The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 19 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 131 87 69
Rank change year-on-year
-44 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 58 102 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.379% 2.714% 2.901%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.445% 2.828% 3.037%
Number of salaries quoted 48 92 107
Average salary £21,500 £21,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.38% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £16,550 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4013 3607 3819
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.43% 95.98% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3458 3202 3491
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Graduate
North West

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Graduate Salary Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oldham +5 7 - - 1
Wigan +5 3 £22,500 +21.62% 1
Stockport -9 3 £25,000 +25.00% 1
Bolton -1 2 £22,250 +11.25%
Salford - 2 £21,500 - 1
Graduate
North West

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 61 (46.56%) Degree
2 59 (45.04%) .NET
3 51 (38.93%) Computer Science
4 49 (37.40%) Java
5 43 (32.82%) C#
6 40 (30.53%) HTML
6 40 (30.53%) ASP.NET
7 39 (29.77%) SQL Server
8 38 (29.01%) CSS
9 36 (27.48%) SQL
10 31 (23.66%) JavaScript
11 30 (22.90%) Microsoft
12 23 (17.56%) Agile Software Development
13 21 (16.03%) VB.NET
14 19 (14.50%) C++
14 19 (14.50%) Web Development
15 17 (12.98%) .NET Framework
15 17 (12.98%) Windows
16 16 (12.21%) Finance
16 16 (12.21%) OO
16 16 (12.21%) PHP
17 15 (11.45%) jQuery
18 14 (10.69%) Analytics
18 14 (10.69%) MS Excel
18 14 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
19 12 (9.160%) C
19 12 (9.160%) Business Analytics
19 12 (9.160%) WPF
20 11 (8.397%) VB
20 11 (8.397%) Oracle

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 59 (45.04%) .NET
2 40 (30.53%) HTML
2 40 (30.53%) ASP.NET
3 38 (29.01%) CSS
4 17 (12.98%) .NET Framework
5 15 (11.45%) jQuery
6 12 (9.160%) WPF
7 10 (7.634%) Razor View Engine
8 9 (6.870%) ASP.NET MVC
9 8 (6.107%) WinForms
9 8 (6.107%) Ajax
9 8 (6.107%) WCF
10 7 (5.344%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 7 (5.344%) Castle Windsor
10 7 (5.344%) Ninject
10 7 (5.344%) Unity DI Container
10 7 (5.344%) Spring.NET
10 7 (5.344%) J2EE
11 6 (4.580%) XHTML
12 5 (3.817%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.527%) SAS
2 1 (0.763%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.763%) CMS
2 1 (0.763%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.763%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (10.69%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.053%) MS Office
3 1 (0.763%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.763%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.763%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.763%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.763%) Bond Adapt
1 1 (0.763%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.290%) HTTP
1 3 (2.290%) Intranet
2 1 (0.763%) Network Security
2 1 (0.763%) VPN
2 1 (0.763%) Internet
2 1 (0.763%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (29.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.107%) MySQL
3 4 (3.053%) RDBMS
3 4 (3.053%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.290%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.763%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.763%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.763%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (6.870%) Git (software)
2 7 (5.344%) Rhino Mocks
2 7 (5.344%) Moq
2 7 (5.344%) MSTest
2 7 (5.344%) NUnit
3 5 (3.817%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.763%) Subversion
4 1 (0.763%) Eclipse
General
1 16 (12.21%) Finance
2 9 (6.870%) Manufacturing
3 8 (6.107%) Games
3 8 (6.107%) Retail
4 2 (1.527%) Electronics
4 2 (1.527%) Marketing
5 1 (0.763%) Banking
5 1 (0.763%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 51 (38.93%) Computer Science
2 8 (6.107%) Mathematics
3 7 (5.344%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.344%) Inversion of Control
4 6 (4.580%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.817%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.053%) iPad
6 4 (3.053%) Open Source
6 4 (3.053%) iPhone
7 3 (2.290%) Social Media
8 2 (1.527%) SaaS
8 2 (1.527%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.527%) Physics
9 1 (0.763%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.763%) Statistics
9 1 (0.763%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.98%) Windows
2 10 (7.634%) Android
2 10 (7.634%) Apple iOS
3 7 (5.344%) UNIX
4 6 (4.580%) Linux
5 4 (3.053%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.56%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (14.50%) Web Development
3 16 (12.21%) OO
4 14 (10.69%) Analytics
4 14 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (9.160%) Business Analytics
6 11 (8.397%) MVC
7 10 (7.634%) TDD
8 9 (6.870%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (6.107%) Scrum
9 8 (6.107%) Web Application Development
10 7 (5.344%) MVVM
10 7 (5.344%) Dependency Injection
10 7 (5.344%) Kanban
11 5 (3.817%) OOD
12 4 (3.053%) Unit Testing
13 3 (2.290%) Strategic Planning
13 3 (2.290%) Web Design
14 2 (1.527%) PRINCE2
14 2 (1.527%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 49 (37.40%) Java
2 43 (32.82%) C#
3 36 (27.48%) SQL
4 31 (23.66%) JavaScript
5 21 (16.03%) VB.NET
6 19 (14.50%) C++
7 16 (12.21%) PHP
8 12 (9.160%) C
9 11 (8.397%) VB
10 10 (7.634%) Prolog
10 10 (7.634%) Python
11 7 (5.344%) VB6
11 7 (5.344%) Objective-C
12 5 (3.817%) T-SQL
12 5 (3.817%) Perl
13 4 (3.053%) Embedded C
14 2 (1.527%) VBScript
14 2 (1.527%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.527%) Ruby
15 1 (0.763%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (46.56%) Degree
2 11 (8.397%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.634%) MCP
4 8 (6.107%) MCTS
5 7 (5.344%) MCAD
5 7 (5.344%) MCSD
6 2 (1.527%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.290%) QA
2 2 (1.527%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 30 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.397%) Oracle
3 3 (2.290%) Adobe
4 1 (0.763%) PeopleSoft
Wigan, Lancashire
Skills - ASP.Net / C# / HTML / CSS / SQL Server - This opportunity would suit a dedicated Junior Developer who has a good understanding of the software development lifecycle and is...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The right Web Developer for the role will have studied or have experience in the following; Essential - C#.Net SQL Server Desirable - ASP.Net Visual Studio HTML, CSS,...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £17000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Salford, Lancashire
ASPX, PHP, CSS, MSSQL knowledge. Working knowledge of C# and .Net... A degree in Computer Science or relevant subject... Key Skills: ASPX / C# / .Net / PHP / CSS / MSSQL / MySQL /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
This is a rare opportunity to work on some interactive graphics, and create 3D environments using the latest 3D (OpenGL / DirectX) and C++ tools. The Graduate C++ Software...
Softweb Resourcing Limited
Salary: From £20,000 to £26,000 per annum Training + Pension + More
Posted: 13 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
My client, the market leader in their field, are looking for a Graduate level Web Developer or candidates with some experience who ideally possess experience in VB.Net/...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Square One Resources
Salary: From £22,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 6 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Square One Resources
Salary: From £22,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
R4G Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £24,000 per annum plus target driven bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 4 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 4 June 2013