The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited German Language 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 terms in our General category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
German Language
Rank 82 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing German Language 3 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.280% 0.510% -
As % of the General category 0.519% 1.072% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £17,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
All of the General Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
578 653 846
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 53.87% 47.56% 55.51%
Number of salaries quoted 287 429 610
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,450 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
German Language
Scotland

German Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing German Language across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Edinburgh German Language Jobs Demand Trend

German Language
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh German Language Salary Trend

German Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing German Language 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 German Language.

1 19 (86.36%) French Language
2 17 (77.27%) Banking
2 17 (77.27%) SQL
2 17 (77.27%) Finance
3 16 (72.73%) PL/SQL
3 16 (72.73%) Oracle
4 12 (54.55%) C#
4 12 (54.55%) Java
4 12 (54.55%) Python
4 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
5 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
5 8 (36.36%) JMS
5 8 (36.36%) Project Management
5 8 (36.36%) Web Services
5 8 (36.36%) OO
6 5 (22.73%) Regression Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Economics
7 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
8 2 (9.091%) JBoss
8 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
8 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
9 1 (4.545%) Software Testing
9 1 (4.545%) Italian Language
9 1 (4.545%) Russian Language
9 1 (4.545%) Spanish Language
9 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (4.545%) RDBMS
9 1 (4.545%) Cisco

German Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing German Language 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 German Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (36.36%) JMS
1 8 (36.36%) Web Services
2 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) RDBMS
General
1 19 (86.36%) French Language
2 17 (77.27%) Banking
2 17 (77.27%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Italian Language
3 1 (4.545%) Russian Language
3 1 (4.545%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Oracle Team Leader
1 8 (36.36%) Team Leader
1 8 (36.36%) Technical Team Leader
1 8 (36.36%) Java Team Leader
2 7 (31.82%) Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Banking Business Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (4.545%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 5 (22.73%) Economics
3 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 8 (36.36%) Project Management
2 8 (36.36%) OO
3 5 (22.73%) Regression Testing
4 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) SQL
2 16 (72.73%) PL/SQL
3 12 (54.55%) C#
3 12 (54.55%) Java
3 12 (54.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.545%) CCNP
3 1 (4.545%) CCNA
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle
2 2 (9.091%) JBoss
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco
3 1 (4.545%) Lotus