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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Postgraduate in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Postgraduate over the 3 months to 22 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.

 Postgraduate
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank178183255
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+72
Matching permanent IT job ads291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West0.040 %0.145 %0.009 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.179 %0.526 %0.042 %
Salaries quoted291
Average salary£55,000£30,000£20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.33 %+46.34 %
UK excluding London average salary£24,000£31,000£31,500
% change year-on-year
-22.58 %-1.580 %
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
111817102402
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West22.26 %27.60 %20.75 %
Salaries quoted98614851980
Average salary£35,000£35,000£33,375
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.860 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£55,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Postgraduate EnglandPostgraduate
England

Postgraduate
Demand Trend

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

South West Postgraduate Demand Trend

Postgraduate
Salary Trend

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

South West Postgraduate Salary Trend

Postgraduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Postgraduate across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South West Postgraduate Salary Histogram

Postgraduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate.

110 (71.43 %)QA
29 (64.29 %)Project Management
29 (64.29 %)Manufacturing
37 (50.00 %)Degree
37 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
45 (35.71 %)Aerospace
53 (21.43 %)C#
53 (21.43 %)C++
53 (21.43 %)Java
53 (21.43 %)SQL Server
53 (21.43 %)Telecoms
53 (21.43 %)Billing
53 (21.43 %)Software Testing
53 (21.43 %)Computer Science
62 (14.29 %)PhD
62 (14.29 %)SAS
62 (14.29 %)Risk Management
62 (14.29 %)Automotive
62 (14.29 %)MBA
62 (14.29 %)Banking
62 (14.29 %)Retail
62 (14.29 %)Economics
62 (14.29 %)Statistics
62 (14.29 %)Retail Banking
62 (14.29 %)Operations Research
62 (14.29 %)Mathematics
71 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
71 (7.143 %)Education
71 (7.143 %)Validation
71 (7.143 %)Programme Management

Postgraduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region citing Postgraduate 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 Postgraduate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (14.29 %)SAS
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (21.43 %)SQL Server
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (64.29 %)Manufacturing
25 (35.71 %)Aerospace
33 (21.43 %)Billing
33 (21.43 %)Telecoms
42 (14.29 %)Retail Banking
42 (14.29 %)Automotive
42 (14.29 %)Banking
42 (14.29 %)Retail
51 (7.143 %)Education
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Quality Engineer
23 (21.43 %)Junior Developer
23 (21.43 %)QA Engineer
23 (21.43 %)Software Developer
23 (21.43 %)Junior
23 (21.43 %)Developer
23 (21.43 %)Junior Software Developer
32 (14.29 %)Project Manager
41 (7.143 %)Programme Manager
41 (7.143 %)Senior Manager
41 (7.143 %)Risk Manager
41 (7.143 %)Senior Project Manager
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Computer Science
22 (14.29 %)Economics
22 (14.29 %)Statistics
22 (14.29 %)Mathematics
31 (7.143 %)Credit Risk
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (64.29 %)Project Management
23 (21.43 %)Software Testing
32 (14.29 %)Operations Research
32 (14.29 %)Risk Management
41 (7.143 %)Validation
41 (7.143 %)Programme Management
41 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)C#
13 (21.43 %)C++
13 (21.43 %)Java
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (50.00 %)Degree
17 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (14.29 %)PhD
22 (14.29 %)MBA
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (71.43 %)QA