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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 12 5 13
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 51 98 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 10.92% 19.07% 12.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.67% 56.65% 57.84%
Number of salaries quoted 44 92 57
Average salary £35,000 £39,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.25% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,000 £21,900
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,800 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
90 173 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 19.27% 33.66% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 81 155 93
Average salary £45,000 £39,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Wiltshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Swindon Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 56 (39.44%) Computer Science
2 50 (35.21%) Finance
3 47 (33.10%) OO
4 41 (28.87%) C++
5 40 (28.17%) C#
6 38 (26.76%) Windows
7 31 (21.83%) STL
8 28 (19.72%) MFC
9 27 (19.01%) SQL
10 26 (18.31%) .NET
11 25 (17.61%) Multithreading
12 24 (16.90%) ATL
13 23 (16.20%) WPF
14 22 (15.49%) Software Engineering
15 18 (12.68%) MS Excel
15 18 (12.68%) Mathematics
15 18 (12.68%) QA
16 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
17 16 (11.27%) MS Office
17 16 (11.27%) Microsoft
18 14 (9.859%) Oracle
18 14 (9.859%) ASP.NET
18 14 (9.859%) Automated Testing
18 14 (9.859%) .NET Framework
19 13 (9.155%) Legal
19 13 (9.155%) Telecoms
19 13 (9.155%) Web Services
20 12 (8.451%) XML
20 12 (8.451%) C
20 12 (8.451%) SAS

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 31 (21.83%) STL
2 28 (19.72%) MFC
3 26 (18.31%) .NET
4 24 (16.90%) ATL
5 23 (16.20%) WPF
6 14 (9.859%) ASP.NET
6 14 (9.859%) .NET Framework
7 13 (9.155%) Web Services
8 12 (8.451%) XML
9 7 (4.930%) HTML
10 5 (3.521%) CSS
10 5 (3.521%) jQuery
10 5 (3.521%) Ajax
11 3 (2.113%) Middleware
11 3 (2.113%) ArcObjects
12 2 (1.408%) ZK
12 2 (1.408%) JPA
12 2 (1.408%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 2 (1.408%) JDBC
12 2 (1.408%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 12 (8.451%) SAS
2 3 (2.113%) ArcSDE
2 3 (2.113%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.113%) ArcIMS
3 1 (0.704%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.704%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.704%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 18 (12.68%) MS Excel
2 16 (11.27%) MS Office
3 9 (6.338%) SPSS
4 3 (2.113%) ArcInfo
5 2 (1.408%) MS Project
6 1 (0.704%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (3.521%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.817%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (2.817%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (2.113%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.408%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.408%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.704%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.634%) WAN
2 6 (4.225%) LAN
3 5 (3.521%) DHCP
3 5 (3.521%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.521%) DNS
4 4 (2.817%) PABX
4 4 (2.817%) Unified Communications
4 4 (2.817%) VoIP
4 4 (2.817%) Softphone
5 3 (2.113%) VPN
6 2 (1.408%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (1.408%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (1.408%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.408%) WLAN
6 2 (1.408%) Firewall
6 2 (1.408%) VLAN
6 2 (1.408%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.704%) SSH
7 1 (0.704%) Wireless
7 1 (0.704%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.634%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (3.521%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (2.113%) GIS
5 3 (2.113%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.704%) MySQL
7 1 (0.704%) MS Access
7 1 (0.704%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.704%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.704%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 5 (3.521%) Visual Studio
1 5 (3.521%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (1.408%) Selenium
2 2 (1.408%) Mercurial
2 2 (1.408%) Git (software)
2 2 (1.408%) TestNG
2 2 (1.408%) GNU Toolchain
2 2 (1.408%) MSBuild
2 2 (1.408%) JUnit
2 2 (1.408%) Subversion
3 1 (0.704%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.704%) LLVM
3 1 (0.704%) GCC
General
1 50 (35.21%) Finance
2 13 (9.155%) Legal
2 13 (9.155%) Telecoms
3 10 (7.042%) Banking
4 9 (6.338%) Retail
5 8 (5.634%) Electronics
5 8 (5.634%) Marketing
6 7 (4.930%) Games
7 2 (1.408%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (29.58%) Software Engineer
2 29 (20.42%) Developer
3 27 (19.01%) C++ Software Engineer
4 14 (9.859%) Analyst
4 14 (9.859%) Software Developer
5 11 (7.746%) SAP Consultant
5 11 (7.746%) Consultant
6 8 (5.634%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (5.634%) Report Analyst
6 8 (5.634%) Risk Manager
7 7 (4.930%) Test Engineer
7 7 (4.930%) Graduate
8 5 (3.521%) C++ Software Developer
8 5 (3.521%) Software Test Engineer
8 5 (3.521%) .NET Developer
8 5 (3.521%) C++ Developer
8 5 (3.521%) C# Developer
8 5 (3.521%) C++/C# Developer
9 4 (2.817%) Web Developer
9 4 (2.817%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 56 (39.44%) Computer Science
2 18 (12.68%) Mathematics
3 12 (8.451%) Management Information System
4 11 (7.746%) Economics
5 10 (7.042%) Credit Risk
6 9 (6.338%) Informatics
6 9 (6.338%) SWIFT
6 9 (6.338%) Statistics
7 5 (3.521%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.408%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.704%) Tandem
9 1 (0.704%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.704%) Firmware
9 1 (0.704%) Biometrics
9 1 (0.704%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.704%) SaaS
9 1 (0.704%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 38 (26.76%) Windows
2 9 (6.338%) Linux
3 3 (2.113%) UNIX
3 3 (2.113%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.113%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.408%) Solaris
5 1 (0.704%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.10%) OO
2 25 (17.61%) Multithreading
3 22 (15.49%) Software Engineering
4 14 (9.859%) Automated Testing
5 9 (6.338%) Performance Management
5 9 (6.338%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (6.338%) Data Analysis
5 9 (6.338%) Software Testing
5 9 (6.338%) Change Management
6 8 (5.634%) PRINCE2
6 8 (5.634%) Econometrics
6 8 (5.634%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (5.634%) Change Control
7 7 (4.930%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (4.930%) Unit Testing
7 7 (4.930%) OOP
8 6 (4.225%) UML
9 5 (3.521%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (3.521%) Service Management
9 5 (3.521%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (28.87%) C++
2 40 (28.17%) C#
3 27 (19.01%) SQL
4 12 (8.451%) C
5 10 (7.042%) VB
6 9 (6.338%) T-SQL
7 8 (5.634%) Perl
7 8 (5.634%) PHP
8 7 (4.930%) Java
9 6 (4.225%) JavaScript
10 5 (3.521%) VBScript
10 5 (3.521%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.113%) Python
11 3 (2.113%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.408%) Erlang
12 2 (1.408%) Groovy
12 2 (1.408%) Bash shell
12 2 (1.408%) Scala
12 2 (1.408%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.408%) VC++
Qualifications
1 10 (7.042%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (4.930%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (4.225%) MCSE
3 6 (4.225%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.521%) MCTS
4 5 (3.521%) MCITP
4 5 (3.521%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (3.521%) MCSA
4 5 (3.521%) ISEB
4 5 (3.521%) CCNA
5 2 (1.408%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.408%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.408%) CCNP
6 1 (0.704%) MBA
6 1 (0.704%) CISA
6 1 (0.704%) CISM
6 1 (0.704%) PhD
6 1 (0.704%) HND
6 1 (0.704%) CISSP
6 1 (0.704%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.68%) QA
2 9 (6.338%) Basel II
3 5 (3.521%) SLA
4 1 (0.704%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.704%) JTAG
4 1 (0.704%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (4.930%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.521%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.408%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.704%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.704%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.704%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.408%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.859%) Oracle
3 11 (7.746%) SAP
4 7 (4.930%) VMware
4 7 (4.930%) Cisco
5 6 (4.225%) HP
6 5 (3.521%) IBM
7 3 (2.113%) ESRI
7 3 (2.113%) Siebel
8 2 (1.408%) Cognos
9 1 (0.704%) Google
9 1 (0.704%) NetApp
9 1 (0.704%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.704%) Citrix
9 1 (0.704%) EMC
9 1 (0.704%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.704%) Informatica
9 1 (0.704%) Atmel
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