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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1413
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads2043225491
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.959 %11.39 %
As % of the category below48.70 %54.49 %
Salaries quoted1649520290
Average minimum salary£37,380£39,894
Average salary£41,522£44,422
% change on same period last year-6.52 %
Average maximum salary£45,664£48,951
UK excluding London average salary£35,975£37,215
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4195246783
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.45 %20.91 %
Salaries quoted3489637494
Average minimum salary£37,874£39,196
Average salary£41,211£42,727
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Average maximum salary£44,549£46,258
UK excluding London average salary£37,565£38,502
% change on same period last year-2.43 %

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Degree across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Degree across the UK.

Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the UK over the past 3 months.

Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandNo change019474£41,599-6.74 %
2LondonDown-49041£48,694-4.07 %
3South EastUp+24221£37,246-3.48 %
4City of LondonUp+12398£49,969-9.05 %
5East of EnglandDown-11819£36,663-1.33 %
6SurreyUp+51255£37,721-4.61 %
7North WestUp+11110£33,729-14.71 %
8South WestDown-4965£34,131+5.89 %
9BerkshireUp+2948£38,276-2.16 %
10CambridgeshireDown-2879£35,784-2.39 %
11HampshireUp+1833£36,403-6.57 %
12YorkshireUp+1827£32,812+11.61 %
13CambridgeDown-1755£35,916-3.27 %
14West MidlandsDown-3715£31,693-5.69 %
15HertfordshireUp+2621£39,968+2.06 %
16ManchesterDown-2616£33,766-22.32 %
17ScotlandDown-1505£34,251+0.03 %
18East MidlandsDown-1485£32,376+3.34 %
19OxfordshireDown-3385£33,834+4.21 %
20West YorkshireDown-8380£32,613+16.42 %
21BristolDown-9302£32,440+2.04 %
22BuckinghamshireDown-9270£36,866-4.56 %
23BirminghamDown-3268£35,474+1.06 %
24LeedsDown-12266£32,216+15.06 %
25CheshireUp+5251£32,835+0.32 %
26South YorkshireUp+3227£33,025+10.53 %
27ReadingDown-9224£36,542-4.78 %
28EdinburghDown-1214£32,070-9.38 %
29OxfordDown-2213£31,867-7.32 %
30GloucestershireUp+5183£35,753+14.32 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Degree.

110300 (25.43 %)Finance
29139 (22.56 %)SQL
37966 (19.66 %).NET
47774 (19.19 %)Java
57186 (17.74 %)C++
67020 (17.33 %)C#
76165 (15.22 %)SQL Server
86124 (15.12 %)Computer Science
95922 (14.62 %)Windows
105023 (12.40 %)Oracle
114931 (12.17 %)Microsoft
124530 (11.18 %)XML
134357 (10.76 %)Unix
143784 (9.341 %)C
153737 (9.225 %)Project Management
163670 (9.059 %)OO
173601 (8.889 %)Banking
183309 (8.168 %)ASP.NET
193061 (7.556 %)Mathematics
202974 (7.341 %)Education
212969 (7.329 %)HTML
222961 (7.309 %)Linux
232924 (7.218 %)JavaScript
242752 (6.793 %)MS Excel
252680 (6.615 %)J2EE
262663 (6.574 %)VB
272101 (5.186 %)Pensions
282003 (4.944 %)Microsoft Certification
291978 (4.883 %)VB.NET
301937 (4.781 %)UML

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Degree also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
17966 (19.66 %).NET
24530 (11.18 %)XML
