The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Junior in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Junior
Rank 118 93 119
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior 37 58 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.168% 1.662% 1.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.233% 1.755% 1.242%
Number of salaries quoted 22 39 30
Average salary £22,250 £25,500 £25,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.74% -0.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,100 £21,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £40,000 £38,875
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3000 3304 3220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.70% 94.70% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1791 2412 2426
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Junior
UK

Junior
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Junior Jobs Demand Trend

Junior
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Junior Salary Trend

Junior
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Junior across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland Junior Salary Histogram

Junior
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Edinburgh -7 22 £22,000 -10.20%
Glasgow -21 8 £24,500 -2.97%
Aberdeen +7 4 £30,000 +6.19%
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £18,000 -
Junior
UK

Junior
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title.

1 37 (50.68%) .NET
2 34 (46.58%) C#
3 24 (32.88%) ASP.NET
3 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
3 24 (32.88%) Degree
4 22 (30.14%) SQL Server
5 19 (26.03%) CSS
6 17 (23.29%) HTML
6 17 (23.29%) Finance
7 16 (21.92%) SQL
7 16 (21.92%) MS Excel
8 14 (19.18%) MVC
8 14 (19.18%) JavaScript
9 13 (17.81%) Visual Studio
10 12 (16.44%) .NET Framework
10 12 (16.44%) Computer Science
11 10 (13.70%) WCF
11 10 (13.70%) jQuery
11 10 (13.70%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 10 (13.70%) CSS3
12 9 (12.33%) MySQL
13 7 (9.589%) OO
13 7 (9.589%) Ajax
13 7 (9.589%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (9.589%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (9.589%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 6 (8.219%) MSTest
14 6 (8.219%) Unit Testing
14 6 (8.219%) Mathematics
14 6 (8.219%) Oracle

Junior
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Junior 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 Junior in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (50.68%) .NET
2 24 (32.88%) ASP.NET
3 19 (26.03%) CSS
4 17 (23.29%) HTML
5 12 (16.44%) .NET Framework
6 10 (13.70%) WCF
6 10 (13.70%) jQuery
6 10 (13.70%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 10 (13.70%) CSS3
7 7 (9.589%) Ajax
7 7 (9.589%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (9.589%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 4 (5.479%) HTML5
8 4 (5.479%) Web Services
9 2 (2.740%) WPF
10 1 (1.370%) XML
10 1 (1.370%) WinForms
10 1 (1.370%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.479%) CMS
1 4 (5.479%) IIS
2 3 (4.110%) Magento
3 2 (2.740%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.740%) Apache
4 1 (1.370%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.370%) Drupal
Applications
1 16 (21.92%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.110%) MS Office
3 2 (2.740%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.370%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.370%) Fireworks
4 1 (1.370%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (1.370%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.370%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.479%) WAN
2 3 (4.110%) DNS
2 3 (4.110%) MPLS
3 2 (2.740%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.370%) FTP
4 1 (1.370%) VPN
4 1 (1.370%) Intranet
4 1 (1.370%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (30.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (12.33%) MySQL
3 3 (4.110%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.740%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.370%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.370%) OLAP
5 1 (1.370%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.370%) PowerCenter
5 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.370%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 13 (17.81%) Visual Studio
2 7 (9.589%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (8.219%) MSTest
4 1 (1.370%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (1.370%) Hudson
General
1 17 (23.29%) Finance
2 5 (6.849%) Telecoms
2 5 (6.849%) Retail
3 2 (2.740%) Banking
3 2 (2.740%) Advertising
4 1 (1.370%) Electronics
4 1 (1.370%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.219%) Mathematics
3 5 (6.849%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.479%) Web 2.0
5 2 (2.740%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.740%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.110%) Windows
2 1 (1.370%) Linux
2 1 (1.370%) UNIX
2 1 (1.370%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.370%) Windows Vista
2 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.370%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.18%) MVC
2 7 (9.589%) OO
3 6 (8.219%) Unit Testing
4 5 (6.849%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (6.849%) Software Engineering
5 4 (5.479%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.110%) Financial Modelling
7 2 (2.740%) Web Application Development
7 2 (2.740%) SIEM
7 2 (2.740%) Release Management
7 2 (2.740%) Project Management
7 2 (2.740%) Workflow
7 2 (2.740%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.370%) OOP
8 1 (1.370%) ERP
8 1 (1.370%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.370%) Process Management
8 1 (1.370%) Change Management
8 1 (1.370%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (1.370%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (46.58%) C#
2 16 (21.92%) SQL
3 14 (19.18%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.219%) PHP
5 5 (6.849%) Java
6 4 (5.479%) PL/SQL
7 3 (4.110%) VB
8 2 (2.740%) VB.NET
8 2 (2.740%) VBA
9 1 (1.370%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.370%) C++
9 1 (1.370%) Delphi
9 1 (1.370%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 24 (32.88%) Degree
2 3 (4.110%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.370%) MCSE
3 1 (1.370%) MCSA
3 1 (1.370%) MCP
3 1 (1.370%) PhD
3 1 (1.370%) CCA
3 1 (1.370%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (1.370%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.370%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.370%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.740%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.370%) vSphere
2 1 (1.370%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.370%) Backup Exec
1 1 (1.370%) WSUS
1 1 (1.370%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.219%) Oracle
3 2 (2.740%) VMware
3 2 (2.740%) Symantec
4 1 (1.370%) SAP
4 1 (1.370%) Sybase
4 1 (1.370%) HP
4 1 (1.370%) Citrix
4 1 (1.370%) Informatica
4 1 (1.370%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.370%) Altiris
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Salary: £20,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Any experience with HTML and JavaScript would be ideal however, not essential... This position also offers a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to developer their technical and...
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: Up to £18,000 plus benefits
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Salary: £0 - £20,000 per year
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Salary: Unspecified £ Negotiable on Experience
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