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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 7 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 6 10 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 14.63% 19.23% 17.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 85.71% 100.00% 72.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 8
Average salary £28,000 £41,500 £22,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.53% +86.51%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7 10 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 17.07% 19.23% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 11
Average salary £37,500 £41,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.63% +84.44%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Manchester

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) Java
3 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
4 6 (46.15%) C
5 5 (38.46%) Linux
5 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
5 5 (38.46%) BBC
6 4 (30.77%) .NET
6 4 (30.77%) CSS
6 4 (30.77%) HTML5
7 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
7 3 (23.08%) Signal Processing
7 3 (23.08%) WebGL
7 3 (23.08%) Android
7 3 (23.08%) User Experience Design
7 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
7 3 (23.08%) Web Services
7 3 (23.08%) HTML
7 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 3 (23.08%) W3C
7 3 (23.08%) Internet
7 3 (23.08%) OOP
7 3 (23.08%) UNIX
7 3 (23.08%) Python
7 3 (23.08%) Cocoa
7 3 (23.08%) Xcode
7 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
7 3 (23.08%) Ruby
7 3 (23.08%) Music

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 4 (30.77%) CSS
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
1 4 (30.77%) HTML5
2 3 (23.08%) WebGL
2 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 3 (23.08%) Cocoa
3 2 (15.38%) Spring
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
3 2 (15.38%) WCF
3 2 (15.38%) RESTful
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (7.692%) jQuery
4 1 (7.692%) Ajax
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Xcode
2 2 (15.38%) Maven
General
1 3 (23.08%) Music
2 2 (15.38%) Music Industry
3 1 (7.692%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Junior
2 3 (23.08%) Development Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Research Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) iOS Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Graduate
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Junior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
2 5 (38.46%) BBC
3 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
3 3 (23.08%) Physics
3 3 (23.08%) Psychology
3 3 (23.08%) W3C
4 2 (15.38%) Interactive TV
5 1 (7.692%) Economics
5 1 (7.692%) Statistics
5 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Android
2 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
2 3 (23.08%) UNIX
3 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Web Development
2 3 (23.08%) User Experience Design
2 3 (23.08%) Signal Processing
2 3 (23.08%) OOP
3 2 (15.38%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) Content Management
3 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) TDD
4 1 (7.692%) Competitive Intelligence
4 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.692%) Web Application Development
4 1 (7.692%) Analytics
4 1 (7.692%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) Java
3 6 (46.15%) C
4 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 3 (23.08%) Python
4 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
4 3 (23.08%) Ruby
5 2 (15.38%) ActionScript
5 2 (15.38%) Perl
5 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (15.38%) C#
6 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
6 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) ISEB
1 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Salford, Lancashire
Talented, motivated, sharp thinking C# .NET developer with full 360 development life cycle experience wanted... Responsibilities for the successful candidate will include developing desktop & web based applications using...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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