The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Engineer
Rank 241 237 215
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 2 10 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.141% 0.277%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.147% 0.290%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 18
Average salary £21,000 £23,750 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.57% +5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate Software Engineer
England

Graduate Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Graduate Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer across the North West region.

North West Graduate Software Engineer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -25 2 £21,000 -11.57%
Graduate Software Engineer
England

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) .NET
3 6 (75.00%) J2EE
4 5 (62.50%) C++
4 5 (62.50%) VB
4 5 (62.50%) VB.NET
4 5 (62.50%) RDBMS
4 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
5 1 (12.50%) Java EE
5 1 (12.50%) Hibernate
5 1 (12.50%) Xcode
5 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Spring
5 1 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (12.50%) MyEclipse
5 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
5 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) Apple

Graduate Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) J2EE
3 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
4 1 (12.50%) Java EE
4 1 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 1 (12.50%) Spring
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Xcode
1 1 (12.50%) MyEclipse
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) C++
3 5 (62.50%) VB
3 5 (62.50%) VB.NET
4 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
Newton-Le-Willows, North West
This is an outstanding opportunity for a strong graduate in in Computer Science or Computing (or related degree) or somebody who has strong commercial experience.For the Graduate /...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Upto 25K - ManchesterThe role will require the individual to work in conjunction with our software development manager on a variety of small to medium sized live system developments...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £15,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013