The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 119 110 93
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 33 50 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.009% 1.465% 1.824%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.060% 1.554% 1.939%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 41
Average salary £40,000 £34,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.94% +6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
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 £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Programmer
UK

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +3 24 £40,000 +11.11% 4
Dundee - 2 £30,000 -
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Aberdeen -4 1 £37,500 +25.00% 1
Glasgow -25 1 £34,000 +3.03%
Stirling - 1 - - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £45,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £18,000 -
Programmer
UK

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 38 (63.33%) .NET
2 34 (56.67%) C#
3 32 (53.33%) SQL Server
4 31 (51.67%) Finance
5 28 (46.67%) ASP.NET
6 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 21 (35.00%) MS Excel
8 20 (33.33%) TDD
9 19 (31.67%) Scrum
9 19 (31.67%) .NET Framework
10 17 (28.33%) Visual Studio
10 17 (28.33%) Java
10 17 (28.33%) Team Foundation Server
10 17 (28.33%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (26.67%) SQL
12 13 (21.67%) Degree
12 13 (21.67%) Oracle
13 10 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
14 8 (13.33%) XML
14 8 (13.33%) C++
15 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
15 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 6 (10.00%) MVC
16 6 (10.00%) JavaScript
16 6 (10.00%) PL/SQL
16 6 (10.00%) DB2
16 6 (10.00%) VB.NET
16 6 (10.00%) RDBMS
17 5 (8.333%) UNIX
17 5 (8.333%) Web Application Development

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 38 (63.33%) .NET
2 28 (46.67%) ASP.NET
3 19 (31.67%) .NET Framework
4 10 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (13.33%) XML
6 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (6.667%) WCF
8 3 (5.000%) WPF
8 3 (5.000%) NHibernate
8 3 (5.000%) Ajax
8 3 (5.000%) JSF
8 3 (5.000%) Hibernate
8 3 (5.000%) OpenGL
8 3 (5.000%) J2EE
8 3 (5.000%) Struts
8 3 (5.000%) jQuery
9 2 (3.333%) LINQ
9 2 (3.333%) OpenGL ES
9 2 (3.333%) cocos2d
9 2 (3.333%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.333%) Windows Azure
2 2 (3.333%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (3.333%) SAS
2 2 (3.333%) CICS
3 1 (1.667%) LiveLink
Applications
1 21 (35.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.333%) SMTP
1 2 (3.333%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.333%) SNA
2 1 (1.667%) HTTP
2 1 (1.667%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.00%) DB2
2 6 (10.00%) RDBMS
3 4 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (5.000%) MySQL
4 3 (5.000%) Informix
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.667%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 17 (28.33%) Visual Studio
1 17 (28.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (5.000%) Subversion
2 3 (5.000%) Eclipse
2 3 (5.000%) JUnit
2 3 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 31 (51.67%) Finance
2 4 (6.667%) Games
3 3 (5.000%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.333%) Banking
4 2 (3.333%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.667%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.000%) Open Source
2 3 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.333%) Social Gaming
3 2 (3.333%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.333%) Mobile Games
4 1 (1.667%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.667%) VHDL
4 1 (1.667%) Verilog
4 1 (1.667%) AS400
4 1 (1.667%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.333%) UNIX
2 4 (6.667%) Android
2 4 (6.667%) Apple iOS
2 4 (6.667%) Windows
3 2 (3.333%) Linux
3 2 (3.333%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) TDD
2 19 (31.67%) Scrum
3 17 (28.33%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (10.00%) MVC
5 5 (8.333%) Web Application Development
6 4 (6.667%) Unit Testing
7 3 (5.000%) Web Development
7 3 (5.000%) Asset Management
7 3 (5.000%) UML
7 3 (5.000%) CRM
7 3 (5.000%) Wealth Management
8 2 (3.333%) Integration Testing
8 2 (3.333%) Financial Modelling
8 2 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.333%) OO
8 2 (3.333%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.333%) Software Engineering
8 2 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (1.667%) Business Development
9 1 (1.667%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (56.67%) C#
2 17 (28.33%) Java
3 16 (26.67%) SQL
4 8 (13.33%) C++
5 6 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 6 (10.00%) VB.NET
6 4 (6.667%) C
6 4 (6.667%) Assembly Language
7 3 (5.000%) Progress 4GL
7 3 (5.000%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 3 (5.000%) Perl
8 2 (3.333%) F#
8 2 (3.333%) MATLAB
8 2 (3.333%) REXX
9 1 (1.667%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.667%) Python
9 1 (1.667%) Delphi
9 1 (1.667%) RPG
9 1 (1.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.67%) Degree
2 3 (5.000%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.333%) RACF
2 1 (1.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (21.67%) Oracle
3 3 (5.000%) Sybase
3 3 (5.000%) JBoss
4 2 (3.333%) BMC
4 2 (3.333%) CA
5 1 (1.667%) Open Text
5 1 (1.667%) TIBCO
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Cathcart Associates client a steadily growing Aberdeen based international software company is looking to recruit an experienced developer for their team. Our client is very busy and the...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly respectable financial services organisation, is seeking a .NET Analyst Programmer to join their thriving Edinburgh team. The job requires significant experience developing enterprise scale...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Microsoft C# ASP.NET MVC3.0. SQL Server... TDD & Continuous Integration... Desirable Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) NHibernate (or any other ORM solution) SQL Server 2008 (R2) JavaScript &...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £35000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Required knowledge, skills and experience: Significant experience developing enterprise scale ASP.NET C# web applications... Experience of the following tools and technologies are essential: Microsoft .NET 4.0...
Resource Management
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Holyrood, Edinburgh
With relevant professional experience, ideally with a relevant degree or professional diploma in IT, you will have the following technical skills: Technologies • Experience of support and development in...
Scottish Parliament
Salary: £24,383 to £29,640
Posted: 24 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
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Posted: 4 June 2013
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