The first table below looks at the demand for Lua skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lua over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lua
Rank 435 424 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs citing Lua 3 17 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.014% 0.072% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.027% 0.140% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
10911 12119 11900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 49.58% 51.08% 51.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9602 10804 10640
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Lua
England

Lua
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lua across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East Lua Jobs Demand Trend

Lua
Salary Trend

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

South East Lua Salary Trend

Lua
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lua across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Lua Salary Histogram

Lua
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £40,000 -
Kent - 1 £25,000 -
Lua
England

Lua
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Lua 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 Lua.

1 11 (84.62%) Java
2 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 10 (76.92%) Python
3 9 (69.23%) Windows
4 8 (61.54%) C++
4 8 (61.54%) Games
5 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
6 6 (46.15%) Degree
6 6 (46.15%) Game Development
6 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
7 5 (38.46%) Perl
7 5 (38.46%) PHP
7 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X
7 5 (38.46%) Web Development
7 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
7 5 (38.46%) Open Source
8 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
8 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
8 4 (30.77%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
8 4 (30.77%) Document Management
8 4 (30.77%) Project Management
8 4 (30.77%) Solaris
8 4 (30.77%) SQL
8 4 (30.77%) XML
8 4 (30.77%) XSLT
9 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
9 2 (15.38%) C#
10 1 (7.692%) HTML
10 1 (7.692%) JavaScript

Lua
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Lua 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 Lua. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) XML
1 4 (30.77%) XSLT
2 1 (7.692%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) ASP
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
2 1 (7.692%) Ajax
2 1 (7.692%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Apache
1 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) MySQL
General
1 8 (61.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Graduate
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) C++ Developer
3 3 (23.08%) C++ Software Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate Software Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate C++ Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Games Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Games Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Graduate Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Designer
5 1 (7.692%) Lead Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Lead Game Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
2 5 (38.46%) Open Source
3 1 (7.692%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 9 (69.23%) Windows
3 5 (38.46%) Mac OS X
4 4 (30.77%) Solaris
5 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (7.692%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Game Development
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Web Development
2 5 (38.46%) Web Application Development
3 4 (30.77%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Document Management
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.692%) OOD
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
4 1 (7.692%) OO
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Java
2 10 (76.92%) Python
3 8 (61.54%) C++
4 5 (38.46%) Perl
4 5 (38.46%) PHP
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
6 2 (15.38%) C#
7 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 1 (7.692%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Perforce