The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 23 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 146 135 148
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +13
Permanent jobs citing GIS 11 13 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.352% 0.378% 0.255%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.069% 1.462% 0.856%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 6
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,300 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £52,100 £35,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1029 889 1052
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 32.93% 25.82% 29.86%
Number of salaries quoted 630 673 779
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
UK

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Scotland GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

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

Scotland GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland GIS Salary Histogram

GIS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Glasgow -19 7 £32,500 -7.14%
Aberdeen +5 3 £55,000 +83.33%
Edinburgh +2 1 £40,000 -9.09%
GIS
UK

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing GIS 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 GIS.

1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
3 6 (25.00%) MS Office
3 6 (25.00%) QA
4 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
4 5 (20.83%) SLA
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 4 (16.67%) UNIX
5 4 (16.67%) Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) Games
5 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 4 (16.67%) Finance
5 4 (16.67%) Statistics
5 4 (16.67%) Data Management
5 4 (16.67%) CEH
5 4 (16.67%) Physics
5 4 (16.67%) Time Management
6 3 (12.50%) Capacity Management
6 3 (12.50%) Taxonomies
6 3 (12.50%) C
6 3 (12.50%) C++
7 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.333%) ISEB
7 2 (8.333%) OpenGL
7 2 (8.333%) Shell Script
7 2 (8.333%) AutoCAD
7 2 (8.333%) JavaScript

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) OpenGL
1 2 (8.333%) .NET
1 2 (8.333%) STL
1 2 (8.333%) XML
1 2 (8.333%) Qt
1 2 (8.333%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.167%) Java EE
2 1 (4.167%) CSS
2 1 (4.167%) J2ME
2 1 (4.167%) J2SE
2 1 (4.167%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) MS Office
2 2 (8.333%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.333%) VSAT
2 1 (4.167%) Network Security
2 1 (4.167%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Jenkins
1 2 (8.333%) Hudson
2 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (16.67%) Games
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Advertising
2 1 (4.167%) Banking
2 1 (4.167%) Retail
2 1 (4.167%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Data Manager
2 7 (29.17%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Developer
5 2 (8.333%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Support
5 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Testing Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Testing Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
2 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.67%) Statistics
2 4 (16.67%) Physics
3 3 (12.50%) Taxonomies
4 2 (8.333%) Mathematics
5 1 (4.167%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) UNIX
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 4 (16.67%) Data Management
1 4 (16.67%) Time Management
2 3 (12.50%) Capacity Management
3 2 (8.333%) OOD
3 2 (8.333%) UML
3 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
3 2 (8.333%) Automated Testing
3 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
3 2 (8.333%) Multithreading
4 1 (4.167%) Web Design
4 1 (4.167%) Information Management
4 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) C
2 3 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (8.333%) Shell Script
3 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.333%) C#
4 1 (4.167%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) CEH
3 2 (8.333%) ISEB
3 2 (8.333%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 5 (20.83%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle
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