The first table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 23 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graduate
Rank 131 92 114
Rank change year-on-year
-39 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 41 77 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.129% 2.399% 1.256%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.186% 2.465% 1.300%
Number of salaries quoted 33 66 38
Average salary £22,250 £22,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.11% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +2.22%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3456 3124 2922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.13% 97.32% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2762 2613 2443
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Graduate
Yorkshire

Graduate
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds -32 34 £22,250 -7.29%
Halifax -11 7 £21,500 +4.87%
Bradford +9 1 £26,500 +17.77%
Graduate
Yorkshire

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 59 (64.13%) Degree
2 31 (33.70%) Java
2 31 (33.70%) JavaScript
3 30 (32.61%) .NET
4 29 (31.52%) SQL
5 28 (30.43%) C#
6 25 (27.17%) CSS
7 23 (25.00%) HTML
8 21 (22.83%) Web Services
8 21 (22.83%) Computer Science
9 16 (17.39%) MS Excel
9 16 (17.39%) PHP
10 14 (15.22%) SQL Server
11 13 (14.13%) J2EE
11 13 (14.13%) XML
11 13 (14.13%) Microsoft
11 13 (14.13%) Drupal
12 12 (13.04%) HTML5
12 12 (13.04%) Scrum
12 12 (13.04%) MySQL
13 11 (11.96%) Linux
13 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (11.96%) MVC
13 11 (11.96%) Spring
14 10 (10.87%) Asset Management
14 10 (10.87%) Project Management
14 10 (10.87%) Internet
14 10 (10.87%) OOA/OOD
14 10 (10.87%) OO
14 10 (10.87%) jQuery

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 30 (32.61%) .NET
2 25 (27.17%) CSS
3 23 (25.00%) HTML
4 21 (22.83%) Web Services
5 13 (14.13%) J2EE
5 13 (14.13%) XML
6 12 (13.04%) HTML5
7 11 (11.96%) Spring
8 10 (10.87%) jQuery
9 9 (9.783%) Symfony
9 9 (9.783%) CSS3
10 8 (8.696%) ASP.NET
10 8 (8.696%) WCF
11 5 (5.435%) ASP
12 3 (3.261%) Flash
13 2 (2.174%) Java EE
14 1 (1.087%) Middleware
14 1 (1.087%) ADO
14 1 (1.087%) Apache Flex
14 1 (1.087%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 13 (14.13%) Drupal
2 9 (9.783%) Magento
2 9 (9.783%) CloudFront
2 9 (9.783%) nginx
2 9 (9.783%) Amazon EC2
2 9 (9.783%) Amazon S3
2 9 (9.783%) Amazon AWS
2 9 (9.783%) Route 53
2 9 (9.783%) Amazon ELB
2 9 (9.783%) Apache
3 5 (5.435%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.435%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.174%) CMS
5 1 (1.087%) SAS
5 1 (1.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.696%) MS Office
3 2 (2.174%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (2.174%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (3.261%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.174%) Visualfiles
3 1 (1.087%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.87%) Internet
2 2 (2.174%) FTP
3 1 (1.087%) HTTP
3 1 (1.087%) DNS
3 1 (1.087%) Firewall
3 1 (1.087%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (1.087%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.04%) MySQL
3 9 (9.783%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (9.783%) Git (software)
2 2 (2.174%) DbUnit
2 2 (2.174%) Selenium
2 2 (2.174%) FitNesse
3 1 (1.087%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.087%) Flex Builder
General
1 7 (7.609%) Finance
2 4 (4.348%) Retail
3 2 (2.174%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.174%) Legal
3 2 (2.174%) Advertising
3 2 (2.174%) Publishing
4 1 (1.087%) Law
4 1 (1.087%) Banking
4 1 (1.087%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.83%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.348%) Mathematics
3 2 (2.174%) Social Media
3 2 (2.174%) Physics
3 2 (2.174%) Animation
3 2 (2.174%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.087%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.087%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.087%) Copywriting
4 1 (1.087%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.087%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.96%) Linux
2 9 (9.783%) Ubuntu
3 7 (7.609%) Windows
4 4 (4.348%) Windows XP
5 3 (3.261%) Android
5 3 (3.261%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.087%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.087%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.04%) Scrum
2 11 (11.96%) MVC
3 10 (10.87%) Asset Management
3 10 (10.87%) Project Management
3 10 (10.87%) OOA/OOD
3 10 (10.87%) OO
4 9 (9.783%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (9.783%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (9.783%) TDD
5 7 (7.609%) Unit Testing
5 7 (7.609%) Software Engineering
6 4 (4.348%) Software Testing
7 3 (3.261%) Time Management
8 2 (2.174%) Automation Testing
8 2 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (2.174%) Business Analysis
9 1 (1.087%) ERP
9 1 (1.087%) CRM
9 1 (1.087%) SEO
9 1 (1.087%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (33.70%) Java
1 31 (33.70%) JavaScript
2 29 (31.52%) SQL
3 28 (30.43%) C#
4 16 (17.39%) PHP
5 7 (7.609%) VB.NET
6 6 (6.522%) C++
7 5 (5.435%) C
8 3 (3.261%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.261%) ActionScript
9 2 (2.174%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (64.13%) Degree
2 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.348%) MCP
3 4 (4.348%) MCSE
3 4 (4.348%) MCSA
4 2 (2.174%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (1.087%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.435%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.087%) OpenView
1 1 (1.087%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (1.087%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (1.087%) Cacti
Vendors
1 13 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.783%) Percona
2 9 (9.783%) Red Hat
3 6 (6.522%) Oracle
4 2 (2.174%) Adobe
4 2 (2.174%) Hitachi
4 2 (2.174%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.087%) Apple
5 1 (1.087%) Progress
5 1 (1.087%) HP
5 1 (1.087%) Cisco
5 1 (1.087%) Google
5 1 (1.087%) Twitter
5 1 (1.087%) SolarWinds
West Yorkshire
My client urgently requires a Graduate Java Developer to join their successful and expanding Leeds based team... The role of the Graduate Java Developer is to be involved...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The graduate role also involves a degree of training and time outside of project work for this. You will work to best practice and help to continually improve...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: competitive
Posted: 7 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The role of the Graduate Java Developer is responsible for developing high quality software end to end; the successful Graduate Java Developer will be responsible for the delivery...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
This position will involve writing GUI for 3D modelling software written in C#, winforms so as long as you have a strong knowledge of OOP and either C#...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £17000 - £21000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Java Software Developer required from a Graduate/Entry Level position. Looking for someone who has a good understanding of software development and Java... Skills required for this role;...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competivite Rate - Negoitbale on application
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will be given the opportunity to gain Microsoft Certification and for developing your .NET skills. The Graduate / Junior .NET Developer will have the majority of the following...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
You will be given the opportunity to gain Microsoft Certification and for developing your .NET skills. The Graduate / Junior .NET Developer will have the majority of the following...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
You will be writing code in C# and occasionally C++ so I good understanding and academic background in C# is desired, if you have C++ this would be...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They are looking for candidates who have graduated in the last couple of years or will be this year from a reputable university with a 2:1 (or...
Cogence Search
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Graduate Developer / Operations Engineer - Amazon / Cloud / Linux / Apache / HAProxy / Nginx / PHP / MongoDB / MySQL / Percona / HTML / JavaScript / CSS / Git Searchability is delighted to be working in conjunction with this...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 21 May 2013
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
A graduate Oracle Developer, who has experience of database design in current versions of Oracle and knowledge of PL/SQL and APEX, is immediately required by a leading...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £25k plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Net Developer - Graduate - Leeds - £30k plus benefits An junior or graduate .Net Developer , with knowledge of VB .Net and SQL and ideally ASP .Net MVC3, is required by...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful candidate will be working on a number of internet and mobile banking applications usingobject oriented languages and web/mobile application frameworks... Experience with object oriented development...
Sandstone Technology
Salary: From £17,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will be involved in the analysis, design, implementation, deployment and support of their key applicationsTechnically, you will gain a good understanding of the Spring framework with a...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
You will be involved in the analysis, design, implementation, deployment and support of their key applicationsTechnically, you will gain a good understanding of the Spring framework with a...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The ideal candidate must have good experience/knowledge in PHP5, MySQL, HTML and CSS... If you have a passion for anything digital, and the hunger to work/learn...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRADUATE LEVEL & ABOVE; PHP / Frontend or JavaScript Developers with good experience within php, Cake/Zend Lamp development environment with excellent HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery,...
Conex Europe Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £34000 per annum + full benefits plus GTeed bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Job Title: Credit Risk Solutions Consultants - GraduatesLocation: LeedsSalary: £20,000 -25,000 + Bonus and BenefitsThe Solutions Consultant role will:- To provide subject matter expertise and consultancy/analytical support...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Job Title: Graduate Risk Analyst - Portfolio Management Location: Leeds or SheffieldSalary: £25,000 + bonus and benefitsThe role of the Analyst - Portfolio Management is to be responsible for developing...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 25000
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You main responsibilities will include planning, implementing and reporting on digital media campaigns (digital display and PPC Search). Any knowledge or experience in media trafficking, management and reporting...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Job Title: Graduate Marketing Analysts - SAS - LeedsLocation: LeedsSalary: £25,000 + Bonus and BenefitsOverviewTo provide analytical input/lead on client projects- The successful candidate will deliver a variety of...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP0 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013