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This section looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1215
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads1884525194
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.15 %10.50 %
As % of the category below49.01 %51.04 %
Salaries quoted1581220248
Average minimum salary£36,587£38,888
Average salary£40,552£43,232
% change on same period last year-6.20 %
Average maximum salary£44,516£47,576
UK excluding London average salary£36,248£36,557
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3844849362
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.70 %20.58 %
Salaries quoted3256639807
Average minimum salary£37,547£38,970
Average salary£40,926£42,438
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Average maximum salary£44,305£45,907
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree within the UK.

Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 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
EnglandUp+217968£40,673-6.25 %
LondonNo change07489£47,621-5.95 %
South EastUp+23852£37,936+1.49 %
East of EnglandUp+11912£38,804+3.95 %
City of LondonUp+21897£48,865-9.19 %
South WestUp+21118£34,984+3.45 %
SurreyUp+71112£37,433+2.16 %
North WestNo change01062£34,870-11.00 %
YorkshireNo change0984£31,845+5.82 %
BerkshireUp+2943£38,295-5.09 %
CambridgeshireDown-3903£36,231-0.23 %
West MidlandsDown-1859£33,522-2.62 %
HampshireDown-2752£37,381+6.23 %
CambridgeDown-2747£36,110-2.52 %
HertfordshireUp+2678£44,279+7.30 %
ManchesterDown-1616£36,168-16.46 %
West YorkshireUp+1513£30,754+0.08 %
East MidlandsDown-3508£32,541+0.51 %
ScotlandUp+1449£34,159+3.80 %
LeedsUp+4376£31,325+2.88 %
BristolNo change0336£34,793-4.31 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1311£35,203-3.76 %
BirminghamDown-1297£34,962-3.63 %
OxfordshireDown-7277£33,399-1.18 %
CheshireDown-8262£35,112+17.41 %
NottinghamshireUp+2235£31,631-1.90 %
South YorkshireDown-5215£34,892+20.93 %
GloucestershireDown-3210£34,697+9.51 %
ReadingDown-6205£31,524-25.84 %
WiltshireUp+9203£37,536+10.76 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

19513 (24.29 %)Finance
28698 (22.21 %)SQL
37849 (20.04 %).NET
47205 (18.40 %)Java
56955 (17.76 %)C#
66434 (16.43 %)C++
76236 (15.92 %)SQL Server
85830 (14.89 %)Windows
95642 (14.41 %)Computer Science
104826 (12.32 %)Microsoft
114501 (11.49 %)Oracle
124473 (11.42 %)XML
134087 (10.44 %)UNIX
143438 (8.778 %)Project Management
153416 (8.722 %)ASP.NET
163389 (8.653 %)C
173384 (8.640 %)OO
183310 (8.451 %)Banking
193215 (8.209 %)HTML
203110 (7.941 %)Mathematics
213062 (7.818 %)Education
223007 (7.678 %)JavaScript
232988 (7.629 %)Linux
242850 (7.277 %)MS Excel
252577 (6.580 %)VB
262457 (6.273 %)J2EE
272255 (5.758 %)Pensions
282153 (5.497 %)VB.NET
292083 (5.319 %)CSS
302037 (5.201 %)Marketing

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17849 (20.04 %).NET
24473 (11.42 %)XML
33416 (8.722 %)ASP.NET
43215 (8.209 %)HTML
52457 (6.273 %)J2EE
62083 (5.319 %)CSS
71437 (3.669 %)WebServices
81374 (3.508 %)ASP
91329 (3.393 %)AJAX
10876 (2.237 %)XHTML
11867 (2.214 %)JSP
12816 (2.083 %)Spring
13750 (1.915 %).NET Framework
14692 (1.767 %)XSLT
15658 (1.680 %)Hibernate
