College graduates with a degree in information technology can look forward to the best salaries upon joining the labor force, online employment site Jobstreet.com said in a report Tuesday. Jobstreet.com, citing the results of the 2015 survey, said the best paying entry jobs were graduates of computer software with an average monthly salary of P23,949. Others in the top 10 list are network/database administration with P23,080; technical/helpdesk support, P22,289; computer hardware, P21,371; corporate merchant banking, P21,345; legal services, P21,301; telesales/telemarketing, P20,966; nurse/medical support assistant, P20,588; sales-engineering/technical/IT, P20,265; and engineering electronics, P19,343. The survey also identified the most in-demand jobs, including customer service, computer-hardware, technical and help desk support/telesales/telemarketing, clerical/administrative assistant, general and cost accounting, human resources, banking and financial services, hotel management/tourism services and marketing. Jobstreet.com Philippines marketing director Yoda Buyco said the nature of in-demand jobs was driven by the growth of the business process outsourcing industry. “The growing BPO industry as well as financing and sales is driving demand for new graduates to go for these jobs,” she said.Jobstreet.com said the results of the survey also showed that employers still preferred graduates of some schools. The top five universities in the list are University of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University and Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Results of the survey showed that employers modified their hiring preference to hiring new graduates with actual experience either from internship, part time job or civic work. About 80 percent of respondent companies voted internship as their top criteria to hiring new graduates followed by grades in school while the importance of “alma mater” had progressively declined. The study showed that employers were particular about the behavioral and functional skills of new graduates.