The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 21 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 46 33 34
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 3 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.230% 1.258% 0.515%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.304% 1.290% 0.535%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £30,000 £20,750 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.57% -1.19%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
230 155 187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 94.26% 97.48% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 177 117 139
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £43,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
West Midlands

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Solihull Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Retail
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) WCF
4 2 (28.57%) WPF
4 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
4 2 (28.57%) LINQ
4 2 (28.57%) MS Access
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (28.57%) EDI
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) CSS
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (28.57%) Operations Research
4 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (14.29%) VPN

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (28.57%) WCF
1 2 (28.57%) WPF
1 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
1 2 (28.57%) LINQ
1 2 (28.57%) EDI
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) MS Access
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
You will need to have good knowledge of SQL Server, C# and ASP.Net... SQL Server... C# ASP.Net... Key Skills: SQL / Mobile / Graduate / Junior / C# / ASP.Net /...
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Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
A University Graduate or similar with solid MS Excel, Access and/or SQL analytical skills, will have an excellent career opportunity to receive full training on customer supply...
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
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