16598 (1.527 %)WinForms
17567 (1.448 %)WebSphere
18475 (1.213 %)STL
19443 (1.131 %)Struts
20410 (1.047 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11208 (3.084 %)SAS
2751 (1.918 %)IIS
3654 (1.670 %)SharePoint
4648 (1.655 %)MS Exchange
5591 (1.509 %)Apache
6442 (1.129 %)WebLogic
7406 (1.037 %)Exchange Server 2003
8365 (0.932 %)Tomcat
9364 (0.929 %)BizTalk Server
10356 (0.909 %)CMS
11287 (0.733 %)JBoss
12247 (0.631 %)SharePoint Server 2007
13121 (0.309 %)Exchange Server 2007
13121 (0.309 %)ColdFusion
14116 (0.296 %)Lotus Notes
15106 (0.271 %)WebSphere Application Server
1699 (0.253 %)MQSeries
1790 (0.230 %)Oracle Workflow
1887 (0.222 %)Oracle Application Server
1986 (0.220 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12850 (7.277 %)MS Excel
21308 (3.340 %)MS Office
3640 (1.634 %)MS Visio
4593 (1.514 %)Photoshop
5418 (1.067 %)MS Project
6402 (1.026 %)SPSS
7363 (0.927 %)MS PowerPoint
8293 (0.748 %)MATLAB
9263 (0.672 %)Adobe Illustrator
10201 (0.513 %)Spreadsheet
1195 (0.243 %)Fireworks
1278 (0.199 %)Simulink
1369 (0.176 %)3ds Max
1468 (0.174 %)CA Clarity
1559 (0.151 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1653 (0.135 %)FrameMaker
1742 (0.107 %)Maya
1840 (0.102 %)InfoPath
1939 (0.100 %)AutoCAD
2038 (0.097 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1164 (0.419 %)SAP FI
2156 (0.398 %)SAP FI/CO
2156 (0.398 %)SAP CO
3138 (0.352 %)Dynamics CRM
4132 (0.337 %)Oracle Applications
5123 (0.314 %)Dynamics AX
6115 (0.294 %)Oracle Financials
7111 (0.283 %)Microsoft CRM
892 (0.235 %)SAP HR
991 (0.232 %)Oracle EBS
1067 (0.171 %)Oracle 11i
1166 (0.169 %)Navision
1265 (0.166 %)SAP CRM
1364 (0.163 %)SAP SD
1456 (0.143 %)SAP R/3
1542 (0.107 %)Axapta
1542 (0.107 %)Kondor+
1640 (0.102 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1736 (0.092 %)SAP APO
1736 (0.092 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11743 (4.450 %)Internet
21095 (2.796 %)TCP/IP
3711 (1.815 %)WAN
4635 (1.621 %)LAN
5603 (1.540 %)Firewall
6552 (1.409 %)Wireless
7433 (1.106 %)SAN
8394 (1.006 %)Intranet
9380 (0.970 %)DNS
10370 (0.945 %)HTTP
11323 (0.825 %)VoIP
12322 (0.822 %)VPN
13183 (0.467 %)GSM
14175 (0.447 %)DHCP
15166 (0.424 %)Network Security
16133 (0.340 %)Ethernet
17128 (0.327 %)3G
18114 (0.291 %)Broadband
19111 (0.283 %)MPLS
20107 (0.273 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16236 (15.92 %)SQL Server
21226 (3.130 %)SQL Server 2005
31035 (2.643 %)MySQL
4920 (2.349 %)Datawarehouse
5897 (2.290 %)SQL Server 2000
6885 (2.260 %)RDBMS
7522 (1.333 %)BusinessObjects
8493 (1.259 %)Oracle 10g
9426 (1.088 %)ETL
10399 (1.019 %)Crystal Reports
11362 (0.924 %)DB2
12354 (0.904 %)Oracle 9i
13322 (0.822 %)MS Access
14313 (0.799 %)Oracle 8/8i
15270 (0.689 %)GIS
16235 (0.600 %)Data Mining
17234 (0.597 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
18222 (0.567 %)DTS
19220 (0.562 %)Oracle Reports
20219 (0.559 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1956 (2.441 %)Visual Studio
2722 (1.843 %)Flash
3379 (0.968 %)Eclipse
4274 (0.700 %)Subversion
5261 (0.666 %)JUnit
6258 (0.659 %)TestDirector
7220 (0.562 %)Dreamweaver
8216 (0.552 %)Ant
8216 (0.552 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9176 (0.449 %)QuickTest Pro
