Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for X++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited X++ over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Scotland region.

 X++
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9167158
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+91
Matching permanent IT job ads104420
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland0.534 %2.155 %0.377 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.229 %4.472 %0.865 %
Salaries quoted103020
Average salary£45,000£60,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+9.090 %
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£55,000£52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.760 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8149842312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland43.48 %48.19 %43.57 %
Salaries quoted5107451446
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
X++ UKX++
UK

X++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing X++ across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland X++ Demand Trend

X++
Salary Trend

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

Scotland X++ Salary Trend

X++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing X++ across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Scotland X++ Salary Histogram

X++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing X++ within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowDown-229£45,000-25.00 %
X++ UKX++
UK

X++
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing X++ 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 X++.

118 (100.00 %)Microsoft
118 (100.00 %)Dynamics AX
118 (100.00 %)MorphX
216 (88.89 %)SQL Server
315 (83.33 %)SQL
315 (83.33 %)T-SQL
414 (77.78 %)OO
414 (77.78 %)ERP
512 (66.67 %)MS Excel
610 (55.56 %)VSS/SourceSafe
79 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
88 (44.44 %)Axapta
88 (44.44 %)SharePoint
97 (38.89 %)C#
101 (5.556 %)Finance
101 (5.556 %)BizTalk Server

X++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (44.44 %)SharePoint
21 (5.556 %)BizTalk Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (66.67 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (100.00 %)Dynamics AX
28 (44.44 %)Axapta
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (88.89 %)SQL Server
29 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
29 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (100.00 %)MorphX
210 (55.56 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.556 %)Finance
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
118 (100.00 %)Developer
118 (100.00 %)Dynamics AX Developer
210 (55.56 %)Senior Developer
39 (50.00 %)Microsoft Developer
47 (38.89 %)Software Developer
47 (38.89 %)Senior Software Developer
55 (27.78 %)Senior Microsoft Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (77.78 %)OO
114 (77.78 %)ERP
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (83.33 %)SQL
115 (83.33 %)T-SQL
27 (38.89 %)C#
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (100.00 %)Microsoft