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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1916
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads735632
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.354 %0.281 %
As % of the category below38.24 %37.98 %
Salaries quoted602471
Average minimum salary£28,917£30,312
Average salary£31,538£33,235
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Average maximum salary£34,159£36,158
UK excluding London average salary£35,922£37,131
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Qualifications West MidlandsQualifications
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads19221664
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.926 %0.740 %
Salaries quoted16131357
Average minimum salary£30,302£34,567
Average salary£32,649£37,030
% change on same period last year-11.83 %
Average maximum salary£34,997£39,493
UK excluding London average salary£37,474£38,471
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads 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 ads 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 past 3 months.

West Midlands Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Job Locations

This section 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 past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamDown-3269£35,449+2.35 %
2WarwickshireUp+8179£27,211-15.63 %
3CoventryDown-3106£30,713-5.48 %
4WorcestershireNo change053£31,011+1.32 %
5HerefordshireDown-2146£32,257-10.99 %
6SolihullDown-938£26,581-21.18 %
7StaffordshireDown-2721£27,736-12.89 %
8HalesowenUp+412£34,000-15.00 %
9WolverhamptonDown-108£23,333-11.16 %
9ShropshireDown-28£17,250-52.63 %
10DudleyDown-126£33,800+24.08 %
11West BromwichNew entry-2£29,500-
12WalsallNew entry-1£36,000-
Degree EnglandDegree
England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Degree also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Degree.

1329 (24.35 %)SQL
2287 (21.24 %)Windows
3284 (21.02 %)Finance
4274 (20.28 %).NET
5227 (16.80 %)C++
6202 (14.95 %)Microsoft
7199 (14.73 %)Java
8190 (14.06 %)SQL Server
9186 (13.77 %)C#
10179 (13.25 %)ASP.NET
11155 (11.47 %)XML
12152 (11.25 %)VB.NET
13148 (10.95 %)Pensions
14141 (10.44 %)Computer Science
15136 (10.07 %)JavaScript
16134 (9.919 %)C
17128 (9.474 %)Microsoft Certification
18125 (9.252 %)VB
18125 (9.252 %)Education
19114 (8.438 %)OO
20106 (7.846 %)HTML
21100 (7.402 %)Oracle
2299 (7.328 %)Mathematics
2394 (6.958 %)Health
2484 (6.218 %)MS Excel
2583 (6.144 %)Unix
2583 (6.144 %)Business Intelligence
2678 (5.774 %)Linux
2777 (5.699 %)Project Management
2865 (4.811 %)SAS

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Degree also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1274 (20.28 %).NET
2179 (13.25 %)ASP.NET
3155 (11.47 %)XML
4106 (7.846 %)HTML
556 (4.145 %)ASP
655 (4.071 %)CSS
732 (2.369 %)XSL
830 (2.221 %)MFC
929 (2.147 %)J2EE
929 (2.147 %)WebSphere
1028 (2.073 %)COM+
1127 (1.999 %)WebServices
1224 (1.776 %)WinForms
1322 (1.628 %)XHTML
1420 (1.480 %)XSLT
1518 (1.332 %).NET Framework
1518 (1.332 %)AJAX
1616 (1.184 %)Application Packaging
1616 (1.184 %)JSP
1714 (1.036 %)Spring
Application Platforms
165 (4.811 %)SAS
239 (2.887 %)SharePoint
333 (2.443 %)CMS
427 (1.999 %)IIS
526 (1.925 %)MS Exchange
526 (1.925 %)BizTalk Server
622 (1.628 %)Apache
719 (1.406 %)WebSphere Application Server
818 (1.332 %)Lotus Notes
914 (1.036 %)WPS
109 (0.666 %)Exchange Server 2000
116 (0.444 %)Exchange Server 2003