10130 (0.332 %)WinRunner
11102 (0.260 %)LoadRunner
12101 (0.258 %)ClearCase
1397 (0.248 %)Oracle Forms
1493 (0.237 %)NUnit
1573 (0.186 %)Rational Rose
1661 (0.156 %)InstallShield
1756 (0.143 %)Selenium
1852 (0.133 %)JIRA
1948 (0.123 %)SilkTest
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19513 (24.29 %)Finance
23310 (8.451 %)Banking
33062 (7.818 %)Education
42255 (5.758 %)Pensions
52037 (5.201 %)Marketing
61810 (4.621 %)Health
71737 (4.435 %)Telecoms
81568 (4.004 %)Front Office
91552 (3.963 %)Retail
101401 (3.577 %)Insurance
111181 (3.015 %)Investment Banking
12989 (2.525 %)Electronics
13925 (2.362 %)Manufacturing
14921 (2.352 %)Games
15775 (1.979 %)Government
16593 (1.514 %)Back Office
17567 (1.448 %)Financial Institution
18451 (1.152 %)Pharmaceutical
19449 (1.146 %)Electric
20331 (0.845 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111677 (29.81 %)Developer
26569 (16.77 %)Analyst
33540 (9.039 %)Consultant
42428 (6.199 %)Graduate
52419 (6.176 %)Software Engineer
62201 (5.620 %)Java Developer
72033 (5.191 %).NET Developer
81886 (4.816 %)C# Developer
91680 (4.290 %)Project Manager
101655 (4.226 %)Junior
111625 (4.149 %)Business Analyst
121552 (3.963 %)Software Developer
131347 (3.439 %)C++ Developer
141340 (3.421 %)Programmer
151319 (3.368 %)Web Developer
161284 (3.278 %)Architect
171236 (3.156 %)Support Analyst
181200 (3.064 %)Senior Developer
19891 (2.275 %)Graduate Developer
20850 (2.170 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15642 (14.41 %)Computer Science
23110 (7.941 %)Mathematics
31585 (4.047 %)Derivative
4897 (2.290 %)Physics
5739 (1.887 %)Equities
6702 (1.792 %)Fixed Income
7701 (1.790 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8658 (1.680 %)Statistics
9452 (1.154 %)Multithreading
10441 (1.126 %)Client/Server
11435 (1.111 %)Management Information System
12380 (0.970 %)Equity Derivative
13314 (0.802 %)Credit Risk
14257 (0.656 %)Economics
15245 (0.626 %)French Language
16242 (0.618 %)Web 2.0
17218 (0.557 %)NHS
18191 (0.488 %)W3C
18191 (0.488 %)Credit Derivative
19190 (0.485 %)Market Risk
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15830 (14.89 %)Windows
24087 (10.44 %)UNIX
32988 (7.629 %)Linux
41254 (3.202 %)Windows Server 2003
5991 (2.530 %)Windows XP
6729 (1.861 %)Solaris
7504 (1.287 %)Windows 2000
8270 (0.689 %)Windows 2000 Server
9242 (0.618 %)AIX
10224 (0.572 %)Windows Vista
11184 (0.470 %)Red Hat Linux
12155 (0.396 %)Windows NT
13144 (0.368 %)Windows Mobile
14107 (0.273 %)HPUX
1598 (0.250 %)Windows CE
1687 (0.222 %)Embedded Linux
1769 (0.176 %)VxWorks
1861 (0.156 %)Symbian OS
1958 (0.148 %)Windows Server 2008
2049 (0.125 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13438 (8.778 %)Project Management
23384 (8.640 %)OO
31874 (4.785 %)UML
41550 (3.958 %)Software Engineering
51389 (3.547 %)PRINCE2
61209 (3.087 %)Business Analysis
71204 (3.074 %)Business Intelligence
81104 (2.819 %)Risk Management
91036 (2.645 %)E-Commerce
101032 (2.635 %)CRM
111020 (2.604 %)Web Development
12970 (2.477 %)ITIL
13795 (2.030 %)Agile Software Development
14724 (1.849 %)OOD
15714 (1.823 %)Security Cleared
16674 (1.721 %)ERP
17655 (1.672 %)Business Development
18649 (1.657 %)Data Analysis
19599 (1.529 %)Software Testing
20509 (1.300 %)Unit Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18698 (22.21 %)SQL
27205 (18.40 %)Java
36955 (17.76 %)C#
46434 (16.43 %)C++
53389 (8.653 %)C
63007 (7.678 %)JavaScript
72577 (6.580 %)VB
82153 (5.497 %)VB.NET
91187 (3.031 %)Perl
101186 (3.028 %)VBA
111152 (2.941 %)PHP
12841 (2.147 %)Transact-SQL
13787 (2.009 %)VB6
14746 (1.905 %)PL/SQL
15525 (1.340 %)Python
16470 (1.200 %)Delphi
16470 (1.200 %)VC++
17444 (1.134 %)VBScript
18441 (1.126 %)Shell Script
19436 (1.113 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11872 (4.780 %)Microsoft Certification
2991 (2.530 %)MCSE
3762 (1.946 %)HND
4689 (1.759 %)ISEB
5612 (1.563 %)Cisco Certification
6557 (1.422 %)MCP
7550 (1.404 %)PhD
8428 (1.093 %)CCNA
9323 (0.825 %)MCSD
10319 (0.815 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11279 (0.712 %)MCSA
12250 (0.638 %)MBA
13220 (0.562 %)CISSP
14211 (0.539 %)HNC
15201 (0.513 %)CCNP
16155 (0.396 %)ITIL Certification
17142 (0.363 %)Sun Certification
18138 (0.352 %)ACCA
19134 (0.342 %)PMI Certification
20133 (0.340 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11139 (2.908 %)QA
2408 (1.042 %)SLA
3143 (0.365 %)ISO9001
4138 (0.352 %)ISO27001
5134 (0.342 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
6122 (0.312 %)Basel II
790 (0.230 %)WAI
883 (0.212 %)BS7799
963 (0.161 %)COBIT
1041 (0.105 %)ISO17799
1129 (0.074 %)TickIT
1223 (0.059 %)ISO9000
1317 (0.043 %)PCI DSS
1415 (0.038 %)GCP
1514 (0.036 %)ISO8583
169 (0.023 %)JTAG
169 (0.023 %)WCAG
178 (0.020 %)MiFID
178 (0.020 %)GMP
187 (0.018 %)JSP 440
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11147 (2.929 %)Active Directory
2112 (0.286 %)VMware Infrastructure
398 (0.250 %)Oracle RAC
489 (0.227 %)ISA Server
571 (0.181 %)VMware ESX
660 (0.153 %)NetBackup
660 (0.153 %)Oracle RMAN
752 (0.133 %)Citrix Presentation Server
846 (0.117 %)Xen
846 (0.117 %)MetaFrame
942 (0.107 %)MSMQ
1041 (0.105 %)Terminal Server
1130 (0.077 %)Terminal Services
1229 (0.074 %)Backup Exec
1323 (0.059 %)NFS
1323 (0.059 %)NDS
1417 (0.043 %)AquaLogic
1512 (0.031 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1610 (0.026 %)Samba
178 (0.020 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1111 (0.283 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
264 (0.163 %)MOM
361 (0.156 %)OpenView
449 (0.125 %)Tivoli
531 (0.079 %)AutoSys
531 (0.079 %)SCOM
625 (0.064 %)CiscoWorks
720 (0.051 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
816 (0.041 %)OVSD
915 (0.038 %)Legato
1014 (0.036 %)Norton AntiVirus
1113 (0.033 %)BMC PATROL
1113 (0.033 %)Nagios
1212 (0.031 %)CONTROL-M
1212 (0.031 %)WSUS
1311 (0.028 %)Unicenter
1410 (0.026 %)EMC NetWorker
159 (0.023 %)HP Data Protector
167 (0.018 %)NNM
167 (0.018 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14826 (12.32 %)Microsoft
24501 (11.49 %)Oracle
31258 (3.212 %)SAP
4969 (2.474 %)Cisco
5796 (2.032 %)Sybase
6523 (1.335 %)Citrix
7522 (1.333 %)Business Objects
8513 (1.310 %)IBM
9405 (1.034 %)VMware
10344 (0.878 %)HP
11331 (0.845 %)Cognos
12317 (0.809 %)Sun
13273 (0.697 %)Adobe
14221 (0.564 %)EMC
15218 (0.557 %)Red Hat
16198 (0.506 %)Bloomberg
17190 (0.485 %)TIBCO
18182 (0.465 %)Reuters
19163 (0.416 %)BEA
20160 (0.409 %)Lotus