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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate Programmer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate Programmer
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank728871
Rank change on same period last yearUp+143
Matching permanent IT job ads111121
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.054 %
As % of the category below0.080 %0.058 %
Salaries quoted111117
Average minimum salary£22,642£19,236
Average salary£25,012£20,923
% change on same period last year+19.54 %
Average maximum salary£27,383£22,610
UK excluding London average salary£23,958£19,936
% change on same period last year+20.17 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads138694207818
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.77 %92.66 %
Salaries quoted116945167069
Average minimum salary£38,867£40,069
Average salary£42,545£43,907
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Average maximum salary£46,223£47,745
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %

Graduate Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Programmer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Graduate Programmer Demand Trend

Graduate Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate Programmer within the UK.

Graduate Programmer Salary Trend

Graduate Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate Programmer over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 within the UK.

Graduate Programmer Salary Histogram

Graduate Programmer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+98107£25,095+19.58 %
LondonUp+13849£26,541+11.82 %
South EastUp+7425£24,383+14.53 %
North WestUp+4215£21,324+3.17 %
ManchesterUp+4813£21,500-2.27 %
SurreyUp+5010£24,150+14.31 %
BerkshireUp+458£26,938+28.27 %
GuildfordUp+187£22,000-
OxfordNew entry-6£26,500-
OxfordshireNew entry-6£26,500-
East of EnglandUp+376£28,125+39.31 %
East MidlandsUp+185£23,100+21.57 %
NewburyDown-85£27,500+41.02 %
NorthamptonNew entry-4£23,000-
City of LondonDown-174£26,500+6.26 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-4£23,000-
WalesUp+74£22,625+16.02 %
West MidlandsDown-24£28,750+84.82 %
SuffolkUp+193£28,333+13.33 %
North WalesUp+73£21,667+8.33 %
CambridgeUp+73£28,333+42.55 %
BoltonNew entry-3£21,000-
ReadingUp+163£26,000+4.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+123£28,333+45.29 %
HampshireUp+83£18,500-12.59 %
HertfordshireUp+272£27,500-
DenbighshireUp+72£22,500+12.50 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£20,750-
High WycombeNew entry-2£20,750-
StevenageNew entry-2£27,500-

Graduate Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1128 (53.33 %)Degree
2102 (42.50 %).NET
384 (35.00 %)C++
483 (34.58 %)Java
575 (31.25 %)C#
667 (27.92 %)SQL
763 (26.25 %)VB.NET
857 (23.75 %)SQL Server
952 (21.67 %)ASP.NET
1050 (20.83 %)Computer Science
1143 (17.92 %)Finance
1233 (13.75 %)VB
1332 (13.33 %)XML
1431 (12.92 %)UNIX
1431 (12.92 %)J2EE
1526 (10.83 %)Software Engineering
1624 (10.00 %)HTML
1624 (10.00 %)VC++
1723 (9.583 %)Swing
1723 (9.583 %)Windows
1723 (9.583 %)Servlets
1821 (8.750 %)Oracle
1917 (7.083 %)Mathematics
1917 (7.083 %)C
1917 (7.083 %)WebServices
2016 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
2115 (6.250 %)Linux
2214 (5.833 %)OO
2214 (5.833 %)Microsoft
2214 (5.833 %)AJAX

Graduate Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1102 (42.50 %).NET
252 (21.67 %)ASP.NET
332 (13.33 %)XML
431 (12.92 %)J2EE
524 (10.00 %)HTML
623 (9.583 %)Swing
623 (9.583 %)Servlets
717 (7.083 %)WebServices
814 (5.833 %)AJAX
912 (5.000 %)JSP
1010 (4.167 %)JDBC
119 (3.750 %).NET Framework
119 (3.750 %)JavaBeans
119 (3.750 %)MFC
128 (3.333 %)CSS
137 (2.917 %)XSLT
145 (2.083 %)EJB
154 (1.667 %)Hibernate
163 (1.250 %)Spring
163 (1.250 %)JSF
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (2.917 %)SharePoint
24 (1.667 %)Apache
33 (1.250 %)JBoss
33 (1.250 %)Tomcat
33 (1.250 %)CMS
42 (0.833 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.417 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (5.000 %)MS Excel
24 (1.667 %)MS Visio
32 (0.833 %)MS Office
41 (0.417 %)Photoshop
41 (0.417 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.250 %)TCP/IP
22 (0.833 %)Intranet
22 (0.833 %)Internet
31 (0.417 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
157 (23.75 %)SQL Server
213 (5.417 %)SQL Server 2000
38 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (2.500 %)Datawarehouse
55 (2.083 %)MySQL
64 (1.667 %)OLAP
64 (1.667 %)DTS
72 (0.833 %)Crystal Enterprise
81 (0.417 %)RDBMS
81 (0.417 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
29 (3.750 %)Flash
35 (2.083 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (1.250 %)Eclipse
52 (0.833 %)Ant
52 (0.833 %)JUnit
61 (0.417 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (17.92 %)Finance
213 (5.417 %)Health
311 (4.583 %)Pensions
410 (4.167 %)Games
57 (2.917 %)Publishing
65 (2.083 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.667 %)Telecoms
74 (1.667 %)Financial Institution
74 (1.667 %)Education
74 (1.667 %)Banking
83 (1.250 %)Law
92 (0.833 %)Investment Banking
92 (0.833 %)Multimedia
101 (0.417 %)Marketing
101 (0.417 %)3D Graphics
101 (0.417 %)Chemicals
101 (0.417 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
150 (20.83 %)Computer Science
217 (7.083 %)Mathematics
310 (4.167 %)Client/Server
310 (4.167 %)Physics
47 (2.917 %)Chemistry
47 (2.917 %)Biology
55 (2.083 %)Artificial Intelligence
64 (1.667 %)Neural Network
72 (0.833 %)Equities
72 (0.833 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (0.833 %)Photography
81 (0.417 %)Multithreading
81 (0.417 %)RIA
81 (0.417 %)Wiki
81 (0.417 %)MPEG
81 (0.417 %)PMI
81 (0.417 %)DTV
81 (0.417 %)Streaming Video
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (12.92 %)UNIX
223 (9.583 %)Windows
315 (6.250 %)Linux
43 (1.250 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (10.83 %)Software Engineering
214 (5.833 %)OO
312 (5.000 %)Systems Analysis
46 (2.500 %)OOD
55 (2.083 %)Document Management
55 (2.083 %)Web Development
55 (2.083 %)Fund Management
55 (2.083 %)OOP
55 (2.083 %)Project Management
64 (1.667 %)UML
73 (1.250 %)Business Analysis
73 (1.250 %)Algorithmic Trading
73 (1.250 %)Business Intelligence
82 (0.833 %)SEO
82 (0.833 %)Migration
82 (0.833 %)Web Design
82 (0.833 %)ERP
82 (0.833 %)OOA/OOD
82 (0.833 %)E-Commerce
82 (0.833 %)Data Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
184 (35.00 %)C++
283 (34.58 %)Java
375 (31.25 %)C#
467 (27.92 %)SQL
563 (26.25 %)VB.NET
633 (13.75 %)VB
724 (10.00 %)VC++
817 (7.083 %)C
914 (5.833 %)VB6
1011 (4.583 %)JavaScript
119 (3.750 %)Transact-SQL
127 (2.917 %)PHP
134 (1.667 %)Embedded C
134 (1.667 %)Perl
143 (1.250 %)RPG
143 (1.250 %)Shell Script
152 (0.833 %)DHTML
152 (0.833 %)Python
161 (0.417 %)ActionScript
161 (0.417 %)Smalltalk
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1128 (53.33 %)Degree
29 (3.750 %)PhD
31 (0.417 %)MCP
31 (0.417 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.417 %)QA
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (8.750 %)Oracle
214 (5.833 %)Microsoft
39 (3.750 %)Borland
45 (2.083 %)IBM
51 (0.417 %)Sybase
51 (0.417 %)Adobe