The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 17 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 12 19 9
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 80 76 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 11.64% 8.676% 15.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.38% 36.02% 54.76%
Number of salaries quoted 73 71 103
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
162 211 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.58% 24.09% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 133 190 181
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +7.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
England

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the North East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North East Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the North East region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Tyne and Wear +3 67 £40,000 +21.21%
Cleveland - 6 £35,000 -
Durham +1 4 £32,000 -8.57%
Northumberland - 1 - -
Teesside - 1 £32,500 -
Degree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 44 (29.33%) Computer Science
2 38 (25.33%) Microsoft
3 35 (23.33%) C#
4 34 (22.67%) .NET
5 33 (22.00%) Java
6 32 (21.33%) Linux
7 30 (20.00%) MS Excel
8 29 (19.33%) SQL
8 29 (19.33%) Multithreading
9 28 (18.67%) Cisco
10 27 (18.00%) C
10 27 (18.00%) Windows
11 25 (16.67%) SQL Server
11 25 (16.67%) Unit Testing
12 23 (15.33%) C++
12 23 (15.33%) Agile Software Development
13 22 (14.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (14.67%) HTML
13 22 (14.67%) OO
13 22 (14.67%) PhD
13 22 (14.67%) HP
13 22 (14.67%) Internet
14 21 (14.00%) OSPF
14 21 (14.00%) Telecoms
15 19 (12.67%) Wireless
15 19 (12.67%) CSS
15 19 (12.67%) Physics
16 18 (12.00%) MySQL
16 18 (12.00%) ASP.NET
16 18 (12.00%) 3D Graphics

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 34 (22.67%) .NET
2 22 (14.67%) HTML
3 19 (12.67%) CSS
4 18 (12.00%) ASP.NET
5 12 (8.000%) WPF
6 11 (7.333%) WCF
7 8 (5.333%) XML
8 5 (3.333%) WinForms
8 5 (3.333%) Web Services
8 5 (3.333%) .NET Framework
8 5 (3.333%) jQuery
9 4 (2.667%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 4 (2.667%) HTML5
9 4 (2.667%) ASP
9 4 (2.667%) XHTML
10 3 (2.000%) Ajax
10 3 (2.000%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (1.333%) CSS3
11 2 (1.333%) JSON
12 1 (0.667%) CSLA
Application Platforms
1 14 (9.333%) Apache
2 13 (8.667%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.000%) MS Exchange
4 4 (2.667%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (2.667%) WordPress
5 3 (2.000%) CMS
6 2 (1.333%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.667%) Magento
7 1 (0.667%) IIS
7 1 (0.667%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.667%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 30 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 13 (8.667%) MS Office
3 8 (5.333%) Photoshop
4 5 (3.333%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.667%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (2.000%) Fireworks
7 2 (1.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.333%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (2.667%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.000%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.667%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.667%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.667%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.667%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.67%) Internet
2 21 (14.00%) OSPF
3 19 (12.67%) Wireless
4 17 (11.33%) Firewall
5 16 (10.67%) DHCP
5 16 (10.67%) DNS
6 15 (10.00%) VLAN
7 12 (8.000%) BGP
7 12 (8.000%) TCP/IP
7 12 (8.000%) LDAP
8 10 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (6.667%) HSRP
9 8 (5.333%) Modbus
10 7 (4.667%) SAN
11 4 (2.667%) SMTP
12 3 (2.000%) VPN
12 3 (2.000%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.333%) ZigBee
13 2 (1.333%) GPRS
13 2 (1.333%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.00%) MySQL
3 5 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (2.667%) QlikView
4 4 (2.667%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (2.000%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.000%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.667%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 10 (6.667%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.667%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.667%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (2.000%) ProC
5 1 (0.667%) JIRA
5 1 (0.667%) Selenium
5 1 (0.667%) PHPUnit
General
1 21 (14.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (5.333%) Games
