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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Edinburgh region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank65100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching permanent IT job ads211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.365 %0.108 %
Salaries quoted201
Average minimum salary£28,450£55,000
Average salary£33,525£55,000
% change on same period last year-39.04 %
Average maximum salary£38,600£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,647£35,666
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads624930
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.329 %0.381 %
Salaries quoted444627
Average minimum salary£34,342£37,112
Average salary£38,060£40,878
% change on same period last year-6.89 %
Average maximum salary£41,779£44,645
UK excluding London average salary£40,867£42,372
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Games ScotlandGames
Scotland

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Edinburgh Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Edinburgh Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Games 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 Games.

122 (73.33 %)Java
221 (70.00 %)Education
221 (70.00 %)Computer Science
318 (60.00 %)Linux
415 (50.00 %)UNIX
514 (46.67 %)J2EE
613 (43.33 %)Software Engineering
711 (36.67 %)SQL
711 (36.67 %)Windows
810 (33.33 %)Oracle
810 (33.33 %)Finance
99 (30.00 %)XML
99 (30.00 %)OO
99 (30.00 %)RDBMS
107 (23.33 %)Sybase
107 (23.33 %)MySQL
107 (23.33 %)PHP
107 (23.33 %)WebSphere
116 (20.00 %)AquaLogic
116 (20.00 %)Retail
116 (20.00 %)Spring
116 (20.00 %)HTML
116 (20.00 %)Perl
116 (20.00 %)WebLogic
116 (20.00 %)Apache
116 (20.00 %)Servlets
116 (20.00 %)Struts
116 (20.00 %)IBM
116 (20.00 %)SOA
116 (20.00 %)Hibernate

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (46.67 %)J2EE
29 (30.00 %)XML
37 (23.33 %)WebSphere
46 (20.00 %)Hibernate
46 (20.00 %)Spring
46 (20.00 %)Servlets
46 (20.00 %)Struts
46 (20.00 %)HTML
55 (16.67 %)Swing
55 (16.67 %)J2SE
63 (10.00 %).NET
71 (3.333 %)ASP.NET
71 (3.333 %)J2ME
71 (3.333 %)WinForms
71 (3.333 %).NET Framework
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (20.00 %)WebLogic
16 (20.00 %)Apache
21 (3.333 %)Oracle Workflow
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.333 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Oracle Financials
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (30.00 %)RDBMS
27 (23.33 %)MySQL
32 (6.667 %)SQL Server
41 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
41 (3.333 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
41 (3.333 %)PostgreSQL
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.667 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (70.00 %)Education
210 (33.33 %)Finance
36 (20.00 %)Telecoms
36 (20.00 %)Retail
42 (6.667 %)Marketing
42 (6.667 %)Advertising
42 (6.667 %)Flash Games
51 (3.333 %)Online Games
51 (3.333 %)Animation
51 (3.333 %)General Ledger
51 (3.333 %)Insurance
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (56.67 %)Developer
213 (43.33 %)Java Developer
36 (20.00 %)J2EE Developer
36 (20.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
44 (13.33 %)Junior
53 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
53 (10.00 %)Junior Developer
53 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
53 (10.00 %)Junior Java Developer
62 (6.667 %)Senior J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)Senior Java Developer
62 (6.667 %)Junior J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)Graduate Developer
62 (6.667 %)Junior Java/J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)Graduate Java Developer
62 (6.667 %)Perl Developer
62 (6.667 %)Creative Director
62 (6.667 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)Graduate
71 (3.333 %)Software Developer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (70.00 %)Computer Science
21 (3.333 %)Physics
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (60.00 %)Linux
215 (50.00 %)UNIX
311 (36.67 %)Windows
46 (20.00 %)Debian
51 (3.333 %)Solaris
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (43.33 %)Software Engineering
29 (30.00 %)OO
36 (20.00 %)SOA
45 (16.67 %)Web Development
51 (3.333 %)Project Management
51 (3.333 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (3.333 %)Workflow
51 (3.333 %)Agile Software Development
51 (3.333 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.333 %)ITIL
51 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
51 (3.333 %)OOA/OOD
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (73.33 %)Java
211 (36.67 %)SQL
37 (23.33 %)PHP
46 (20.00 %)Perl
53 (10.00 %)C#
61 (3.333 %)C++
61 (3.333 %)JavaScript
61 (3.333 %)PL/SQL
61 (3.333 %)PowerHouse
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.333 %)OCP
11 (3.333 %)Oracle Certification
11 (3.333 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (20.00 %)AquaLogic
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (33.33 %)Oracle
27 (23.33 %)Sybase
36 (20.00 %)IBM
41 (3.333 %)Microsoft
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