116 (0.444 %)DotNetNuke
116 (0.444 %)WebLogic
124 (0.296 %)JBoss
124 (0.296 %)Tomcat
132 (0.148 %)NetWeaver
132 (0.148 %)Content Management Server
132 (0.148 %)WebSphere MQ
132 (0.148 %)ArcGIS
Applications
184 (6.218 %)MS Excel
241 (3.035 %)MS Office
314 (1.036 %)AutoCAD
412 (0.888 %)Pro/ENGINEER
59 (0.666 %)SPSS
67 (0.518 %)MS Visio
76 (0.444 %)MS PowerPoint
85 (0.370 %)Photoshop
85 (0.370 %)MS Project
93 (0.222 %)FreeHand
93 (0.222 %)3ds Max
93 (0.222 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.074 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.074 %)Fireworks
101 (0.074 %)ArcInfo
Business Applications
115 (1.110 %)SAP FI
213 (0.962 %)SAP FI/CO
213 (0.962 %)SAP CO
310 (0.740 %)Oracle EBS
49 (0.666 %)SAP Business One
56 (0.444 %)BPCS
64 (0.296 %)LabWindows
64 (0.296 %)SAP R/3
73 (0.222 %)Line 500
73 (0.222 %)Movex
73 (0.222 %)Microsoft CRM
73 (0.222 %)Navision
82 (0.148 %)Oracle Financials
82 (0.148 %)SAP PM
82 (0.148 %)SalesLogix
91 (0.074 %)SageCRM MME
91 (0.074 %)Line 50
91 (0.074 %)Line 100
91 (0.074 %)SAP Oil and Gas
91 (0.074 %)SAP HR
Communications & Networking
149 (3.627 %)LAN
149 (3.627 %)WAN
238 (2.813 %)TCP/IP
238 (2.813 %)Internet
323 (1.702 %)Firewall
416 (1.184 %)DNS
513 (0.962 %)Wireless
69 (0.666 %)Network Security
78 (0.592 %)Intranet
87 (0.518 %)ISDN
96 (0.444 %)VoIP
96 (0.444 %)VPN
96 (0.444 %)SAN
105 (0.370 %)PBX
105 (0.370 %)IPCC
105 (0.370 %)BSS
114 (0.296 %)BIG-IP
114 (0.296 %)OSPF
114 (0.296 %)BGP
114 (0.296 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1190 (14.06 %)SQL Server
258 (4.293 %)SQL Server 2005
344 (3.257 %)Datawarehouse
439 (2.887 %)SQL Server 2000
528 (2.073 %)MySQL
625 (1.850 %)BusinessObjects
722 (1.628 %)SQL Server 7
821 (1.554 %)RDBMS
916 (1.184 %)DB2
1013 (0.962 %)OLAP
1112 (0.888 %)ETL
1211 (0.814 %)DTS
1211 (0.814 %)MS Access
1211 (0.814 %)Oracle 8/8i
1310 (0.740 %)GIS
147 (0.518 %)Oracle 9i
147 (0.518 %)Oracle 10g
147 (0.518 %)Data Mining
155 (0.370 %)Oracle Reports
163 (0.222 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
121 (1.554 %)Flash
216 (1.184 %)Visual Studio
216 (1.184 %)TestDirector
216 (1.184 %)InstallShield
36 (0.444 %)Dreamweaver
44 (0.296 %)Oracle Forms
44 (0.296 %)LabVIEW
53 (0.222 %)Xcode
53 (0.222 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.222 %)JUnit
62 (0.148 %)WinRunner
62 (0.148 %)Rational Rose
62 (0.148 %)Eclipse
71 (0.074 %)ClearCase
71 (0.074 %)MSI
General
1284 (21.02 %)Finance
2148 (10.95 %)Pensions
3125 (9.252 %)Education
494 (6.958 %)Health
563 (4.663 %)Manufacturing
563 (4.663 %)Automotive
654 (3.997 %)Insurance
740 (2.961 %)Electronics
834 (2.517 %)Marketing
931 (2.295 %)Retail
931 (2.295 %)Electric
1029 (2.147 %)Games
1124 (1.776 %)Government
1124 (1.776 %)Telecoms
1221 (1.554 %)Construction
1319 (1.406 %)Banking
1413 (0.962 %)Aerospace
158 (0.592 %)Financial Institution
158 (0.592 %)Advertising
158 (0.592 %)3D Graphics
Job Titles
1386 (28.57 %)Developer
2193 (14.29 %)Analyst
3155 (11.47 %)Consultant
4136 (10.07 %)Software Engineer
5132 (9.771 %).NET Developer
681 (5.996 %)Software Developer
774 (5.477 %)Junior
869 (5.107 %)ASP.NET Developer
957 (4.219 %)C# Developer
957 (4.219 %)Business Analyst
1056 (4.145 %)VB.NET Developer
1154 (3.997 %)Project Manager
1154 (3.997 %)Graduate
1245 (3.331 %)Web Developer
1343 (3.183 %)Support Analyst
1343 (3.183 %)SAS Consultant
1440 (2.961 %)Programmer
1440 (2.961 %)Junior Developer
1539 (2.887 %)Senior Developer
1636 (2.665 %)Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1141 (10.44 %)Computer Science
299 (7.328 %)Mathematics
319 (1.406 %)Client/Server
414 (1.036 %)Asset Management
414 (1.036 %)Management Information System
512 (0.888 %)NHS
512 (0.888 %)Firmware
512 (0.888 %)SCADA
512 (0.888 %)Informatics
69 (0.666 %)Physics
78 (0.592 %)AS400
78 (0.592 %)Speech Recognition
86 (0.444 %)Biology
86 (0.444 %)IVR
94 (0.296 %)Fat Client
94 (0.296 %)Life Science
94 (0.296 %)German Language
94 (0.296 %)Grid Computing
94 (0.296 %)Clustering
94 (0.296 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1287 (21.24 %)Windows
283 (6.144 %)Unix
378 (5.774 %)Linux
437 (2.739 %)Windows XP
521 (1.554 %)Solaris
615 (1.110 %)Windows Server 2003
713 (0.962 %)Windows NT
810 (0.740 %)Windows 2000
98 (0.592 %)AIX
98 (0.592 %)Mac OS X
105 (0.370 %)zOS
105 (0.370 %)OS/400
112 (0.148 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.074 %)IRIX
121 (0.074 %)SUSE
121 (0.074 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1114 (8.438 %)OO
283 (6.144 %)Business Intelligence
377 (5.699 %)Project Management
461 (4.515 %)Configuration Management
461 (4.515 %)Web Development
552 (3.849 %)Service Delivery
647 (3.479 %)Business Analysis
746 (3.405 %)ITIL
746 (3.405 %)UML
841 (3.035 %)ERP
841 (3.035 %)Software Engineering
936 (2.665 %)Data Modelling
1035 (2.591 %)PRINCE2
1134 (2.517 %)CAD
1229 (2.147 %)RUP
1229 (2.147 %)Migration
1327 (1.999 %)Data Analysis
1426 (1.925 %)Logistics
1524 (1.776 %)Unified Process
1623 (1.702 %)Econometrics
Programming Languages
1329 (24.35 %)SQL
2227 (16.80 %)C++
3199 (14.73 %)Java
4186 (13.77 %)C#
5152 (11.25 %)VB.NET
6136 (10.07 %)JavaScript
7134 (9.919 %)C
8125 (9.252 %)VB
954 (3.997 %)VB6
1047 (3.479 %)Transact-SQL
1143 (3.183 %)VBScript
1233 (2.443 %)PHP
1330 (2.221 %)VC++
1425 (1.850 %)Perl
1523 (1.702 %)COBOL
1523 (1.702 %)DHTML
1620 (1.480 %)Delphi
1719 (1.406 %)PL/SQL
1814 (1.036 %)VBA
1814 (1.036 %)Embedded C
Qualifications
1128 (9.474 %)Microsoft Certification
251 (3.775 %)ISEB
251 (3.775 %)MCSE
336 (2.665 %)MCP
431 (2.295 %)ACCA
530 (2.221 %)MCSA
622 (1.628 %)HND
719 (1.406 %)ITIL Certification
816 (1.184 %)HNC
914 (1.036 %)MCSD
1012 (0.888 %)Postgraduate
1111 (0.814 %)MCAD
1111 (0.814 %)ISEB Practitioner
129 (0.666 %)CISSP
129 (0.666 %)PRINCE2 Certification
136 (0.444 %)MCDBA
136 (0.444 %)CISM
145 (0.370 %)Sun Certification
145 (0.370 %)QiCA
145 (0.370 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.517 %)QA
210 (0.740 %)SLA
39 (0.666 %)ISO27001
44 (0.296 %)ISO9001
51 (0.074 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
132 (2.369 %)Active Directory
25 (0.370 %)Oracle RAC
33 (0.222 %)Samba
42 (0.148 %)NDS
51 (0.074 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.074 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
118 (1.332 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.148 %)BMC PATROL
22 (0.148 %)CONTROL-M
22 (0.148 %)ARCserve
22 (0.148 %)BMC Marimba
31 (0.074 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.074 %)Legato
31 (0.074 %)MOM
Vendors
1202 (14.95 %)Microsoft
2100 (7.402 %)Oracle
339 (2.887 %)SAP
434 (2.517 %)Sun
529 (2.147 %)IBM
627 (1.999 %)Cognos
725 (1.850 %)Business Objects
823 (1.702 %)Remedy
922 (1.628 %)Cisco
1018 (1.332 %)Lotus
1116 (1.184 %)Adobe
1116 (1.184 %)Citrix
1116 (1.184 %)LANDesk
1215 (1.110 %)Red Hat
1312 (0.888 %)Informatica
1411 (0.814 %)Sage
1411 (0.814 %)Macromedia
1411 (0.814 %)Ab Initio
1411 (0.814 %)Kalido
1510 (0.740 %)Kerridge
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