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The table below looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT jobs within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank115126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads164159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.067 %
As % of the category below1.810 %1.564 %
Salaries quoted159133
Average minimum salary£19,739£18,769
Average salary£21,864£20,526
% change on same period last year+6.51 %
Average maximum salary£23,989£22,283
UK excluding London average salary£22,763£22,130
% change on same period last year+2.85 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads906010164
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.990 %4.309 %
Salaries quoted73068444
Average minimum salary£31,411£31,202
Average salary£33,917£33,677
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Average maximum salary£36,423£36,151
UK excluding London average salary£38,057£39,474
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graduate across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Graduate Salary Trend

Graduate
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graduate across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

Yorkshire Graduate Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireUp+47138£21,957+3.99 %
North YorkshireUp+711£21,643+4.09 %
South YorkshireDown-586£19,917+0.97 %
East YorkshireDown-24£19,000+6.14 %
Graduate EnglandGraduate
England

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1140 (55.12 %)Degree
283 (32.68 %)SQL
382 (32.28 %).NET
459 (23.23 %)Java
551 (20.08 %)C#
644 (17.32 %)Computer Science
742 (16.54 %)SQL Server
841 (16.14 %)Microsoft
939 (15.35 %)VB
939 (15.35 %)Windows
1038 (14.96 %)MS Excel
1136 (14.17 %)Software Engineering
1231 (12.20 %)Health
1328 (11.02 %)HTML
1426 (10.24 %)C++
1525 (9.843 %)ASP.NET
1624 (9.449 %)Finance
1722 (8.661 %)JavaScript
1722 (8.661 %)OO
1821 (8.268 %)VB6
1918 (7.087 %)Windows XP
1918 (7.087 %)VB.NET
2017 (6.693 %)VBA
2017 (6.693 %)PHP
2017 (6.693 %)Linux
2116 (6.299 %)Web Development
2116 (6.299 %)Retail
2116 (6.299 %)CSS
2116 (6.299 %)UNIX
2116 (6.299 %)C

