Scotland Software Engineer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnsley Barry Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Brackley Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Calne Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Castleford Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Church Stretton Cirencester City of London Clapham Clevedon Colchester Corby Cornwall Coulsdon County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Cumbria Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Droitwich Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Evesham Exeter Exmouth Fareham Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Fife Gateshead Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Halesowen Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Peak High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Horley Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kenilworth Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Macclesfield Maidenhead Maldon Malmesbury Malvern Manchester Margate Marlborough Marlow Matlock Melksham Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Penicuik Peterborough Petersfield Pickering Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rochford Rotherham Royston Rugby Saffron Walden Salford Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Smethwick Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadley Tamworth Taunton Tetbury Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thatcham Torfaen Totnes Tring Twickenham Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Winsford Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wotton-under-Edge Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	36
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching permanent IT job ads	166	213
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.089 %	0.089 %
As % of the category below	4.660 %	3.873 %
Salaries quoted	118	149
Average minimum salary	£30,315	£31,283
Average salary	£33,813	£33,924
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Average maximum salary	£37,311	£36,566
UK excluding London average salary	£35,986	£35,073
% change on same period last year	+2.60 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads	3562	5499
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.918 %	2.292 %
Salaries quoted	2477	3456
Average minimum salary	£33,776	£33,164
Average salary	£37,322	£35,852
% change on same period last year	+4.10 %
Average maximum salary	£40,868	£38,539
UK excluding London average salary	£38,055	£39,430
% change on same period last year	-3.48 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Edinburgh	0	81	£33,427	-3.05 %
Glasgow	-5	26	£35,300	+11.13 %
Fife	+3	25	£33,667	+72.64 %
Aberdeen	+4	16	£33,846	-0.08 %
Stirling	+17	3	£33,167	-11.55 %
Dundee	-14	3	£28,833	-10.39 %
Highlands	-	2	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	1	£42,500	-
Midlothian	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 222 (62.54 %) C++ 2 123 (34.65 %) Degree 3 119 (33.52 %) Java 4 116 (32.68 %) C 5 99 (27.89 %) Linux 6 88 (24.79 %) C# 7 84 (23.66 %) .NET 7 84 (23.66 %) OO 8 70 (19.72 %) SQL 9 69 (19.44 %) Computer Science 10 67 (18.87 %) Windows 11 57 (16.06 %) Microsoft 12 51 (14.37 %) XML 12 51 (14.37 %) Software Engineering 13 50 (14.08 %) SQL Server

14 45 (12.68 %) UNIX 15 35 (9.859 %) ASP.NET 15 35 (9.859 %) TCP/IP 16 33 (9.296 %) Oracle 17 31 (8.732 %) JavaScript 18 26 (7.324 %) Visual Studio 19 25 (7.042 %) UML 20 24 (6.761 %) Perl 20 24 (6.761 %) OOD 21 23 (6.479 %) Education 21 23 (6.479 %) Web Development 22 21 (5.915 %) MS Excel 23 20 (5.634 %) XHTML 24 19 (5.352 %) Agile Software Development 25 18 (5.070 %) PostgreSQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 84 (23.66 %) .NET 2 51 (14.37 %) XML 3 35 (9.859 %) ASP.NET 4 20 (5.634 %) XHTML 5 18 (5.070 %) HTML 6 17 (4.789 %) Swing 7 15 (4.225 %) WebServices 8 14 (3.944 %) J2EE 8 14 (3.944 %) .NET Framework 9 12 (3.380 %) AJAX 9 12 (3.380 %) ASP 10 11 (3.099 %) Servlets 11 10 (2.817 %) CSS 11 10 (2.817 %) J2SE 12 7 (1.972 %) Hibernate 12 7 (1.972 %) DirectX 12 7 (1.972 %) MFC 13 6 (1.690 %) WinForms 14 5 (1.408 %) Spring 14 5 (1.408 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 14 (3.944 %) Apache 2 10 (2.817 %) Tomcat 3 3 (0.845 %) SharePoint 3 3 (0.845 %) IIS 4 2 (0.563 %) JBoss 4 2 (0.563 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.282 %) CMS
Applications 1 21 (5.915 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (0.563 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (0.563 %) Dynamics CRM 1 2 (0.563 %) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking 1 35 (9.859 %) TCP/IP 2 12 (3.380 %) Internet 3 7 (1.972 %) LAN 3 7 (1.972 %) Wireless 4 6 (1.690 %) Bluetooth 4 6 (1.690 %) WLAN 5 4 (1.127 %) Ethernet 6 2 (0.563 %) 3GPP 6 2 (0.563 %) UMTS 6 2 (0.563 %) GSM 6 2 (0.563 %) 3G 6 2 (0.563 %) DSL 6 2 (0.563 %) IP Telephony 7 1 (0.282 %) SAN 7 1 (0.282 %) DVB 7 1 (0.282 %) SS7 7 1 (0.282 %) QSIG 7 1 (0.282 %) SONET 7 1 (0.282 %) DPNSS 7 1 (0.282 %) SDH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 50 (14.08 %) SQL Server 2 18 (5.070 %) PostgreSQL 3 15 (4.225 %) MySQL 4 14 (3.944 %) RDBMS 5 10 (2.817 %) DB2 5 10 (2.817 %) Informix 6 8 (2.254 %) SQL Server 2005 7 6 (1.690 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 6 (1.690 %) SQL Server 2000 8 5 (1.408 %) GIS 9 4 (1.127 %) DTS 10 3 (0.845 %) Oracle 10g 10 3 (0.845 %) Oracle 9i 10 3 (0.845 %) Datawarehouse 10 3 (0.845 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 3 (0.845 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 3 (0.845 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 2 (0.563 %) Crystal Reports 12 1 (0.282 %) OLAP 12 1 (0.282 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 26 (7.324 %) Visual Studio 2 13 (3.662 %) Subversion 3 9 (2.535 %) Eclipse 4 4 (1.127 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 3 (0.845 %) JUnit 5 3 (0.845 %) WinRunner 5 3 (0.845 %) QuickTest Pro 5 3 (0.845 %) LoadRunner 5 3 (0.845 %) NUnit 5 3 (0.845 %) Visual Studio Team System 6 2 (0.563 %) Ant 7 1 (0.282 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 23 (6.479 %) Education 2 14 (3.944 %) Telecoms 2 14 (3.944 %) Finance 3 13 (3.662 %) Electronics 4 11 (3.099 %) Games 4 11 (3.099 %) Pensions 5 6 (1.690 %) Insurance 5 6 (1.690 %) Marketing 6 5 (1.408 %) Multimedia 6 5 (1.408 %) Manufacturing 7 4 (1.127 %) Music 7 4 (1.127 %) Health 8 3 (0.845 %) Legal 8 3 (0.845 %) 3D Graphics 8 3 (0.845 %) Animation 9 2 (0.563 %) Banking 9 2 (0.563 %) Retail 9 2 (0.563 %) Government 10 1 (0.282 %) Construction 10 1 (0.282 %) Electric
Miscellaneous 1 69 (19.44 %) Computer Science 2 16 (4.507 %) SCADA 3 14 (3.944 %) Device Driver 4 12 (3.380 %) Mathematics 5 10 (2.817 %) Physics 6 8 (2.254 %) CCTV 7 7 (1.972 %) VHDL 8 6 (1.690 %) Smartcard 9 5 (1.408 %) Verilog 9 5 (1.408 %) Streaming Video 10 4 (1.127 %) Client/Server 10 4 (1.127 %) MPEG 10 4 (1.127 %) Firmware 10 4 (1.127 %) French Language 10 4 (1.127 %) German Language 10 4 (1.127 %) Japanese Language 11 3 (0.845 %) ASIC 11 3 (0.845 %) Replication 11 3 (0.845 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 12 2 (0.563 %) W3C	Operating Systems 1 99 (27.89 %) Linux 2 67 (18.87 %) Windows 3 45 (12.68 %) UNIX 4 12 (3.380 %) Windows CE 5 9 (2.535 %) Debian 6 7 (1.972 %) Symbian OS 7 3 (0.845 %) VxWorks 8 2 (0.563 %) pSOS 8 2 (0.563 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.282 %) AIX 9 1 (0.282 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.282 %) Windows Server 2003 9 1 (0.282 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 84 (23.66 %) OO 2 51 (14.37 %) Software Engineering 3 25 (7.042 %) UML 4 24 (6.761 %) OOD 5 23 (6.479 %) Web Development 6 19 (5.352 %) Agile Software Development 7 15 (4.225 %) System Testing 8 10 (2.817 %) ERP 8 10 (2.817 %) E-business 8 10 (2.817 %) Scrum 9 9 (2.535 %) Test Scripting 10 8 (2.254 %) Software Testing 11 7 (1.972 %) Unit Testing 11 7 (1.972 %) CRM 11 7 (1.972 %) OOP 12 6 (1.690 %) Data Analysis 13 5 (1.408 %) Project Management 14 4 (1.127 %) Extreme Programming 14 4 (1.127 %) TDD 15 3 (0.845 %) Pair Programming	Programming Languages 1 222 (62.54 %) C++ 2 119 (33.52 %) Java 3 116 (32.68 %) C 4 88 (24.79 %) C# 5 70 (19.72 %) SQL 6 31 (8.732 %) JavaScript 7 24 (6.761 %) Perl 8 16 (4.507 %) VB.NET 9 15 (4.225 %) VB 10 14 (3.944 %) VC++ 11 13 (3.662 %) Embedded C++ 12 12 (3.380 %) Embedded C 12 12 (3.380 %) PHP 13 9 (2.535 %) PL/SQL 14 6 (1.690 %) Delphi 14 6 (1.690 %) Ruby 15 4 (1.127 %) Python 16 3 (0.845 %) Fortran 17 2 (0.563 %) Ada 17 2 (0.563 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 123 (34.65 %) Degree 2 5 (1.408 %) Microsoft Certification 3 4 (1.127 %) MCSD 4 3 (0.845 %) Sun Certification 5 2 (0.563 %) MCAD 5 2 (0.563 %) HND 6 1 (0.282 %) MCDBA 6 1 (0.282 %) PhD 6 1 (0.282 %) HNC	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.845 %) QA 2 2 (0.563 %) ISO7816 3 1 (0.282 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.282 %) JTAG
System Software 1 2 (0.563 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 57 (16.06 %) Microsoft 2 33 (9.296 %) Oracle 3 10 (2.817 %) Citrix 3 10 (2.817 %) Cisco 4 9 (2.535 %) Sybase 4 9 (2.535 %) Symbian 5 3 (0.845 %) Sun 5 3 (0.845 %) ESRI 6 2 (0.563 %) Zend 7 1 (0.282 %) Xilinx 7 1 (0.282 %) Borland