The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 125 130 155
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 462 461 336
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 2.087% 1.938% 1.464%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.202% 2.035% 1.551%
Number of salaries quoted 402 391 311
Average salary £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.17% +2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £19,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £31,500 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
England

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

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

South East Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Job Locations

The table below 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 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
Surrey -2 112 £24,000 -4.00%
Berkshire -3 79 £23,500 -6.00%
Hampshire +7 68 £22,500 -6.25%
Buckinghamshire -5 62 £22,500 -
Oxfordshire -16 45 £24,000 -4.63%
East Sussex +15 41 £24,000 +11.62%
West Sussex -1 36 £22,500 -
Kent -27 9 £27,500 +14.58%
Sussex - 4 £19,000 -
Middlesex +2 3 £27,500 -31.25%
M4 Corridor - 2 - -
Graduate
England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 450 (51.66%) Degree
2 390 (44.78%) C#
3 367 (42.14%) .NET
4 360 (41.33%) Computer Science
5 296 (33.98%) Java
6 274 (31.46%) SQL
7 202 (23.19%) C++
8 197 (22.62%) SQL Server
9 184 (21.13%) ASP.NET
10 172 (19.75%) JavaScript
11 168 (19.29%) HTML
12 165 (18.94%) Mathematics
13 162 (18.60%) OO
14 138 (15.84%) Windows
15 130 (14.93%) Software Engineering
16 126 (14.47%) Microsoft
17 109 (12.51%) CSS
18 106 (12.17%) Finance
19 96 (11.02%) Linux
20 94 (10.79%) Python
21 93 (10.68%) TDD
22 90 (10.33%) XML
23 86 (9.874%) MVC
24 85 (9.759%) PHP
25 81 (9.300%) MS Excel
26 80 (9.185%) C
27 77 (8.840%) .NET Framework
28 71 (8.152%) WCF
29 63 (7.233%) Agile Software Development
30 61 (7.003%) Web Services

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 367 (42.14%) .NET
2 184 (21.13%) ASP.NET
3 168 (19.29%) HTML
4 109 (12.51%) CSS
5 90 (10.33%) XML
6 77 (8.840%) .NET Framework
7 71 (8.152%) WCF
8 61 (7.003%) Web Services
9 55 (6.315%) WPF
10 43 (4.937%) ASP.NET MVC
11 42 (4.822%) WinForms
11 42 (4.822%) jQuery
12 41 (4.707%) Ajax
12 41 (4.707%) XSLT
13 38 (4.363%) J2EE
14 32 (3.674%) Spring
15 31 (3.559%) Castle Windsor
15 31 (3.559%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 26 (2.985%) Spring.NET
16 26 (2.985%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 18 (2.067%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.952%) SAS
3 14 (1.607%) CMS
4 10 (1.148%) Apache
5 9 (1.033%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.918%) Drupal
7 7 (0.804%) WordPress
7 7 (0.804%) DotNetNuke
8 6 (0.689%) MS Exchange
8 6 (0.689%) Magento
9 5 (0.574%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.344%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.344%) Mule
10 3 (0.344%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.344%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.344%) Documentum
11 2 (0.230%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.230%) IIS
11 2 (0.230%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.115%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 81 (9.300%) MS Excel
2 39 (4.478%) MS Office
3 11 (1.263%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (0.459%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.459%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.344%) MS Project
6 1 (0.115%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.115%) SPSS
6 1 (0.115%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (0.918%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 7 (0.804%) SAP HCM
3 5 (0.574%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.574%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.574%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.115%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.115%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.115%) Agresso
4 1 (0.115%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.115%) Taleo
