The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate Software Developer 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Developer
Rank 199 210 213
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Developer 17 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.324% 0.090% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.336% 0.095% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 3
Average salary £20,000 £21,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% -6.52%
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £22,500 £21,750
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +3.44%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate Software Developer
England

Graduate Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Developer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Graduate Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Software Developer across the South West region.

South West Graduate Software Developer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Developer within the South West 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
Bristol -2 6 £20,000 -6.97%
Somerset - 5 £19,500 -
Dorset - 4 £27,500 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £22,500 -
Graduate Software Developer
England

Graduate Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Graduate Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 22 (61.11%) Degree
2 21 (58.33%) .NET
3 17 (47.22%) SQL
4 16 (44.44%) HTML
5 15 (41.67%) Web Services
6 13 (36.11%) ASP.NET
6 13 (36.11%) CSS
6 13 (36.11%) Mathematics
7 11 (30.56%) C#
7 11 (30.56%) JavaScript
8 9 (25.00%) XML
9 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
9 8 (22.22%) OO
9 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
9 8 (22.22%) Finance
10 7 (19.44%) Java
11 5 (13.89%) C++
11 5 (13.89%) PHP
11 5 (13.89%) Scrum
11 5 (13.89%) TDD
11 5 (13.89%) Retail
11 5 (13.89%) Ajax
11 5 (13.89%) Web Development
11 5 (13.89%) Product Management
12 4 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (11.11%) VB.NET
12 4 (11.11%) SOAP
13 3 (8.333%) Law
13 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared
13 3 (8.333%) Physics

Graduate Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Graduate Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (58.33%) .NET
2 16 (44.44%) HTML
3 15 (41.67%) Web Services
4 13 (36.11%) ASP.NET
4 13 (36.11%) CSS
5 9 (25.00%) XML
6 5 (13.89%) Ajax
7 4 (11.11%) SOAP
8 2 (5.556%) Hibernate
8 2 (5.556%) Spring
8 2 (5.556%) JSF
9 1 (2.778%) J2EE
9 1 (2.778%) MFC
9 1 (2.778%) ATL
9 1 (2.778%) XSD
9 1 (2.778%) DOM
9 1 (2.778%) Django
9 1 (2.778%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.556%) IIS
2 1 (2.778%) Apache
2 1 (2.778%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Visualfiles
1 1 (2.778%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) MySQL
2 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) JUnit
2 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.778%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (2.778%) MSBuild
General
1 8 (22.22%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Retail
3 3 (8.333%) Law
4 2 (5.556%) Legal
5 1 (2.778%) Electronics
5 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.778%) Games
5 1 (2.778%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Mathematics
2 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 4 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (8.333%) Physics
5 1 (2.778%) MPEG
5 1 (2.778%) DTV
5 1 (2.778%) iPad
5 1 (2.778%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) OO
2 5 (13.89%) Scrum
2 5 (13.89%) TDD
2 5 (13.89%) Web Development
2 5 (13.89%) Product Management
3 3 (8.333%) Software Engineering
3 3 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (5.556%) Software Testing
5 1 (2.778%) UML
5 1 (2.778%) OOP
5 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.778%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.778%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) SQL
2 11 (30.56%) C#
2 11 (30.56%) JavaScript
3 7 (19.44%) Java
4 5 (13.89%) C++
4 5 (13.89%) PHP
5 4 (11.11%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.778%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.778%) VC++
6 1 (2.778%) Python
6 1 (2.778%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.778%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (61.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) MCP
3 1 (2.778%) ISEB
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (5.556%) Oracle
1 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.778%) SAP
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