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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Watford region 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5248
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads1015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.961 %2.712 %
Salaries quoted1013
Average minimum salary£20,100£23,577
Average salary£21,750£25,000
% change on same period last year-12.99 %
Average maximum salary£23,400£26,423
UK excluding London average salary£23,072£22,562
% change on same period last year+2.26 %
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads510553
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.330 %0.247 %
Salaries quoted433504
Average minimum salary£37,377£35,338
Average salary£40,128£37,896
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum salary£42,880£40,455
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Graduate HertfordshireGraduate
Hertfordshire

Graduate
Demand Trend

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

Watford Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Watford region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Watford Graduate Salary Histogram

Graduate
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, 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.

16 (37.50 %)SQL
25 (31.25 %)Windows
25 (31.25 %)Java
34 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (6.250 %)C
41 (6.250 %)C#
41 (6.250 %)HTML
41 (6.250 %)Firewall
41 (6.250 %)J2SE
41 (6.250 %)MS Excel
41 (6.250 %)WAN
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (6.250 %).NET
41 (6.250 %)J2EE
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server
41 (6.250 %)ASP
41 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (6.250 %)Degree
41 (6.250 %)Mathematics
41 (6.250 %)QA

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, 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.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)HTML
11 (6.250 %)J2SE
11 (6.250 %).NET
11 (6.250 %)J2EE
11 (6.250 %)ASP
11 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)MS Excel
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)Firewall
11 (6.250 %)WAN
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server
11 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Watford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)Mathematics
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (31.25 %)Windows
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (37.50 %)SQL
25 (31.25 %)Java
31 (6.250 %)C
31 (6.250 %)C#
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)Degree
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.250 %)QA