3 7 (4.667%) Finance
4 3 (2.000%) Legal
4 3 (2.000%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.333%) Electronics
5 2 (1.333%) Retail
6 1 (0.667%) German Language
6 1 (0.667%) Hebrew Language
Job Titles
1 57 (38.00%) Developer
2 31 (20.67%) Software Developer
3 19 (12.67%) Administrator
3 19 (12.67%) Java Developer
4 16 (10.67%) Graduate
5 14 (9.333%) Project Manager
5 14 (9.333%) Software Engineer
5 14 (9.333%) Java Software Developer
6 13 (8.667%) C++/Java Developer
6 13 (8.667%) C++ Developer
7 10 (6.667%) Network Administrator
7 10 (6.667%) Senior Linux Administrator
7 10 (6.667%) Linux Administrator
7 10 (6.667%) Senior Network Administrator
8 9 (6.000%) C++ Software Developer
8 9 (6.000%) Analyst
9 8 (5.333%) Junior
9 8 (5.333%) .NET Developer
9 8 (5.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
10 6 (4.000%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 44 (29.33%) Computer Science
2 19 (12.67%) Physics
3 18 (12.00%) Mathematics
3 18 (12.00%) 3D Graphics
4 13 (8.667%) Visualisation
5 8 (5.333%) CUDA
6 4 (2.667%) Blackberry
6 4 (2.667%) Replication
7 3 (2.000%) N-Tier
7 3 (2.000%) NHS
7 3 (2.000%) SaaS
8 2 (1.333%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.333%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.333%) Animation
8 2 (1.333%) Social Network
9 1 (0.667%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.667%) Open Source
9 1 (0.667%) Firmware
9 1 (0.667%) PMI
9 1 (0.667%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.33%) Linux
2 27 (18.00%) Windows
3 13 (8.667%) CentOS
4 10 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (4.667%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.667%) UNIX
7 3 (2.000%) Windows XP
7 3 (2.000%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.333%) Fedora
9 1 (0.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.667%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.667%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.33%) Multithreading
2 25 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 23 (15.33%) Agile Software Development
4 22 (14.67%) OO
4 22 (14.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (9.333%) OOD
6 12 (8.000%) Software Engineering
7 11 (7.333%) Change Control
8 10 (6.667%) ITIL
8 10 (6.667%) PRINCE2
9 9 (6.000%) UML
9 9 (6.000%) CRM
9 9 (6.000%) Configuration Management
10 8 (5.333%) Scrum
11 7 (4.667%) TDD
12 6 (4.000%) Project Management
13 5 (3.333%) E-Commerce
13 5 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (3.333%) MVC
13 5 (3.333%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.33%) C#
2 33 (22.00%) Java
3 29 (19.33%) SQL
4 27 (18.00%) C
5 23 (15.33%) C++
6 14 (9.333%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.667%) VB.NET
8 6 (4.000%) PHP
9 4 (2.667%) Python
10 3 (2.000%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.000%) VB
11 2 (1.333%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.667%) Jython
12 1 (0.667%) Ruby
12 1 (0.667%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.667%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 22 (14.67%) PhD
2 15 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (7.333%) CCNP
4 10 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.667%) RHCE
5 9 (6.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (4.667%) MCSE
7 5 (3.333%) MCDST
8 4 (2.667%) MCSA
8 4 (2.667%) CCNA
8 4 (2.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.000%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.000%) MCP
9 3 (2.000%) HND
10 2 (1.333%) ISEB
10 2 (1.333%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.333%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.333%) CCENT
11 1 (0.667%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.667%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.667%) SLA
2 3 (2.000%) QA
3 1 (0.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (6.667%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.667%) ISA Server
2 4 (2.667%) VMware ESX
2 4 (2.667%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.667%) XenServer
2 4 (2.667%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (2.667%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (8.000%) Nagios
2 4 (2.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 38 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (18.67%) Cisco
3 22 (14.67%) HP
4 15 (10.00%) Oracle
4 15 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.333%) Citrix
6 4 (2.667%) Adobe
6 4 (2.667%) Sophos
6 4 (2.667%) VMware
7 2 (1.333%) Verint
7 2 (1.333%) Genesys
7 2 (1.333%) Nortel
8 1 (0.667%) Lotus
8 1 (0.667%) SAP
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