The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 20 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 Application Development category for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 28 22 19
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2 6 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 1.818% 4.878% 9.966%
As % of the Application Development category 6.667% 17.14% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 27
Average salary £31,250 £32,750 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.58% -5.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,250 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,250 £47,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 35 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 27.27% 28.46% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 52
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Scotland

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Lothian .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the West Lothian region.

West Lothian .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 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
Livingston -9 1 £30,000 -31.42%
Linlithgow - 1 £32,500 -
.NET
Scotland

.NET
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing .NET 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 .NET.

1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) ASP
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) WinForms
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing .NET 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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) ASP
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) WinForms
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) UML
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree