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

 Graduate
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank148165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads25752921
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.359 %1.196 %
As % of the category below1.494 %1.283 %
Salaries quoted22962401
Average minimum salary£22,453£21,752
Average salary£24,852£23,754
% change on same period last year+4.62 %
Average maximum salary£27,252£25,757
UK excluding London average salary£22,738£22,388
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
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
Demand Trend

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

Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

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

Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

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

Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate 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
EnglandUp+252483£24,945+4.84 %
LondonUp+53944£28,995+8.63 %
South EastUp+22700£23,734+1.70 %
City of LondonUp+86386£33,151+15.72 %
East of EnglandDown-42220£23,741+3.81 %
BerkshireUp+59195£23,503-0.34 %
SurreyUp+63177£24,352-0.80 %
North WestUp+5173£20,778+2.63 %
South WestDown-9166£21,277-1.24 %
YorkshireDown-19135£21,124-1.47 %
HampshireDown-30117£21,393-8.37 %
OxfordshireUp+10116£24,505+2.87 %
CambridgeshireDown-28111£24,402+5.85 %
West MidlandsUp+8108£22,582+5.66 %
West YorkshireUp+13103£20,980-3.89 %
CambridgeDown-1797£25,096+8.83 %
OxfordUp+287£24,613-0.78 %
ManchesterUp+179£20,465+0.52 %
LeedsUp+1171£21,404-1.52 %
WokingUp+3168£24,531+6.65 %
CheshireUp+2265£20,922+0.16 %
BristolUp+1053£20,106-8.42 %
HertfordshireDown-4251£23,451-4.28 %
ReadingUp+2150£25,058+2.00 %
East MidlandsDown-944£20,893+0.69 %
ScotlandUp+742£23,139+6.85 %
WalesUp+840£20,860+0.77 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2840£25,290+15.04 %
BirminghamDown-439£22,546-2.56 %
BasingstokeDown-2638£20,581-17.56 %

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12394 (47.74 %)Degree
21368 (27.28 %).NET
31344 (26.80 %)Java
41235 (24.63 %)SQL
51173 (23.39 %)C++
61127 (22.47 %)C#
71035 (20.64 %)Finance
8923 (18.40 %)Computer Science
9843 (16.81 %)SQL Server
10671 (13.38 %)Windows
11647 (12.90 %)ASP.NET
12583 (11.63 %)Mathematics
13564 (11.25 %)C
14547 (10.91 %)UNIX
15504 (10.05 %)OO
16502 (10.01 %)XML
17495 (9.870 %)Microsoft
18474 (9.452 %)HTML
19461 (9.192 %)VB
20457 (9.113 %)VB.NET
21436 (8.694 %)Oracle
22432 (8.614 %)Linux
23362 (7.218 %)JavaScript
24308 (6.142 %)MS Excel
25294 (5.862 %)Pensions
26279 (5.563 %)PHP
27264 (5.264 %)CSS
28257 (5.125 %)J2EE
29244 (4.865 %)Banking
30231 (4.606 %)Education

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11368 (27.28 %).NET
2647 (12.90 %)ASP.NET
3502 (10.01 %)XML
4474 (9.452 %)HTML
5264 (5.264 %)CSS
6257 (5.125 %)J2EE
7219 (4.367 %)ASP
8186 (3.709 %)AJAX
9118 (2.353 %)WebServices
10114 (2.273 %)XHTML
1184 (1.675 %).NET Framework
1283 (1.655 %)Spring
1283 (1.655 %)JSP
1379 (1.575 %)STL
1477 (1.535 %)XSLT
1567 (1.336 %)Hibernate
1662 (1.236 %)WinForms
1760 (1.196 %)MFC
1855 (1.097 %)Servlets
1952 (1.037 %)JDBC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
184 (1.675 %)SharePoint
280 (1.595 %)SAS
340 (0.798 %)IIS
438 (0.758 %)MS Exchange
438 (0.758 %)Apache
532 (0.638 %)WebLogic
630 (0.598 %)ColdFusion
724 (0.479 %)Tomcat
822 (0.439 %)BizTalk Server
919 (0.379 %)CMS
919 (0.379 %)Lotus Notes
1015 (0.299 %)JBoss
1113 (0.259 %)Exchange Server 2003
1212 (0.239 %)SharePoint Server 2007
139 (0.179 %)SharePoint Portal Server
139 (0.179 %)WebSphere MQ
146 (0.120 %)Mathematica
155 (0.100 %)Papyrus
155 (0.100 %)StreamWeaver
155 (0.100 %)LiveLink
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1308 (6.142 %)MS Excel
2146 (2.911 %)MS Office
365 (1.296 %)Photoshop
457 (1.137 %)SPSS
538 (0.758 %)MS Visio
632 (0.638 %)Adobe Illustrator
632 (0.638 %)MS PowerPoint
730 (0.598 %)MATLAB
812 (0.239 %)Spreadsheet
910 (0.199 %)Acrobat
109 (0.179 %)RoboHelp
109 (0.179 %)S-PLUS
118 (0.160 %)FrameMaker
118 (0.160 %)InDesign
127 (0.140 %)PrintSoft PReS
127 (0.140 %)Fireworks
135 (0.100 %)MS Project
135 (0.100 %)DOC1
135 (0.100 %)3ds Max
144 (0.080 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.279 %)RMDS
114 (0.279 %)Kondor+
114 (0.279 %)Misys Midas
211 (0.219 %)Microsoft CRM
39 (0.179 %)Navision
48 (0.160 %)Dynamics NAV
48 (0.160 %)Oracle Applications
48 (0.160 %)Summit
57 (0.140 %)Thomson PORTIA
66 (0.120 %)Line 500
66 (0.120 %)Oracle Financials
73 (0.060 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.060 %)SAP HR
82 (0.040 %)Oracle Manufacturing
82 (0.040 %)SAP Payroll
82 (0.040 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.040 %)Applix TM1
82 (0.040 %)Siebel Analytics
91 (0.020 %)Google Analytics
91 (0.020 %)GoldMine
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1170 (3.390 %)TCP/IP
2136 (2.712 %)Internet
357 (1.137 %)VoIP
453 (1.057 %)Intranet
544 (0.877 %)Wireless
635 (0.698 %)HTTP
726 (0.518 %)DNS
821 (0.419 %)DHCP
919 (0.379 %)LAN
1018 (0.359 %)Ethernet
1114 (0.279 %)WAN
1213 (0.259 %)GSM
1213 (0.259 %)ADSL
1213 (0.259 %)H.323
1213 (0.259 %)Firewall
1311 (0.219 %)Wi-Fi
1311 (0.219 %)ISDN
1410 (0.199 %)Broadband
1410 (0.199 %)SAN
159 (0.179 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1843 (16.81 %)SQL Server
2140 (2.792 %)SQL Server 2005
3130 (2.592 %)MySQL
4102 (2.034 %)SQL Server 2000
575 (1.496 %)RDBMS
660 (1.196 %)Crystal Reports
734 (0.678 %)MS Access
833 (0.658 %)Datawarehouse
929 (0.578 %)Oracle 10g
1027 (0.538 %)GIS
1126 (0.518 %)SQL Server 7
1225 (0.499 %)BusinessObjects
1324 (0.479 %)DB2
1324 (0.479 %)Oracle 8/8i
1423 (0.459 %)Oracle 9i
1423 (0.459 %)Oracle Reports
1516 (0.319 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1615 (0.299 %)DTS
1712 (0.239 %)Data Cleansing
1810 (0.199 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1149 (2.971 %)Visual Studio
274 (1.476 %)Flash
328 (0.558 %)VSS/SourceSafe
427 (0.538 %)Dreamweaver
519 (0.379 %)Eclipse
616 (0.319 %)JUnit
715 (0.299 %)NUnit
812 (0.239 %)Subversion
99 (0.179 %)Ant
108 (0.160 %)TestDirector
108 (0.160 %)Rational Rose
116 (0.120 %)Rational Robot
116 (0.120 %)QuickTest Pro
116 (0.120 %)Selenium
116 (0.120 %)FitNesse
124 (0.080 %)IntelliJ
133 (0.060 %)Oracle Forms
133 (0.060 %)Bugzilla
133 (0.060 %)CruiseControl
142 (0.040 %)FrontPage
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11035 (20.64 %)Finance
2294 (5.862 %)Pensions
3244 (4.865 %)Banking
4231 (4.606 %)Education
5225 (4.487 %)Marketing
6196 (3.908 %)Health
7147 (2.931 %)Insurance
8138 (2.752 %)Telecoms
9135 (2.692 %)Games
10100 (1.994 %)Investment Banking
1194 (1.874 %)Retail
1284 (1.675 %)Electronics
1375 (1.496 %)Front Office
1468 (1.356 %)Financial Institution
1556 (1.117 %)Manufacturing
1650 (0.997 %)Advertising
1749 (0.977 %)Government
1848 (0.957 %)Back Office
1939 (0.778 %)Law