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
182 (32.28 %).NET
228 (11.02 %)HTML
325 (9.843 %)ASP.NET
416 (6.299 %)CSS
514 (5.512 %)XML
611 (4.331 %)AJAX
79 (3.543 %)ASP
86 (2.362 %)XHTML
95 (1.969 %)OpenGL
104 (1.575 %)XSLT
104 (1.575 %)ADO.NET
113 (1.181 %)EJB
113 (1.181 %)Hibernate
113 (1.181 %)EJB 3.0
113 (1.181 %)Spring
113 (1.181 %)JSF
122 (0.787 %).NET Framework
122 (0.787 %)WF
122 (0.787 %)JBoss Seam
122 (0.787 %)WinForms
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (2.756 %)Lotus Notes
24 (1.575 %)JBoss
33 (1.181 %)WebLogic
33 (1.181 %)Tomcat
33 (1.181 %)SAS
42 (0.787 %)iFIX
51 (0.394 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.394 %)CMS
51 (0.394 %)SharePoint
Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (14.96 %)MS Excel
28 (3.150 %)MS Office
37 (2.756 %)Photoshop
46 (2.362 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.394 %)MS Visio
51 (0.394 %)SPSS
51 (0.394 %)MATLAB
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.787 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (0.787 %)Navision
12 (0.787 %)Dynamics CRM
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.969 %)TCP/IP
24 (1.575 %)Internet
33 (1.181 %)Ethernet
42 (0.787 %)POP3
42 (0.787 %)DECnet
51 (0.394 %)ATM
51 (0.394 %)LAN
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (16.54 %)SQL Server
211 (4.331 %)MySQL
34 (1.575 %)Crystal Reports
42 (0.787 %)MS Access
42 (0.787 %)SQL Server 7
42 (0.787 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.394 %)Database Marketing
51 (0.394 %)RDBMS
51 (0.394 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.394 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (3.150 %)Flash
25 (1.969 %)Ant
33 (1.181 %)JUnit
33 (1.181 %)Eclipse
33 (1.181 %)Subversion
41 (0.394 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.394 %)Visual Studio
Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (12.20 %)Health
224 (9.449 %)Finance
316 (6.299 %)Retail
411 (4.331 %)Marketing
59 (3.543 %)Education
68 (3.150 %)Games
76 (2.362 %)Advertising
76 (2.362 %)Auditing
84 (1.575 %)Graphic Design
84 (1.575 %)Government
84 (1.575 %)Law
93 (1.181 %)Legal
93 (1.181 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.787 %)Back Office
102 (0.787 %)Electronics
102 (0.787 %)Telecoms
102 (0.787 %)Electric
102 (0.787 %)Pensions
111 (0.394 %)Online Games
111 (0.394 %)3D Graphics
Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (17.32 %)Computer Science
212 (4.724 %)Mathematics
37 (2.756 %)Management Information System
37 (2.756 %)Economics
45 (1.969 %)Statistics
54 (1.575 %)SCADA
54 (1.575 %)Social Network
63 (1.181 %)Mainframe
72 (0.787 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.787 %)Web 2.0
72 (0.787 %)Clustering
72 (0.787 %)E-Learning
72 (0.787 %)Blog
81 (0.394 %)AS400
81 (0.394 %)Client/Server
81 (0.394 %)N-Tier
81 (0.394 %)RIA
81 (0.394 %)Multithreading
81 (0.394 %)Photography
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
139 (15.35 %)Windows
218 (7.087 %)Windows XP
317 (6.693 %)Linux
416 (6.299 %)UNIX
515 (5.906 %)Windows 2000
67 (2.756 %)Windows NT
72 (0.787 %)VMS
81 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.394 %)Solaris
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (14.17 %)Software Engineering
222 (8.661 %)OO
316 (6.299 %)Web Development
49 (3.543 %)PRINCE2
49 (3.543 %)Disaster Recovery
49 (3.543 %)Information Security
56 (2.362 %)Business Intelligence
65 (1.969 %)Agile Software Development
65 (1.969 %)Data Analysis
65 (1.969 %)Unit Testing
74 (1.575 %)Time Management
74 (1.575 %)Resource Management
74 (1.575 %)User Acceptance Testing
74 (1.575 %)Software Testing
74 (1.575 %)Practice Management
74 (1.575 %)Change Management
74 (1.575 %)Regression Testing
74 (1.575 %)CRM
83 (1.181 %)Risk Management
83 (1.181 %)Automated Testing
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (32.68 %)SQL
259 (23.23 %)Java
351 (20.08 %)C#
439 (15.35 %)VB
526 (10.24 %)C++
622 (8.661 %)JavaScript
721 (8.268 %)VB6
818 (7.087 %)VB.NET
917 (6.693 %)VBA
917 (6.693 %)PHP
1016 (6.299 %)C
115 (1.969 %)Perl
124 (1.575 %)Transact-SQL
133 (1.181 %)ActionScript
133 (1.181 %)RPG
142 (0.787 %)PL/SQL
142 (0.787 %)VC++
142 (0.787 %)Python
142 (0.787 %)Assembly Language
142 (0.787 %)DCL
Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1140 (55.12 %)Degree
29 (3.543 %)ISEB
29 (3.543 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (2.362 %)HND
43 (1.181 %)CEH
43 (1.181 %)CISA
52 (0.787 %)ISEB Practitioner
52 (0.787 %)HNC
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (2.756 %)QA
23 (1.181 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.787 %)Squid
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (16.14 %)Microsoft
216 (6.299 %)Oracle
37 (2.756 %)Lotus
46 (2.362 %)Apple
53 (1.181 %)IBM
53 (1.181 %)Novell
62 (0.787 %)Cisco
71 (0.394 %)Adobe
71 (0.394 %)Sage