Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Lua skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lua over the 3 months to 22 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.

LinkLua
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank674652955
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+303
Matching permanent IT job ads132115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.015 %0.025 %0.007 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.031 %0.052 %0.016 %
Salaries quoted111814
Average salary£42,500£33,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.86 %-4.280 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£30,000£29,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£43,250£41,750
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£33,500£34,500
% change year-on-year
+26.86 %-2.890 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
422824005292956
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.88 %47.05 %45.67 %
Salaries quoted363033383877791
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

Lua
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lua within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Lua Demand Trend

Lua
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lua within the UK.

Lua Salary Trend

Lua
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lua over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

Lua Salary Histogram

Lua
Top 10 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandDown-2913£42,500+28.78 %
LondonDown-316£57,500+74.24 %
South EastDown-45£42,500+31.78 %
OxfordshireNew entry-5£42,500-
MerseysideUp+151--
LiverpoolUp+91--
North WestUp+11--
City of LondonDown-541£57,500+76.92 %
South WestNew entry-1£47,500-
DevonNew entry-1£47,500-

Lua
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

143 (76.79 %)C++
143 (76.79 %)Games
224 (42.86 %)Animation
321 (37.50 %)C
417 (30.36 %)Python
59 (16.07 %)Java
59 (16.07 %)SQL
59 (16.07 %)Finance
67 (12.50 %)C#
67 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
75 (8.929 %)Perl
75 (8.929 %).NET
75 (8.929 %)Linux
75 (8.929 %)Reuters
75 (8.929 %)Pensions
75 (8.929 %)Technical Architecture
75 (8.929 %)Time Management
84 (7.143 %)T-SQL
84 (7.143 %)Health
84 (7.143 %)Caplin
84 (7.143 %)Software Testing
93 (5.357 %)UNIX
93 (5.357 %)Client/Server
93 (5.357 %)Maya
93 (5.357 %)3ds Max
93 (5.357 %)Degree
93 (5.357 %)QA
102 (3.571 %)MS Visio
102 (3.571 %)ISEB
102 (3.571 %)Education

Lua
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (8.929 %).NET
21 (1.786 %)J2EE
21 (1.786 %)MFC
21 (1.786 %)JSP
21 (1.786 %)OpenGL
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (1.786 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.357 %)Maya
13 (5.357 %)3ds Max
22 (3.571 %)MS Visio
31 (1.786 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.786 %)HTTP
11 (1.786 %)TCP/IP
11 (1.786 %)DNS
11 (1.786 %)Internet
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
143 (76.79 %)Games
224 (42.86 %)Animation
39 (16.07 %)Finance
45 (8.929 %)Pensions
54 (7.143 %)Health
62 (3.571 %)Education
71 (1.786 %)3D Graphics
71 (1.786 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (55.36 %)Developer
215 (26.79 %)Games Developer
39 (16.07 %)C++ Developer
47 (12.50 %)Lead Developer
47 (12.50 %)Programmer
56 (10.71 %)Support Engineer
56 (10.71 %)Senior Developer
65 (8.929 %)Technical Architect
65 (8.929 %)Architect
74 (7.143 %)Analyst
83 (5.357 %)C Developer
83 (5.357 %)Real Time Developer
83 (5.357 %)C# Developer
83 (5.357 %)Systems Developer
83 (5.357 %)Senior Systems Developer
92 (3.571 %)Senior C# Developer
92 (3.571 %)Senior C++ Developer
92 (3.571 %)QA Analyst
92 (3.571 %)Senior Games Developer
92 (3.571 %)C++ Programmer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (5.357 %)Client/Server
22 (3.571 %)Physics
31 (1.786 %)Multithreading
31 (1.786 %)Artificial Intelligence
31 (1.786 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (8.929 %)Linux
23 (5.357 %)UNIX
31 (1.786 %)Windows
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
25 (8.929 %)Technical Architecture
25 (8.929 %)Time Management
34 (7.143 %)Software Testing
42 (3.571 %)Agile Software Development
51 (1.786 %)Content Management
51 (1.786 %)UML
51 (1.786 %)OO
51 (1.786 %)OOD
51 (1.786 %)Scrum
51 (1.786 %)Unit Testing
51 (1.786 %)Continuous Integration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (76.79 %)C++
221 (37.50 %)C
317 (30.36 %)Python
49 (16.07 %)Java
49 (16.07 %)SQL
57 (12.50 %)C#
65 (8.929 %)Perl
74 (7.143 %)T-SQL
81 (1.786 %)JavaScript
81 (1.786 %)Delphi
81 (1.786 %)MAXScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (5.357 %)Degree
22 (3.571 %)ISEB
22 (3.571 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.357 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (8.929 %)Reuters
24 (7.143 %)Caplin
31 (1.786 %)Microsoft
31 (1.786 %)Sony
31 (1.786 %)Perforce