4 1 (0.115%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.133%) Internet
2 28 (3.215%) TCP/IP
3 20 (2.296%) Intranet
4 18 (2.067%) VPN
5 16 (1.837%) LTE
6 11 (1.263%) Firewall
7 10 (1.148%) VoIP
8 9 (1.033%) SS7
8 9 (1.033%) IP Telephony
9 8 (0.918%) LAN
9 8 (0.918%) 3GPP
9 8 (0.918%) Broadband
10 7 (0.804%) Extranet
11 6 (0.689%) Wireless
12 3 (0.344%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.344%) NAS
12 3 (0.344%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.344%) SAN
12 3 (0.344%) BGP
12 3 (0.344%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (22.62%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.396%) MySQL
3 39 (4.478%) SQL Server 2008
4 25 (2.870%) SQL Server 2005
5 19 (2.181%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (2.067%) SQL Server 2000
7 15 (1.722%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.607%) Crystal Reports
9 12 (1.378%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.378%) GIS
10 11 (1.263%) RDBMS
11 8 (0.918%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (0.804%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (0.574%) SQLPlus
14 4 (0.459%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.459%) DTS
14 4 (0.459%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.459%) Big Data
15 3 (0.344%) Apache Hive
15 3 (0.344%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 48 (5.511%) Visual Studio
2 33 (3.789%) NUnit
3 26 (2.985%) Rhino Mocks
3 26 (2.985%) Moq
3 26 (2.985%) MSTest
4 23 (2.641%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (1.607%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.574%) GoogleTest
6 5 (0.574%) Subversion
7 3 (0.344%) Git (software)
7 3 (0.344%) Ant
8 2 (0.230%) Xcode
8 2 (0.230%) JIRA
8 2 (0.230%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (0.230%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.230%) JUnit
9 1 (0.115%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.115%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.115%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.115%) JDeveloper
General
1 106 (12.17%) Finance
2 41 (4.707%) Telecoms
3 23 (2.641%) Games
4 19 (2.181%) Marketing
5 15 (1.722%) Advertising
6 9 (1.033%) Manufacturing
6 9 (1.033%) Retail
7 8 (0.918%) Banking
7 8 (0.918%) Electronics
8 7 (0.804%) Legal
9 5 (0.574%) Multimedia
10 4 (0.459%) Automotive
11 3 (0.344%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.230%) Back Office
12 2 (0.230%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.115%) Avionics
13 1 (0.115%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.115%) Publishing
13 1 (0.115%) Local Government
13 1 (0.115%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 360 (41.33%) Computer Science
2 165 (18.94%) Mathematics
3 57 (6.544%) Physics
4 39 (4.478%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (3.215%) Inversion of Control
6 25 (2.870%) Digital Media
7 24 (2.755%) Client/Server
8 20 (2.296%) Statistics
9 16 (1.837%) Economics
10 12 (1.378%) Social Media
10 12 (1.378%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.148%) Open Source
12 9 (1.033%) Blackberry
13 8 (0.918%) IVR
13 8 (0.918%) iPad
14 7 (0.804%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.804%) VHDL
15 6 (0.689%) Artificial Intelligence
15 6 (0.689%) iPhone
16 5 (0.574%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 138 (15.84%) Windows
2 96 (11.02%) Linux
3 43 (4.937%) UNIX
4 15 (1.722%) Android
5 12 (1.378%) Windows 8
5 12 (1.378%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (1.148%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.804%) Windows XP
7 7 (0.804%) Mac OS X
8 6 (0.689%) Windows Vista
8 6 (0.689%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (0.689%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.230%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.230%) Solaris
9 2 (0.230%) CentOS
9 2 (0.230%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.230%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.115%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.115%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (18.60%) OO
