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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 8 10 19
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Degree 104 99 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 17.72% 17.04% 8.518%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.90% 64.29% 54.95%
Number of salaries quoted 85 95 46
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,438 £21,100 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £47,500 £36,495
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 154 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.62% 26.51% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 140 149 81
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,175 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent -4 34 £51,000 +27.50%
Burton-upon-Trent -5 17 £32,000 +14.28%
Cannock -2 14 £38,500 -9.41%
Stafford +7 12 £25,000 -24.24%
Tamworth +2 8 £21,000 -40.00%
Lichfield +7 5 £39,500 +125.71%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 89 (47.34%) .NET
2 87 (46.28%) SQL
3 80 (42.55%) C#
4 73 (38.83%) SQL Server
5 58 (30.85%) Microsoft
5 58 (30.85%) Computer Science
6 57 (30.32%) ASP.NET
7 52 (27.66%) VB.NET
8 49 (26.06%) XML
9 46 (24.47%) CSS
9 46 (24.47%) JavaScript
9 46 (24.47%) E-Commerce
10 44 (23.40%) MS Excel
11 42 (22.34%) Software Engineering
12 39 (20.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 37 (19.68%) VB
14 36 (19.15%) HTML5
15 35 (18.62%) XHTML
16 33 (17.55%) CSS3
16 33 (17.55%) jQuery
17 31 (16.49%) Web Development
18 27 (14.36%) SEO
19 26 (13.83%) Ajax
19 26 (13.83%) TDD
19 26 (13.83%) PRINCE2
19 26 (13.83%) N-Tier
19 26 (13.83%) XSLT
19 26 (13.83%) Unit Testing
20 25 (13.30%) T-SQL
20 25 (13.30%) SOA

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 89 (47.34%) .NET
2 57 (30.32%) ASP.NET
3 49 (26.06%) XML
4 46 (24.47%) CSS
5 36 (19.15%) HTML5
6 35 (18.62%) XHTML
7 33 (17.55%) CSS3
7 33 (17.55%) jQuery
8 26 (13.83%) Ajax
8 26 (13.83%) XSLT
9 12 (6.383%) LAMP
9 12 (6.383%) HTML
10 11 (5.851%) Middleware
10 11 (5.851%) .NET Framework
11 7 (3.723%) J2SE
11 7 (3.723%) JDBC
12 4 (2.128%) J2EE
13 2 (1.064%) WCF
13 2 (1.064%) WPF
13 2 (1.064%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 17 (9.043%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.851%) nginx
2 11 (5.851%) CMS
3 4 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.128%) MS Exchange
4 3 (1.596%) Papyrus
5 2 (1.064%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.532%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (23.40%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.128%) MS Office
3 3 (1.596%) DOC1
3 3 (1.596%) PrintSoft PReS
4 2 (1.064%) Simulink
4 2 (1.064%) Stateflow
4 2 (1.064%) MS Project
5 1 (0.532%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.660%) JDE OneWorld
2 1 (0.532%) Agresso
2 1 (0.532%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.787%) ADSL
1 9 (4.787%) SDH
2 7 (3.723%) Intranet
3 4 (2.128%) Firewall
3 4 (2.128%) DHCP
3 4 (2.128%) DNS
4 3 (1.596%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.532%) Internet
5 1 (0.532%) MPLS
5 1 (0.532%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (38.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.383%) MySQL
3 8 (4.255%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (4.255%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (4.255%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.191%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (2.128%) MS Access
6 3 (1.596%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (1.596%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.596%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (1.596%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.532%) OLTP
7 1 (0.532%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.532%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (7.447%) JIRA
2 4 (2.128%) Subversion
3 2 (1.064%) ClearCase
3 2 (1.064%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.532%) Ant
4 1 (0.532%) Bugzilla
4 1 (0.532%) Xcode
4 1 (0.532%) Maven
4 1 (0.532%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.532%) Hudson
4 1 (0.532%) FishEye
4 1 (0.532%) MSTest
4 1 (0.532%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.532%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.532%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.532%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.532%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (12.77%) Finance
