The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 68 71 77
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 24 23 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.051% 1.741% 1.419%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.133% 1.818% 1.491%
Number of salaries quoted 15 20 13
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% +10.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £29,950 £19,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1125 1265 1543
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 96.15% 95.76% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 675 896 1138
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
Scotland

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Edinburgh Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Programmer in their job title 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 with Programmer in their job title.

1 29 (82.86%) .NET
2 28 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 27 (77.14%) C#
4 25 (71.43%) Finance
5 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET
6 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
7 20 (57.14%) TDD
7 20 (57.14%) MS Excel
8 18 (51.43%) Scrum
9 17 (48.57%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (48.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 17 (48.57%) Visual Studio
10 16 (45.71%) .NET Framework
11 8 (22.86%) SQL
12 7 (20.00%) Java
12 7 (20.00%) Oracle
12 7 (20.00%) Degree
13 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
14 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (11.43%) SQL Server 2008
15 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 4 (11.43%) C
15 4 (11.43%) DB2
15 4 (11.43%) Informix
15 4 (11.43%) XML
16 3 (8.571%) UNIX
16 3 (8.571%) Windows
16 3 (8.571%) Struts
16 3 (8.571%) UML
16 3 (8.571%) CRM

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Programmer in their job title 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 with Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (82.86%) .NET
2 23 (65.71%) ASP.NET
3 16 (45.71%) .NET Framework
4 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (11.43%) XML
5 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 3 (8.571%) WCF
6 3 (8.571%) jQuery
6 3 (8.571%) Struts
6 3 (8.571%) J2EE
6 3 (8.571%) Hibernate
6 3 (8.571%) JSF
6 3 (8.571%) Ajax
6 3 (8.571%) NHibernate
7 1 (2.857%) Qt
7 1 (2.857%) OpenGL
7 1 (2.857%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.571%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (57.14%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.43%) DB2
2 4 (11.43%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (11.43%) Informix
3 3 (8.571%) MySQL
4 1 (2.857%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.857%) Ingres
4 1 (2.857%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.857%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 17 (48.57%) Visual Studio
1 17 (48.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (8.571%) JUnit
2 3 (8.571%) Eclipse
2 3 (8.571%) Subversion
2 3 (8.571%) Selenium
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (8.571%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.857%) Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) Computer Science
1 3 (8.571%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (8.571%) Open Source
2 1 (2.857%) VHDL
2 1 (2.857%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) UNIX
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Linux
3 1 (2.857%) HPUX
3 1 (2.857%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) TDD
2 18 (51.43%) Scrum
3 17 (48.57%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (8.571%) Web Development
4 3 (8.571%) Wealth Management
4 3 (8.571%) Unit Testing
4 3 (8.571%) Asset Management
4 3 (8.571%) UML
4 3 (8.571%) CRM
5 2 (5.714%) MVC
6 1 (2.857%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (2.857%) OOD
6 1 (2.857%) OOP
6 1 (2.857%) OO
Programming Languages
1 27 (77.14%) C#
2 8 (22.86%) SQL
3 7 (20.00%) Java
4 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
5 4 (11.43%) C
6 3 (8.571%) Progress 4GL
6 3 (8.571%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 3 (8.571%) JavaScript
6 3 (8.571%) Perl
6 3 (8.571%) C++
7 1 (2.857%) Python
7 1 (2.857%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (8.571%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.00%) Oracle
3 3 (8.571%) Sybase
3 3 (8.571%) JBoss
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly respectable financial services organisation, is seeking a .NET Analyst Programmer to join their thriving Edinburgh team. The job requires significant experience developing enterprise scale...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Microsoft C# ASP.NET MVC3.0. SQL Server... TDD & Continuous Integration... Desirable Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) NHibernate (or any other ORM solution) SQL Server 2008 (R2) JavaScript &...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Required knowledge, skills and experience: Significant experience developing enterprise scale ASP.NET C# web applications... Experience of the following tools and technologies are essential: Microsoft .NET 4.0...
Resource Management
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Commercial experience in: -Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET 4.0 -C# -ASP.NET MVC 3.0 -WCF -NHibernate / Entity Framework -SQL Server 2008 R2 -JavaScript and jQuery -...
Head Resourcing
Salary: Superb benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Holyrood, Edinburgh
With relevant professional experience, ideally with a relevant degree or professional diploma in IT, you will have the following technical skills: Technologies • Experience of support and development in...
Scottish Parliament
Salary: £24,383 to £29,640
Posted: 24 May 2013