The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Graduate
Rank 247 236 220
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Graduate 1 5 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.070% 0.163%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.073% 0.171%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 10
Average salary - £23,500 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.68%
UK excluding London average salary £21,750 £22,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-1.13% -2.22%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6899 6891 6432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.51% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5861 6087 5695
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £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%
IT Graduate
England

IT Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IT Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

IT Graduate
Salary Trend

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

North West IT Graduate Salary Trend

IT Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Graduate within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire +7 1 - -
IT Graduate
England

IT Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT 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 IT Graduate in their job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (50.00%) Java
2 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) Oracle
3 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 7 (43.75%) ASP.NET
3 7 (43.75%) VB
3 7 (43.75%) VB.NET
3 7 (43.75%) .NET
3 7 (43.75%) J2EE
3 7 (43.75%) C#
3 7 (43.75%) C++
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 7 (43.75%) RDBMS
4 6 (37.50%) Windows
5 5 (31.25%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) PHP
6 4 (25.00%) MySQL
6 4 (25.00%) XML
6 4 (25.00%) Ajax
6 4 (25.00%) CakePHP
6 4 (25.00%) jQuery
6 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
6 4 (25.00%) Web Application Development
7 2 (12.50%) MS Office
8 1 (6.250%) Web Services
8 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (6.250%) WebLogic
8 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000

IT Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT 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 IT Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (43.75%) ASP.NET
1 7 (43.75%) .NET
1 7 (43.75%) J2EE
2 4 (25.00%) XML
2 4 (25.00%) Ajax
2 4 (25.00%) CakePHP
2 4 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) Middleware
3 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (6.250%) WebLogic
1 1 (6.250%) Apache
1 1 (6.250%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LDAP
1 1 (6.250%) DHCP
1 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.250%) VPN
1 1 (6.250%) DNS
1 1 (6.250%) SSL
1 1 (6.250%) Firewall
1 1 (6.250%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
1 7 (43.75%) RDBMS
2 4 (25.00%) MySQL
2 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) AIX
3 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Java
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (43.75%) VB
2 7 (43.75%) VB.NET
2 7 (43.75%) C#
2 7 (43.75%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (6.250%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (6.250%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Sun
3 1 (6.250%) Symantec
3 1 (6.250%) IBM
3 1 (6.250%) FatWire