33309 (8.168 %)ASP.NET
42969 (7.329 %)HTML
52680 (6.615 %)J2EE
61893 (4.673 %)CSS
71415 (3.493 %)ASP
81282 (3.165 %)WebServices
91015 (2.505 %)AJAX
10981 (2.422 %)JSP
11965 (2.382 %)Spring
12855 (2.111 %)Hibernate
13788 (1.945 %)XSLT
14706 (1.743 %)XHTML
15583 (1.439 %).NET Framework
16581 (1.434 %)WinForms
17574 (1.417 %)WebSphere
18542 (1.338 %)JDBC
19528 (1.303 %)SOAP
20524 (1.293 %)EJB
Application Platforms
11204 (2.972 %)SAS
2973 (2.402 %)MS Exchange
3768 (1.896 %)IIS
4681 (1.681 %)SharePoint
5605 (1.493 %)Apache
6563 (1.390 %)Exchange Server 2003
7500 (1.234 %)WebLogic
8467 (1.153 %)Tomcat
9377 (0.931 %)BizTalk Server
10357 (0.881 %)JBoss
11299 (0.738 %)CMS
12224 (0.553 %)Exchange Server 2000
13173 (0.427 %)WebSphere Application Server
14166 (0.410 %)SharePoint Server 2007
15153 (0.378 %)ColdFusion
16152 (0.375 %)Exchange Server 2007
17142 (0.351 %)Oracle Workflow
18134 (0.331 %)Lotus Notes
19120 (0.296 %)MQSeries
20115 (0.284 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
12752 (6.793 %)MS Excel
21321 (3.261 %)MS Office
3668 (1.649 %)MS Visio
4519 (1.281 %)Photoshop
5445 (1.098 %)MS Project
6378 (0.933 %)MS PowerPoint
7365 (0.901 %)SPSS
8297 (0.733 %)MATLAB
9296 (0.731 %)Adobe Illustrator
10107 (0.264 %)Fireworks
1169 (0.170 %)3ds Max
1267 (0.165 %)Simulink
1360 (0.148 %)FrameMaker
1456 (0.138 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1550 (0.123 %)AutoCAD
1649 (0.121 %)InfoPath
1747 (0.116 %)Acrobat
1836 (0.089 %)S-PLUS
1836 (0.089 %)Maya
1933 (0.081 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
1191 (0.471 %)Dynamics CRM
2179 (0.442 %)Oracle Applications
3173 (0.427 %)SAP FI
4163 (0.402 %)SAP CO
5159 (0.392 %)SAP FI/CO
6141 (0.348 %)Dynamics AX
7131 (0.323 %)Microsoft CRM
8130 (0.321 %)Oracle Financials
9115 (0.284 %)Oracle 11i
10106 (0.262 %)SAP HR
1186 (0.212 %)Oracle EBS
1280 (0.197 %)Axapta
1368 (0.168 %)Navision
1458 (0.143 %)Summit
1557 (0.141 %)Endur
1651 (0.126 %)SAP SD
1750 (0.123 %)SAP MM
1849 (0.121 %)Fidessa
1849 (0.121 %)Pivotal CRM
1948 (0.118 %)SAP PP
Communications & Networking
11833 (4.525 %)Internet
21078 (2.661 %)TCP/IP
3609 (1.503 %)Firewall
4600 (1.481 %)WAN
5551 (1.360 %)LAN
6495 (1.222 %)Wireless
7418 (1.032 %)SAN
8378 (0.933 %)DNS
9355 (0.876 %)VoIP
10326 (0.805 %)VPN
11321 (0.792 %)Intranet
12232 (0.573 %)GSM
13212 (0.523 %)WINS
14205 (0.506 %)HTTP
15174 (0.430 %)Network Security
16161 (0.397 %)Broadband
17157 (0.388 %)Ethernet
18153 (0.378 %)DHCP
19151 (0.373 %)3G
20121 (0.299 %)UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
16165 (15.22 %)SQL Server
21181 (2.915 %)SQL Server 2005
31054 (2.602 %)MySQL
41041 (2.570 %)SQL Server 2000
5898 (2.217 %)RDBMS
6892 (2.202 %)Datawarehouse
7564 (1.392 %)BusinessObjects
8493 (1.217 %)Oracle 10g
9456 (1.126 %)DB2
10422 (1.042 %)ETL
11394 (0.973 %)Oracle 9i
12353 (0.871 %)Crystal Reports
13340 (0.839 %)Oracle 8/8i
14323 (0.797 %)MS Access
15322 (0.795 %)GIS
16313 (0.773 %)SQL Server 7
17275 (0.679 %)Oracle Reports
18202 (0.499 %)DTS
19199 (0.491 %)OLAP
20193 (0.476 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
1938 (2.315 %)Visual Studio
2655 (1.617 %)Flash
3439 (1.084 %)Eclipse
4368 (0.908 %)JUnit
5316 (0.780 %)Ant
