Graduate IT Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate 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 in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 150 104 122
Rank change year-on-year
-46 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 101 166 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.417% 2.354% 1.909%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.484% 2.454% 1.998%
Number of salaries quoted 93 151 119
Average salary £21,500 £21,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £18,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £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
England

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 North West region.

North West Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -42 60 £21,500 +2.38%
Cheshire -28 24 £25,000 +13.63%
Lancashire +1 10 £20,000 -33.33%
Merseyside +19 1 £23,000 +12.19%
Cumbria +4 1 £23,000 +27.77%
Graduate
England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 123 (44.89%) .NET
2 120 (43.80%) Degree
3 115 (41.97%) Computer Science
4 110 (40.15%) C#
5 106 (38.69%) ASP.NET
6 86 (31.39%) Java
7 83 (30.29%) SQL
8 67 (24.45%) SQL Server
9 60 (21.90%) HTML
10 54 (19.71%) Windows
11 52 (18.98%) JavaScript
11 52 (18.98%) MVC
11 52 (18.98%) Microsoft
12 46 (16.79%) Web Application Development
13 44 (16.06%) .NET Framework
13 44 (16.06%) CSS
14 41 (14.96%) ASP.NET MVC
15 39 (14.23%) Oracle
16 38 (13.87%) VB.NET
17 37 (13.50%) WPF
18 36 (13.14%) C++
18 36 (13.14%) Finance
19 34 (12.41%) WinForms
20 33 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
21 32 (11.68%) Agile Software Development
21 32 (11.68%) TDD
21 32 (11.68%) ASP.NET MVC 4
22 31 (11.31%) Razor View Engine
22 31 (11.31%) MCP
23 30 (10.95%) Scrum

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 123 (44.89%) .NET
2 106 (38.69%) ASP.NET
3 60 (21.90%) HTML
4 44 (16.06%) CSS
4 44 (16.06%) .NET Framework
5 41 (14.96%) ASP.NET MVC
6 37 (13.50%) WPF
7 34 (12.41%) WinForms
8 32 (11.68%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 31 (11.31%) Razor View Engine
10 30 (10.95%) jQuery
10 30 (10.95%) WCF
11 28 (10.22%) Ajax
11 28 (10.22%) Castle Windsor
11 28 (10.22%) Ninject
11 28 (10.22%) Spring.NET
11 28 (10.22%) Unity DI Container
12 23 (8.394%) XML
13 22 (8.029%) J2EE
14 18 (6.569%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.920%) IIS
2 7 (2.555%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.825%) WebSphere Application Server
3 5 (1.825%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.095%) CMS
5 2 (0.730%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (0.730%) SAS
5 2 (0.730%) Apache
5 2 (0.730%) TIBCO EMS
5 2 (0.730%) Magento
6 1 (0.365%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.365%) WordPress
6 1 (0.365%) MSMQ
6 1 (0.365%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (9.124%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.825%) MS Office
3 2 (0.730%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.365%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.365%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.365%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.365%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.730%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.365%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.365%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.365%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.365%) PeopleSoft Financials
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.555%) Internet
2 6 (2.190%) HTTP
3 5 (1.825%) LDAP
4 3 (1.095%) Broadband
4 3 (1.095%) Intranet
5 2 (0.730%) SSL
5 2 (0.730%) Network Security
5 2 (0.730%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.730%) VPN
6 1 (0.365%) DNS
6 1 (0.365%) VoIP
6 1 (0.365%) DHCP
6 1 (0.365%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.365%) Firewall
6 1 (0.365%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (24.45%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.569%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (5.839%) RDBMS
4 14 (5.109%) MySQL
5 11 (4.015%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.460%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.460%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.095%) MS Access
8 2 (0.730%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.730%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.365%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.365%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (10.22%) NUnit
1 28 (10.22%) MSTest
1 28 (10.22%) Rhino Mocks
1 28 (10.22%) Moq
2 14 (5.109%) Visual Studio
3 8 (2.920%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.190%) Synon
4 6 (2.190%) Ant
5 5 (1.825%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 3 (1.095%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.365%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.365%) Hudson
7 1 (0.365%) Behat
7 1 (0.365%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.365%) Xcode
7 1 (0.365%) Subversion
7 1 (0.365%) Selenium
7 1 (0.365%) MyEclipse
General
1 36 (13.14%) Finance
2 16 (5.839%) Manufacturing
3 8 (2.920%) Games
3 8 (2.920%) Retail
4 7 (2.555%) Marketing
5 5 (1.825%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.095%) Front Office
6 3 (1.095%) Electronics
7 2 (0.730%) Banking
8 1 (0.365%) Advertising
8 1 (0.365%) Legal
8 1 (0.365%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 115 (41.97%) Computer Science
2 28 (10.22%) Inversion of Control
3 21 (7.664%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.839%) Mathematics
5 14 (5.109%) Digital Media
6 9 (3.285%) Physics
7 6 (2.190%) iSeries
7 6 (2.190%) Derivative
7 6 (2.190%) Statistics
7 6 (2.190%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.825%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.460%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (1.460%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.460%) Open Source
9 4 (1.460%) iPhone
9 4 (1.460%) iPad
9 4 (1.460%) Blackberry
10 3 (1.095%) Social Media
11 2 (0.730%) SaaS
11 2 (0.730%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.71%) Windows
2 17 (6.204%) Linux
3 13 (4.745%) UNIX
4 8 (2.920%) Android
5 5 (1.825%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.825%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.825%) AIX
6 1 (0.365%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.365%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.365%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.365%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.365%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (18.98%) MVC
2 46 (16.79%) Web Application Development
3 32 (11.68%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (11.68%) TDD
4 30 (10.95%) Scrum
4 30 (10.95%) Continuous Integration
5 28 (10.22%) Kanban
5 28 (10.22%) Dependency Injection
5 28 (10.22%) MVVM
6 22 (8.029%) Web Development
7 21 (7.664%) E-Commerce
8 19 (6.934%) OO
9 16 (5.839%) Unit Testing
10 15 (5.474%) Analytics
11 14 (5.109%) Information Security
11 14 (5.109%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (4.745%) ERP
13 12 (4.380%) Business Analytics
14 8 (2.920%) Integration Testing
14 8 (2.920%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 110 (40.15%) C#
2 86 (31.39%) Java
3 83 (30.29%) SQL
4 52 (18.98%) JavaScript
5 38 (13.87%) VB.NET
6 36 (13.14%) C++
7 28 (10.22%) VB
8 20 (7.299%) PHP
9 17 (6.204%) C
10 13 (4.745%) Python
10 13 (4.745%) Prolog
11 11 (4.015%) T-SQL
11 11 (4.015%) Perl
12 8 (2.920%) VBA
13 6 (2.190%) RPG
13 6 (2.190%) RPG/400
13 6 (2.190%) RPG IV
14 5 (1.825%) Objective-C
14 5 (1.825%) VB6
15 4 (1.460%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 120 (43.80%) Degree
2 33 (12.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (11.31%) MCP
4 28 (10.22%) MCAD
4 28 (10.22%) MCSD
4 28 (10.22%) MCTS
5 3 (1.095%) ISEB
6 2 (0.730%) PhD
7 1 (0.365%) SCJP
7 1 (0.365%) SCJA
7 1 (0.365%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.109%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.730%) QA
2 2 (0.730%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.365%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.365%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.730%) Tivoli
1 2 (0.730%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.365%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 52 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.23%) Oracle
3 16 (5.839%) JD Edwards
4 12 (4.380%) SAP
5 11 (4.015%) PeopleSoft
6 8 (2.920%) IBM
7 3 (1.095%) JBoss
7 3 (1.095%) Adobe
8 2 (0.730%) Sun
8 2 (0.730%) Apple
8 2 (0.730%) Google
8 2 (0.730%) TIBCO
8 2 (0.730%) FatWire
9 1 (0.365%) VMware
9 1 (0.365%) Symantec
9 1 (0.365%) Twitter
Graduate JAVA Developer *Fast-growing software house* 22K
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development. some commercial Java programming experience... Basic qualifications for the successful Graduate Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree or...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Graduate JAVA Developer *Fast-growing software house* 22K
Preston, North West
Graduate JAVA Developer, Java, developer, development, services, programmer, coding, life-cycle Do you want to be part of a successful business which would allow you to achieve your...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Graduate C++ Developer *Cross-training to JAVA* Preston 22K
Preston, North West
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K Have you recently graduated or are your studies coming to an end this year? If your answer is YES and...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Graduate C++ Developer *Cross-training to JAVA* Preston 22K
Preston, Lancashire
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K... If your answer is YES and if you have strong academic C++ development experience, then it's time you get...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Graduate Developer - ASP.Net / C# / HTML / CSS - Wigan
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: 15 May 2013
Graduate / Junior Developer - C# / .Net / SQL North Manchester
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: 16 May 2013
Graduate software developer - ASP.NET, C#, SQL, MVC - Penrith
Penrith, North West
Graduate software developer - ASP.NET, C#, SQL, MVC - PenrithI am currently working with a software focused business who are looking to recruit a graduate / junior developer to work...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Graduate Developer - OOP , SQL, WCF, Salesforce - URGENT
Salford, Lancashire
The successful Junior Software Developer will ideally have some exposure to OOP through either Java or C#. Though preferably in a commercial environment, applicants with Java or C#...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Junior / Graduate Systems Developer
