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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South West region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151116
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads513687953
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West10.23 %11.11 %8.202 %
As % of the Qualifications category45.89 %40.25 %39.56 %
Salaries quoted463589780
Average salary£32,500£37,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.16 %+5.710 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£24,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111817072409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West22.30 %27.59 %20.73 %
Salaries quoted98714811976
Average salary£35,000£35,000£33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South West Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

South West Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolDown-6146£32,500-7.14 %
WiltshireDown-193£31,500-
SomersetDown-573£35,000-6.66 %
DorsetDown-567£32,500+18.18 %
GloucestershireDown-252£35,000-
DevonUp+632£21,000-47.50 %
CornwallUp+310£23,500+20.51 %
AvonDown-73£27,000-
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1263 (24.02 %).NET
2260 (23.74 %)SQL
3238 (21.74 %)C#
4215 (19.63 %)SQL Server
5198 (18.08 %)C
6192 (17.53 %)Java
7191 (17.44 %)XML
8171 (15.62 %)C++
9166 (15.16 %)HTML
9166 (15.16 %)Computer Science
10142 (12.97 %)JavaScript
11137 (12.51 %)ASP.NET
12136 (12.42 %)Microsoft
13134 (12.24 %)Finance
14126 (11.51 %)Mathematics
15122 (11.14 %)CSS
16117 (10.68 %)Windows
17110 (10.05 %)Pensions
18105 (9.589 %)Linux
18105 (9.589 %)PHP
19101 (9.224 %)Marketing
2099 (9.041 %)Oracle
2186 (7.854 %)UML
2282 (7.489 %)OO
2381 (7.397 %)Software Engineering
2479 (7.215 %)MS Excel
2576 (6.941 %)Web Services
2675 (6.849 %)VB.NET
2774 (6.758 %)UNIX
2868 (6.210 %)MySQL

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1263 (24.02 %).NET
2191 (17.44 %)XML
3166 (15.16 %)HTML
4137 (12.51 %)ASP.NET
5122 (11.14 %)CSS
676 (6.941 %)Web Services
767 (6.119 %)AJAX
865 (5.936 %)JSP
953 (4.840 %)J2EE
1039 (3.562 %)JSF
1133 (3.014 %)Spring
1228 (2.557 %)ArcObjects
1323 (2.100 %)XSLT
1422 (2.009 %)XHTML
1518 (1.644 %)Hibernate
1518 (1.644 %)Servlets
1616 (1.461 %)DHTML
1616 (1.461 %)WebSphere
1715 (1.370 %)LAMP
1814 (1.279 %)jQuery
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
146 (4.201 %)SAS
230 (2.740 %)Apache
328 (2.557 %)ArcGIS
426 (2.374 %)IIS
525 (2.283 %)SharePoint
610 (0.913 %)WebSphere MQ
79 (0.822 %)SharePoint Server 2007
88 (0.731 %)CMS
97 (0.639 %)Tomcat
106 (0.548 %)WebLogic
114 (0.365 %)OpenROAD
114 (0.365 %)MS Exchange
123 (0.274 %)Site Server
123 (0.274 %)Joomla!
