The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Dunfermline region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Dunfermline region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 1 4 11
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Degree 14 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunfermline 73.68% 8.333% 13.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 87.50% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 5
Average salary £39,000 £38,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.64% +10.71%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Dunfermline
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
16 2 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunfermline 84.21% 8.333% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 11
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
Fife

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Dunfermline region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Dunfermline Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Dunfermline Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunfermline region 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.

1 16 (80.00%) C
2 15 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 15 (75.00%) Automotive
2 15 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (75.00%) C#
2 15 (75.00%) C++
2 15 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (5.000%) Python
4 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
4 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.000%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.000%) ISEB
4 1 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (5.000%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.000%) MS Office
4 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.000%) UNIX
4 1 (5.000%) Windows
4 1 (5.000%) Java
4 1 (5.000%) Perl
4 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.000%) Electronics

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunfermline region 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.

Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (75.00%) Telecoms
1 15 (75.00%) Automotive
2 1 (5.000%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (55.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.000%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) UNIX
2 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (10.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.000%) Project Management
3 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.000%) Automated Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Manual Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.000%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) C
2 15 (75.00%) C#
2 15 (75.00%) C++
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.000%) Python
4 1 (5.000%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.000%) Java
4 1 (5.000%) Perl
4 1 (5.000%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (5.000%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
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