2 130 (14.93%) Software Engineering
3 93 (10.68%) TDD
4 86 (9.874%) MVC
5 63 (7.233%) Agile Software Development
6 54 (6.200%) Web Development
7 51 (5.855%) Scrum
8 45 (5.166%) Web Application Development
9 38 (4.363%) Business Intelligence
10 34 (3.904%) MVVM
11 33 (3.789%) Kanban
11 33 (3.789%) Continuous Integration
12 32 (3.674%) Unit Testing
13 31 (3.559%) OOD
14 30 (3.444%) OOP
14 30 (3.444%) Project Management
15 26 (2.985%) Dependency Injection
15 26 (2.985%) BDD
16 24 (2.755%) Business Analysis
17 23 (2.641%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 390 (44.78%) C#
2 296 (33.98%) Java
3 274 (31.46%) SQL
4 202 (23.19%) C++
5 172 (19.75%) JavaScript
6 94 (10.79%) Python
7 85 (9.759%) PHP
8 80 (9.185%) C
9 56 (6.429%) VB.NET
10 36 (4.133%) T-SQL
11 35 (4.018%) VB
12 22 (2.526%) Perl
13 20 (2.296%) Ruby
14 18 (2.067%) PL/SQL
15 10 (1.148%) Objective-C
16 6 (0.689%) Lua
16 6 (0.689%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.689%) Scala
17 5 (0.574%) F#
17 5 (0.574%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 450 (51.66%) Degree
2 34 (3.904%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (3.444%) MCP
3 30 (3.444%) MCAD
3 30 (3.444%) MCSD
4 26 (2.985%) MCTS
5 13 (1.493%) ISEB
6 11 (1.263%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.148%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.689%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.689%) PhD
8 6 (0.689%) CCNA
9 4 (0.459%) HND
10 3 (0.344%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.344%) Sun Certification
11 1 (0.115%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.115%) MCSE
11 1 (0.115%) CCDA
11 1 (0.115%) CCNP
11 1 (0.115%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.296%) QA
2 14 (1.607%) ISO 9001
3 9 (1.033%) SLA
4 1 (0.115%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (0.804%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.115%) NDS
Systems Management
1 2 (0.230%) SCCM
1 2 (0.230%) Opalis
1 2 (0.230%) AppManager
1 2 (0.230%) Nagios
1 2 (0.230%) Puppet
Vendors
1 126 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.315%) Oracle
3 27 (3.100%) SAP
4 20 (2.296%) Cisco
4 20 (2.296%) Zend
5 12 (1.378%) Business Objects
5 12 (1.378%) Cognos
6 11 (1.263%) Google
7 8 (0.918%) Huawei
7 8 (0.918%) ESRI
8 6 (0.689%) VMware
9 5 (0.574%) IBM
9 5 (0.574%) Mapinfo
10 4 (0.459%) CA
10 4 (0.459%) Infragistics
10 4 (0.459%) Adobe
10 4 (0.459%) JBoss
11 3 (0.344%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.344%) BT
11 3 (0.344%) NetApp
Guildford, Surrey
ASP.NET, .NET Developer, C# Developer, SQL Server, junior developer... The role involves working in a dynamic C# team developing their award winning software using C#, ASP.NET,...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Skills: Graduate, Russell Group, 1st Class, 2:1, Object Orientated, Java, C#, SQL... You will have an aptitude to write clear concise Object Orientated (OOP) code in Java,...
Sanderson
Salary: £22000 - £27000 per annum + Training+Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Skills: Graduate, Russell Group, 1st Class, 2:1, Object Orientated, Java, C#, SQL... You will have an aptitude to write clear concise Object Orientated (OOP) code in Java,...
Sanderson
Salary: £22000 - £27000 per annum + Training+Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
The Role You will join a small .NET development team where you will receive support and be given the chance to challenge yourself and improve your capabilities... You...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + + excellent benefits + training
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gerrards Cross, Thames Valley
The RoleYou will join a small .NET development team where you will receive support and be given the chance to challenge yourself and improve your capabilities... You will...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + + excellent benefits + training
Posted: 24 May 2013
Rural Ashford, South East
This is great role for bright enthusiastic Graduates with skills in .Net or JAVA - commercial experience is not essential- seeking to spring board into a pioneering software house.....
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £14-16k per year
Posted: 25 April 2013
Woking, Surrey
The SQL, Oracle, Visual Basic Graduate Software Developer will be introduced to all aspects of the project lifecycle including requirement gathering, design, implementation and support. The SQL, Oracle,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Sussex
Develop SQL Stored Procedures to Insert, Edit, Delete and Query data... Develop .NET versions of the prototypes that can be used internally and remotely, liaising with programmers from...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Job Specification: Applicants will ideally have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent in Physics, Maths or Engineering... The role will be primarily based around Java and C...
Connectus
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Candidates should come with an exceptional educational pedigree, (ideally degree educated in a mathematical or computing based subject like physics / Computer Science). It is key that you are...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 27,000 - 33,000 + Car + 4,000 sign fee + Profit Share + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
C#, .Net Framework. Object Oriented programming. SQL and relational database management systems. SQL Server... The client is looking for a recent graduate with a degree containing multiple programming-...
YourRecruit
Salary: From £18,000 to £23,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Farnham, Surrey
JUNIOR / GRADUATE C#.NET / ASP.NET DEVELOPER - EXCELLENT COMPANY - FARNHAM, SURREY... C# .NET. ASP.NET... Systems analysis and design. Experience of SQL and database design. Web standards (HTML/...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: From £24,000 to £28,000 per annum TO £28K BASE DEP ON EXP. EXCELLENT B
Posted: 20 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
You will be mentored by Senior Developers who will introduce you to a whole mix of technologies including: * Java * C * C++ * Python * Pearl * SQL * Linux The ideal Graduate...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Healthcare, Gym
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxfordshire
The graduate business technology consultant must have some experience of software development or programming during their University degree (Java or C is fine but the successful graduate business...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum GBP To 27k +Bonus +Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Requirements * PHP * SQL Beneficial * HTML * JavaScript * Apache * Linux / Linux ) The ideal PHP Graduate will have completed a relevant degree such as Computer Science or Software Engineering, ideally you...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Annual Bonus, Pension, Medical
Posted: 20 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
To be considered you will have a 1st class or 2.1 degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, etc or Computer Science will also be considered if accompanied with...
The People Network
Salary: £18000 per annum + Training
Posted: 24 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Computer Science graduates wanted to join a leading financial software house! Woking, Surrey Do you have first rate communication skills, a good IT/computing degree, knowledge of Windows...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £Excellent
Posted: 23 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Software Developers Knowledge/Experience Essential Requires knowledge ordinarily acquired from a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines containing considerable computing...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: To £22,500 + Bonus to 8% + Laptop
Posted: 21 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Graduate Software Support Analyst - Experience and Qualifications: - IT, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Technology-focused degree (2:1 or above); - Knowledge of IT programming and the ability to...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £Excellent + package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Godalming, Surrey
IT/Maths Graduate, Blue Chip Company - Godalming, £25K Graduates within IT or Maths discipline there is the chance for you to join one of the country's leading...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
C++ Developer - Graduate / Junior C++ Software Engineer... As a Graduate C++ Developer you will initially acquire a thorough understanding of their highly complex real-time financial analytics solution;...
Client Server
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Whitstable, South East
Graduate Software Support Engineer - Whitstable - Circa £22kSuccessful and growing software house based in the Whitstable area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular and...
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
Oracle. Visual Basic. SQL... This is a fantastic opportunity for a Computer Science Graduate to begin their career in software development. You will be joining a highly skilled...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,500 per annum plus bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
Join innovative elite team of developers to build complex robust systems using C#.Net, Oracle, (HTML/CSS), JavaScript, Apple iOS and Android... Educated: to degree level... Microsoft certification:...
Fusion IT
Salary: From £18,000 to £28,000 per annum Highly competitive package. £££££££
Posted: 21 May 2013
Farnham, South East
The Person In order to succeed in this role it is essential that you have the following skills and experience: Required Skills/Experience C# .NET ASP.NETOther Useful...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013