2037 (0.738 %)Legal
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1923 (18.40 %)Computer Science
2583 (11.63 %)Mathematics
3204 (4.068 %)Physics
498 (1.954 %)Derivative
587 (1.735 %)Statistics
663 (1.256 %)Equities
759 (1.176 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
843 (0.857 %)Client/Server
938 (0.758 %)Multithreading
1034 (0.678 %)German Language
1132 (0.638 %)Economics
1231 (0.618 %)French Language
1323 (0.459 %)Spanish Language
1419 (0.379 %)Italian Language
1419 (0.379 %)Web 2.0
1419 (0.379 %)Management Information System
1518 (0.359 %)Credit Risk
1615 (0.299 %)Fixed Income
1714 (0.279 %)EFT
1812 (0.239 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1671 (13.38 %)Windows
2547 (10.91 %)UNIX
3432 (8.614 %)Linux
4105 (2.094 %)Windows XP
583 (1.655 %)Windows 2000
682 (1.635 %)Solaris
757 (1.137 %)Windows NT
829 (0.578 %)Windows Server 2003
99 (0.179 %)HPUX
107 (0.140 %)AIX
107 (0.140 %)VMS
115 (0.100 %)MVS
115 (0.100 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.100 %)Windows Mobile
124 (0.080 %)Windows Vista
124 (0.080 %)Symbian OS
133 (0.060 %)Windows CE
141 (0.020 %)SUSE
141 (0.020 %)Debian
141 (0.020 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1504 (10.05 %)OO
2220 (4.387 %)Software Engineering
3180 (3.589 %)Web Development
4149 (2.971 %)UML
5107 (2.134 %)E-Commerce
698 (1.954 %)Project Management
795 (1.894 %)Agile Software Development
880 (1.595 %)Security Cleared
978 (1.555 %)Data Analysis
1073 (1.456 %)Algorithmic Trading
1164 (1.276 %)Software Testing
1263 (1.256 %)OOA/OOD
1358 (1.157 %)Business Analysis
1457 (1.137 %)CRM
1457 (1.137 %)OOD
1556 (1.117 %)Business Intelligence
1652 (1.037 %)Risk Management
1749 (0.977 %)OOP
1840 (0.798 %)Web Design
1840 (0.798 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11344 (26.80 %)Java
21235 (24.63 %)SQL
31173 (23.39 %)C++
41127 (22.47 %)C#
5564 (11.25 %)C
6461 (9.192 %)VB
7457 (9.113 %)VB.NET
8362 (7.218 %)JavaScript
9279 (5.563 %)PHP
10144 (2.871 %)Perl
1190 (1.795 %)VB6
1289 (1.775 %)Transact-SQL
1385 (1.695 %)VBA
1475 (1.496 %)Delphi
1564 (1.276 %)PL/SQL
1657 (1.137 %)Python
1753 (1.057 %)VC++
1847 (0.937 %)VBScript
1942 (0.837 %)DHTML
2032 (0.638 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12394 (47.74 %)Degree
2136 (2.712 %)PhD
3110 (2.193 %)Microsoft Certification
443 (0.857 %)MCP
539 (0.778 %)MCSE
637 (0.738 %)ISEB
727 (0.538 %)HND
727 (0.538 %)MCSD
819 (0.379 %)Cisco Certification
819 (0.379 %)CCNA
914 (0.279 %)MCAD
1012 (0.239 %)PRINCE2 Certification
119 (0.179 %)ISEB Practitioner
128 (0.160 %)Postgraduate
137 (0.140 %)Citrix Certification
137 (0.140 %)CCEA
137 (0.140 %)ISTQB
146 (0.120 %)HNC
154 (0.080 %)MCDBA
163 (0.060 %)SCJA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1111 (2.213 %)QA
210 (0.199 %)Basel II
39 (0.179 %)ISO9001
45 (0.100 %)SLA
52 (0.040 %)GCP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
193 (1.854 %)Active Directory
27 (0.140 %)NDS
36 (0.120 %)MSMQ
44 (0.080 %)Nmap
44 (0.080 %)AquaLogic
44 (0.080 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.060 %)Squid
53 (0.060 %)Xen
53 (0.060 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.020 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.020 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.020 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.020 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.140 %)SCOM
25 (0.100 %)Tivoli
34 (0.080 %)Tivoli Remote Control
34 (0.080 %)Nessus
42 (0.040 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.020 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.020 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.020 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1495 (9.870 %)Microsoft
2436 (8.694 %)Oracle
357 (1.137 %)SAP
454 (1.077 %)IBM
540 (0.798 %)Cisco
634 (0.678 %)Adobe
730 (0.598 %)OutlookSoft
825 (0.499 %)Business Objects
924 (0.479 %)Bloomberg
1023 (0.459 %)Sun
1122 (0.439 %)Citrix
1221 (0.419 %)Lotus
1319 (0.379 %)Cognos
1418 (0.359 %)Siebel
1418 (0.359 %)Sybase
1418 (0.359 %)HP
1517 (0.339 %)Reuters
1616 (0.319 %)Sage
1713 (0.259 %)VMware
189 (0.179 %)Apple
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