132 (0.183 %)Exchange Server 2003
132 (0.183 %)Exchange Server 2007
141 (0.091 %)Sitecore CMS
141 (0.091 %)BizTalk Server
141 (0.091 %)Lotus Notes
141 (0.091 %)Lotus Domino
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
179 (7.215 %)MS Excel
233 (3.014 %)MS Office
320 (1.826 %)MS Visio
418 (1.644 %)MS Project
515 (1.370 %)SPSS
613 (1.187 %)Photoshop
711 (1.005 %)MATLAB
810 (0.913 %)Adobe Illustrator
96 (0.548 %)InfoPath
105 (0.457 %)MS PowerPoint
112 (0.183 %)Spreadsheet
121 (0.091 %)GIMP
121 (0.091 %)Simulink
121 (0.091 %)Stateflow
121 (0.091 %)S-PLUS
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (1.187 %)Summit
210 (0.913 %)WebTrends
210 (0.913 %)Google Analytics
34 (0.365 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (0.183 %)Dynamics AX
42 (0.183 %)Maximo
51 (0.091 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.091 %)SAP Business One
51 (0.091 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
143 (3.927 %)TCP/IP
238 (3.470 %)Internet
325 (2.283 %)DVB
421 (1.918 %)VoIP
515 (1.370 %)LAN
614 (1.279 %)Firewall
713 (1.187 %)Wireless
812 (1.096 %)DNS
911 (1.005 %)SNMP
108 (0.731 %)VPN
108 (0.731 %)Broadband
117 (0.639 %)SMTP
117 (0.639 %)HSPA
125 (0.457 %)MPLS
125 (0.457 %)OSPF
134 (0.365 %)SAN
134 (0.365 %)Intranet
134 (0.365 %)LDAP
134 (0.365 %)FTP
134 (0.365 %)NAS
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1215 (19.63 %)SQL Server
268 (6.210 %)MySQL
335 (3.196 %)GIS
426 (2.374 %)RDBMS
520 (1.826 %)DB2
619 (1.735 %)SQL Server 2005
717 (1.553 %)ETL
814 (1.279 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
913 (1.187 %)BusinessObjects
1012 (1.096 %)Oracle 8/8i
1012 (1.096 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1111 (1.005 %)MS Access
1111 (1.005 %)SQL Server 2000
1210 (0.913 %)EDMS
136 (0.548 %)Oracle Reports
145 (0.457 %)DTS
145 (0.457 %)Data Mining
145 (0.457 %)SQL Server 2008
154 (0.365 %)Base SAS
154 (0.365 %)Oracle 10g
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (2.009 %)Eclipse
220 (1.826 %)Visual Studio
317 (1.553 %)LoadRunner
411 (1.005 %)JUnit
59 (0.822 %)Subversion
65 (0.457 %)JIRA
74 (0.365 %)SilkTest
83 (0.274 %)CheckStyle
92 (0.183 %)XDE
92 (0.183 %)InstallShield
92 (0.183 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.183 %)QuickTest Pro
92 (0.183 %)TestNG
101 (0.091 %)WinRunner
101 (0.091 %)TestDirector
101 (0.091 %)Ant
101 (0.091 %)VSS/SourceSafe
101 (0.091 %)ClearCase
101 (0.091 %)LabVIEW
101 (0.091 %)ClearQuest
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1134 (12.24 %)Finance
2110 (10.05 %)Pensions
3101 (9.224 %)Marketing
453 (4.840 %)Health
551 (4.658 %)Electronics
650 (4.566 %)Banking
746 (4.201 %)Education
843 (3.927 %)Telecoms
942 (3.836 %)Electric
1029 (2.648 %)Retail
1124 (2.192 %)Insurance
1218 (1.644 %)Government
1316 (1.461 %)Advertising
1316 (1.461 %)Auditing
1415 (1.370 %)Multimedia
1513 (1.187 %)Manufacturing
1612 (1.096 %)Military
1612 (1.096 %)Graphic Design
178 (0.731 %)Aerospace
187 (0.639 %)Games
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1408 (37.26 %)Developer
2130 (11.87 %)Software Engineer
3129 (11.78 %)Graduate
4125 (11.42 %)Analyst
598 (8.950 %)Web Developer
674 (6.758 %).NET Developer
765 (5.936 %)Junior
862 (5.662 %)Graduate Developer
956 (5.114 %)C# Developer
1050 (4.566 %)Software Developer
1146 (4.201 %)ASP.NET Developer
1242 (3.836 %)Applications Developer
1339 (3.562 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1437 (3.379 %)Trainee
1437 (3.379 %)Test Manager
1533 (3.014 %)Consultant
1533 (3.014 %)Senior Developer
1628 (2.557 %)Project Manager
1628 (2.557 %)Java Developer
1628 (2.557 %)Junior Developer
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1166 (15.16 %)Computer Science
2126 (11.51 %)Mathematics
339 (3.562 %)Physics
