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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the South Wales 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5574
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads3229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.012 %
As % of the category below2.723 %1.816 %
Salaries quoted3221
Average minimum salary£20,486£21,095
Average salary£21,100£22,000
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum salary£21,714£22,905
UK excluding London average salary£22,738£22,388
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads11751597
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.620 %0.654 %
Salaries quoted11121467
Average minimum salary£30,941£29,783
Average salary£34,053£33,304
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Average maximum salary£37,165£36,824
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Graduate WalesGraduate
Wales

Graduate
Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
TorfaenUp+718£22,000+7.31 %
CardiffUp+912£18,875-14.80 %
NewportDown-83£24,000+6.66 %
MonmouthshireNew entry-2£22,000-
Graduate WalesGraduate
Wales

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

127 (48.21 %)C++
218 (32.14 %)Degree
316 (28.57 %)C
414 (25.00 %)UML
513 (23.21 %)OOA/OOD
513 (23.21 %)Insurance
513 (23.21 %)Mathematics
69 (16.07 %)C#
78 (14.29 %)Java
87 (12.50 %)Automotive
87 (12.50 %)SQL
87 (12.50 %)HTML
87 (12.50 %).NET
96 (10.71 %)Internet
105 (8.929 %)Benchmarking
105 (8.929 %)Electronics
105 (8.929 %)Hibernate
105 (8.929 %)CSS
105 (8.929 %)VB
105 (8.929 %)JavaScript
105 (8.929 %)XML
105 (8.929 %)XSLT
105 (8.929 %)SVG
105 (8.929 %)RDBMS
105 (8.929 %)Spring
105 (8.929 %)AJAX
105 (8.929 %)Competitive Intelligence
114 (7.143 %)VB6
114 (7.143 %)Computer Science
114 (7.143 %)ASP.NET

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (12.50 %)HTML
17 (12.50 %).NET
25 (8.929 %)CSS
25 (8.929 %)XML
25 (8.929 %)XSLT
25 (8.929 %)SVG
25 (8.929 %)Hibernate
25 (8.929 %)Spring
25 (8.929 %)AJAX
34 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
43 (5.357 %)ASP
43 (5.357 %)JSP
43 (5.357 %)JSTL
52 (3.571 %)J2EE
61 (1.786 %)MFC
61 (1.786 %)STL
61 (1.786 %)OpenGL
61 (1.786 %)DirectX
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.357 %)Apache
13 (5.357 %)Tomcat
22 (3.571 %)SharePoint
South Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.786 %)Quicktime
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.71 %)Internet
21 (1.786 %)VoIP
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (8.929 %)RDBMS
24 (7.143 %)SQL Server
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.357 %)Ant
13 (5.357 %)Eclipse
22 (3.571 %)Visual Studio
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (23.21 %)Insurance
27 (12.50 %)Automotive
35 (8.929 %)Electronics
42 (3.571 %)Finance
51 (1.786 %)Aerospace
51 (1.786 %)Games
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (23.21 %)Mathematics
24 (7.143 %)Computer Science
31 (1.786 %)DTV
31 (1.786 %)Physics
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (25.00 %)UML
213 (23.21 %)OOA/OOD
35 (8.929 %)Benchmarking
35 (8.929 %)Competitive Intelligence
42 (3.571 %)Software Engineering
42 (3.571 %)OO
51 (1.786 %)Software Testing
51 (1.786 %)User Acceptance Testing
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (48.21 %)C++
216 (28.57 %)C
39 (16.07 %)C#
48 (14.29 %)Java
57 (12.50 %)SQL
65 (8.929 %)VB
65 (8.929 %)JavaScript
74 (7.143 %)VB6
82 (3.571 %)VB.NET
91 (1.786 %)VC++
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (32.14 %)Degree
21 (1.786 %)HNC
21 (1.786 %)HND
21 (1.786 %)PhD
South Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.786 %)QA
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (1.786 %)Microsoft
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