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The table below looks at the demand for Lua skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lua over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLua
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank143122
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads14
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.052 %0.222 %
Salaries quoted14
Average minimum salary£30,000£39,500
Average salary£40,000£47,500
% change on same period last year-15.78 %
Average maximum salary£50,000£55,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,471£38,125
% change on same period last year-9.58 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads19351804
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.071 %0.757 %
Salaries quoted16801481
Average minimum salary£32,297£33,663
Average salary£35,879£37,151
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Average maximum salary£39,460£40,639
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Lua CambridgeshireLua
Cambridgeshire

Lua
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lua across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge Lua Demand Trend

Lua
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Lua Salary Trend

Lua
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Lua.

15 (100.00 %)C++
15 (100.00 %)Games
24 (80.00 %)DirectX
24 (80.00 %)Degree
24 (80.00 %)Mathematics
24 (80.00 %)Physics
24 (80.00 %)Computer Science
33 (60.00 %)Pensions
33 (60.00 %)3ds Max
42 (40.00 %)3D Graphics
42 (40.00 %)OO
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (20.00 %)OpenGL
51 (20.00 %)C
51 (20.00 %)C#
51 (20.00 %)Java
51 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (20.00 %)Sony
51 (20.00 %)MATLAB

Lua
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Lua. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)DirectX
21 (20.00 %)OpenGL
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)3ds Max
21 (20.00 %)MATLAB
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Games
23 (60.00 %)Pensions
32 (40.00 %)3D Graphics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Programmer
13 (60.00 %)C++ Programmer
22 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Graduate
31 (20.00 %)Games Producer
31 (20.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Software Programmer
31 (20.00 %)Graduate Software Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (80.00 %)Mathematics
14 (80.00 %)Physics
14 (80.00 %)Computer Science
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)OO
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)C++
21 (20.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)C
21 (20.00 %)C#
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (80.00 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)Sony