The first table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the Livingston region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Degree
Rank 4 15 3
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Permanent jobs citing Degree 39 7 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 39.80% 7.071% 25.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 81.25% 24.14% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 42
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +31.25%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Qualifications
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
48 29 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 48.98% 29.29% 39.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 21 70
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% +2.56%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Degree
West Lothian

Degree
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Livingston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Livingston Degree Jobs Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

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

Livingston Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston region citing Degree 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 Degree.

1 42 (66.67%) UNIX
2 41 (65.08%) SQL
3 28 (44.44%) Oracle
4 24 (38.10%) Broadband
5 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (31.75%) Windows
6 20 (31.75%) Linux
7 19 (30.16%) Shell Script
8 18 (28.57%) XML
9 17 (26.98%) Java
10 16 (25.40%) TDD
11 14 (22.22%) Test Automation
11 14 (22.22%) VBScript
12 13 (20.63%) Perl
12 13 (20.63%) QA
13 11 (17.46%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (17.46%) Data Modelling
13 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (17.46%) Sun
14 10 (15.87%) MS Excel
14 10 (15.87%) PL/SQL
14 10 (15.87%) Ab Initio
15 9 (14.29%) Scrum
15 9 (14.29%) AWK
15 9 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
15 9 (14.29%) SSH
15 9 (14.29%) Altiris
15 9 (14.29%) Netezza
15 9 (14.29%) WMI
15 9 (14.29%) Selenium

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston region citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (28.57%) XML
2 9 (14.29%) XML Schema
3 3 (4.762%) J2EE
4 2 (3.175%) Velocity
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (38.10%) Broadband
2 9 (14.29%) SNMP
2 9 (14.29%) SSH
3 7 (11.11%) NAS
3 7 (11.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.46%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (11.11%) Oracle 9i
3 7 (11.11%) RDBMS
3 7 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
3 7 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (7.937%) OLTP
5 4 (6.349%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (6.349%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (6.349%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (14.29%) Selenium
1 9 (14.29%) FitNesse
General
1 6 (9.524%) Finance
2 5 (7.937%) Marketing
3 2 (3.175%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Developer
2 11 (17.46%) Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) Tester
3 9 (14.29%) QA Engineer
3 9 (14.29%) Agile Tester
4 7 (11.11%) ETL Developer
4 7 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 7 (11.11%) DBA
5 5 (7.937%) Test Analyst
5 5 (7.937%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (7.937%) Administrator
5 5 (7.937%) Technical Test Analyst
6 4 (6.349%) Technical Leader
6 4 (6.349%) SQL Developer
6 4 (6.349%) SQL Server Developer
6 4 (6.349%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.762%) Storage Specialist
7 3 (4.762%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.762%) Graduate
7 3 (4.762%) SAN Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Computer Science
2 7 (11.11%) Symmetrix DMX
2 7 (11.11%) Replication
2 7 (11.11%) Symmetrix
3 5 (7.937%) Firmware
4 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.762%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 42 (66.67%) UNIX
2 20 (31.75%) Windows
2 20 (31.75%) Linux
3 4 (6.349%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (25.40%) TDD
3 14 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 11 (17.46%) Data Modelling
4 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (14.29%) Scrum
5 9 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 9 (14.29%) Web Development
5 9 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 9 (14.29%) User Stories
6 8 (12.70%) Change Management
7 7 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (11.11%) ETL
7 7 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 7 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (7.937%) Volume Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (65.08%) SQL
2 19 (30.16%) Shell Script
3 17 (26.98%) Java
4 14 (22.22%) VBScript
5 13 (20.63%) Perl
6 10 (15.87%) PL/SQL
7 9 (14.29%) C#
7 9 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 9 (14.29%) AWK
7 9 (14.29%) sed
8 6 (9.524%) C
9 5 (7.937%) C++
10 4 (6.349%) Python
10 4 (6.349%) C-shell
10 4 (6.349%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.349%) CISSP
1 4 (6.349%) CISM
1 4 (6.349%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.63%) QA
2 4 (6.349%) PCI DSS
2 4 (6.349%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (11.11%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (6.349%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (4.762%) SRDF
3 3 (4.762%) NFS
3 3 (4.762%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) WMI
2 4 (6.349%) Tivoli
2 4 (6.349%) NetBackup
3 3 (4.762%) EMC TimeFinder
3 3 (4.762%) Ionix
Vendors
1 28 (44.44%) Oracle
2 11 (17.46%) Sun
3 10 (15.87%) Ab Initio
4 9 (14.29%) Altiris
4 9 (14.29%) Netezza
5 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
5 8 (12.70%) Symantec
6 7 (11.11%) Brocade
6 7 (11.11%) EMC
6 7 (11.11%) Informatica
6 7 (11.11%) NetApp
6 7 (11.11%) Cisco
7 4 (6.349%) IBM
7 4 (6.349%) Business Objects
7 4 (6.349%) StorageTek
7 4 (6.349%) NetIQ
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