The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 21 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate Software Developer
Rank 67 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Developer 7 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.010% 0.357% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.037% 0.360% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
Average salary £30,000 £21,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £22,500 £21,750
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
675 555 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.40% 98.93% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 616 487 526
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate Software Developer
East of 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 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
Ipswich -3 5 £30,000 +42.85%
Bury St Edmunds - 2 £21,500 -
Graduate Software Developer
East of England

Graduate Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (88.89%) jQuery
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
3 7 (77.78%) Java
4 6 (66.67%) J2EE
4 6 (66.67%) Windows
4 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 6 (66.67%) UML
4 6 (66.67%) SOAP
4 6 (66.67%) Web Services
4 6 (66.67%) XML
4 6 (66.67%) JBoss
4 6 (66.67%) Tomcat
4 6 (66.67%) Finance
4 6 (66.67%) Speech Recognition
4 6 (66.67%) Spring
4 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (66.67%) TDD
4 6 (66.67%) JSON
4 6 (66.67%) Ajax
4 6 (66.67%) REST
4 6 (66.67%) Mobile App
5 3 (33.33%) PHP
5 3 (33.33%) HTML
6 2 (22.22%) MySQL
6 2 (22.22%) CSS
6 2 (22.22%) OOP
6 2 (22.22%) OO
6 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering

Graduate Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 8 (88.89%) jQuery
2 6 (66.67%) J2EE
2 6 (66.67%) SOAP
2 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 6 (66.67%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) Spring
2 6 (66.67%) JSON
2 6 (66.67%) Ajax
2 6 (66.67%) REST
3 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) Tomcat
2 2 (22.22%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) Big Data
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (66.67%) Speech Recognition
2 6 (66.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) UML
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (77.78%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) Objective-C
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) JBoss