The first table below looks at the demand for LAMP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LAMP 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 of the Application Development category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl PHP Python)
Rank 75 72 72
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 9 18 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.840% 1.322% 1.848%
As % of the Application Development category 1.991% 3.947% 5.812%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 27
Average salary £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
452 456 499
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.20% 33.48% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 288 359 369
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,400 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,500 £44,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LAMP
Scotland

LAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh LAMP Jobs Demand Trend

LAMP
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh LAMP Salary Trend

LAMP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LAMP across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh LAMP Salary Histogram

LAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing LAMP 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 LAMP.

1 12 (85.71%) PHP
1 12 (85.71%) MySQL
1 12 (85.71%) Linux
2 11 (78.57%) Apache
3 8 (57.14%) Ruby
4 7 (50.00%) CSS
5 6 (42.86%) HTML
5 6 (42.86%) Python
5 6 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails
5 6 (42.86%) Drupal
6 4 (28.57%) Network Management
6 4 (28.57%) Billing
7 3 (21.43%) Marketing
7 3 (21.43%) Web Development
7 3 (21.43%) Degree
7 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
7 3 (21.43%) Project Management
7 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
8 2 (14.29%) CMS
8 2 (14.29%) Perl
8 2 (14.29%) Cisco
8 2 (14.29%) Juniper
8 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
8 2 (14.29%) HTML5
8 2 (14.29%) CSS3
9 1 (7.143%) Facebook
9 1 (7.143%) Twitter
9 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
9 1 (7.143%) REST

LAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing LAMP 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 LAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (50.00%) CSS
2 6 (42.86%) HTML
2 6 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (14.29%) HTML5
3 2 (14.29%) CSS3
4 1 (7.143%) REST
4 1 (7.143%) JSON
4 1 (7.143%) XML
4 1 (7.143%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 11 (78.57%) Apache
2 6 (42.86%) Drupal
3 2 (14.29%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (85.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Firebug
General
1 4 (28.57%) Billing
2 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Web Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Technical Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.143%) Open Source
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Network Management
2 3 (21.43%) Web Development
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) Web Testing
3 1 (7.143%) System Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Content Management
3 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) PHP
2 8 (57.14%) Ruby
3 6 (42.86%) Python
4 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) Perl
6 1 (7.143%) Java
6 1 (7.143%) SQL
6 1 (7.143%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.143%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco
1 2 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (7.143%) Facebook
2 1 (7.143%) Twitter
2 1 (7.143%) VMware
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