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This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the West Lothian region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2643
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads54
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below23.81 %14.81 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£22,000£35,000
Average salary£25,000£40,000
% change on same period last year-37.50 %
Average maximum salary£28,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,467£36,812
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
West Lothian IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Lothian
Matching permanent IT job ads2127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted1510
Average minimum salary£37,941£34,087
Average salary£40,824£36,022
% change on same period last year+13.33 %
Average maximum salary£43,706£37,957
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Internet ScotlandInternet
Scotland

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Lothian Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LivingstonNo change05£25,000-
Internet ScotlandInternet
Scotland

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing Internet 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 Internet.

18 (66.67 %)Health
26 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
26 (50.00 %)Data Extraction
34 (33.33 %)Windows
43 (25.00 %)SQL
43 (25.00 %)Microsoft
52 (16.67 %)XML
52 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
52 (16.67 %)Intranet
52 (16.67 %)Extranet
52 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (16.67 %).NET
52 (16.67 %)SQL Server
52 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
61 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (8.333 %)ASP
61 (8.333 %)Linux
61 (8.333 %)Apache
61 (8.333 %)MS Excel
61 (8.333 %)Client/Server
61 (8.333 %)N-Tier
61 (8.333 %)MySQL
61 (8.333 %)C#
61 (8.333 %)Java
61 (8.333 %)PHP
61 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
61 (8.333 %)VBScript
61 (8.333 %)VB
61 (8.333 %)Symantec
61 (8.333 %)Project Management

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Lothian IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (16.67 %).NET
12 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (16.67 %)XML
21 (8.333 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (8.333 %)SOAP
21 (8.333 %)WebServices
21 (8.333 %)ASP
West Lothian IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)DotNetNuke
West Lothian IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
West Lothian IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)Intranet
12 (16.67 %)Extranet
21 (8.333 %)SAN
West Lothian IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)SQL Server
12 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (8.333 %)PostgreSQL
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (8.333 %)MySQL
West Lothian IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
21 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
West Lothian IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (66.67 %)Health
21 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
21 (8.333 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Education
West Lothian IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Technical Support
16 (50.00 %)Technical Customer Support
23 (25.00 %)Programmer
23 (25.00 %)Developer
31 (8.333 %)Web Developer
31 (8.333 %)Software Developer
31 (8.333 %)Project Manager
31 (8.333 %)Junior
31 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
31 (8.333 %)Junior Developer
31 (8.333 %)PHP Developer
West Lothian IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (50.00 %)Data Extraction
21 (8.333 %)Client/Server
21 (8.333 %)N-Tier
West Lothian IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (8.333 %)Linux
21 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
West Lothian IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (8.333 %)Project Management
West Lothian IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
21 (8.333 %)VBScript
21 (8.333 %)VB
21 (8.333 %)VB6
21 (8.333 %)C#
21 (8.333 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)PHP
West Lothian IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)Degree
West Lothian IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (8.333 %)CommVault
21 (8.333 %)Symantec
21 (8.333 %)VMware