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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank97130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching permanent IT job ads793730
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.427 %0.304 %
As % of the category below2.308 %1.635 %
Salaries quoted717644
Average minimum salary£21,497£21,568
Average salary£23,728£23,188
% change on same period last year+2.32 %
Average maximum salary£25,960£24,809
UK excluding London average salary£22,813£22,225
% change on same period last year+2.64 %
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads3435344643
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.49 %18.61 %
Salaries quoted2806036777
Average minimum salary£36,269£37,617
Average salary£39,592£40,786
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Average maximum salary£42,914£43,954
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the South East region.

South East Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South East Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+65217£24,088-1.86 %
BerkshireUp+64204£23,597+3.06 %
HampshireDown-9142£22,185-5.03 %
OxfordshireUp+11134£24,697+2.09 %
BuckinghamshireUp+347£24,868+14.05 %
East SussexUp+621£25,283+19.70 %
KentDown-518£20,750+4.76 %
West SussexDown-412£22,905-1.01 %
MiddlesexUp+36£23,583+2.53 %
Home CountiesNo change02--
M4 CorridorNew entry-1£20,000-
Isle of WightNew entry-1--
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1693 (48.06 %)Degree
2480 (33.29 %).NET
3445 (30.86 %)Java
4383 (26.56 %)C#
5353 (24.48 %)C++
6326 (22.61 %)Computer Science
7318 (22.05 %)SQL
8267 (18.52 %)SQL Server
9249 (17.27 %)ASP.NET
10200 (13.87 %)VB.NET
11193 (13.38 %)C
12189 (13.11 %)Mathematics
13188 (13.04 %)OO
14179 (12.41 %)Windows
15171 (11.86 %)XML
16168 (11.65 %)Finance
17163 (11.30 %)UNIX
18155 (10.75 %)Microsoft
19154 (10.68 %)VB
20139 (9.639 %)Linux
21128 (8.877 %)HTML
22125 (8.669 %)Oracle
2389 (6.172 %)PHP
2481 (5.617 %)Physics
2570 (4.854 %)Software Engineering
2669 (4.785 %)Pensions
2768 (4.716 %)Telecoms
2866 (4.577 %)AJAX
2962 (4.300 %)ASP
3061 (4.230 %)JavaScript

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1480 (33.29 %).NET
2249 (17.27 %)ASP.NET
3171 (11.86 %)XML
4128 (8.877 %)HTML
566 (4.577 %)AJAX
662 (4.300 %)ASP
756 (3.883 %)WebServices
845 (3.121 %)J2EE
944 (3.051 %)CSS
1033 (2.288 %)XHTML
1033 (2.288 %).NET Framework
1123 (1.595 %)XML Schema
1219 (1.318 %)JSF
1318 (1.248 %)XBRL
1415 (1.040 %)Adobe Flex
1513 (0.902 %)WinForms
1513 (0.902 %)Swing
1513 (0.902 %)SOAP
1513 (0.902 %)STL
1612 (0.832 %)JSP
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (2.774 %)SharePoint
217 (1.179 %)SAS
314 (0.971 %)ColdFusion
413 (0.902 %)BizTalk Server
57 (0.485 %)WebLogic
57 (0.485 %)Tomcat
66 (0.416 %)Jetty
75 (0.347 %)Apache
75 (0.347 %)IIS
75 (0.347 %)Documentum
75 (0.347 %)Papyrus
75 (0.347 %)StreamWeaver
84 (0.277 %)SharePoint Server 2007
93 (0.208 %)Oracle Application Server
93 (0.208 %)CMS
102 (0.139 %)JBoss
102 (0.139 %)MS Exchange
111 (0.069 %)FormScape
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
159 (4.092 %)MS Excel
229 (2.011 %)MS Office
317 (1.179 %)SPSS
48 (0.555 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (0.485 %)Photoshop
66 (0.416 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.347 %)MATLAB
75 (0.347 %)DOC1
75 (0.347 %)PrintSoft PReS
75 (0.347 %)Quicktime
83 (0.208 %)MS Project
83 (0.208 %)MS Visio
92 (0.139 %)InfoPath
101 (0.069 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.069 %)Acrobat
101 (0.069 %)RoboHelp
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.347 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.139 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.139 %)Summit
22 (0.139 %)Applix TM1
31 (0.069 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.069 %)Dynamics GP
31 (0.069 %)Microsoft CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (3.745 %)VoIP
242 (2.913 %)TCP/IP
331 (2.150 %)Internet
416 (1.110 %)H.323
515 (1.040 %)Intranet
611 (0.763 %)Wireless
611 (0.763 %)ISDN
611 (0.763 %)Ethernet
611 (0.763 %)PBX
79 (0.624 %)WAN
79 (0.624 %)LAN
86 (0.416 %)DHCP
95 (0.347 %)SAN
104 (0.277 %)VPN
104 (0.277 %)DNS
104 (0.277 %)Wi-Fi
113 (0.208 %)Firewall
113 (0.208 %)3G
113 (0.208 %)ADSL
122 (0.139 %)Broadband
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1267 (18.52 %)SQL Server
247 (3.259 %)SQL Server 2005
330 (2.080 %)MySQL
429 (2.011 %)RDBMS
528 (1.942 %)SQL Server 2000
611 (0.763 %)Crystal Reports
710 (0.693 %)MS Access
710 (0.693 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (0.693 %)Data Cleansing
88 (0.555 %)BusinessObjects
95 (0.347 %)Oracle 9i
95 (0.347 %)Oracle 10g
104 (0.277 %)Datawarehouse
104 (0.277 %)GIS
113 (0.208 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
113 (0.208 %)DTS
122 (0.139 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.139 %)DB2
122 (0.139 %)Base SAS
122 (0.139 %)Oracle 11g
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (1.734 %)Visual Studio
211 (0.763 %)Eclipse
36 (0.416 %)IntelliJ
36 (0.416 %)Flash
36 (0.416 %)Ant
44 (0.277 %)NUnit
44 (0.277 %)Subversion
44 (0.277 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.208 %)Rational Rose
62 (0.139 %)FrontPage
71 (0.069 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.069 %)TestDirector
71 (0.069 %)C++Builder
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1168 (11.65 %)Finance
269 (4.785 %)Pensions
368 (4.716 %)Telecoms
452 (3.606 %)Marketing
549 (3.398 %)Education
647 (3.259 %)Electronics
729 (2.011 %)Health
818 (1.248 %)Retail
916 (1.110 %)Games
1015 (1.040 %)Government
1015 (1.040 %)Manufacturing
1112 (0.832 %)Multimedia
1211 (0.763 %)Insurance
1310 (0.693 %)Automotive
149 (0.624 %)Banking
158 (0.555 %)Electric
158 (0.555 %)Advertising
158 (0.555 %)Publishing
158 (0.555 %)Online Games
166 (0.416 %)Graphic Design
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1326 (22.61 %)Computer Science
2189 (13.11 %)Mathematics
381 (5.617 %)Physics
423 (1.595 %)German Language
521 (1.456 %)French Language
619 (1.318 %)Client/Server
619 (1.318 %)Statistics
718 (1.248 %)Italian Language
718 (1.248 %)Spanish Language
812 (0.832 %)Multithreading
911 (0.763 %)Biology
1010 (0.693 %)Chemistry
1010 (0.693 %)MPEG
1010 (0.693 %)EFT
119 (0.624 %)Economics
119 (0.624 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
127 (0.485 %)Artificial Intelligence
127 (0.485 %)Credit Risk
136 (0.416 %)Handset
136 (0.416 %)VHDL
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1179 (12.41 %)Windows
2163 (11.30 %)UNIX
3139 (9.639 %)Linux
426 (1.803 %)Windows Server 2003
522 (1.526 %)Windows XP
613 (0.902 %)Solaris
711 (0.763 %)Windows Vista
810 (0.693 %)Windows 2000
99 (0.624 %)Windows NT
105 (0.347 %)Windows 2000 Server
105 (0.347 %)MVS
113 (0.208 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.139 %)AIX
131 (0.069 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.069 %)SUSE
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1188 (13.04 %)OO
270 (4.854 %)Software Engineering
360 (4.161 %)Security Cleared
451 (3.537 %)Web Development
545 (3.121 %)UML
638 (2.635 %)E-Commerce
734 (2.358 %)Project Management
830 (2.080 %)System Testing
923 (1.595 %)SEO
1021 (1.456 %)OOP
1120 (1.387 %)Web Design
1218 (1.248 %)OOD
1317 (1.179 %)SOA
1416 (1.110 %)Software Testing
1514 (0.971 %)Business Intelligence
1514 (0.971 %)Data Modelling
1514 (0.971 %)Risk Management
1514 (0.971 %)Configuration Management
1612 (0.832 %)Agile Software Development
1711 (0.763 %)TDD
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1445 (30.86 %)Java
2383 (26.56 %)C#
3353 (24.48 %)C++
4318 (22.05 %)SQL
5200 (13.87 %)VB.NET
6193 (13.38 %)C
7154 (10.68 %)VB
889 (6.172 %)PHP
961 (4.230 %)JavaScript
1043 (2.982 %)Delphi
1130 (2.080 %)Perl
1220 (1.387 %)Transact-SQL
1319 (1.318 %)DHTML
1319 (1.318 %)Python
1418 (1.248 %)VB6
1517 (1.179 %)Fortran
1517 (1.179 %)PL/SQL
1612 (0.832 %)VC++
1710 (0.693 %)XPath
189 (0.624 %)VBA
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1693 (48.06 %)Degree
259 (4.092 %)PhD
333 (2.288 %)Microsoft Certification
413 (0.902 %)MCSD
510 (0.693 %)MCP
68 (0.555 %)MCSE
76 (0.416 %)HND
85 (0.347 %)MCAD
94 (0.277 %)ISEB
103 (0.208 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.208 %)OCP
103 (0.208 %)Oracle Certification
103 (0.208 %)CCNA
103 (0.208 %)CCDA
112 (0.139 %)MCSA
112 (0.139 %)HNC
112 (0.139 %)PRINCE2 Certification
121 (0.069 %)IBM Certification
121 (0.069 %)ACMT
121 (0.069 %)MCDBA
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (1.179 %)QA
21 (0.069 %)GCP
21 (0.069 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (1.110 %)Active Directory
25 (0.347 %)NDS
31 (0.069 %)Squid
31 (0.069 %)Oracle RAC
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.347 %)Tivoli
24 (0.277 %)Tivoli Remote Control
31 (0.069 %)Netcool
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1155 (10.75 %)Microsoft
2125 (8.669 %)Oracle
324 (1.664 %)Cisco
48 (0.555 %)Business Objects
48 (0.555 %)SAP
57 (0.485 %)IBM
57 (0.485 %)Hyperion
66 (0.416 %)Apple
75 (0.347 %)VMware
75 (0.347 %)Informatica
75 (0.347 %)Sybase
75 (0.347 %)Cognos
84 (0.277 %)Adobe
84 (0.277 %)Remedy
93 (0.208 %)Accenture
93 (0.208 %)Borland
93 (0.208 %)Perforce
93 (0.208 %)HP
93 (0.208 %)Citrix
93 (0.208 %)Siebel