421 (1.918 %)Credit Risk
518 (1.644 %)Economics
617 (1.553 %)Firmware
715 (1.370 %)Statistics
814 (1.279 %)STB
913 (1.187 %)MHEG
1012 (1.096 %)DTV
1111 (1.005 %)Client/Server
1210 (0.913 %)Management Information System
1210 (0.913 %)Open Source
139 (0.822 %)VHDL
139 (0.822 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
148 (0.731 %)Chemistry
148 (0.731 %)Robotics
157 (0.639 %)Streaming Video
157 (0.639 %)Mainframe
166 (0.548 %)Device Driver
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1117 (10.68 %)Windows
2105 (9.589 %)Linux
374 (6.758 %)UNIX
418 (1.644 %)Windows Server 2003
513 (1.187 %)Windows Server 2008
612 (1.096 %)Solaris
79 (0.822 %)Debian
79 (0.822 %)Red Hat Linux
87 (0.639 %)HPUX
96 (0.548 %)Windows 7
105 (0.457 %)Embedded Linux
105 (0.457 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.274 %)Windows 2000
113 (0.274 %)Mac OS
122 (0.183 %)AIX
122 (0.183 %)SUSE
122 (0.183 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.091 %)Android
131 (0.091 %)Windows XP
131 (0.091 %)IRIX
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
186 (7.854 %)UML
282 (7.489 %)OO
381 (7.397 %)Software Engineering
466 (6.027 %)E-Commerce
551 (4.658 %)Project Management
641 (3.744 %)Agile Software Development
641 (3.744 %)Web Development
728 (2.557 %)Content Management
728 (2.557 %)Business Intelligence
728 (2.557 %)PRINCE2
827 (2.466 %)Validation
827 (2.466 %)Performance Testing
923 (2.100 %)RUP
1021 (1.918 %)RAD
1021 (1.918 %)OOD
1021 (1.918 %)CRM
1021 (1.918 %)System Testing
1021 (1.918 %)Software Architecture
1120 (1.826 %)Use Case
1218 (1.644 %)Operations Research
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1260 (23.74 %)SQL
2238 (21.74 %)C#
3198 (18.08 %)C
4192 (17.53 %)Java
5171 (15.62 %)C++
6142 (12.97 %)JavaScript
7105 (9.589 %)PHP
875 (6.849 %)VB.NET
949 (4.475 %)VB
1031 (2.831 %)T-SQL
1130 (2.740 %)Embedded C
1229 (2.648 %)Perl
1323 (2.100 %)Python
1417 (1.553 %)Delphi
1516 (1.461 %)VC++
1615 (1.370 %)Assembly Language
1712 (1.096 %)ActionScript
1811 (1.005 %)VBA
1910 (0.913 %)Embedded C++
208 (0.731 %)Pascal
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
161 (5.571 %)Security Cleared
246 (4.201 %)ISEB
328 (2.557 %)PhD
427 (2.466 %)SC Cleared
522 (2.009 %)Microsoft Certification
617 (1.553 %)HND
713 (1.187 %)MCP
810 (0.913 %)PRINCE2 Certification
97 (0.639 %)Postgraduate
106 (0.548 %)DV Cleared
106 (0.548 %)Cisco Certification
114 (0.365 %)MCPD
114 (0.365 %)CCNP
114 (0.365 %)CCIP
114 (0.365 %)CISSP
123 (0.274 %)MCSE
123 (0.274 %)Chartered Engineer
123 (0.274 %)MBA
132 (0.183 %)CCNA
132 (0.183 %)CCDA
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (3.470 %)QA
212 (1.096 %)ISO9001
36 (0.548 %)Basel II
45 (0.457 %)ISO27001
54 (0.365 %)JSP 440
62 (0.183 %)ISO14001
71 (0.091 %)WAI
71 (0.091 %)PCI DSS
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (1.187 %)Active Directory
26 (0.548 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.274 %)Terminal Services
33 (0.274 %)Samba
33 (0.274 %)NFS
41 (0.091 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.091 %)OpenLDAP
41 (0.091 %)Postfix
41 (0.091 %)Sendmail
41 (0.091 %)Veritas Volume Manager
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.274 %)MOM
22 (0.183 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.091 %)MSI
31 (0.091 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1136 (12.42 %)Microsoft
299 (9.041 %)Oracle
324 (2.192 %)ESRI
423 (2.100 %)SAP
522 (2.009 %)Cisco
522 (2.009 %)Teradata
613 (1.187 %)Business Objects
712 (1.096 %)Sybase
712 (1.096 %)EMC
810 (0.913 %)Red Hat
810 (0.913 %)Google
810 (0.913 %)JBoss
99 (0.822 %)Unisys
99 (0.822 %)HP
99 (0.822 %)VMware
105 (0.457 %)Siemens
114 (0.365 %)Citrix
114 (0.365 %)Cognos
123 (0.274 %)Juniper
123 (0.274 %)Adobe