The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 29 31 38
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 7 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 3.465% 3.000% 0.976%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.590% 3.141% 1.000%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 2
Average salary £21,500 £24,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.24% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 191 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 96.53% 95.50% 97.56%
Number of salaries quoted 184 175 192
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
Hampshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 11 (78.57%) C#
2 10 (71.43%) Degree
3 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
4 7 (50.00%) .NET
5 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
5 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (35.71%) PHP
6 4 (28.57%) SQL
6 4 (28.57%) VB
6 4 (28.57%) Windows
6 4 (28.57%) SAP
6 4 (28.57%) ASP
7 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
7 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
7 2 (14.29%) WCF
7 2 (14.29%) WPF
7 2 (14.29%) Oracle
7 2 (14.29%) C++
7 2 (14.29%) Java
8 1 (7.143%) C
8 1 (7.143%) OO
8 1 (7.143%) J2SE
8 1 (7.143%) SAS
8 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
8 1 (7.143%) Ethernet
8 1 (7.143%) SPSS
8 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
8 1 (7.143%) XML
8 1 (7.143%) Finance
8 1 (7.143%) Statistics

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) ASP
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) WCF
3 2 (14.29%) WPF
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.143%) XML
4 1 (7.143%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
1 1 (7.143%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.143%) Economics
3 1 (7.143%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) OO
1 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
1 1 (7.143%) Operations Research
1 1 (7.143%) Network Management
1 1 (7.143%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) PHP
3 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) VB
4 2 (14.29%) C++
4 2 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle