The first table below looks at the demand for Lua skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lua over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Programming Languages category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lua
Rank 492 538 550
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +12
Contract jobs citing Lua 20 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.047% 0.036% 0.009%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.126% 0.100% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 3
Average daily rate £265 £375 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.33% +70.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £199 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £400 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £400 £145
% change year-on-year
-41.25% +175.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15813 18954 21151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 37.38% 35.42% 38.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9947 11473 12447
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 683 880
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.50 £19.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Lua
UK

Lua
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lua across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England Lua Jobs Demand Trend

Lua
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lua across the England region.

England Lua Daily Rate Trend

Lua
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lua across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Lua Daily Rate Histogram

Lua
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lua across the England region.

England Lua Hourly Rate Trend

Lua
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +25 15 £268 -28.66%
South East +22 5 £235 -
Lua
UK

Lua
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lua 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lua.

1 22 (78.57%) C#
1 22 (78.57%) Visual Studio
2 19 (67.86%) Games
3 18 (64.29%) Cloud Computing
3 18 (64.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 18 (64.29%) MSBuild
4 15 (53.57%) Windows Azure
4 15 (53.57%) C++
5 14 (50.00%) Google App Engine
5 14 (50.00%) Google
5 14 (50.00%) Game Development
6 10 (35.71%) SQL
7 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
8 6 (21.43%) Marketing
9 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
9 5 (17.86%) XML
9 5 (17.86%) C
9 5 (17.86%) OO
10 4 (14.29%) .NET
10 4 (14.29%) Degree
11 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
11 3 (10.71%) JSON
11 3 (10.71%) REST
11 3 (10.71%) Linux
11 3 (10.71%) Python
11 3 (10.71%) CSS
11 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
11 3 (10.71%) Scrum
12 2 (7.143%) Subversion
12 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development

Lua
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lua also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lua. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (17.86%) XML
2 4 (14.29%) .NET
3 3 (10.71%) JSON
3 3 (10.71%) REST
3 3 (10.71%) CSS
4 2 (7.143%) Flash
4 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.143%) HTML
4 2 (7.143%) HTML5
4 2 (7.143%) WPF
4 2 (7.143%) LINQ
5 1 (3.571%) jQuery
5 1 (3.571%) J2EE
5 1 (3.571%) JSP
5 1 (3.571%) SOAP
5 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (53.57%) Windows Azure
2 14 (50.00%) Google App Engine
3 1 (3.571%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (3.571%) Apache
3 1 (3.571%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.571%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.571%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.143%) VPN
1 2 (7.143%) SSL
2 1 (3.571%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (78.57%) Visual Studio
2 18 (64.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (64.29%) MSBuild
3 2 (7.143%) Subversion
3 2 (7.143%) Bugzilla
General
1 19 (67.86%) Games
2 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 1 (3.571%) Music
3 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.571%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.571%) Advertising
3 1 (3.571%) Publishing
3 1 (3.571%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Build Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) C# Developer
4 2 (7.143%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (7.143%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Java Web Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Games Designer
5 1 (3.571%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (3.571%) UI Designer
5 1 (3.571%) Interactive Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (3.571%) UI Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Software Tester
5 1 (3.571%) Software Build Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Java Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Graduate
5 1 (3.571%) Web Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (64.29%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.143%) Digital Media
3 2 (7.143%) Online Games
4 1 (3.571%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.571%) Animation
4 1 (3.571%) Visualisation
4 1 (3.571%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 2 (7.143%) Windows
2 2 (7.143%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.143%) Android
3 1 (3.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Game Development
2 5 (17.86%) OO
3 3 (10.71%) Scrum
4 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.143%) TDD
4 2 (7.143%) Regression Testing
4 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
4 2 (7.143%) Product Management
4 2 (7.143%) System Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Web Development
5 1 (3.571%) Interactive Advertising
5 1 (3.571%) UML
5 1 (3.571%) RAD
5 1 (3.571%) SSADM
5 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.571%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.571%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) C#
2 15 (53.57%) C++
3 10 (35.71%) SQL
4 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.86%) C
5 3 (10.71%) Python
6 2 (7.143%) Perl
6 2 (7.143%) VBScript
6 2 (7.143%) VB.NET
6 2 (7.143%) Bash shell
7 1 (3.571%) Java
7 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
7 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Google
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) Adobe
3 1 (3.571%) Perforce
London
Key Skills: - Javascript (Min. 1-2 years) - Actionscript - Video Streaming - Previous experience in Application development - Source code like; SVN, GIT, Clear case, Perforce Desirables: - Python - C ++, Java, Lua,...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
You will be in a team of JavaScript and C/C++ engineers, responsible for leading the development of a HTML5/JavaScript/CSS frontend that is currently transitioning from...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
TheOpportunity: You will be in a team of JavaScript and C/C++ engineers, responsible for leading the development of a HTML5/JavaScript/CSS frontend that is currently transitioning...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £100 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
You will be in a team of JavaScript and C/C++ engineers, responsible for leading the development of a HTML5/JavaScript/CSS frontend that is currently transitioning from...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £175 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
1-2 years) or ECMAScript - Actionscript - C# (Knowledge of) - Video Streaming - Previous experience in Application development - Source code like; SVN, GIT, Clear case, Perforce Desirables: - Python - C ++, Java,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The project is a JavaScript and UI based and you will be within a team of C/ C++ engineers. Key Skills: - Javascript (Min. 1-2 years) or ECMAScript -...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
West London
The role will be part of agile development team using web based technologies requiring strong Object-Orientated JavaScript, HTML and CSS... Skills Required: Experience with managed scripting environments...
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and experience: - OO JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3- Experience with managed scripting environments such as VBScript, JavaScript, Lua, or BrightSript.- Knowledge of...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Middlesex
In this role you will be developing a new Front End for their digital platform in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery. Experience managing scripting environments such as VBScript, Lua...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013