Rochdale, Lancashire
Zen Internet provides a range of high quality award-winning Internet services to the business and home user, from the latest in high speed DSL Broadband Internet access...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £23,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Graduate software developer - ASP.NET, C#, SQL, MVC - Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria
I am currently working with a software focused business who are looking to recruit a graduate / junior developer to work on bespoke windows and web based applications using...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
.NET Graduate Developer - Macclesfield, Cheshire
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Graduate Developer - Macclesfield, Cheshire
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
C# ASP.NET Junior / Graduate Developer - Manchester £18-25K
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Skills You will have good Microsoft .Net skills, ASP.Net preferably with C# (VB.NET applicants considered) and some database skills (SQL Server / MySQL). You should be...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Graduate IT Systems Developer (VB.NET, SQL Server)
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Main Responsibilities Assist in the development of new applications for production; distribution; warehousing and sales order processing systems Support the senior engineers through design, implementation and test phases...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Graduate / Intermediate Software Engineer (Java, Android)
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
Graduate / Intermediate Software Engineer (Java, Android)
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
You will be involved in many different projects using different skills and languages, so this will offer an excellent opportunity for development as our client use Java, C# ...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
Graduate Embedded Manchester - £28k - £34k
Manchester, North West
This is a great opportunity to develop further technical skills if you have graduated with maybe 1 or two years commercial experience working on projects.Ideally you will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
C#/ASP.NET/SQL (Gian MVC) Graduate Trainee Developer. Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
C#/ASP.NET Associate Developer : to suit Graduate Trainee. Gain MVC Near Northwich, Cheshire - Commutable from Warrington, Altrincham, Macclesfield, Stoke, Chester. To £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
C#, ASP.NET, MVC, SQL Graduate Trainee Developer. Cheshire
Northwich, Cheshire
C#/ASP.NET Associate Developer : to suit Graduate Trainee. Gain MVC. Near Northwich, Cheshire To £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information Management Solutions Company requires 2 new budding...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
C#, ASP.NET, MVC, SQL Graduate Trainee Developer. Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
To £25K + Great benefits package Innovative Information Management Solutions Company requires 2 new budding C#.Net , ASP.Net Software Developers to join a steadily growing team, working on...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Graduate Java Software Engineer - Altrincham, Cheshire
Manchester, Lancashire
Relational Database (Oracle, Postgres) Object Oriented Design and Development. Windows and UNIX operating systems... OO... OO design, UML. OO programming ( Java. or C++)... Oracle or Postgres database systems /...
Aria Select Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Graduate Technical Support Analyst - Manchester - £15,000
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will be a technology enthusiast with a keen interest in networking and CISCO technologies and who would like to work in an IP / Telecoms environment.....
Ashdown IT
Salary: £14000 - £15000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Graduate Application Support Analyst
Manchester, North West
They will then be employed by FDM as Application Support Analysts, responsible for representing the organisation on client sites as IT Consultants, supporting clients for a minimum of...
FDM
Salary: £21,000 - £24,000 per year
Posted: 19 May 2013
Graduate Opportunity in Liverpool. £16,000
Liverpool, Merseyside
This is a great opportunity to work with an established Pensions company based in Central Liverpool. In this role you will be running complex pensions calculations where a...
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £16000 Per Annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Graduate/Junior UX/UI Designer - Manchester - Up to £25,000 + Benefits
Manchester, North West
Our client encourages creativity at every turn and will give you the opportunity to grow while making a personal impact to their continued growth.The priority of this...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 9 May 2013
Graduate/Test Analyst
North West
Graduate / Junior Test Analyst - CheshireThis position offers a great opportunity for a Graduate/ Junior Test Analyst to join a very successful company in Cheshire.
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 25 April 2013
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