The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 3 7
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 33 28 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 31.13% 22.22% 17.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 31.43% 23.33% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 36
Average salary £36,000 £34,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.82%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
105 120 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 99.06% 95.24% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 29 87 190
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Scotland

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 24 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 -5 30 £36,000 +4.34%
Developer
Scotland

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 41 (85.42%) SQL
2 33 (68.75%) UNIX
2 33 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (62.50%) Oracle
4 26 (54.17%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (50.00%) ETL
5 24 (50.00%) Ab Initio
5 24 (50.00%) Netezza
5 24 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (47.92%) Informatica
7 21 (43.75%) TDD
8 16 (33.33%) Degree
9 15 (31.25%) Korn
9 15 (31.25%) Telecoms
10 14 (29.17%) Finance
10 14 (29.17%) Banking
10 14 (29.17%) Teradata
10 14 (29.17%) MySQL
11 11 (22.92%) Informix
11 11 (22.92%) RDBMS
12 10 (20.83%) Broadband
12 10 (20.83%) Shell Script
12 10 (20.83%) Java
13 8 (16.67%) DataStage
13 8 (16.67%) Business Objects
14 7 (14.58%) XML
14 7 (14.58%) Linux
14 7 (14.58%) C#
15 6 (12.50%) SQL Server
15 6 (12.50%) Windows

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (14.58%) XML
2 5 (10.42%) J2EE
3 3 (6.250%) WebSphere
4 2 (4.167%) WSDL
4 2 (4.167%) JMS
4 2 (4.167%) .NET
4 2 (4.167%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.167%) JDBC
4 2 (4.167%) SOAP
4 2 (4.167%) Web Services
5 1 (2.083%) XSLT
5 1 (2.083%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.250%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (4.167%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (4.167%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (4.167%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) Broadband
2 4 (8.333%) SSH
2 4 (8.333%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (54.17%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (29.17%) MySQL
3 11 (22.92%) Informix
3 11 (22.92%) RDBMS
4 8 (16.67%) DataStage
5 6 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 6 (12.50%) BusinessObjects XI
6 4 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (8.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 4 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (2.083%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.083%) Subversion
General
1 15 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 14 (29.17%) Finance
2 14 (29.17%) Banking
3 6 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.167%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (68.75%) UNIX
2 7 (14.58%) Linux
3 6 (12.50%) Windows
4 2 (4.167%) AIX
4 2 (4.167%) Solaris
5 1 (2.083%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (50.00%) ETL
2 24 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (43.75%) TDD
4 6 (12.50%) Validation
5 5 (10.42%) Data Modelling
6 4 (8.333%) Web Development
6 4 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.167%) BPEL
8 2 (4.167%) SOA
8 2 (4.167%) Performance Testing
8 2 (4.167%) Analytics
9 1 (2.083%) Digital Signal Processing
9 1 (2.083%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 41 (85.42%) SQL
2 15 (31.25%) Korn
3 10 (20.83%) Shell Script
3 10 (20.83%) Java
4 7 (14.58%) C#
5 4 (8.333%) C++
5 4 (8.333%) Perl
5 4 (8.333%) PL/SQL
5 4 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 4 (8.333%) VBScript
5 4 (8.333%) AWK
5 4 (8.333%) sed
6 3 (6.250%) XPath
7 2 (4.167%) VB6
7 2 (4.167%) VB
7 2 (4.167%) VB.NET
7 2 (4.167%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (8.333%) WMI
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) Oracle
2 24 (50.00%) Ab Initio
2 24 (50.00%) Netezza
3 23 (47.92%) Informatica
4 14 (29.17%) Teradata
5 8 (16.67%) Business Objects
6 4 (8.333%) Altiris
7 3 (6.250%) IBM
8 1 (2.083%) Lombardi
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