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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank120125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads173193
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.079 %
As % of the category below1.552 %1.511 %
Salaries quoted133151
Average minimum salary£19,000£18,808
Average salary£20,778£20,245
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum salary£22,556£21,682
UK excluding London average salary£22,738£22,388
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads1114812772
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.885 %5.230 %
Salaries quoted940710740
Average minimum salary£32,555£34,146
Average salary£36,431£37,829
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum salary£40,307£41,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+179£20,465+0.52 %
CheshireUp+2265£20,922+0.16 %
MerseysideUp+1221£21,737+6.03 %
LancashireDown-325£17,500-10.25 %
CumbriaUp+51£20,000-
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1137 (44.77 %)Degree
293 (30.39 %).NET
389 (29.08 %)SQL
472 (23.53 %)C#
560 (19.61 %)Java
656 (18.30 %)VB
656 (18.30 %)SQL Server
746 (15.03 %)C
746 (15.03 %)ASP.NET
841 (13.40 %)Computer Science
939 (12.75 %)XML
1036 (11.76 %)Microsoft
1135 (11.44 %)ASP
1135 (11.44 %)Oracle
1135 (11.44 %)Windows
1234 (11.11 %)UNIX
1234 (11.11 %)C++
1332 (10.46 %)VB.NET
1332 (10.46 %)Mathematics
1430 (9.804 %)Linux
1529 (9.477 %)HTML
1627 (8.824 %)Perl
1726 (8.497 %)JavaScript
1726 (8.497 %)Finance
1824 (7.843 %)Retail
1922 (7.190 %)PHP
2019 (6.209 %)Health
2118 (5.882 %)OO
2217 (5.556 %)WebServices
2217 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
193 (30.39 %).NET
246 (15.03 %)ASP.NET
339 (12.75 %)XML
435 (11.44 %)ASP
529 (9.477 %)HTML
617 (5.556 %)WebServices
716 (5.229 %)CSS
814 (4.575 %).NET Framework
910 (3.268 %)XHTML
109 (2.941 %)AJAX
117 (2.288 %)WinForms
117 (2.288 %)J2EE
123 (0.980 %)WAP
123 (0.980 %)ASP.NET 2.0
131 (0.327 %)Adobe Flex
131 (0.327 %)WCF
131 (0.327 %)WPF
131 (0.327 %)LINQ
131 (0.327 %)SVG
131 (0.327 %)OpenGL
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (3.268 %)SAS
26 (1.961 %)Lotus Notes
35 (1.634 %)LiveLink
43 (0.980 %)SharePoint Portal Server
52 (0.654 %)Apache
52 (0.654 %)IIS
52 (0.654 %)SharePoint
61 (0.327 %)Tomcat
61 (0.327 %)ColdFusion
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (4.902 %)MS Excel
29 (2.941 %)SPSS
36 (1.961 %)MS Office
44 (1.307 %)Photoshop
44 (1.307 %)MATLAB
44 (1.307 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.654 %)PrintSoft PReS
52 (0.654 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.654 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.961 %)Oracle Applications
24 (1.307 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.980 %)SAP HR
42 (0.654 %)SAP Payroll
42 (0.654 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (0.654 %)Oracle Manufacturing
51 (0.327 %)SAP PP
51 (0.327 %)Microsoft CRM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (3.595 %)TCP/IP
28 (2.614 %)Internet
36 (1.961 %)SAN
36 (1.961 %)Intranet
44 (1.307 %)Wireless
44 (1.307 %)DNS
44 (1.307 %)DHCP
44 (1.307 %)GPRS
44 (1.307 %)GSM
53 (0.980 %)Bluetooth
53 (0.980 %)Wi-Fi
62 (0.654 %)RFID
62 (0.654 %)Ethernet
71 (0.327 %)UMTS
71 (0.327 %)VoIP
71 (0.327 %)WLAN
71 (0.327 %)NFC
71 (0.327 %)DVB
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (18.30 %)SQL Server
217 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (2.941 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (2.288 %)MySQL
56 (1.961 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.307 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.654 %)Oracle Reports
72 (0.654 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.654 %)SQL Server 7
