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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the West Midlands region.

 Degree
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank121518
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads300462663
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands8.373 %9.955 %7.546 %
As % of the Qualifications category41.49 %39.22 %34.28 %
Salaries quoted276353586
Average salary£35,000£31,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90 %-4.610 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
72311781934
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands20.18 %25.38 %22.01 %
Salaries quoted6329391695
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamNo change076£30,250-2.41 %
WarwickshireUp+460£40,000+14.28 %
HerefordshireUp+2842£35,000+11.36 %
StaffordshireDown-1030£37,500+25.00 %
CoventryDown-627£35,000+6.06 %
SolihullUp+319£26,500-18.46 %
ShropshireUp+310£31,000+40.90 %
WorcestershireDown-148£29,500-1.66 %
WalsallUp+42£47,500+115.90 %
WolverhamptonDown-41£52,500+75.00 %
West BromwichNew entry-1£35,000-
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1175 (26.36 %).NET
2153 (23.04 %)C#
3142 (21.39 %)SQL Server
4114 (17.17 %)Computer Science
5104 (15.66 %)ASP.NET
698 (14.76 %)C++
698 (14.76 %)SQL
785 (12.80 %)Java
875 (11.30 %)Microsoft
974 (11.14 %)Finance
974 (11.14 %)Project Management
1073 (10.99 %)JavaScript
1168 (10.24 %)XML
1267 (10.09 %)HTML
1365 (9.789 %)CSS
1464 (9.639 %)PHP
1563 (9.488 %)Windows
1657 (8.584 %)Pensions
1755 (8.283 %)OO
1755 (8.283 %)Mathematics
1850 (7.530 %)C
1949 (7.380 %)VB.NET
1949 (7.380 %)SQL Server 2005
2046 (6.928 %)VB
2141 (6.175 %)MySQL
2240 (6.024 %)Linux
2339 (5.873 %)MS Excel
2438 (5.723 %)Insurance
2536 (5.422 %)Education
2635 (5.271 %)UNIX

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1175 (26.36 %).NET
2104 (15.66 %)ASP.NET
368 (10.24 %)XML
467 (10.09 %)HTML
565 (9.789 %)CSS
631 (4.669 %)WPF
730 (4.518 %)LAMP
826 (3.916 %)AJAX
924 (3.614 %)Web Services
1023 (3.464 %)WCF
1122 (3.313 %)XHTML
1220 (3.012 %)Flash
1220 (3.012 %)jQuery
1318 (2.711 %)Spring
1318 (2.711 %)XSLT
1417 (2.560 %)Zend Framework
1516 (2.410 %)MFC
1516 (2.410 %)WebSphere
1614 (2.108 %)J2EE
1614 (2.108 %)SOAP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (4.217 %)SharePoint
221 (3.163 %)CMS
318 (2.711 %)IIS
414 (2.108 %)MS Exchange
511 (1.657 %)WebSphere Application Server
511 (1.657 %)Apache
610 (1.506 %)SAS
79 (1.355 %)NetWeaver
79 (1.355 %)WebSphere Process Server
79 (1.355 %)WebSphere Portal
85 (0.753 %)WebSphere MQ
94 (0.602 %)Confluence
103 (0.452 %)WordPress
103 (0.452 %)Tomcat
103 (0.452 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (0.301 %)BizTalk Server
112 (0.301 %)Content Management Server
112 (0.301 %)WebLogic
112 (0.301 %)Drupal
121 (0.151 %)Liferay
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
139 (5.873 %)MS Excel
221 (3.163 %)MS Visio
316 (2.410 %)Photoshop
412 (1.807 %)MS Office
58 (1.205 %)Fireworks
67 (1.054 %)SPSS
74 (0.602 %)AutoCAD
74 (0.602 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.301 %)MS Project
82 (0.301 %)ZBrush
82 (0.301 %)3ds Max
