The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 12 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 90 76 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 14.29% 16.59% 13.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.92% 57.14% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 80 74 58
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £29,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
196 133 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.11% 29.04% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 180 126 152
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £25,000 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
South West

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bath -9 42 £34,000 -15.00%
Bridgwater - 18 £29,500 -
Taunton - 4 £27,000 -
Templecombe - 2 - -
Street +12 1 - -
Frome +2 1 £25,000 -44.44%
Clevedon - 1 £26,500 -
Yeovil - 1 £65,000 -
Degree
South West

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 99 (42.31%) SQL
2 75 (32.05%) Computer Science
3 68 (29.06%) HTML
4 57 (24.36%) Java
4 57 (24.36%) C#
5 56 (23.93%) Oracle
6 55 (23.50%) Windows
7 54 (23.08%) CSS
8 50 (21.37%) TDD
9 48 (20.51%) C++
9 48 (20.51%) .NET
9 48 (20.51%) Web Services
10 38 (16.24%) JavaScript
11 36 (15.38%) Software Engineering
11 36 (15.38%) ERP
12 35 (14.96%) Finance
13 34 (14.53%) OO
14 30 (12.82%) XML
14 30 (12.82%) SQL Server
14 30 (12.82%) Manufacturing
14 30 (12.82%) Oracle Applications
15 28 (11.97%) PHP
15 28 (11.97%) TOAD
15 28 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (11.54%) MFC
16 27 (11.54%) STL
16 27 (11.54%) Scrum
17 26 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
17 26 (11.11%) Mathematics
18 24 (10.26%) Multithreading

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 68 (29.06%) HTML
2 54 (23.08%) CSS
3 48 (20.51%) .NET
3 48 (20.51%) Web Services
4 30 (12.82%) XML
5 27 (11.54%) MFC
5 27 (11.54%) STL
6 24 (10.26%) SOAP
6 24 (10.26%) XML Schema
7 23 (9.829%) WPF
8 22 (9.402%) ATL
9 16 (6.838%) Google Maps API
10 15 (6.410%) ASP.NET
11 13 (5.556%) Ajax
12 12 (5.128%) jQuery
12 12 (5.128%) Java EE
13 8 (3.419%) JSP
13 8 (3.419%) Hibernate
13 8 (3.419%) Spring
13 8 (3.419%) Bing Maps
Application Platforms
1 15 (6.410%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.128%) Oracle Workflow
3 11 (4.701%) WordPress
3 11 (4.701%) IIS
3 11 (4.701%) MS Exchange
4 10 (4.274%) Lotus Notes
4 10 (4.274%) Lotus Domino
5 7 (2.991%) CMS
6 3 (1.282%) Drupal
7 2 (0.855%) Apache
7 2 (0.855%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.427%) SugarCRM
8 1 (0.427%) Orchard CMS
8 1 (0.427%) SAS
8 1 (0.427%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.855%) MS Office
3 1 (0.427%) FastStats
3 1 (0.427%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.427%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (12.82%) Oracle Applications
2 26 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.282%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.855%) LabWindows
5 1 (0.427%) Oracle iStore
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.991%) Internet
2 4 (1.709%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.282%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.282%) Firewall
3 3 (1.282%) LAN
3 3 (1.282%) VoIP
3 3 (1.282%) WAN
4 2 (0.855%) Extranet
4 2 (0.855%) Intranet
5 1 (0.427%) IPsec
5 1 (0.427%) Wireless
5 1 (0.427%) LDAP
5 1 (0.427%) MPLS
5 1 (0.427%) SSL
5 1 (0.427%) DHCP
5 1 (0.427%) HTTP
5 1 (0.427%) VPN
5 1 (0.427%) DNS
5 1 (0.427%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 28 (11.97%) TOAD
3 23 (9.829%) MySQL
4 22 (9.402%) Oracle Discoverer
5 15 (6.410%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (4.701%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (4.701%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (3.846%) GIS
7 9 (3.846%) RDBMS
8 8 (3.419%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.137%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (2.137%) QlikView
9 5 (2.137%) OLAP
10 4 (1.709%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.709%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.282%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.427%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.427%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 22 (9.402%) Visual Studio
2 17 (7.265%) Ant
3 16 (6.838%) Hudson
4 15 (6.410%) Oracle Forms
5 13 (5.556%) JUnit
6 12 (5.128%) JDeveloper
7 8 (3.419%) jMock
8 7 (2.991%) Subversion
9 4 (1.709%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.855%) Rational Rhapsody
10 2 (0.855%) Git (software)
10 2 (0.855%) JIRA
11 1 (0.427%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.427%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.427%) Moq
11 1 (0.427%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.427%) Gradle
11 1 (0.427%) Robotium
11 1 (0.427%) NUnit
11 1 (0.427%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 35 (14.96%) Finance
2 30 (12.82%) Manufacturing
3 22 (9.402%) Retail
4 14 (5.983%) Publishing
5 6 (2.564%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.137%) Marketing
7 4 (1.709%) Military
7 4 (1.709%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.709%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.282%) Electronics
8 3 (1.282%) Front Office
9 1 (0.427%) Games
9 1 (0.427%) Legal
9 1 (0.427%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (52.99%) Developer
2 52 (22.22%) Analyst
3 44 (18.80%) Software Developer
4 38 (16.24%) Software Engineer
5 30 (12.82%) C++ Software Engineer
6 22 (9.402%) .NET Developer
7 20 (8.547%) Graduate
8 19 (8.120%) Agile .NET Developer
9 18 (7.692%) Business Analyst
9 18 (7.692%) Java Developer
10 16 (6.838%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (6.410%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (5.983%) Applications Developer
12 14 (5.983%) Support Analyst
12 14 (5.983%) Java Software Developer
12 14 (5.983%) .NET Software Developer
13 13 (5.556%) Web Developer
14 12 (5.128%) Graduate Developer
14 12 (5.128%) Oracle Applications Developer
15 11 (4.701%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 75 (32.05%) Computer Science
2 26 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 20 (8.547%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.692%) Mobile App
5 10 (4.274%) Open Source
6 8 (3.419%) iPhone
7 7 (2.991%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.137%) Physics
8 5 (2.137%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.855%) Firmware
9 2 (0.855%) Clustering
9 2 (0.855%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.855%) Social Media
9 2 (0.855%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.427%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.427%) Applied Mathematics
10 1 (0.427%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.427%) Economics
10 1 (0.427%) Statistics
10 1 (0.427%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.50%) Windows
2 16 (6.838%) Linux
3 15 (6.410%) Apple iOS
3 15 (6.410%) UNIX
4 11 (4.701%) Android
4 11 (4.701%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (4.701%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.427%) CentOS
5 1 (0.427%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.37%) TDD
2 36 (15.38%) Software Engineering
2 36 (15.38%) ERP
3 34 (14.53%) OO
4 28 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
5 27 (11.54%) Scrum
6 24 (10.26%) Multithreading
7 20 (8.547%) Product Management
8 18 (7.692%) OOP
9 16 (6.838%) Unit Testing
10 15 (6.410%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (6.410%) OOD
11 14 (5.983%) Agile Software Development
12 12 (5.128%) Workflow
13 11 (4.701%) Systems Analysis
13 11 (4.701%) ITIL
13 11 (4.701%) UML
14 10 (4.274%) Migration
14 10 (4.274%) Mobile Application Development
15 9 (3.846%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 99 (42.31%) SQL
2 57 (24.36%) Java
2 57 (24.36%) C#
3 48 (20.51%) C++
4 38 (16.24%) JavaScript
5 28 (11.97%) PHP
6 22 (9.402%) PL/SQL
7 14 (5.983%) PHP5
8 10 (4.274%) Python
9 9 (3.846%) C
10 7 (2.991%) Bash shell
11 6 (2.564%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.564%) Perl
12 4 (1.709%) Assembly Language
13 3 (1.282%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.282%) VB
14 2 (0.855%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.855%) VC++
14 2 (0.855%) Ruby
15 1 (0.427%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (5.128%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.991%) HND
3 5 (2.137%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.137%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.137%) CCNA
4 3 (1.282%) MCSE
4 3 (1.282%) MCSA
4 3 (1.282%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.855%) PhD
5 2 (0.855%) MCTS
5 2 (0.855%) MCITP
5 2 (0.855%) MCPD
6 1 (0.427%) RHCE
6 1 (0.427%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.427%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.692%) QA
2 3 (1.282%) DO-178B
System Software
1 14 (5.983%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.137%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.282%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.427%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 4 (1.709%) Nagios
2 3 (1.282%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (1.282%) OpenView
Vendors
1 56 (23.93%) Oracle
2 24 (10.26%) Trapeze
3 16 (6.838%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.838%) Google
4 12 (5.128%) SAP
5 10 (4.274%) Lotus
6 9 (3.846%) JBoss
7 7 (2.991%) Cisco
8 6 (2.564%) Salesforce.com
9 5 (2.137%) VMware
9 5 (2.137%) Business Objects
10 3 (1.282%) NetScout
10 3 (1.282%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.282%) F5
10 3 (1.282%) OPNET
10 3 (1.282%) BMC
10 3 (1.282%) CA
10 3 (1.282%) JD Edwards
10 3 (1.282%) Juniper
10 3 (1.282%) Compuware
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