The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the West Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the West Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 4 6 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 11 19 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 19.30% 21.84% 13.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.75% 65.52% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 11
Average salary £38,750 £36,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.16% +46.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
West Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
16 29 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 28.07% 33.33% 39.76%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 28
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% +21.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Wales

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Wales 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 West Wales region.

West Wales Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the West Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Swansea -2 7 £32,500 -10.95%
Pembrokeshire - 2 £42,500 -
Carmarthenshire - 1 - -
Degree
Wales

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
2 4 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (23.53%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
2 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Service Management
2 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (23.53%) ITSM
2 4 (23.53%) C#
2 4 (23.53%) C++
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
2 4 (23.53%) MS Exchange
3 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
3 3 (17.65%) .NET
3 3 (17.65%) Web Services
3 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
4 2 (11.76%) Qt
4 2 (11.76%) Finite Element Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.76%) Fortran
4 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
4 2 (11.76%) Windows

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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 3 (17.65%) .NET
1 3 (17.65%) Web Services
2 2 (11.76%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) MS Exchange
1 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) InterBase
1 1 (5.882%) Firebird
General
1 1 (5.882%) Electronics
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.882%) Automotive
1 1 (5.882%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 6 (35.29%) Service Manager
3 4 (23.53%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (17.65%) .NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
4 3 (17.65%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst Programmer
4 3 (17.65%) Programmer
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Graduate
5 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Support Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Delphi Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Graduate Software Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
2 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.882%) Physics
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Service Management
1 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (23.53%) ITSM
1 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
1 4 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
1 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
1 4 (23.53%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (11.76%) Finite Element Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.882%) Strategic Management
3 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.882%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C#
1 4 (23.53%) C++
2 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
3 2 (11.76%) Fortran
4 1 (5.882%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.882%) C
4 1 (5.882%) Delphi
4 1 (5.882%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft