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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate Software Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank784793
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads142213
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.087 %
As % of the category below0.082 %0.094 %
Salaries quoted131181
Average minimum salary£22,500£20,543
Average salary£24,592£22,098
% change on same period last year+11.28 %
Average maximum salary£26,684£23,653
UK excluding London average salary£23,062£21,986
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads172359227702
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.99 %93.24 %
Salaries quoted141953179626
Average minimum salary£39,075£41,050
Average salary£42,724£44,871
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum salary£46,372£48,692
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %

Graduate Software Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Graduate Software Engineer Demand Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Graduate Software Engineer Salary Trend

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandDown-2125£24,879+12.31 %
South WestNo change027£23,208+7.14 %
LondonUp+8526£32,109+36.47 %
East of EnglandDown-3024£24,741+8.15 %
South EastUp+123£23,417+5.59 %
CambridgeshireDown-2520£24,975+9.83 %
CambridgeDown-3217£25,676+10.74 %
South WalesUp+2614£22,214+0.40 %
WalesUp+1914£22,214+9.80 %
TorfaenNew entry-13£22,000-
PontypoolNew entry-13£22,000-
North WestUp+2212£20,182+5.11 %
GloucestershireNew entry-10£21,786-
ManchesterUp+389£19,625+9.02 %
City of LondonDown-108£36,375+45.50 %
CheltenhamNew entry-7£23,125-
YorkshireDown-56£21,500+11.44 %
DorsetUp+86£22,250+5.95 %
West SussexUp+185£22,400+1.81 %
West YorkshireNew entry-5£22,000-
West MidlandsDown-55£21,250+6.25 %
BristolNew entry-5£24,300-
LeedsNew entry-5£22,000-
OxfordUp+14£25,625+34.86 %
BathDown-144£25,500+16.97 %
OxfordshireDown-34£25,625+28.93 %
SomersetDown-214£25,500+17.24 %
HertfordshireDown-54£25,250+5.20 %
HampshireDown-233£23,000-4.68 %
ScotlandUp+293£24,000-4.00 %

Graduate Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1184 (69.96 %)C++
2143 (54.37 %)Degree
397 (36.88 %)Java
494 (35.74 %)C
587 (33.08 %)Computer Science
661 (23.19 %)C#
661 (23.19 %).NET
753 (20.15 %)Mathematics
753 (20.15 %)Software Engineering
851 (19.39 %)Windows
947 (17.87 %)OO
1044 (16.73 %)UNIX
1044 (16.73 %)Linux
1044 (16.73 %)UML
1131 (11.79 %)Physics
1226 (9.886 %)SQL Server
1325 (9.506 %)OOA/OOD
1325 (9.506 %)Microsoft
1423 (8.745 %)Electronics
1522 (8.365 %)PhD
1522 (8.365 %)Visual Studio
1522 (8.365 %)Education
1621 (7.985 %)Pensions
1720 (7.605 %)XML
1819 (7.224 %)Oracle
1918 (6.844 %)ASP.NET
1918 (6.844 %)J2EE
1918 (6.844 %)Health
2017 (6.464 %)VB
2017 (6.464 %)Perl