72 (0.654 %)Database Marketing
81 (0.327 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.327 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.327 %)OLAP
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (4.248 %)Visual Studio
25 (1.634 %)Flash
33 (0.980 %)Eclipse
42 (0.654 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.327 %)Synon
51 (0.327 %)Rational Rose
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (8.497 %)Finance
224 (7.843 %)Retail
319 (6.209 %)Health
413 (4.248 %)Pensions
512 (3.922 %)Marketing
611 (3.595 %)Manufacturing
77 (2.288 %)Games
85 (1.634 %)Banking
85 (1.634 %)Advertising
94 (1.307 %)Education
94 (1.307 %)Telecoms
94 (1.307 %)3D Graphics
103 (0.980 %)Electric
103 (0.980 %)Government
103 (0.980 %)Law
103 (0.980 %)Legal
103 (0.980 %)Multimedia
111 (0.327 %)Local Government
111 (0.327 %)Video Editing
111 (0.327 %)Publishing
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (13.40 %)Computer Science
232 (10.46 %)Mathematics
312 (3.922 %)Statistics
49 (2.941 %)Credit Risk
58 (2.614 %)Management Information System
66 (1.961 %)Economics
66 (1.961 %)Physics
75 (1.634 %)W3C
84 (1.307 %)N-Tier
91 (0.327 %)MPEG
91 (0.327 %)Device Driver
91 (0.327 %)Handset
91 (0.327 %)E-Learning
91 (0.327 %)Speech Recognition
91 (0.327 %)French Language
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (11.44 %)Windows
234 (11.11 %)UNIX
330 (9.804 %)Linux
410 (3.268 %)Windows NT
54 (1.307 %)Symbian OS
54 (1.307 %)Windows 2000
54 (1.307 %)Solaris
63 (0.980 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.327 %)Nucleus RTOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (5.882 %)OO
214 (4.575 %)E-Commerce
313 (4.248 %)Software Engineering
313 (4.248 %)Web Development
410 (3.268 %)Data Analysis
410 (3.268 %)Project Management
410 (3.268 %)UML
410 (3.268 %)Operations Research
57 (2.288 %)CRM
57 (2.288 %)Business Analysis
66 (1.961 %)Software Testing
66 (1.961 %)Content Management
75 (1.634 %)Information Management
75 (1.634 %)Agile Software Development
75 (1.634 %)Fault Management
75 (1.634 %)Volume Testing
84 (1.307 %)Manual Testing
84 (1.307 %)Time Management
84 (1.307 %)Integration Testing
84 (1.307 %)Logistics
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
189 (29.08 %)SQL
272 (23.53 %)C#
360 (19.61 %)Java
456 (18.30 %)VB
546 (15.03 %)C
634 (11.11 %)C++
732 (10.46 %)VB.NET
827 (8.824 %)Perl
926 (8.497 %)JavaScript
1022 (7.190 %)PHP
1116 (5.229 %)VBScript
128 (2.614 %)Transact-SQL
136 (1.961 %)Delphi
144 (1.307 %)VBA
144 (1.307 %)Python
152 (0.654 %)Embedded C
152 (0.654 %)Embedded C++
152 (0.654 %)ActionScript
161 (0.327 %)VC++
161 (0.327 %)DHTML
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1137 (44.77 %)Degree
25 (1.634 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (1.307 %)ISEB
43 (0.980 %)MCAD
43 (0.980 %)SCJA
43 (0.980 %)SCJP
43 (0.980 %)ISTQB
52 (0.654 %)MCSD
52 (0.654 %)HND
61 (0.327 %)CCNA
61 (0.327 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.327 %)Sun Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.980 %)Basel II
13 (0.980 %)QA
21 (0.327 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.634 %)Active Directory
24 (1.307 %)Nmap
31 (0.327 %)MetaFrame
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.307 %)Nessus
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (11.76 %)Microsoft
235 (11.44 %)Oracle
38 (2.614 %)SAP
38 (2.614 %)Lotus
45 (1.634 %)Siebel
45 (1.634 %)Symbian
54 (1.307 %)IBM
54 (1.307 %)Minitab
63 (0.980 %)Red Hat
63 (0.980 %)Cisco
63 (0.980 %)Sybase
63 (0.980 %)Sun
63 (0.980 %)HP
72 (0.654 %)Symantec
72 (0.654 %)VMware
81 (0.327 %)Sage
81 (0.327 %)Crossbeam
81 (0.327 %)Remedy
81 (0.327 %)Primavera
81 (0.327 %)BT
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