The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 53 55 57
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 25 12 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 3.602% 2.174% 2.410%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.715% 2.186% 2.516%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 11
Average salary £22,500 £22,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -25.42%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
673 549 636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 96.97% 99.46% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 632 488 569
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
East of England

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Suffolk Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Ipswich -5 9 £25,000 -
Bury St Edmunds -2 4 £22,000 +15.78%
Stowmarket - 1 £20,000 -
Graduate
East of England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 31 (70.45%) Degree
2 26 (59.09%) Computer Science
3 19 (43.18%) Java
4 15 (34.09%) XML
5 14 (31.82%) .NET
5 14 (31.82%) J2EE
5 14 (31.82%) Spring
6 13 (29.55%) Agile Software Development
6 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
7 12 (27.27%) C#
8 10 (22.73%) jQuery
8 10 (22.73%) UML
8 10 (22.73%) Finance
8 10 (22.73%) Mobile App
9 9 (20.45%) HTML
10 8 (18.18%) TDD
10 8 (18.18%) Hibernate
10 8 (18.18%) Software Engineering
10 8 (18.18%) CSS
10 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
11 7 (15.91%) Windows
11 7 (15.91%) Linux
11 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
12 6 (13.64%) Maven
12 6 (13.64%) Speech Recognition
12 6 (13.64%) Ajax
12 6 (13.64%) JSON
12 6 (13.64%) JBoss
12 6 (13.64%) Tomcat
12 6 (13.64%) XSLT

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 15 (34.09%) XML
2 14 (31.82%) Spring
2 14 (31.82%) .NET
2 14 (31.82%) J2EE
3 10 (22.73%) jQuery
4 9 (20.45%) HTML
5 8 (18.18%) CSS
5 8 (18.18%) Hibernate
6 6 (13.64%) REST
6 6 (13.64%) Ajax
6 6 (13.64%) JSON
6 6 (13.64%) XSLT
6 6 (13.64%) SOAP
6 6 (13.64%) Web Services
7 5 (11.36%) Silverlight
8 4 (9.091%) Servlets
9 2 (4.545%) ASP
9 2 (4.545%) ASP.NET
9 2 (4.545%) EJB
9 2 (4.545%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (13.64%) Tomcat
3 2 (4.545%) WebLogic
3 2 (4.545%) CMS
3 2 (4.545%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.273%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.273%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.818%) Internet
2 2 (4.545%) Intranet
2 2 (4.545%) Network Security
2 2 (4.545%) HTTP
3 1 (2.273%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.273%) DNS
3 1 (2.273%) VoIP
3 1 (2.273%) DHCP
3 1 (2.273%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.818%) MySQL
3 2 (4.545%) Big Data
4 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Maven
2 4 (9.091%) Ant
2 4 (9.091%) Subversion
General
1 10 (22.73%) Finance
2 2 (4.545%) Marketing
3 1 (2.273%) Electronics
3 1 (2.273%) Law
3 1 (2.273%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 26 (59.09%) Computer Science
2 10 (22.73%) Mobile App
3 6 (13.64%) Speech Recognition
3 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
4 2 (4.545%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.545%) iPhone
5 1 (2.273%) Online Games
5 1 (2.273%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
1 7 (15.91%) Linux
2 2 (4.545%) Android
3 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.273%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.273%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (22.73%) UML
3 8 (18.18%) TDD
3 8 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 4 (9.091%) Web Development
4 4 (9.091%) OO
4 4 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (6.818%) Use Case
5 3 (6.818%) Business Analysis
6 2 (4.545%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.545%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.545%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.545%) B2B
6 2 (4.545%) B2C
6 2 (4.545%) Data Analysis
6 2 (4.545%) OOP
6 2 (4.545%) Data Protection
6 2 (4.545%) Data Mapping
6 2 (4.545%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) Java
2 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
3 12 (27.27%) C#
4 6 (13.64%) PHP
5 5 (11.36%) SQL
5 5 (11.36%) C++
6 2 (4.545%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.273%) Objective-C
7 1 (2.273%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (70.45%) Degree
2 2 (4.545%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.545%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.545%) MCTS
System Software
1 1 (2.273%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) JBoss
3 1 (2.273%) Red Hat