The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 24 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 20 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 24 38 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 10.91% 13.82% 13.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.28% 64.41% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 16 33 24
Average salary £35,000 £25,000 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £19,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
53 59 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 24.09% 21.45% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 45 52 55
Average salary £40,000 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.03% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £18,700 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £60,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Worcester -14 7 £52,500 +133.33%
Redditch -5 6 £35,000 -12.50%
Malvern - 4 - -
Stourport-on-Severn - 2 £30,000 -
Degree
West Midlands

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 37 (50.00%) C#
2 27 (36.49%) SQL
3 26 (35.14%) .NET
4 25 (33.78%) SQL Server
4 25 (33.78%) Finance
5 21 (28.38%) Oracle
6 20 (27.03%) JavaScript
6 20 (27.03%) CSS
7 19 (25.68%) HTML
7 19 (25.68%) UNIX
8 17 (22.97%) C++
9 16 (21.62%) ASP.NET
9 16 (21.62%) XML
9 16 (21.62%) Windows
9 16 (21.62%) Solaris
9 16 (21.62%) Capacity Planning
10 14 (18.92%) Data Guard
10 14 (18.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (18.92%) Oracle RMAN
10 14 (18.92%) OO
11 13 (17.57%) MS Excel
12 10 (13.51%) PL/SQL
13 9 (12.16%) Linux
14 6 (8.108%) Aerospace
14 6 (8.108%) UML
14 6 (8.108%) C
14 6 (8.108%) Computer Science
14 6 (8.108%) jQuery
15 5 (6.757%) .NET Framework
15 5 (6.757%) Mathematics

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 26 (35.14%) .NET
2 20 (27.03%) CSS
3 19 (25.68%) HTML
4 16 (21.62%) ASP.NET
4 16 (21.62%) XML
5 6 (8.108%) jQuery
6 5 (6.757%) .NET Framework
7 4 (5.405%) OpenGL
7 4 (5.405%) DirectX
7 4 (5.405%) WinForms
7 4 (5.405%) XSLT
7 4 (5.405%) Web Services
8 3 (4.054%) WPF
8 3 (4.054%) WebSphere
8 3 (4.054%) COM
9 2 (2.703%) SOAP
9 2 (2.703%) ODBC
9 2 (2.703%) XSL
9 2 (2.703%) MFC
9 2 (2.703%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.054%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (4.054%) Quickr
1 3 (4.054%) WebSphere Portal
1 3 (4.054%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (2.703%) IIS
2 2 (2.703%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (2.703%) WordPress
3 1 (1.351%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.351%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.351%) CMS
3 1 (1.351%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 13 (17.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.703%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.351%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.351%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.703%) WAN
1 2 (2.703%) SAN
2 1 (1.351%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (33.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.054%) MySQL
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.351%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.351%) TOAD
3 1 (1.351%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.351%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.757%) Visual Studio
2 4 (5.405%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (4.054%) Ant
4 1 (1.351%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.351%) Subversion
4 1 (1.351%) Build Forge
General
1 25 (33.78%) Finance
2 6 (8.108%) Aerospace
3 4 (5.405%) Back Office
3 4 (5.405%) Games
4 3 (4.054%) Mandarin Language
4 3 (4.054%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.054%) Electronics
5 2 (2.703%) Automotive
5 2 (2.703%) Marketing
6 1 (1.351%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (45.95%) Developer
2 16 (21.62%) Web Developer
3 14 (18.92%) DBA
3 14 (18.92%) Administrator
3 14 (18.92%) Oracle DBA
4 10 (13.51%) Software Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Analyst
6 6 (8.108%) C++ Developer
7 5 (6.757%) C# Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.405%) Junior
8 4 (5.405%) Junior Developer
9 3 (4.054%) GUI Developer
9 3 (4.054%) C++/C# Developer
9 3 (4.054%) C++ Software Developer
9 3 (4.054%) Technical Specialist
9 3 (4.054%) Test Analyst
10 2 (2.703%) Business Analyst
10 2 (2.703%) Support Specialist
10 2 (2.703%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.108%) Computer Science
2 5 (6.757%) Mathematics
3 4 (5.405%) Visualisation
4 3 (4.054%) Ergonomics
5 2 (2.703%) Clustering
6 1 (1.351%) iPhone
6 1 (1.351%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (1.351%) Statistics
6 1 (1.351%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.351%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.351%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.68%) UNIX
2 16 (21.62%) Windows
2 16 (21.62%) Solaris
3 9 (12.16%) Linux
4 2 (2.703%) MVS
4 2 (2.703%) Windows NT
5 1 (1.351%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.62%) Capacity Planning
2 14 (18.92%) Disaster Recovery
2 14 (18.92%) OO
3 6 (8.108%) UML
4 5 (6.757%) Automation Testing
4 5 (6.757%) SEO
5 4 (5.405%) Requirements Management
5 4 (5.405%) Network Design
5 4 (5.405%) Software Engineering
6 3 (4.054%) Performance Testing
6 3 (4.054%) Test Scripting
6 3 (4.054%) Web Development
6 3 (4.054%) E-Commerce
6 3 (4.054%) ITIL
6 3 (4.054%) PRINCE2
6 3 (4.054%) MVC
6 3 (4.054%) Service Management
6 3 (4.054%) Project Management
7 2 (2.703%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.703%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 37 (50.00%) C#
2 27 (36.49%) SQL
3 20 (27.03%) JavaScript
4 17 (22.97%) C++
5 10 (13.51%) PL/SQL
6 6 (8.108%) C
7 4 (5.405%) Perl
7 4 (5.405%) Java
7 4 (5.405%) T-SQL
8 3 (4.054%) Jython
9 2 (2.703%) PHP
9 2 (2.703%) XQuery
9 2 (2.703%) XPath
10 1 (1.351%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.351%) VC++
10 1 (1.351%) Python
10 1 (1.351%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.351%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (4.054%) ISEB
1 3 (4.054%) HNC
2 2 (2.703%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.703%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.351%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (1.351%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.405%) TickIT
1 4 (5.405%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.351%) QA
2 1 (1.351%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (18.92%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 14 (18.92%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Oracle
2 4 (5.405%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.054%) IBM
3 3 (4.054%) Lotus
4 2 (2.703%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (2.703%) VMware
4 2 (2.703%) SAP
4 2 (2.703%) Citrix
4 2 (2.703%) HP
5 1 (1.351%) JBoss
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