The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 45 43 39
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 2 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.578% 1.887% 0.377%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.606% 2.030% 0.397%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 1
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
330 394 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.38% 92.92% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 235 299 209
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
Scotland

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Programmer across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Programmer across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) Android
2 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Video Processing
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) ASP
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) MVC

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (25.00%) ASP
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Video Processing
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle