The first table below looks at the demand for X++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited X++ over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages category for the Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X++
Rank - - 53
Permanent jobs citing X++ 0 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - - 0.804%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 1.266%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
305 344 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 63.41% 61.21% 63.54%
Number of salaries quoted 280 326 214
Average salary £32,500 £30,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.55% -1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
X++
North West

X++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing X++ across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Lancashire X++ Jobs Demand Trend

X++
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire X++ Salary Trend

X++
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing X++ 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 X++.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics AX

X++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics AX Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft