The first table below looks at the demand for Pair Programming skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pair Programming over the 3 months to 24 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pair Programming
Rank 132 154 150
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -4
Permanent jobs citing Pair Programming 21 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.667% 0.029% 0.258%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.900% 0.041% 0.338%
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 5
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,600 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.29% +21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2333 2445 2660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.13% 70.77% 76.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1403 1740 1920
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Pair Programming
UK

Pair Programming
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Pair Programming across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Pair Programming Jobs Demand Trend

Pair Programming
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Pair Programming Salary Trend

Pair Programming
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pair Programming across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Pair Programming Salary Histogram

Pair Programming
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pair Programming within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 11 £37,500 -
Glasgow - 9 £47,500 -
Pair Programming
UK

Pair Programming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming.

1 24 (96.00%) Java
2 15 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (48.00%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
4 11 (44.00%) CSS
4 11 (44.00%) TDD
4 11 (44.00%) HTML5
5 10 (40.00%) Extreme Programming
5 10 (40.00%) CSS3
5 10 (40.00%) HTML
5 10 (40.00%) Finance
6 9 (36.00%) Open Source
7 8 (32.00%) HTTP
7 8 (32.00%) J2EE
8 7 (28.00%) Spring
8 7 (28.00%) Hibernate
9 6 (24.00%) MVC
9 6 (24.00%) Web Development
9 6 (24.00%) Spring MVC
9 6 (24.00%) jQuery
10 5 (20.00%) DOM
10 5 (20.00%) Ajax
10 5 (20.00%) SQL
10 5 (20.00%) Unit Testing
11 3 (12.00%) UNIX
12 2 (8.000%) Web Services
12 2 (8.000%) Apache
12 2 (8.000%) Software Engineering
12 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
12 2 (8.000%) Degree

Pair Programming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Pair Programming 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 Pair Programming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (44.00%) CSS
1 11 (44.00%) HTML5
2 10 (40.00%) CSS3
2 10 (40.00%) HTML
3 8 (32.00%) J2EE
4 7 (28.00%) Spring
4 7 (28.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (24.00%) Spring MVC
5 6 (24.00%) jQuery
6 5 (20.00%) DOM
6 5 (20.00%) Ajax
7 2 (8.000%) Web Services
8 1 (4.000%) Java EE
8 1 (4.000%) JMS
8 1 (4.000%) Middleware
8 1 (4.000%) XML
8 1 (4.000%) SOAP
8 1 (4.000%) .NET
8 1 (4.000%) soapUI
8 1 (4.000%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) Apache
2 1 (4.000%) ESB
2 1 (4.000%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.000%) Mule
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) JIRA
1 1 (4.000%) Selenium
1 1 (4.000%) FitNesse
1 1 (4.000%) jMock
1 1 (4.000%) Maven
1 1 (4.000%) Eclipse
1 1 (4.000%) JUnit
1 1 (4.000%) WebDriver
1 1 (4.000%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.000%) JSUnit
General
1 10 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
2 1 (4.000%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.000%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Developer
2 13 (52.00%) Java Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 5 (20.00%) Java Team Leader
3 5 (20.00%) Web Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Agile Java Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Lead Java Developer
5 1 (4.000%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Graduate
5 1 (4.000%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (4.000%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Open Source
2 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.000%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.000%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) UNIX
2 1 (4.000%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) Solaris
2 1 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (48.00%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (44.00%) TDD
4 10 (40.00%) Extreme Programming
5 6 (24.00%) MVC
5 6 (24.00%) Web Development
6 5 (20.00%) Unit Testing
7 2 (8.000%) Software Engineering
8 1 (4.000%) Refactoring
8 1 (4.000%) Use Case
8 1 (4.000%) Data Modelling
8 1 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.000%) BDD
8 1 (4.000%) Multithreading
8 1 (4.000%) BPMN
8 1 (4.000%) Domain-Driven Design
8 1 (4.000%) Change Control
8 1 (4.000%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (96.00%) Java
2 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.000%) Haskell
4 1 (4.000%) Erlang
4 1 (4.000%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.000%) C++
4 1 (4.000%) Clojure
4 1 (4.000%) OCaml
4 1 (4.000%) F#
4 1 (4.000%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.000%) Casewise
1 1 (4.000%) TIBCO
1 1 (4.000%) Perforce
1 1 (4.000%) Pega
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a small development team within an enormous global company, that utilises pair-programming, extreme programming and TDD... This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled java...
TEKsystems
Salary: £20000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Working in a super agile team, in a pair programming environment, you will be responsible for the development of new web applications for a Global Provider of Software...
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
THE ROLE This role requires excellent Core Java knowledge... Strong Java Development candidates will be able to demonstrate their abilities through participating in at least three major projects...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £28000 - £57000 per annum + Bonus, Pension & Healthcare
Posted: 21 May 2013
Dundee, Angus
C++, AS3, C#, Java) and have... - Knowledge of agile and lean development, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Integration, Pair Programming. - Experience with MVC web development frameworks, particularly Ruby on Rails.
Jefferson Wolfe
Salary: From £300 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013