The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Southend-on-Sea region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree 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 Qualifications for the Southend-on-Sea region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Degree 3 6 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 18.75% 27.27% 32.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% 85.71% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 10
Average salary £40,250 £24,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+67.70% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,650 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,050 £37,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Southend-on-Sea
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7 7 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 43.75% 31.82% 54.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 17
Average salary £44,000 £24,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.33% -12.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £48,750 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Degree
Essex

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Southend-on-Sea region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Southend-on-Sea Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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.

1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Qt

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) Qt
1 1 (20.00%) WinForms
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Server Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (20.00%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix