The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 7 23 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 7.216% 24.21% 16.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.67% 74.19% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 12
Average salary £52,500 £22,500 £24,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+133.33% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £18,900 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,250 £40,000 £45,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
15 31 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 15.46% 32.63% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 23
Average salary £37,500 £32,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.18% -7.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,950 £19,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Worcestershire

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

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

Worcester Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 12 (63.16%) C#
2 9 (47.37%) Windows
3 7 (36.84%) Linux
3 7 (36.84%) C++
3 7 (36.84%) .NET
3 7 (36.84%) SQL
4 6 (31.58%) PL/SQL
4 6 (31.58%) Finance
5 5 (26.32%) Oracle
5 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
5 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
6 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
6 4 (21.05%) Perl
7 3 (15.79%) Java
7 3 (15.79%) Ant
7 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (15.79%) ITIL
7 3 (15.79%) UNIX
7 3 (15.79%) IBM
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.79%) Jython
7 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Process Server
7 3 (15.79%) Lotus
7 3 (15.79%) Project Management
7 3 (15.79%) Service Management
7 3 (15.79%) Mandarin Language
7 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
7 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
7 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Portal

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 7 (36.84%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
2 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
3 2 (10.53%) WCF
3 2 (10.53%) COM
3 2 (10.53%) Web Services
3 2 (10.53%) XML
3 2 (10.53%) XSLT
4 1 (5.263%) Middleware
4 1 (5.263%) WinForms
4 1 (5.263%) WPF
4 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (5.263%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (15.79%) WebSphere Portal
1 3 (15.79%) Quickr
2 1 (5.263%) IIS
2 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.263%) TOAD
3 1 (5.263%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Ant
2 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.263%) Subversion
2 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.263%) Build Forge
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (10.53%) Back Office
4 1 (5.263%) Electronics
4 1 (5.263%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.263%) Automotive
4 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) C# Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) C++ Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) C++/C# Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Graduate
5 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Linux
3 3 (15.79%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) ITIL
1 3 (15.79%) Project Management
1 3 (15.79%) Service Management
1 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
2 2 (10.53%) SOA
2 2 (10.53%) Performance Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
2 2 (10.53%) ERD
2 2 (10.53%) UML
2 2 (10.53%) OOP
2 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
2 2 (10.53%) Automation Testing
3 1 (5.263%) CRM
3 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.263%) Change Management
3 1 (5.263%) MVC
3 1 (5.263%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Scrum
3 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.263%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) C#
2 7 (36.84%) C++
2 7 (36.84%) SQL
3 6 (31.58%) PL/SQL
4 4 (21.05%) Perl
5 3 (15.79%) Java
5 3 (15.79%) Jython
6 2 (10.53%) XPath
6 2 (10.53%) XQuery
7 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
7 1 (5.263%) C
7 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
7 1 (5.263%) VC++
7 1 (5.263%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) ISEB
2 1 (5.263%) IBM Certification
2 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) IBM
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Lotus
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.263%) JBoss