The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. 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 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 39 51 63
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 6 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.113% 2.890% 0.696%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.198% 2.941% 0.714%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 1
Average salary £26,000 £22,500 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.55% +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
273 340 420
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 96.13% 98.27% 97.45%
Number of salaries quoted 217 233 312
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
Hertfordshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Watford Graduate Jobs Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Watford region.

Watford Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

1 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
1 10 (71.43%) CSS
2 7 (50.00%) Degree
3 6 (42.86%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) PHP
4 5 (35.71%) C
4 5 (35.71%) HTML
4 5 (35.71%) J2EE
4 5 (35.71%) MySQL
4 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
4 5 (35.71%) ISO 9001
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
4 5 (35.71%) HTML5
4 5 (35.71%) Kindle
4 5 (35.71%) Web Application Development
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 4 (28.57%) Ajax
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (28.57%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) XSL
5 4 (28.57%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) C#
5 4 (28.57%) C++
5 4 (28.57%) .NET
6 1 (7.143%) Device Driver

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

Application Development
1 10 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (35.71%) HTML
2 5 (35.71%) J2EE
2 5 (35.71%) HTML5
3 4 (28.57%) Ajax
3 4 (28.57%) XML
3 4 (28.57%) XSL
3 4 (28.57%) .NET
4 1 (7.143%) OpenGL
4 1 (7.143%) DirectX
4 1 (7.143%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
1 5 (35.71%) Kindle
2 1 (7.143%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.143%) Statistics
2 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
2 1 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Web Application Development
2 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) PHP
3 5 (35.71%) C
4 4 (28.57%) Java
4 4 (28.57%) C#
4 4 (28.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
Watford, Hertfordshire
Linux Systems Administrator Hertfordshire (WD) to £40k... Requirements for Linux Systems Administrator: Degree educated, having achieved a 1... Good knowledge of UNIX / Linux. Scripting skills (any scripting language -...
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Salary: £25k to £40k + options + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £25k to £40k + options + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013