The first table below looks at the demand for Lua skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lua over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lua
Rank 234 240 230
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Lua 14 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.194% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.322% 0.023% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 1
Average salary £36,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4348 4390 3508
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.20% 61.07% 52.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3822 3956 3182
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Lua
England

Lua
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Lua Jobs Demand Trend

Lua
Salary Trend

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

North West Lua Salary Trend

Lua
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +9 14 £36,000 -
Lua
England

Lua
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Lua 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 Lua.

1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (93.33%) C
2 14 (93.33%) Games
2 14 (93.33%) Degree
3 13 (86.67%) Computer Science
4 11 (73.33%) OO
5 10 (66.67%) Software Architecture
6 7 (46.67%) Multithreading
7 6 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (26.67%) Game Development
8 4 (26.67%) OOP
8 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
8 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
9 3 (20.00%) Migration
10 2 (13.33%) QNX
10 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
11 1 (6.667%) Python
11 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
11 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
11 1 (6.667%) UNIX
11 1 (6.667%) Windows
11 1 (6.667%) C#
11 1 (6.667%) HTML
11 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
11 1 (6.667%) PHP
11 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (6.667%) TDD
11 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
11 1 (6.667%) Mobile Games
11 1 (6.667%) Perforce

Lua
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Lua 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 Lua. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Maya
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (93.33%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 13 (86.67%) Senior Developer
3 12 (80.00%) C++ Developer
4 11 (73.33%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Senior Games Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Games Developer
5 3 (20.00%) C++ Games Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
7 1 (6.667%) Programmer
7 1 (6.667%) C++ Programmer
7 1 (6.667%) Tools Programmer
7 1 (6.667%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
4 1 (6.667%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) OO
2 10 (66.67%) Software Architecture
3 7 (46.67%) Multithreading
4 4 (26.67%) Game Development
4 4 (26.67%) OOP
4 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.667%) TDD
6 1 (6.667%) Scrum
6 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (93.33%) C
3 1 (6.667%) Python
3 1 (6.667%) C#
3 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) QNX
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Perforce
Manchester, Lancashire
They are looking for someone with familiarity with Real Time operating systems, multi-threading and embedded systems... The Senior C/C++ Developer would be expected to mentor junior...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013