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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Developer 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 Systems Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank139155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads1219
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.357 %0.365 %
Salaries quoted712
Average minimum salary£27,571£24,333
Average salary£29,929£26,750
% change on same period last year+11.88 %
Average maximum salary£32,286£29,167
UK excluding London average salary£32,592£32,430
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads33575210
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.943 %2.242 %
Salaries quoted23753273
Average minimum salary£34,426£31,946
Average salary£37,838£34,983
% change on same period last year+8.16 %
Average maximum salary£41,251£38,019
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Systems Developer UKSystems Developer
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Systems Developer
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Systems Developer Demand Trend

Systems Developer
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Systems Developer Salary Trend

Systems Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Scotland Systems Developer Salary Histogram

Systems Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+145£29,750+58.66 %
EdinburghUp+142£31,000+9.34 %
LothianNew entry-1--
LanarkshireNew entry-1£37,500-
Argyll and ButeNew entry-1£22,000-
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Systems Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Systems Developer 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 Systems Developer in their job title.

117 (70.83 %)SQL
216 (66.67 %).NET
310 (41.67 %)SQL Server
49 (37.50 %)Oracle
49 (37.50 %)C#
57 (29.17 %)VB
57 (29.17 %)ASP.NET
66 (25.00 %)C++
66 (25.00 %)Java
66 (25.00 %)JavaScript
66 (25.00 %)ASP
75 (20.83 %)CSS
75 (20.83 %)Management Information System
75 (20.83 %)Visual Studio
84 (16.67 %)Perl
84 (16.67 %)HTML
84 (16.67 %)Degree
93 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (12.50 %)RDBMS
93 (12.50 %)VB.NET
93 (12.50 %)C
93 (12.50 %)WebServices
93 (12.50 %)XML
93 (12.50 %)UNIX
93 (12.50 %)Windows
93 (12.50 %)XHTML
93 (12.50 %)Microsoft
93 (12.50 %)Finance

Systems Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Systems Developer 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 Systems Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (66.67 %).NET
27 (29.17 %)ASP.NET
36 (25.00 %)ASP
45 (20.83 %)CSS
54 (16.67 %)HTML
63 (12.50 %)XHTML
63 (12.50 %)WebServices
63 (12.50 %)XML
72 (8.333 %)J2EE
72 (8.333 %)ADO
72 (8.333 %)ADO.NET
72 (8.333 %)Middleware
72 (8.333 %)ASP.NET 2.0
81 (4.167 %)WinForms
81 (4.167 %).NET Framework
81 (4.167 %)XSL
81 (4.167 %)XSLT
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)IIS
12 (8.333 %)SharePoint
21 (4.167 %)CMS
21 (4.167 %)MQSeries
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.333 %)MS Excel
21 (4.167 %)MS Office
Scotland IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.167 %)Navision
11 (4.167 %)Oracle Applications
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)LAN
12 (8.333 %)WAN
21 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.167 %)Intranet
21 (4.167 %)Internet
21 (4.167 %)Firewall
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (41.67 %)SQL Server
23 (12.50 %)RDBMS
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (4.167 %)Crystal Reports
31 (4.167 %)Informix
31 (4.167 %)Oracle 9i
31 (4.167 %)MS Access
31 (4.167 %)Datawarehouse
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (20.83 %)Visual Studio
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.50 %)Finance
22 (8.333 %)Pensions
31 (4.167 %)Education
31 (4.167 %)Health
31 (4.167 %)Legal
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (20.83 %)Management Information System
21 (4.167 %)E-Learning
21 (4.167 %)Computer Science
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (12.50 %)UNIX
13 (12.50 %)Windows
22 (8.333 %)Linux
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.333 %)OOA/OOD
12 (8.333 %)OO
12 (8.333 %)Project Management
12 (8.333 %)Information Management
12 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
21 (4.167 %)Web Development
21 (4.167 %)Content Management
21 (4.167 %)OOD
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (70.83 %)SQL
29 (37.50 %)C#
37 (29.17 %)VB
46 (25.00 %)C++
46 (25.00 %)Java
46 (25.00 %)JavaScript
54 (16.67 %)Perl
63 (12.50 %)VB.NET
63 (12.50 %)C
72 (8.333 %)VBScript
72 (8.333 %)Shell Script
72 (8.333 %)VBA
72 (8.333 %)PHP
72 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
81 (4.167 %)Python
81 (4.167 %)XQuery
81 (4.167 %)XPath
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (16.67 %)Degree
21 (4.167 %)HND
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (37.50 %)Oracle
23 (12.50 %)Microsoft
32 (8.333 %)Sybase
41 (4.167 %)IBM