The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 19 June 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 54 62 58
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 33 30 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 3.737% 3.195% 2.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.851% 3.268% 2.100%
Number of salaries quoted 33 30 13
Average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £13,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,400
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
857 918 619
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.06% 97.76% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 794 865 560
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Graduate
Hampshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 27 (57.45%) .NET
2 25 (53.19%) Degree
3 20 (42.55%) SQL
4 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
4 18 (38.30%) C#
5 17 (36.17%) Java
6 14 (29.79%) JavaScript
6 14 (29.79%) PHP
7 13 (27.66%) Web Services
7 13 (27.66%) XML
7 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
8 12 (25.53%) ISO 9001
9 11 (23.40%) HTML
10 10 (21.28%) UNIX
10 10 (21.28%) Eclipse
10 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
10 10 (21.28%) Software Engineering
11 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
11 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
11 9 (19.15%) MVC
11 9 (19.15%) Finance
11 9 (19.15%) Windows
12 8 (17.02%) Tomcat
12 8 (17.02%) Oracle 8/8i
12 8 (17.02%) PL/SQL
12 8 (17.02%) Oracle
12 8 (17.02%) J2EE
12 8 (17.02%) Client/Server
12 8 (17.02%) Broadband
12 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 27 (57.45%) .NET
2 13 (27.66%) Web Services
2 13 (27.66%) XML
2 13 (27.66%) ASP.NET
3 11 (23.40%) HTML
4 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
5 8 (17.02%) J2EE
5 8 (17.02%) Spring
5 8 (17.02%) Ajax
6 7 (14.89%) WPF
7 5 (10.64%) WinForms
7 5 (10.64%) Spring.NET
7 5 (10.64%) WCF
7 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (10.64%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (10.64%) Unity DI Container
7 5 (10.64%) Castle Windsor
7 5 (10.64%) Ninject
7 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (6.383%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.02%) Tomcat
2 3 (6.383%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.255%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.511%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Agresso
1 1 (2.128%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.02%) Broadband
1 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
1 8 (17.02%) VPN
2 6 (12.77%) Internet
2 6 (12.77%) LAN
3 2 (4.255%) Firewall
4 1 (2.128%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.02%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (6.383%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Eclipse
2 5 (10.64%) NUnit
2 5 (10.64%) MSTest
2 5 (10.64%) Rhino Mocks
2 5 (10.64%) Moq
3 3 (6.383%) Xcode
4 2 (4.255%) LabVIEW
5 1 (2.128%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 9 (19.15%) Finance
2 1 (2.128%) Marketing
2 1 (2.128%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.128%) Advertising
2 1 (2.128%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
2 8 (17.02%) Client/Server
3 7 (14.89%) Inversion of Control
4 5 (10.64%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (6.383%) Kindle
5 3 (6.383%) Mobile App
6 2 (4.255%) Blackberry
7 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) UNIX
2 9 (19.15%) Windows
3 7 (14.89%) Linux
4 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
5 3 (6.383%) Android
6 2 (4.255%) Windows Vista
6 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (4.255%) Windows XP
6 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.28%) Software Engineering
2 9 (19.15%) MVC
3 7 (14.89%) Scrum
4 6 (12.77%) Web Application Development
5 5 (10.64%) OO
5 5 (10.64%) TDD
5 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (10.64%) Kanban
5 5 (10.64%) Dependency Injection
5 5 (10.64%) MVVM
6 3 (6.383%) B2B
6 3 (6.383%) B2C
6 3 (6.383%) E-Commerce
6 3 (6.383%) Web Development
6 3 (6.383%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (4.255%) Test Scripting
7 2 (4.255%) Software Testing
8 1 (2.128%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (2.128%) OOD
8 1 (2.128%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 20 (42.55%) SQL
2 18 (38.30%) C#
3 17 (36.17%) Java
4 14 (29.79%) JavaScript
4 14 (29.79%) PHP
5 8 (17.02%) PL/SQL
6 6 (12.77%) VB.NET
7 5 (10.64%) C
7 5 (10.64%) C++
8 3 (6.383%) VB
8 3 (6.383%) Objective-C
9 1 (2.128%) Embedded C
9 1 (2.128%) Ada
9 1 (2.128%) Python
9 1 (2.128%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (53.19%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.64%) MCP
2 5 (10.64%) MCAD
2 5 (10.64%) MCSD
2 5 (10.64%) MCTS
3 1 (2.128%) HND
3 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.53%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.255%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.383%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Oracle
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.383%) Zend
3 1 (2.128%) Remedy
3 1 (2.128%) BMC
3 1 (2.128%) IBM
3 1 (2.128%) NorthgateArinso
3 1 (2.128%) Northgate
Southampton, Hampshire
They use C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server but will consider candidates with other programming backgrounds, such as Java, PHP etc and cross train you. You will be part...
Connectus
Salary: £16000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Person Specification: Educated to a high standard and must hold an IT related degree or similar, ideally in a business information / software development discipline... 1997 ISO9001:2008, REC...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £18000 per annum + 25 days hol, bupa and DIS
Posted: 13 June 2013
Southampton, South East
This will include 1st and 2nd line support for systems, alongside standard IT operational activities, covering both the UK and Poland.Person Specification:Educated to a high standard...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £18000 per annum + 25 days hol, bupa and DIS
Posted: 13 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Progressively growing, market leading security company, require 4 Graduates looking to transform their excellent theoretical knowledge in IT/ Networking and develop to become a Support Engineer. You will...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £17000 per annum + excellent training and bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
Southampton, South East
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £17000 per annum + excellent training and bens
Posted: 13 June 2013