The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 21 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 11 12 8
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 64 56 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 13.03% 12.15% 16.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.39% 50.91% 62.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60 50 58
Average salary £40,000 £32,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.13% +9.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,750 £40,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
127 110 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 25.87% 23.86% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 106 99 90
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,600 £40,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Tyne and Wear

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 31 (26.05%) Computer Science
2 30 (25.21%) Java
3 29 (24.37%) Linux
4 28 (23.53%) Cisco
4 28 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 23 (19.33%) C
6 22 (18.49%) HP
6 22 (18.49%) Internet
6 22 (18.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (18.49%) Multithreading
7 21 (17.65%) Mathematics
7 21 (17.65%) Physics
7 21 (17.65%) OSPF
7 21 (17.65%) PhD
8 20 (16.81%) MS Excel
8 20 (16.81%) OO
8 20 (16.81%) Telecoms
8 20 (16.81%) Agile Software Development
9 19 (15.97%) Wireless
9 19 (15.97%) Windows
10 18 (15.13%) C++
10 18 (15.13%) 3D Graphics
10 18 (15.13%) Unit Testing
11 17 (14.29%) SQL
11 17 (14.29%) Firewall
12 16 (13.45%) MySQL
12 16 (13.45%) DHCP
12 16 (13.45%) DNS
13 15 (12.61%) .NET
13 15 (12.61%) Cisco Certification

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 15 (12.61%) .NET
2 14 (11.76%) ASP.NET
3 12 (10.08%) HTML
3 12 (10.08%) CSS
4 8 (6.723%) HTML5
5 5 (4.202%) WinForms
6 4 (3.361%) Ajax
6 4 (3.361%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 4 (3.361%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.361%) WPF
7 3 (2.521%) Web Services
7 3 (2.521%) XML
7 3 (2.521%) jQuery
7 3 (2.521%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (2.521%) CSS3
8 2 (1.681%) Java EE
8 2 (1.681%) Apache Flex
9 1 (0.840%) J2SE
9 1 (0.840%) CSLA
9 1 (0.840%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 13 (10.92%) Apache
2 12 (10.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.042%) MS Exchange
4 4 (3.361%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (3.361%) WordPress
5 1 (0.840%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.840%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.840%) IIS
5 1 (0.840%) Drupal
5 1 (0.840%) Magento
5 1 (0.840%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 20 (16.81%) MS Excel
2 9 (7.563%) MS Office
3 5 (4.202%) Photoshop
4 4 (3.361%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (2.521%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.202%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (3.361%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.521%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.49%) Internet
2 21 (17.65%) OSPF
3 19 (15.97%) Wireless
4 17 (14.29%) Firewall
5 16 (13.45%) DHCP
5 16 (13.45%) DNS
6 15 (12.61%) VLAN
7 12 (10.08%) BGP
7 12 (10.08%) LDAP
8 10 (8.403%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (8.403%) HSRP
9 7 (5.882%) SAN
10 4 (3.361%) TCP/IP
10 4 (3.361%) SMTP
11 3 (2.521%) VPN
12 2 (1.681%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.840%) IPsec
13 1 (0.840%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.45%) MySQL
2 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.361%) QlikView
3 4 (3.361%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.521%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.521%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.840%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (0.840%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.840%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (2.521%) ProC
1 3 (2.521%) Oracle Forms
1 3 (2.521%) Visual Studio
1 3 (2.521%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.840%) Selenium
General
1 20 (16.81%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.882%) Games
3 5 (4.202%) Finance
4 3 (2.521%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.840%) Legal
5 1 (0.840%) German Language
5 1 (0.840%) Hebrew Language
Job Titles
1 44 (36.97%) Developer
2 25 (21.01%) Software Developer
3 20 (16.81%) Java Developer
4 19 (15.97%) Administrator
5 14 (11.76%) Java Software Developer
5 14 (11.76%) Project Manager
6 12 (10.08%) Graduate
6 12 (10.08%) C++/Java Developer
6 12 (10.08%) C++ Developer
7 10 (8.403%) Network Administrator
7 10 (8.403%) Linux Administrator
7 10 (8.403%) Senior Network Administrator
7 10 (8.403%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 9 (7.563%) C++ Software Developer
9 8 (6.723%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
10 7 (5.882%) Junior
11 6 (5.042%) Analyst
12 5 (4.202%) Software Engineer
12 5 (4.202%) Consultant
12 5 (4.202%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (26.05%) Computer Science
2 21 (17.65%) Mathematics
2 21 (17.65%) Physics
3 18 (15.13%) 3D Graphics
4 12 (10.08%) Visualisation
5 8 (6.723%) CUDA
6 4 (3.361%) Replication
6 4 (3.361%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.521%) NHS
7 3 (2.521%) SaaS
8 2 (1.681%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.681%) Social Network
9 1 (0.840%) PMI
9 1 (0.840%) Statistics
9 1 (0.840%) CCTV
9 1 (0.840%) Animation
9 1 (0.840%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.840%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.840%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.37%) Linux
2 19 (15.97%) Windows
3 13 (10.92%) CentOS
4 10 (8.403%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.521%) Windows XP
6 3 (2.521%) UNIX
6 3 (2.521%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.840%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.840%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.49%) Disaster Recovery
1 22 (18.49%) Multithreading
2 20 (16.81%) OO
2 20 (16.81%) Agile Software Development
3 18 (15.13%) Unit Testing
4 13 (10.92%) OOD
5 11 (9.244%) Change Control
6 10 (8.403%) PRINCE2
7 9 (7.563%) Configuration Management
8 8 (6.723%) ITIL
8 8 (6.723%) UML
9 7 (5.882%) TDD
9 7 (5.882%) Scrum
10 6 (5.042%) CRM
11 5 (4.202%) E-Commerce
11 5 (4.202%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (4.202%) Validation
11 5 (4.202%) Parallel Programming
11 5 (4.202%) Game Development
12 4 (3.361%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.21%) Java
2 23 (19.33%) C
3 18 (15.13%) C++
4 17 (14.29%) SQL
5 13 (10.92%) C#
6 12 (10.08%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.361%) PHP
8 3 (2.521%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.521%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.681%) Python
10 1 (0.840%) Jython
10 1 (0.840%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (17.65%) PhD
2 15 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (9.244%) CCNP
4 10 (8.403%) RHCE
5 9 (7.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 8 (6.723%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.882%) MCSE
8 5 (4.202%) MCDST
9 4 (3.361%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (3.361%) CCNA
9 4 (3.361%) MCSA
10 3 (2.521%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.521%) MCP
11 2 (1.681%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.681%) CCENT
11 2 (1.681%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.681%) HND
11 2 (1.681%) ISEB
12 1 (0.840%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.840%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.521%) QA
2 1 (0.840%) SLA
2 1 (0.840%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (8.403%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.361%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (3.361%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (3.361%) XenServer
2 4 (3.361%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.361%) VMware ESX
2 4 (3.361%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 12 (10.08%) Nagios
2 4 (3.361%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 28 (23.53%) Cisco
1 28 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.49%) HP
3 13 (10.92%) Red Hat
4 9 (7.563%) Oracle
5 4 (3.361%) VMware
5 4 (3.361%) Adobe
5 4 (3.361%) Citrix
5 4 (3.361%) Sophos
6 1 (0.840%) Lotus
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