6292 (0.721 %)Dreamweaver
7279 (0.689 %)TestDirector
8230 (0.568 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9218 (0.538 %)Subversion
10174 (0.430 %)QuickTest Pro
11161 (0.397 %)Oracle Forms
12139 (0.343 %)ClearCase
13115 (0.284 %)WinRunner
1478 (0.193 %)PVCS
1571 (0.175 %)NUnit
1664 (0.158 %)JIRA
1664 (0.158 %)Rational Rose
1762 (0.153 %)InstallShield
1857 (0.141 %)LoadRunner
1951 (0.126 %)JDeveloper
General
110300 (25.43 %)Finance
23601 (8.889 %)Banking
32974 (7.341 %)Education
42101 (5.186 %)Pensions
51914 (4.725 %)Marketing
61835 (4.530 %)Front Office
71807 (4.461 %)Telecoms
81781 (4.396 %)Health
91433 (3.537 %)Investment Banking
101369 (3.379 %)Insurance
111356 (3.347 %)Retail
121200 (2.962 %)Electronics
13950 (2.345 %)Manufacturing
14720 (1.777 %)Government
15719 (1.775 %)Games
16703 (1.735 %)Pharmaceutical
17660 (1.629 %)Back Office
18641 (1.582 %)Financial Institution
19579 (1.429 %)Electric
20354 (0.874 %)Legal
Job Titles
112518 (30.90 %)Developer
26496 (16.04 %)Analyst
34090 (10.10 %)Consultant
42852 (7.040 %)Software Engineer
52708 (6.685 %)Java Developer
62190 (5.406 %)Graduate
72139 (5.280 %).NET Developer
82117 (5.226 %)C# Developer
91785 (4.406 %)Project Manager
101709 (4.219 %)Junior
111636 (4.038 %)C++ Developer
121630 (4.024 %)Business Analyst
131625 (4.011 %)Software Developer
141418 (3.500 %)Architect
151356 (3.347 %)Programmer
161298 (3.204 %)Web Developer
171283 (3.167 %)Senior Developer
181160 (2.863 %)Support Analyst
19867 (2.140 %)Junior Developer
20847 (2.091 %)Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
16124 (15.12 %)Computer Science
23061 (7.556 %)Mathematics
31796 (4.433 %)Derivative
4891 (2.199 %)Physics
5749 (1.849 %)Fixed Income
6710 (1.753 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7689 (1.701 %)Equities
8590 (1.456 %)Statistics
9529 (1.306 %)Multithreading
10513 (1.266 %)Client/Server
11454 (1.121 %)Management Information System
12446 (1.101 %)Equity Derivative
13429 (1.059 %)Asset Management
14363 (0.896 %)French Language
15310 (0.765 %)Credit Risk
16289 (0.713 %)German Language
17269 (0.664 %)Economics
18252 (0.622 %)N-Tier
19227 (0.560 %)NHS
20224 (0.553 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
15922 (14.62 %)Windows
24357 (10.76 %)Unix
32961 (7.309 %)Linux
4779 (1.923 %)Solaris
5700 (1.728 %)Windows 2000
6629 (1.553 %)Windows XP
7525 (1.296 %)Windows NT
8493 (1.217 %)Windows Server 2003
9261 (0.644 %)AIX
10163 (0.402 %)HPUX
11117 (0.289 %)VxWorks
12112 (0.276 %)Embedded Linux
1396 (0.237 %)Symbian OS
1493 (0.230 %)Windows Mobile
1569 (0.170 %)Windows CE
1660 (0.148 %)MVS
1746 (0.114 %)VMS
1841 (0.101 %)Debian
1934 (0.084 %)Windows Vista
2032 (0.079 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
13737 (9.225 %)Project Management
23670 (9.059 %)OO
31937 (4.781 %)UML
41584 (3.910 %)Software Engineering
51414 (3.490 %)PRINCE2
61320 (3.258 %)Business Intelligence
71168 (2.883 %)Business Analysis
81126 (2.779 %)CRM
91116 (2.755 %)Risk Management
101027 (2.535 %)ITIL
11989 (2.441 %)E-Commerce
12915 (2.259 %)Web Development
13907 (2.239 %)Agile Software Development
14833 (2.056 %)OOD
15643 (1.587 %)Data Analysis
16634 (1.565 %)ERP
17618 (1.526 %)Migration
18615 (1.518 %)Business Development
19534 (1.318 %)Project Planning
20526 (1.298 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
19139 (22.56 %)SQL
27774 (19.19 %)Java
37186 (17.74 %)C++
47020 (17.33 %)C#
53784 (9.341 %)C
62924 (7.218 %)JavaScript
72663 (6.574 %)VB
81978 (4.883 %)VB.NET
91275 (3.147 %)Perl
101107 (2.733 %)VBA
111079 (2.663 %)PHP
12941 (2.323 %)PL/SQL
13709 (1.750 %)VB6
14696 (1.718 %)Transact-SQL
15531 (1.311 %)Python
16512 (1.264 %)VC++
17469 (1.158 %)Shell Script
18450 (1.111 %)VBScript
19434 (1.071 %)Delphi
20387 (0.955 %)Embedded C
Qualifications
12003 (4.944 %)Microsoft Certification
2960 (2.370 %)MCSE
3757 (1.869 %)HND
4687 (1.696 %)ISEB
5584 (1.442 %)Cisco Certification
6514 (1.269 %)PhD
7491 (1.212 %)MCP
8434 (1.071 %)MCSD
9404 (0.997 %)CCNA
10325 (0.802 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11259 (0.639 %)MBA
12250 (0.617 %)MCSA
13228 (0.563 %)CCNP
14187 (0.462 %)MCDBA
15171 (0.422 %)CISSP
16166 (0.410 %)ITIL Certification
17162 (0.400 %)HNC
18126 (0.311 %)MCAD
19125 (0.309 %)ACCA
20121 (0.299 %)Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11172 (2.893 %)QA
2376 (0.928 %)SLA
3164 (0.405 %)ISO9001
4143 (0.353 %)Basel II
5138 (0.341 %)ISO27001
6106 (0.262 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
7103 (0.254 %)BS7799
893 (0.230 %)WAI
949 (0.121 %)COBIT
1039 (0.096 %)TickIT
1130 (0.074 %)ISO9000
1221 (0.052 %)ISO17799
1320 (0.049 %)GCP
1417 (0.042 %)ISO8583
1514 (0.035 %)JSP 440
1612 (0.030 %)MiFID
1711 (0.027 %)GxP
189 (0.022 %)Prudential Sourcebook
198 (0.020 %)GMP
198 (0.020 %)HL7
System Software
11209 (2.984 %)Active Directory
288 (0.217 %)ISA Server
378 (0.193 %)Terminal Services
378 (0.193 %)Oracle RAC
462 (0.153 %)VMware ESX
557 (0.141 %)MetaFrame
656 (0.138 %)NetBackup
755 (0.136 %)Citrix Presentation Server
852 (0.128 %)Terminal Server
949 (0.121 %)MSMQ
1048 (0.118 %)Backup Exec
1141 (0.101 %)Oracle RMAN
1230 (0.074 %)NDS
1327 (0.067 %)Xen
1423 (0.057 %)NFS
1519 (0.047 %)Samba
1613 (0.032 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1710 (0.025 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
189 (0.022 %)LiteSpeed
197 (0.017 %)Cronacle
Systems Management
197 (0.239 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
256 (0.138 %)OpenView
351 (0.126 %)MOM
442 (0.104 %)Tivoli
533 (0.081 %)AutoSys
629 (0.072 %)WSUS
722 (0.054 %)Norton AntiVirus
722 (0.054 %)CiscoWorks
821 (0.052 %)SCOM
919 (0.047 %)Nagios
1016 (0.039 %)Legato
1114 (0.035 %)EMC NetWorker
1212 (0.030 %)EMC Navisphere
1212 (0.030 %)Unicenter
1212 (0.030 %)BMC PATROL
139 (0.022 %)MIMEsweeper
139 (0.022 %)CA SiteMinder
148 (0.020 %)EMC TimeFinder
148 (0.020 %)Netcool
157 (0.017 %)OVSD
Vendors
15023 (12.40 %)Oracle
24931 (12.17 %)Microsoft
31385 (3.419 %)SAP
4987 (2.436 %)Sybase
5938 (2.315 %)Cisco
6564 (1.392 %)Business Objects
7551 (1.360 %)IBM
8509 (1.256 %)Citrix
9390 (0.963 %)EMC
10380 (0.938 %)HP
11368 (0.908 %)Sun
12343 (0.847 %)Cognos
13288 (0.711 %)VMware
14254 (0.627 %)Adobe
15237 (0.585 %)Bloomberg
16224 (0.553 %)Red Hat
17196 (0.484 %)TIBCO
18194 (0.479 %)Reuters
19173 (0.427 %)BEA
20165 (0.407 %)Symbian
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