2 20 (10.64%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.447%) Marketing
4 11 (5.851%) Electronics
5 4 (2.128%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.596%) Back Office
6 3 (1.596%) Advertising
6 3 (1.596%) Automotive
6 3 (1.596%) Billing
7 2 (1.064%) Local Government
7 2 (1.064%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.532%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (37.77%) Developer
2 25 (13.30%) Web Developer
3 24 (12.77%) C# Developer
4 20 (10.64%) .NET Developer
4 20 (10.64%) Graduate
4 20 (10.64%) Development Manager
5 19 (10.11%) Senior Developer
5 19 (10.11%) Team Leader
5 19 (10.11%) Development Team Leader
6 18 (9.574%) C# .NET Developer
7 17 (9.043%) .NET Team Leader
8 15 (7.979%) Web Team Leader
9 14 (7.447%) VB.NET Developer
9 14 (7.447%) Project Manager
9 14 (7.447%) Analyst
10 13 (6.915%) Software Manager
11 12 (6.383%) Senior Web Developer
11 12 (6.383%) Senior C# Developer
11 12 (6.383%) Web Development Team Leader
12 11 (5.851%) LAMP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 58 (30.85%) Computer Science
2 26 (13.83%) N-Tier
3 16 (8.511%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.723%) Grid Computing
5 6 (3.191%) Mathematics
6 5 (2.660%) PMI
7 4 (2.128%) NHS
8 2 (1.064%) Social Media
8 2 (1.064%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 2 (1.064%) VHDL
8 2 (1.064%) Verilog
8 2 (1.064%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.064%) ASIC
9 1 (0.532%) Replication
9 1 (0.532%) APACS
9 1 (0.532%) Life Science
9 1 (0.532%) SCADA
9 1 (0.532%) iPad
9 1 (0.532%) SaaS
9 1 (0.532%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.043%) Windows
2 10 (5.319%) Linux
3 2 (1.064%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.532%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.532%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.47%) E-Commerce
2 42 (22.34%) Software Engineering
3 31 (16.49%) Web Development
4 27 (14.36%) SEO
5 26 (13.83%) TDD
5 26 (13.83%) PRINCE2
5 26 (13.83%) Unit Testing
6 25 (13.30%) SOA
6 25 (13.30%) Project Management
7 23 (12.23%) ITIL
8 22 (11.70%) Web Application Development
9 21 (11.17%) MVC
10 20 (10.64%) OO
11 17 (9.043%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (9.043%) Service Management
12 15 (7.979%) Mobile Application Development
13 14 (7.447%) Programme Management
14 12 (6.383%) TOGAF
14 12 (6.383%) Six Sigma
15 11 (5.851%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 87 (46.28%) SQL
2 80 (42.55%) C#
3 52 (27.66%) VB.NET
4 46 (24.47%) JavaScript
5 37 (19.68%) VB
6 25 (13.30%) T-SQL
7 24 (12.77%) Java
8 20 (10.64%) C++
9 11 (5.851%) PHP5
9 11 (5.851%) PHP
10 10 (5.319%) VBA
11 7 (3.723%) C
11 7 (3.723%) VB6
12 5 (2.660%) Delphi
12 5 (2.660%) Python
12 5 (2.660%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 5 (2.660%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.064%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.064%) Embedded C++
13 2 (1.064%) VC++
Qualifications
1 39 (20.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (9.043%) MCSE
3 10 (5.319%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (2.660%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.128%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.128%) MCITP
5 4 (2.128%) HND
6 3 (1.596%) MCP
6 3 (1.596%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.064%) MCSD
7 2 (1.064%) PhD
8 1 (0.532%) CCNP
8 1 (0.532%) ISEB
8 1 (0.532%) CISSP
8 1 (0.532%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.447%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (1.064%) QA
3 1 (0.532%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (0.532%) COBIT
3 1 (0.532%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.255%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.128%) vSphere
2 4 (2.128%) MetaFrame
3 2 (1.064%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 58 (30.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.191%) VMware
2 6 (3.191%) Citrix
2 6 (3.191%) Oracle
3 5 (2.660%) JD Edwards
4 4 (2.128%) CheckPoint
4 4 (2.128%) Cisco
5 3 (1.596%) HP
5 3 (1.596%) Sage
6 2 (1.064%) Wind River
6 2 (1.064%) QNX
6 2 (1.064%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.532%) SAP
7 1 (0.532%) Remedy
7 1 (0.532%) Siemens
7 1 (0.532%) AccuRev
7 1 (0.532%) Atlassian
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