The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 22 4 11
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 8 34 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 6.504% 30.91% 14.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.78% 60.71% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 13
Average salary £24,000 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.13% -7.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
45 56 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 36.59% 50.91% 25.27%
Number of salaries quoted 34 33 19
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Degree
West Yorkshire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wakefield Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 9 (50.00%) SQL
1 9 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) C#
3 7 (38.89%) HTML
3 7 (38.89%) .NET
3 7 (38.89%) Migration
4 6 (33.33%) MySQL
4 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (33.33%) CSS
4 6 (33.33%) XML
5 5 (27.78%) ISEB
5 5 (27.78%) Linux
5 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
5 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (27.78%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (22.22%) Manual Testing
6 4 (22.22%) Agile Testing
6 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
6 4 (22.22%) openSUSE
6 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
6 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 4 (22.22%) Selenium
6 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
6 4 (22.22%) Apache
6 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
6 4 (22.22%) UNIX
6 4 (22.22%) SOAP

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 7 (38.89%) HTML
1 7 (38.89%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 6 (33.33%) CSS
2 6 (33.33%) XML
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
3 5 (27.78%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (22.22%) SOAP
4 4 (22.22%) LAMP
5 3 (16.67%) WCF
5 3 (16.67%) WPF
5 3 (16.67%) jQuery
6 2 (11.11%) Web Services
6 2 (11.11%) Ajax
7 1 (5.556%) JSP
7 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (5.556%) HTML5
7 1 (5.556%) amfPHP
7 1 (5.556%) CSS3
7 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) Apache
1 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
1 4 (22.22%) IIS
2 2 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) MySQL
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Selenium
1 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Games
2 1 (5.556%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Web Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Web Applications Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Business Systems Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Business Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Software Tester
3 3 (16.67%) Applications Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Tester
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Web Tester
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 3 (16.67%) E-Learning
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 4 (22.22%) openSUSE
3 4 (22.22%) UNIX
3 4 (22.22%) SUSE
3 4 (22.22%) Ubuntu
4 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Manual Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Agile Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Automated Testing
2 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) MVC
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (11.11%) Web Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) TDD
5 1 (5.556%) Service Management
5 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.556%) ITIL
5 1 (5.556%) UML
5 1 (5.556%) OO
5 1 (5.556%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) C#
4 4 (22.22%) Java
5 1 (5.556%) C
5 1 (5.556%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) ISEB
2 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.556%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Facebook