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This section looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5640
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching permanent IT job ads3168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.028 %
As % of the category below2.368 %3.363 %
Salaries quoted2743
Average minimum salary£24,815£25,093
Average salary£28,593£29,105
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Average maximum salary£32,370£33,116
UK excluding London average salary£33,608£32,801
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
Job Titles EdinburghJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads13092022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.683 %0.834 %
Salaries quoted9391358
Average minimum salary£31,194£33,607
Average salary£34,493£36,930
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum salary£37,792£40,253
UK excluding London average salary£38,227£39,513
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Programmer ScotlandProgrammer
Scotland

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Edinburgh Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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.

122 (40.00 %)SQL
122 (40.00 %)XML
214 (25.45 %).NET
313 (23.64 %)C
313 (23.64 %)C++
313 (23.64 %)OO
313 (23.64 %)Computer Science
412 (21.82 %)JavaScript
511 (20.00 %)Oracle
511 (20.00 %)Linux
610 (18.18 %)CSS
610 (18.18 %)Degree
610 (18.18 %)Finance
79 (16.36 %)Web Development
79 (16.36 %)UNIX
79 (16.36 %)Windows
79 (16.36 %)Python
79 (16.36 %)Java
79 (16.36 %)PL/SQL
88 (14.55 %)HTML
88 (14.55 %)Django
88 (14.55 %)Internet
97 (12.73 %)Education
97 (12.73 %)C#
106 (10.91 %)J2EE
106 (10.91 %)ASP.NET
106 (10.91 %)Client/Server
106 (10.91 %)Motif
106 (10.91 %)X-Windows
115 (9.091 %)ASP.NET 2.0

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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
122 (40.00 %)XML
214 (25.45 %).NET
310 (18.18 %)CSS
48 (14.55 %)HTML
48 (14.55 %)Django
56 (10.91 %)Motif
56 (10.91 %)X-Windows
56 (10.91 %)J2EE
56 (10.91 %)ASP.NET
65 (9.091 %)XHTML
65 (9.091 %)ASP.NET 2.0
74 (7.273 %)AJAX
83 (5.455 %)MFC
92 (3.636 %)ADO.NET
92 (3.636 %)ASP
92 (3.636 %)Hibernate
92 (3.636 %)Middleware
101 (1.818 %)SAX
101 (1.818 %)MVC
101 (1.818 %)LAMP
Application Platforms
13 (5.455 %)SharePoint
22 (3.636 %)JBoss
22 (3.636 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (1.818 %)Lotus Notes
31 (1.818 %)Apache
31 (1.818 %)SAS
31 (1.818 %)CICS
31 (1.818 %)CMS
Applications
12 (3.636 %)MS Office
21 (1.818 %)3ds Max
21 (1.818 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
11 (1.818 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
18 (14.55 %)Internet
21 (1.818 %)SMS
21 (1.818 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.818 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (9.091 %)SQL Server
24 (7.273 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (5.455 %)Oracle 9i
42 (3.636 %)MySQL
42 (3.636 %)SQL Server 7
51 (1.818 %)DB2
51 (1.818 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.818 %)RDBMS
51 (1.818 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.818 %)BusinessObjects
51 (1.818 %)PostgreSQL
51 (1.818 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
14 (7.273 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.818 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.818 %)Flash
21 (1.818 %)Eclipse
21 (1.818 %)Selenium
21 (1.818 %)Ant
21 (1.818 %)JUnit
General
110 (18.18 %)Finance
27 (12.73 %)Education
33 (5.455 %)Insurance
42 (3.636 %)Pensions
42 (3.636 %)Health
42 (3.636 %)Pharmaceutical
42 (3.636 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.818 %)Games
51 (1.818 %)Marketing
51 (1.818 %)Animation
Miscellaneous
113 (23.64 %)Computer Science
26 (10.91 %)Client/Server
32 (3.636 %)Biometrics
41 (1.818 %)Mainframe
41 (1.818 %)AS400
41 (1.818 %)Physics
41 (1.818 %)Biotechnology
41 (1.818 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
111 (20.00 %)Linux
29 (16.36 %)UNIX
29 (16.36 %)Windows
31 (1.818 %)Windows 2000
31 (1.818 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
113 (23.64 %)OO
29 (16.36 %)Web Development
34 (7.273 %)Software Engineering
42 (3.636 %)Unit Testing
42 (3.636 %)Investment Management
42 (3.636 %)E-Commerce
42 (3.636 %)UML
42 (3.636 %)TDD
51 (1.818 %)Data Management
51 (1.818 %)Content Management
51 (1.818 %)OOP
51 (1.818 %)OOD
51 (1.818 %)Project Management
51 (1.818 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.818 %)Digital Marketing
51 (1.818 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (1.818 %)Performance Testing
Programming Languages
122 (40.00 %)SQL
213 (23.64 %)C
213 (23.64 %)C++
312 (21.82 %)JavaScript
49 (16.36 %)PL/SQL
49 (16.36 %)Python
49 (16.36 %)Java
57 (12.73 %)C#
64 (7.273 %)PHP
72 (3.636 %)VB
72 (3.636 %)VC++
81 (1.818 %)VB.NET
81 (1.818 %)ActionScript
81 (1.818 %)Transact-SQL
81 (1.818 %)VB6
81 (1.818 %)Ruby
81 (1.818 %)XPath
81 (1.818 %)RPG
81 (1.818 %)COBOL
Qualifications
110 (18.18 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.636 %)CDISC
Vendors
111 (20.00 %)Oracle
23 (5.455 %)Microsoft
31 (1.818 %)Lotus
31 (1.818 %)Business Objects
31 (1.818 %)IBM
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