82 (0.301 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.151 %)InDesign
91 (0.151 %)FreeHand
91 (0.151 %)Solid Edge
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.301 %)Oracle EBS
12 (0.301 %)SAP CRM
12 (0.301 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.151 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
21 (0.151 %)SAP MM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (3.163 %)GPRS
121 (3.163 %)GSM
216 (2.410 %)UMTS
315 (2.259 %)HTTP
315 (2.259 %)3GPP
412 (1.807 %)SAN
511 (1.657 %)PSTN
511 (1.657 %)SMS
511 (1.657 %)Wireless
69 (1.355 %)Intranet
78 (1.205 %)LAN
78 (1.205 %)WAN
86 (0.904 %)TCP/IP
86 (0.904 %)Firewall
95 (0.753 %)HSPA
95 (0.753 %)Internet
104 (0.602 %)3G
104 (0.602 %)ASN.1
112 (0.301 %)IP Telephony
112 (0.301 %)Reverse Proxy
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1142 (21.39 %)SQL Server
249 (7.380 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (6.175 %)MySQL
430 (4.518 %)Crystal Reports
521 (3.163 %)BusinessObjects
620 (3.012 %)SQL Server 2008
718 (2.711 %)Datawarehouse
816 (2.410 %)RDBMS
915 (2.259 %)SQL Server 2000
915 (2.259 %)MS Access
1012 (1.807 %)ETL
1111 (1.657 %)SAP BI
129 (1.355 %)Xcelsius
129 (1.355 %)OLAP
129 (1.355 %)SAP BW
138 (1.205 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
144 (0.602 %)Oracle 8/8i
153 (0.452 %)Database Marketing
162 (0.301 %)GIS
162 (0.301 %)Cognos Powerplay
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (2.410 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.205 %)Ant
37 (1.054 %)Synon
46 (0.904 %)ERwin
55 (0.753 %)VSS/SourceSafe
55 (0.753 %)TestComplete
64 (0.602 %)JIRA
64 (0.602 %)Subversion
73 (0.452 %)QuickTest Pro
82 (0.301 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.301 %)Dreamweaver
82 (0.301 %)InterDev
91 (0.151 %)NUnit
91 (0.151 %)WinRunner
91 (0.151 %)Eclipse
91 (0.151 %)Maven
91 (0.151 %)Team Foundation Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (11.14 %)Finance
257 (8.584 %)Pensions
338 (5.723 %)Insurance
436 (5.422 %)Education
532 (4.819 %)Health
625 (3.765 %)Retail
722 (3.313 %)Marketing
819 (2.861 %)Games
918 (2.711 %)Government
1016 (2.410 %)Electronics
1114 (2.108 %)Manufacturing
1212 (1.807 %)Telecoms
1311 (1.657 %)Multimedia
149 (1.355 %)Billing
149 (1.355 %)Construction
158 (1.205 %)3D Graphics
158 (1.205 %)Graphic Design
167 (1.054 %)Online Games
176 (0.904 %)Electric
185 (0.753 %)Publishing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1269 (40.51 %)Developer
2151 (22.74 %)Analyst
370 (10.54 %).NET Developer
446 (6.928 %)Senior Developer
545 (6.777 %)Graduate
642 (6.325 %)Software Developer
642 (6.325 %)ASP.NET Developer
741 (6.175 %)C# Developer
839 (5.873 %)Architect
933 (4.970 %)Business Analyst
1031 (4.669 %)Junior
1031 (4.669 %)Web Developer
1129 (4.367 %)VB.NET Developer
1227 (4.066 %)Programmer
1227 (4.066 %)Project Manager
1326 (3.916 %)Analyst Programmer
1326 (3.916 %)Systems Analyst
1326 (3.916 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1425 (3.765 %)Senior Analyst
1524 (3.614 %)Software Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1114 (17.17 %)Computer Science
255 (8.283 %)Mathematics
324 (3.614 %)W3C
423 (3.464 %)N-Tier
520 (3.012 %)Management Information System
617 (2.560 %)Statistics
716 (2.410 %)Physics
814 (2.108 %)Speech Recognition
911 (1.657 %)Open Source
109 (1.355 %)iPhone
109 (1.355 %)Handset
118 (1.205 %)E-Learning
118 (1.205 %)IVR
118 (1.205 %)FMCG
127 (1.054 %)SCORM
135 (0.753 %)NHS
144 (0.602 %)Replication
144 (0.602 %)Hindi Language
144 (0.602 %)Malay Language
144 (0.602 %)Tamil Language
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
163 (9.488 %)Windows
240 (6.024 %)Linux
335 (5.271 %)UNIX
429 (4.367 %)Windows Server 2003
514 (2.108 %)Solaris
611 (1.657 %)AIX
611 (1.657 %)Red Hat Linux
710 (1.506 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
84 (0.602 %)Windows XP
93 (0.452 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (0.452 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.452 %)Windows 2000
102 (0.301 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.151 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
174 (11.14 %)Project Management
255 (8.283 %)OO
334 (5.120 %)Software Engineering
430 (4.518 %)ITIL
528 (4.217 %)PRINCE2
627 (4.066 %)Business Intelligence
723 (3.464 %)Web Development
822 (3.313 %)UML
921 (3.163 %)E-Commerce
921 (3.163 %)Data Modelling
1019 (2.861 %)Business Analysis
1118 (2.711 %)Data Management
1118 (2.711 %)ERP
1118 (2.711 %)CRM
1215 (2.259 %)Project Planning
1314 (2.108 %)Content Management
1314 (2.108 %)Migration
1314 (2.108 %)OOD
1413 (1.958 %)OOP
1413 (1.958 %)Business Development
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1153 (23.04 %)C#
298 (14.76 %)C++
298 (14.76 %)SQL
385 (12.80 %)Java
473 (10.99 %)JavaScript
564 (9.639 %)PHP
650 (7.530 %)C
749 (7.380 %)VB.NET
846 (6.928 %)VB
920 (3.012 %)Ruby
1017 (2.560 %)Perl
1115 (2.259 %)VC++
1213 (1.958 %)PHP5
1213 (1.958 %)Delphi
1312 (1.807 %)VBA
1312 (1.807 %)VB6
1411 (1.657 %)TTCN
1411 (1.657 %)FoxPro (VFP)
159 (1.355 %)ActionScript
168 (1.205 %)Jython
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (4.367 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (1.958 %)ISEB
310 (1.506 %)Security Cleared
49 (1.355 %)MCDBA
57 (1.054 %)MCSE
57 (1.054 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
66 (0.904 %)ISTQB
66 (0.904 %)ISEB Practitioner
66 (0.904 %)MCITP
66 (0.904 %)MCSD
66 (0.904 %)HND
75 (0.753 %)ITIL Certification
84 (0.602 %)Cisco Certification
84 (0.602 %)MCAD
84 (0.602 %)CCNA
84 (0.602 %)CFA
93 (0.452 %)MCPD
93 (0.452 %)CCNP
93 (0.452 %)RHCE
102 (0.301 %)CCDA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (3.012 %)QA
29 (1.355 %)ISO9001
33 (0.452 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (0.904 %)Active Directory
21 (0.151 %)Oracle RAC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.151 %)Backup Exec
11 (0.151 %)Data Guard
11 (0.151 %)HP Quality Center
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
175 (11.30 %)Microsoft
221 (3.163 %)Business Objects
320 (3.012 %)Oracle
417 (2.560 %)Zend
515 (2.259 %)Cisco
515 (2.259 %)IBM
614 (2.108 %)SAP
713 (1.958 %)Cognos
810 (1.506 %)Lotus
97 (1.054 %)Adobe
105 (0.753 %)Borland
105 (0.753 %)JD Edwards
114 (0.602 %)Remedy
114 (0.602 %)DataSynapse
114 (0.602 %)SunGard
123 (0.452 %)VMware
123 (0.452 %)CheckPoint
132 (0.301 %)KANA
132 (0.301 %)Mitel
132 (0.301 %)Infor