The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications for the Preston region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 25 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 5 30 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 4.237% 24.79% 12.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.24% 83.33% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 28 4
Average salary £20,000 £27,500 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% -23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,200 £21,000 £31,150
10% offered a salary of more than £53,900 £36,450 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29 36 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 24.58% 29.75% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 28 34 6
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £22,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Degree
Lancashire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Preston Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Preston Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Preston region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Preston Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree.

1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) Oracle
2 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (40.00%) JSF
3 6 (40.00%) J2EE
3 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (40.00%) EJB
3 6 (40.00%) JSP
3 6 (40.00%) XML
3 6 (40.00%) HTML
4 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Cognos
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) OO
5 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
5 1 (6.667%) PhD
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.667%) Servlets
5 1 (6.667%) SOAP
5 1 (6.667%) Struts
5 1 (6.667%) Web Services
5 1 (6.667%) SQL
5 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.667%) MySQL
5 1 (6.667%) MS Office
5 1 (6.667%) OOD
5 1 (6.667%) ETL
5 1 (6.667%) SVG

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston region citing Degree also 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 that cited Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (40.00%) JSF
1 6 (40.00%) J2EE
1 6 (40.00%) EJB
1 6 (40.00%) JSP
1 6 (40.00%) XML
1 6 (40.00%) HTML
2 1 (6.667%) Servlets
2 1 (6.667%) SOAP
2 1 (6.667%) Struts
2 1 (6.667%) Web Services
2 1 (6.667%) SVG
2 1 (6.667%) Struts2
2 1 (6.667%) Ajax
2 1 (6.667%) Hibernate
2 1 (6.667%) Spring
2 1 (6.667%) JSTL
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (6.667%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) MySQL
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.667%) DTS
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Subversion
General
1 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.667%) Automotive
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Developer
1 7 (46.67%) Java Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Java Software Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (20.00%) J2EE Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Java Web Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Web Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Graduate
4 1 (6.667%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Recruitment Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) DBA
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Development DBA
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Development DBA
4 1 (6.667%) Graduate Java Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Firmware
2 1 (6.667%) Replication
2 1 (6.667%) Statistics
2 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) ERP
1 2 (13.33%) OO
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
2 1 (6.667%) OOD
2 1 (6.667%) ETL
2 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
2 1 (6.667%) Project Management
2 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.667%) Change Data Capture
2 1 (6.667%) PDM
2 1 (6.667%) Programme Management
2 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
2 1 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
3 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) PhD
1 1 (6.667%) MBA
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Cognos
3 1 (6.667%) IBM
3 1 (6.667%) Remedy
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development... considerable commercial Java programming experience... excellent coding and object oriented design skills. Basic qualifications for the successful Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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
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
Preston, Lancashire
Java Developer ( Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring )... You will need solid knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOAP, Spring/Hibernate framework and XML. Exposure to Eclipse, Tomcat, UNIX...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £24000 - £31000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Preston, North West
The role has come about due to company expansion, and the client are looking to recruit ASAP.The team is a small team of developers, BA's and...
Mint
Salary: £22000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013