The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Livingston region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank - 20 39
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 0 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston - 2.020% 1.210%
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.083% 1.357%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
Average salary - £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.90%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97 96 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 98.98% 96.97% 89.11%
Number of salaries quoted 24 75 150
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,850 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
West Lothian

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Livingston Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston region that cited Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) ASP
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (33.33%) XPath
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston region that cited Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 1 (33.33%) Subversion
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) XPath