Graduate Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graduate Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
161 (23.19 %).NET
220 (7.605 %)XML
318 (6.844 %)J2EE
318 (6.844 %)ASP.NET
415 (5.703 %)STL
514 (5.323 %)MFC
69 (3.422 %)Swing
69 (3.422 %)OpenGL
69 (3.422 %)HTML
76 (2.281 %)ASP
85 (1.901 %)COM
85 (1.901 %)CSS
85 (1.901 %)WebServices
85 (1.901 %)WinForms
85 (1.901 %).NET Framework
94 (1.521 %)DirectX
94 (1.521 %)Servlets
103 (1.141 %)XSLT
103 (1.141 %)XHTML
103 (1.141 %)WAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.281 %)SharePoint
22 (0.760 %)IIS
31 (0.380 %)MQSeries
31 (0.380 %)iFIX
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (3.042 %)MATLAB
25 (1.901 %)MS Excel
34 (1.521 %)Quicktime
43 (1.141 %)MS Office
51 (0.380 %)Photoshop
51 (0.380 %)Simulink
51 (0.380 %)Stateflow
51 (0.380 %)3ds Max
51 (0.380 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.380 %)Oracle EBS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (5.703 %)TCP/IP
29 (3.422 %)Wireless
37 (2.662 %)Internet
46 (2.281 %)HTTP
46 (2.281 %)iSCSI
55 (1.901 %)Ethernet
64 (1.521 %)VoIP
64 (1.521 %)GPRS
64 (1.521 %)GSM
73 (1.141 %)LAN
82 (0.760 %)Bluetooth
82 (0.760 %)RFID
82 (0.760 %)Wi-Fi
91 (0.380 %)CTI
91 (0.380 %)Intranet
91 (0.380 %)3G
91 (0.380 %)DECnet
91 (0.380 %)SS7
91 (0.380 %)SDH
91 (0.380 %)UMTS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (9.886 %)SQL Server
28 (3.042 %)SQL Server 2000
28 (3.042 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (2.281 %)GIS
44 (1.521 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (1.521 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.380 %)MySQL
51 (0.380 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.380 %)MS Access
51 (0.380 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.380 %)Data Mining
51 (0.380 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (8.365 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.521 %)Eclipse
33 (1.141 %)Subversion
33 (1.141 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.380 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (8.745 %)Electronics
222 (8.365 %)Education
321 (7.985 %)Pensions
418 (6.844 %)Health
516 (6.084 %)Finance
613 (4.943 %)Manufacturing
711 (4.183 %)Games
810 (3.802 %)Aerospace
98 (3.042 %)Automotive
107 (2.662 %)3D Graphics
116 (2.281 %)Insurance
125 (1.901 %)Telecoms
134 (1.521 %)Electric
134 (1.521 %)Banking
134 (1.521 %)Multimedia
134 (1.521 %)Investment Banking
143 (1.141 %)Military
143 (1.141 %)Government
152 (0.760 %)Billing
152 (0.760 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
187 (33.08 %)Computer Science
253 (20.15 %)Mathematics
331 (11.79 %)Physics
47 (2.662 %)Device Driver
56 (2.281 %)Firmware
64 (1.521 %)MPEG
64 (1.521 %)Video Conferencing
73 (1.141 %)Multithreading
82 (0.760 %)SCADA
82 (0.760 %)Management Information System
82 (0.760 %)BBC
91 (0.380 %)DTV
91 (0.380 %)Handset
91 (0.380 %)Clustering
91 (0.380 %)Artificial Intelligence
91 (0.380 %)Wiki
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
151 (19.39 %)Windows
244 (16.73 %)UNIX
244 (16.73 %)Linux
39 (3.422 %)Solaris
44 (1.521 %)Windows 2000
44 (1.521 %)Symbian OS
53 (1.141 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.760 %)Windows Mobile
62 (0.760 %)Windows NT
62 (0.760 %)HPUX
71 (0.380 %)VMS
71 (0.380 %)VxWorks
71 (0.380 %)pSOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (20.15 %)Software Engineering
247 (17.87 %)OO
344 (16.73 %)UML
425 (9.506 %)OOA/OOD
58 (3.042 %)OOD
58 (3.042 %)Business Intelligence
67 (2.662 %)Data Modelling
67 (2.662 %)Investment Management
67 (2.662 %)Security Cleared
76 (2.281 %)Agile Software Development
85 (1.901 %)Software Testing
93 (1.141 %)Requirements Analysis
93 (1.141 %)Content Management
93 (1.141 %)Configuration Management
102 (0.760 %)OOP
102 (0.760 %)CAD
102 (0.760 %)Web Development
102 (0.760 %)Release Management
102 (0.760 %)System Testing
111 (0.380 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1184 (69.96 %)C++
297 (36.88 %)Java
394 (35.74 %)C
461 (23.19 %)C#
517 (6.464 %)Perl
517 (6.464 %)VB
615 (5.703 %)VC++
615 (5.703 %)Python
714 (5.323 %)SQL
810 (3.802 %)Ruby
98 (3.042 %)JavaScript
107 (2.662 %)Embedded C
107 (2.662 %)Groovy
116 (2.281 %)VB.NET
125 (1.901 %)Embedded C++
125 (1.901 %)Delphi
134 (1.521 %)Tcl
143 (1.141 %)VBA
143 (1.141 %)PHP
152 (0.760 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1143 (54.37 %)Degree
222 (8.365 %)PhD
34 (1.521 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.760 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.141 %)Xen
13 (1.141 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (9.506 %)Microsoft
219 (7.224 %)Oracle
34 (1.521 %)Symbian
43 (1.141 %)VMware
52 (0.760 %)HP
61 (0.380 %)Red Hat
61 (0.380 %)Apple
61 (0.380 %)MathWorks
61 (0.380 %)Adobe
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