS
33 (30.00 %)HTML
42 (20.00 %)ASP
42 (20.00 %)XHTML
42 (20.00 %)EDI
Luton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Luton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server
Luton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Health
15 (50.00 %)Pensions
Luton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)W3C
21 (10.00 %)Economics
21 (10.00 %)Mathematics
21 (10.00 %)Physics
21 (10.00 %)Chemistry
Luton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Luton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)E-Commerce
22 (20.00 %)SEO
31 (10.00 %)Web Development
31 (10.00 %)ERP
Luton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)C#
25 (50.00 %)VB.NET
33 (30.00 %)VB
33 (30.00 %)DHTML
33 (30.00 %)JavaScript
42 (20.00 %)VB6
51 (10.00 %)SQL
51 (10.00 %)C++
Luton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)Degree
21 (10.00 %)PhD
Luton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft